8th Generation Countdown

**NaturalViolence** · (This post was last modified: 02-09-2013, 05:26 AM by NaturalViolence.)

Quote:I just hope we don't have that used games lock.

As a PC gamer who hasn't been able to buy used games in over a decade, you'll get over it pretty fast.

**AnyOldName3** · 02-09-2013, 06:10 AM **#22**

It'll make legitimate emulators in 10 or so years a bigger pain if there're only a limited amount of game disks in circulation, and when one is bought and used, it can never be used legally by anyone else.

***Shonumi*** · 02-09-2013, 07:15 AM **#23**

(02-09-2013, 06:10 AM)AnyOldName3 Wrote: It'll make legitimate emulators in 10 or so years a bigger pain if there're only a limited amount of game disks in circulation, and when one is bought and used, it can never be used legally by anyone else.

I bet future emulators will just work around it. All they need is the game code + game data. If the game requires "authorization" just hack it, make the emulated code "think" it's been given permission to run Big Grin

Easier said than not, but not conceptually impossible.

Invader · 02-10-2013, 08:32 AM **#24**

(02-09-2013, 05:26 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:
Quote:I just hope we don't have that used games lock.

As a PC gamer who hasn't been able to buy used games in over a decade, you'll get over it pretty fast.

Yes, but PC games don't have a limited supply. What's going to happen when you want to get your hands on an old game or that old RPG you always wanted to play? If the game is not available for download... You're screwed Sad

werewolfyman · (This post was last modified: 02-11-2013, 02:56 PM by werewolfyman.)

(02-10-2013, 08:32 AM)Invader Wrote:
(02-09-2013, 05:26 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:
Quote:I just hope we don't have that used games lock.

As a PC gamer who hasn't been able to buy used games in over a decade, you'll get over it pretty fast.
Yes, but PC games don't have a limited supply. What's going to happen when you want to get your hands on an old game or that old RPG you always wanted to play? If the game is not available for download... You're screwed

This is partially why software piracy exists.

Tongue

If it can be cracked, then it will be.

Such is law of the internet,

See also: trying to hide classified information on the internet,
pissing off Lulzsec/Anonymous,
mocking celebrities,
4Chan,
etc.

**Zee530** · 02-21-2013, 03:01 AM **#26**

Soooo, today is the day, well it's tomorrow for me, midnight to be exact.

**Garteal** · (This post was last modified: 02-21-2013, 03:10 AM by Garteal.)

Yep. It's about time we finally get a new generation of consoles.
Countdown.
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**Zee530** · 02-21-2013, 04:19 AM **#28**

Sweet, dynamic clock, not closing that tab for a while.

Invader · 02-21-2013, 06:16 AM **#29**

I was going to mention this a while back but never got around to it. The 8th generation started back in 2011 with the release of the Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_%28eighth_generation%29

Sooooooooo.................... Yeah.....

On topic though, I can totally see Sony being all like "Introducing the Playstation 4, featuring no backward-compatibility, used game ban, and no built-in disc drive (sold separately)"

That's kind of worst case scenario but I can already see it happening... not really...

**Garteal** · 02-21-2013, 06:20 AM **#30**

There will be backward-compatibility. Just not the way we're used to.
They'll use the company they bought (Gaikai) to allow PS4 owners to stream PS3 games.