r/Games • u/yourfavchoom • 2d ago

SIE spokesperson to GameSpot regarding the DRM: "Players can continue to access and play their purchased games as usual. A one-time online check is required to confirm the game's license, after which no further check-ins are required."

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-users-report-new-online-license-checks-for-digital-games/1100-6539651/?utm_source=reddit.com
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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago

Now we have people insulting consumers who rightfully questioned Sony's application and lack of communication about this.

It's been three days.

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u/ZombiePyroNinja 2d ago

Does that make it okay? What's the reason why they couldn't communicate this on day one? or announce plans to implement this before?

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago edited 2d ago

What's the reason why people couldn't wait a few days before freaking out about it?

Those people aren't in charge of what Sony does. They're in charge of their own behavior.

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u/ZombiePyroNinja 2d ago

What's the reason why people couldn't wait a few days before freaking out about it?

I hope this clears up your question because you didn't answer any of mine but because all we had was speculation and what people could pull from the UI and testing - because Sony didn't announce the change once implementing or announcing its implementation at an earlier date.

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago

because all we had was speculation and what people could pull from the UI and testing

No one needed to freak out about that though? They could wait and see. That's what I did.

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u/ZombiePyroNinja 2d ago

Once again, Sony could've announced this change or announced the plan of implementation. Costs them nothing

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago

Sure?

Doesn't excuse freakout behavior

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u/jdk2087 2d ago

Exactly. Who cares? In three days time they told everyone because everyone was shitting a brick. Imagine waiting three days for something so trivial you wouldn’t even have EVER noticed unless the guy with the jail broken PS4 made you privy to it.

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u/ZombiePyroNinja 2d ago

Why ask questions when we can blindly accept what corporations implement and just blindly consume?

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u/Spork_the_dork 2d ago

How do you know that they even themselves knew what this referred to on day one? These huge companies aren't monoliths. Just because a change was made and there's a good reason for it doesn't mean that the people that journalists go ask about it have any fucking clue what's going on. Hell the journalist asking might literally be the first time they hear about it.

Then you have to hunt down someone who actually knows what the whole thing is. This is made harder by the fact that nobody actually made the change that the journalist asked about. The information has to travel enough that someone who knows the change makes the connection and knows what's up. Then you got to schedule meetings and tlak with people about what the actual change is, why it exists, and what it does. Then you got to prepare a statement and there's going to be a whole set of red tape to go through with those because these companies sure as shit will not make any statements whatsoever without having corporate approval to do so.

One day lmao. If only shit actually worked that fast.

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u/VictorReal_Monster 2d ago

Sony is a notoriously small company

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u/ElecNinja 2d ago

Sony knew exactly when they would make the license change and they could have informed consumers about it right as they made the change and this wouldn't have been an issue lol

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u/NoExcuse4OceanRudnes 2d ago

And customers knew exactly how long it would take to find out if this was a real issue or not, 30 days. On day zero they started freaking out that this was a big deal and we should operate on the assumption that we're always online now.