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Sony Adds DRM To The Last of Us Demo, Unlocks April 17th With Multiplayer?

PGN - Seems that some people out there have already gotten early copies of God of War: Ascension, and for those who were hoping to try out the Last of Us Demo you may have to wait until next month to actually play it.

Online Pass also confirmed for Ascension, though is the standard for Sony multiplayer titles now. (image in story)

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Nitrowolf24492d ago

It's most likely a multiplayer demo rather than a SP demo like we thought.

T3MPL3TON 4491d ago

SirCrush:
"Trusting" people has led to exactly what the current "distrust" is about. If there are loopholes, people will find it and thus cost them money and a cash pool to draw from for the next big project.

What is the big deal? You accept the TOS and move on. This anti-TOS and anti-DRM attitude of the gaming public only PROVES that they are necessary."

I bet you work for one of these companies don't you? News flash. DRM was designed to get rid of piracy. It hasn't and it wont. You want people to stop stealing games? Make them cheaper and make them better. Why should anyone pay for a sub par experience at all ever. If I go to a restaurant and the food is crappy. I get a refund. If I buy a product and it's crappy. I get a refund. Unless that product is a video game. I am expected to just accept a sh*t game and move on. No thanks. That's not how the world works. You want pirates to stop? Give them a reason to. It's a really just that simple. DRM does nothing but make people pirate a cracked version of the game. The problem is DRM not pirates.

RumbleFish4491d ago

And I don't like this "It's OK to be under control attitude".
DRM hurts the honest customer only. Pirates will allways find ways to do their thing.

ZombieNinjaPanda4491d ago

T3mpl3ton has it right. I blows my mind that some gamers and corporations think it's alright that other people who are dis-satisfied with their products cannot return them. If I buy a vacuum cleaner that doesn't work I can return it, but if I buy a game that doesn't work, I'm expected to just take. Fat chance.

thorstein4491d ago

Technically, all timed Demos would fall under the DRM category as it is a Digital Rights Management. Of course, also technically speaking an online pass code is DRM as well. Is this DRM like what we are seeing with games that require "always on" or always have game disc inserted? That is what I would want to know.

pixelsword4491d ago

I thought Sony closed all of the holes; but since they have to do this, then they obviously haven't closed all of the holes.

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Godmars2904492d ago (Edited 4492d ago )

Probably to test the waters. Get people use to them doing such on everything.

Might be out of left field, but corporations needs to lose their "people" status. More so when they do crap like this: automatically looks at the worst in actual people. Dehumanizes through mistrust.

Nitrowolf24492d ago

I'm excited actually, but I really really really hope it's not an Uncharted multiplayer clone. I want to see how they'll translate this game SP feel into the MP. I'm more interested in the SP, but still.

LOGICWINS4492d ago (Edited 4492d ago )

^^I think the game will have a versus mode, but it would be a one-hit/one-shot kill. This would force people to embrace the stealth mechanics/constant tension of TLOU. I don't think ND would be stupid enough to create a guns blazing/fast paced versus suite like Uncharted.

Hitman07694492d ago

de ja vu . hopefully something cool comes of all this.

TRGMatt4492d ago

"Trusting" people has led to exactly what the current "distrust" is about. If there are loopholes, people will find it and thus cost them money and a cash pool to draw from for the next big project.

What is the big deal? You accept the TOS and move on. This anti-TOS and anti-DRM attitude of the gaming public only PROVES that they are necessary.

NukaCola4491d ago

I want a mode where you have 4 vs four in a warehouse with clickers and all you have is what you pick up. The goal is to reach a package in the center and you can use bottles etc to distract the enemies and also lure clickers towards them and away from you. So many possibilities.

pixelsword4491d ago (Edited 4491d ago )

@ crush:

Then why should we trust corporations when they don't trust us?

Why believe the Killzone: Shadow Fall demo is legit?

Why pre-order?

Why support a brand?

All of those things implies a degree of trust; and if trusting us made problems for them, guess what the opposite suggests?

What about the price dropping for software, videos and music once they were put on CD's, and now, directly downloadable media? That never happened.

So no: if anyone doesn't trust their customer, then don't ask for pre-orders, or to believe anything they say about their game (we'll leave that to game critics, we know how fair they can be when judging games on a console they don't like), and don't ask for fans, ever.

Although I like both companies, I don't pull punches for Microsoft for charging for XBL, and I sure ain't gonna give Sony any slack because it's our RIGHT to have one back-up copy of any media we purchase.

