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Developer comments on PSN game sharing

Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games gives his opinion on game sharing.

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samoon5283d ago

I wonder how Dylan will feel once someone tells him it was only a typo....

I don't blame him though, I think Gamesharing causes game developers to lose $ especially ones that make really good PSN games like Q-Games.

Trebius5283d ago

Then I feel bad for you...

But gamesharing will just get you banned from the network, not worth it...

Darkfocus5283d ago

game sharing won't get you banned and have you honestly never lent one of your friends a game physically or otherwise? cause that's the same thing.

rdgneoz35283d ago

If developers over charge for their games or game addons, or even charge for things that were on the disk and should have been unlocked / free in the first place, then they have no right to complain about people sharing.

Though for developers that make great quality games and don't overcharge for them, they deserve the money.

And to 1.1, game sharing does not get you banned if you share with friends. If you go posting on forums looking for people to trade games with or share your info in posts, then of course you'll get banned like an idiot.

ThanatosDMC5283d ago

Just make sure you deactivate your account first from the other PS3s if you dont want them there anymore.

Account Management > Activate Account > Game/Video > Deactivate

Easy. You get your activation "ticket" back.

Trebius5283d ago

What I was thinking it meant was letting someone log onto your PSN account from their Ps3 so they can download your downloaded games.

I lend ppl games all the time...sorry for the misunderstanding...lot of upset ppl disagreed with me -_- lol

GrandTheftZamboni5283d ago

It may look like game developers are losing money when people share, but as Darkfocus said, it's not different than lending your physical copy. On the positive side for developers, you cannot sell your PSN copy.

DaTruth5282d ago

Actually you are spot on! But the principal behind game sharing is like, being able to play on another PS3 in your house, lending to a friend or being able to play your game at a friend's house like you can do with a physical disk copy.

Not being able to do any of these things would be a reason to not buy the a digital game and most of them only come in this format. So developers and publishers will have lost a sale, thus better to allow 5 game shares!

SuperStrokey11235282d ago

I was fine with the change to 3 but my issue is with teh 24 hour thing. I have 2 PS3's in my house in two different rooms, one is in my man cave and the other is in my living room. If i want to play a game on one for a bit, and then say some buddies come over and we go to the larger room and we want to play the same games thats no longer allowed? Thats Funking stupid.

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sbstncstllo5283d ago

But he is right though, 3 is plenty! unless you are having a lot of hardware failures... which most likely isn't the case.

SuperStrokey11235282d ago

I agree, he even stated that you can ask sony to reset it and they will. I dont see that being an issue for most people. I dont know anyone that had 3 ps3's fail on them, but im sure there some.

-Alpha5283d ago

I really do appreciate it but it sucks that devs can get screwed by potential sales.

However, I am loving it :)

This is something MS should have done seeing as they get a ton of money from LIVE. it would have been a nice gesture, but it's ironically Sony that is doing it when they are the ones that can really use some profits this gen;

keysy4205283d ago

its why i buy games on the ps3 but 24 hours is dumb do i have to download on all my system simotaneously thats jacked up i hope i can redownload on any system i like

Mista T5283d ago

these games cost next to nothing and people still want them for free, unbelievable

just buy a 20$ PSN card and you can get 2, 3, or 4 games with it!!!

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From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow4d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1823d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie2d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin2d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere2d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere2d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX3d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney1d 18h ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno3d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno3d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii2d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno2d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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