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cloud4954492d ago

Maybe so people don't game share it? Because then people don't have to buy GOW: Ascension to play the demo.

But most likely a Beta or something to do with the multiplayer mode. U2 and U3 had a beta so TLOU probably will too. And U2 beta was bundled in with Infamous.

SilentNegotiator4492d ago

A need to keep its exclusivity to buyers of GOW:A? Multiplayer beta?? Don't bring logic in here! Sony is the devil and is about to deploy always-on DRM for every game!!! /s

mandf4491d ago

almost missed the s for sarcasm

kevnb4492d ago

there is already drm on everything in a console. They are just adding more for no reason.

Ju4491d ago (Edited 4491d ago )

What's DRM for consoles anyway? You can't share those, can you?

Could it be, that this is actually the full game and the demo only "unlocks" the a couple of parts. So, if you buy the online pass / license you don't need to download again? Just asking...works with timed trials...

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TOGC4492d ago

Got my review copy of the game today, I can confirm that this is true. *Also, online pass for God of War: Ascension*

Nitrowolf24492d ago

That's old news, every PS3 Sony game with online has online pass.

ginsunuva4492d ago

You did not get a last of us review copy this early.

Nitrowolf24492d ago

he didn't say that, he said he got God of War: Ascension review copy

majiebeast4492d ago

Maybe its a multiplayer beta.

Qrphe4492d ago

The most logical answer, yet we'll have those speculating regardless.

user76939584492d ago

sounds good to me! I have my GOWA copy paid.. and I'm getting TLOU

StrawberryDiesel4204491d ago

I hope this game has a scary co op horde type mode, something darker and more mature than Uncharted's co op modes. Surviving those creatures with limited ammo and baseball bats with a friend on a dark map would be pretty nice.

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SonyNGP4492d ago

Well this freakin' sucks. Give me a single-player demo!

HarryMasonHerpderp4492d ago

We're all going to buy it when the full games released anyway ^_^

Hellsvacancy4492d ago

Well im renting God Of War, im not bothered about the multiplayer

I shall defo buy The Last of Us

HarryMasonHerpderp4492d ago (Edited 4492d ago )

I'm talking about The Last Of Us.

WildArmed4491d ago

On the bright side, you won't spoil any of the awesome SP :)

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PlayStation - The Concert "Changes Everything" for Music Lovers

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The Last of Us Complete Now Available on PS5, Physical Collector’s Edition Coming July

Two award-winning masterpieces, together in one incredible collection.

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Christopher74d ago (Edited 74d ago )

As expected. Unless it's going to Xbox or Switch 2, we can stop hearing about these older games now? We can move on to just news about new games?

darthv7274d ago

....until the PS6 remake followed by the PS7 reboot

Christopher74d ago

Man, first year of PS6 is going to be 90% remasters. I'm going to hate it and likely hold off until new games actually get released that I can't play on my PS5.

Cacabunga74d ago

Yes I’m waiting for complete remaster…. On ps5

OtterX74d ago

...20 years later, "you haven't heard the last of us yet!" *releases The Last of Us Retro Collection*

cloganart74d ago

@Christopher

Oof, yeah. I don't think I'm picking up the PS6 until "Pro" comes out 😂

Cacabunga74d ago

I haven’t played Tlou1 since PS3 and i have the greatest memory of it

Notellin74d ago

I'm already dreading all the cross generation games and remasters we'll see with the next round of consoles.

LonDonE73d ago

lmao this is getting ridiculous but thing is if people keep buying them.. then why would they stop making them?
Peeps STOP BUYING this game.. that actually hurts me to say this as the last of us is high up on my greatest games of all times.. its one of the few games i played through start to finish 3/4 times back to back as i loved it so much. But sony need to stop, give us a Resistance 3 remaster, i would love and buy that.. such an underated series as was killzone.
Or give us infamous.. so many great series and titles i would gladly buy but they just want to keep giving us last of us.

I am done buying that game.. i would only buy part 2 remaster if they remade it and kept joel alive, or i am not interested. Hate last of us 2s story killing off joel.. the actual game is stunning and incredible, they improved so much in the gameplay department but i hate the story with a passion.

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Profchaos74d ago (Edited 74d ago )

We can stop hearing about it when they stop re-releasing them I guess.

I reckon the ps6 version will be 8k 240 and I'll still not care.

I miss new games from nd

Inverno74d ago

And HBO just announced season 3 even tho LoU2 couldn't possibly be so long that it wouldn't be able to fit in 1 season. They're just milking it at this point.

darthv7274d ago

speaking of the HBO series... I felt they should have made part 1 across two seasons, then address part 2 in seasons 3 and 4. so now i have a feeling they rushed through part 1 in season 1 to make season 2 a cliff hanger with Joel's impending demise being the starting point to Season 3.

-Foxtrot74d ago

I love how they decided to rush, chop and change things for Season 1 to get through the game yet for TLOU Part II it’s like “we’re going to do multiple seasons and take our time”

Inverno74d ago

Okay after seeing that there's only 7 episodes I take it back. Though I think it's incredibly stupid not to have just made the season longer. Another season just to finish what could've just been a 13 episode season seems counterintuitive but aiight. I put that on HBO tho.

Neonridr74d ago

This will be the 4th time Sony sells us The Last of Us Part 1.. And the 2nd time on the PS5.

Knushwood Butt74d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz73d ago

Strange, I thought the record went to Street Fighter 2.

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FPS_D3TH74d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos74d ago

At this point we are at Skyrim in terms of frequency. Skyrim was one per generation. If you exclude VR Skyrim we've now exceeded it

Tlou 1 PS3, 1 PS4 2 ps5
Skyrim 1 ps360 2 PS4/x1/vr 1 ps5/sx

Tlou 4
Skyrim 4

Christopher74d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

PS3/360/PC
PS4/X1
VR
Switch
Skyrim Special Edition PC/PS4/X1
Skyrim Special Edition PS5/XSX

VersusDMC74d ago (Edited 74d ago )

Also add skyrim bundles like the one below and all the humble bundles since that's what everyone is doing here

https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/...

darthv7274d ago

@Chris, LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base. At least Skyrim was able to sell to a wider audience via different platforms.

Christopher74d ago

@darthv72: I don't know why you're telling me that. I only corrected on number of Skyrim re-releases/ports/etc. I didn't say anything else.

Profchaos74d ago

@christopher guess I forgot just how much was out I think the special editions are technically one release despite being cross platform though would the Alexa version count

Christopher74d ago

@Profchaos: I guess, but I'd consider it a separate release since it rolled them into one at a later date but definitely there is a PS5/XSX version with PS5/XSX supported updates specific to them.

Chevalier73d ago

"LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base"

Weird. Like 35% of PS5 owners are NEW to Playstation. Plus this is really for new fans from the TV series for season 2 of TLOU.

I recall the same idiotic comments when the 1st one was remade just before TLOU TV Series came out and it went on the be one of the best selling games that year.

So maybe get your FACTS straight. Unlike Skyrim getting literally releases in 3 generations and 10 releases.

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Neonridr73d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH73d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr73d ago

@FPS - we've had quite a few RE4 remasters, only 1 remake.

CrimsonWing6973d ago (Edited 73d ago )

@FPS_D3TH

It blows my mind how people do some mental gymnastics to try to cope with a game they like doing the same thing (technically more) they’re complaining about for another game.

RE4 - PS2, GC
RE4 w Motion Controls - Wii
Literally RE4 HD Remaster - Xbox 360, PS3
I’m assuming a port of RE HD - PS4, Xbox One
RE4 Remake - PS5, Xsex

1 Remake and the bunch are Remasters… how, I mean how—Y’know what, it doesn’t matter anymore…

P_Bomb74d ago

Store says I already own it. I guess it’s just a straight twin-pack. Looks like they added 4 maps to ‘No Return’.

VersusDMC74d ago

You don't need to buy this to get the maps, marlene and bill. It all got patched in to the game on the 3rd.

P_Bomb74d ago (Edited 74d ago )

Good to know. I’ve watched runs of ‘No Return’ but have yet to try it myself. Soon, soon 😉

Knushwood Butt74d ago

Yeah, No Return got a content update.
Three new trophies too.

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A mysterious physical edition of a Naughty Dog game is in the works

billibil-kun: "As The Last of Us season 2 prepares to air on HBO, we've spotted a mysterious reference to a special edition of a physical PS5 game from the franchise. Here's our take on the game, which remains unclear for now."

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Relientk7784d ago

It's probably a bundle of both The Last of Us games

Nyxus84d ago

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. The Last of Us Part 1 + II Remastered.

lukasmain84d ago (Edited 84d ago )

That's totally what it is I believe. It would be a great bundle for new players getting into the ecosystem

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Goodguy0184d ago

They're really milking this franchise lol

anast84d ago

You must comment on every Mario, Zelda, and Skyrim article too.

darthv7284d ago

....because there has been the same mario, Zelda and Skyrim games for three console generations?

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isarai84d ago

@darthv72

Literally yes 🤨

Cacabunga84d ago

Every Mario and Zelda is different. This is just the exact same game over and over

anast83d ago

Skyrim, yes. Mario and Zelda since the 80's

Loktai83d ago

@darthv72 Uh yes. Yes it has. They milked BOTW across Wii U and switch and they STILL want 40+ for it new and never discounted it. They made "remasters" of older zelda games as well on switch and in the past onto the other gameboy platforms from the older platforms. They have done the same with Mario. They port the paper mario games and mario RPG to switch. And now I PROMISE you they are going to show "enhancements" for those same games on Switch 2. I PROMISE you thats going to get mentioned, maybe even tomorrow. Last of us Part 1 has been across techncially 3 generations, but 2 has been 2- and JUST BARELY 2 because it released just a few months before the PS5 did - and so if that counts as milking it, what do you call breath of the wild on Wii U then going to switch or Twilight Princess coming uot on gamecube and Wii - OR ZELDA WIND WAKER HD coming out?

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Chevalier84d ago (Edited 84d ago )

"Skyrim games for three console generations?"

Darth showing some idiocy here. Seriously yes Skyrim has been re-released more than any other game period. It's been released on 3 generations - PS3, PS4, PS5, PSVR, PC, PC VR, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S. That's 10 releases across 3 generations! So Seriously get your DAMN facts straight.

Yui_Suzumiya84d ago

And yet Fallout 3 has never been Remastered. Prison time should be given for that offense, lol

darthv7283d ago

Skyrim sure, but the other two... not so much

thorstein83d ago (Edited 83d ago )

@darth GTAV says hi.

Skyrim has an Alexa edition.

Chevalier83d ago

Clearly a guy with business acumen! Why would Sony want to rebundle games and release them in time for the 2nd season of TLOU to release? I mean the last time a bunch of idiots laughed at Sony then guess what? TLOU part 1 for PS5 only hit top 5 sales and kept popping onto charts throughout the year?! Lol

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Chevalier83d ago

"Skyrim sure, but the other two... not so much"

Multiple Mario and Zelda games have made 2 generations. Maybe you guys forget that over a 3rd of the gamers on Playstation have NEVER owned a Playstation system before and some are coming into it as a result of the TV show.

People said the EXACT same crap when the 1st game got released on PS5, but, it ended up being one of the best selling games the year it came out.

Also for all the idiots complaining. Playstation at least offer $10 upgrades for some of these games. Have you EVER seen a re-release by Nintendo, Xbox, Bethesda offer that?! No I didn't think so.

darthv7283d ago

releasing a newer version because the previous version is not physically compatible is not quite the same as taking a perfectly good existing game that already works on the newer platform and repackaging it under a remaster brand for that newer platform and then repackaging it AGAIN for the same platform.

And that whole line of *insert people here may not have had a PS before* is a line of BS. PS2 is the most selling platform in history... chances are very good a high percentage upgrade to the PS3 and then upgraded to the PS4 and are upgrading again for the PS5. So dont give me that line of bologna. you'd rather swallow every bit of Sony propaganda instead of call them out for milking (and yes this is milking) this game. You know there will be a PS6 version and likely a PS7 remaster.

Of course i am purely speculating on the 6 & 7 but there is a high degree of probability because of what they did already between 3, 4 & 5. And you defending even the $10 upgrade when most of the XB games get free upgrades is just another sign of your blind loyalty. I didnt think it possible and gave you benefit of the doubt but now I can see i was totally wrong.

Chevalier82d ago (Edited 82d ago )

@Darth

Again your examples are absolutely terrible. Repackaged games for new audiences isn't new with the high cost of development. This release is timed for people that are new to Playstation coming from watching season 2 of the TV show. If you're surprised and annoyed by this then stop gaming then. It will happen if there's some new Skyrim, Fallout, Doom or whatever TV show comes out too.

Also you're the guy who defends Xbox for this crap too. Skyrim releases were done while owned by Xbox.

Also you mentioned the PS2, repackaged games happened all the time then too. If you think that repackaged games is going to go away with the skyrocketing cost of development is going away then sorry cover your eyes and plug your ears and pretend like an idiot then. You will be complaining daily soon.

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OhReginald84d ago (Edited 84d ago )

I hope it's both ps5 games bundled with all updates including the new no return add ons for April. I'll triple dip on that.

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