Post: Playstation Now Won’t Give you Access to a Digital Copy of Games you Own on Disc
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01-09-2014, 01:42 AM
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xLew--
Former Staff
In an interview with CVG, John Koller explained that users who already own copies of their games in a physical form on PS3 or older platforms will not be able to get a digital copy of their game for free. At least not yet they won’t.
When asked if owners will simply have to put a PS3 disc into the PS4, Koller said, “We… uh, initially, no. So, we’re saying no to that right now.” CVG went a step further and asked if this was even a feature Sony was looking into. Koller responded with a resounding “no”.
It’ll be interesting to see if Sony offers some sort of discount for games you already own or if there’s just a one time subscription fee to access the games in the library like OnLive did with it’s Playpack.
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I never normally hold onto my games but this has made even more sense to trade the old gen stuff in for new gen things.
Thoughts?
01-19-2014, 07:09 PM
#20
YnO
~♣°Yamata no Orochi°♣~
Originally posted by HUYI82
It's a different service to a digital game, ps now is streamed to a server a digital game is stored on your local hard drive, plus the bc on the ps4 was intentionally gimped so that people would cough up and pay for ps now, sony did the same for the mp3 playback, they locked it out so you will cough up and pay for music unlimited, if nintendo can provide bc for free, why can't sony? Think about that.
bussines company. = making money.
dont like it, dont buy it. move to nintendo.
simple .
i dont know what people have in their minds...
just because you buy a new device, That does not mean you get extras for free
anyways i dont care if i want it i will buy it membership games or whatever,
and all of you should do the same if dont like it dont suport it,
no one is forcing you to buy it.
01-19-2014, 07:18 PM
#21
Brad
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Originally posted by iSearch
Sony wants money, it makes no since why you have to repay for a game you already bought. It shouldn't matter if it's from a Older Gen or not. But hey, it's all about money these days..
let me put it this way..
You went to GAME and bought the latest call of duty as a physical disc. You are paying GAME to purchase the disc, and are not paying Sony.. This is probably the main reason why you can't get a digital version free from Sony as you haven't made the purchase from Sony in the first place.. It would be like purchasing a Call of duty from GAME and then going to HMV and asking for a free downloadable version just because you already own the disc.. it doesn't work like that as HMV would be giving you a game for free, just in another format. Meaning HMV would make no money ^^
(I know HMV don't sell digital downloads of games, was just an example)
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01-20-2014, 02:44 AM
#22
Keomo
Can’t trickshot me!
But you already own the game, therefore why do you have to pay for it again if you have a fully functional copy?
It isnt smart to always rely on digital, since next thing you know, you're gonna end up buying it all over again, at least with having a physical copy you have the leverage to always have the game so to speak. And like others have already said before, you can always "Trade it in" if it sucks that is.
It isnt smart to always rely on digital, since next thing you know, you're gonna end up buying it all over again, at least with having a physical copy you have the leverage to always have the game so to speak. And like others have already said before, you can always "Trade it in" if it sucks that is.
01-22-2014, 01:07 PM
#23
Fapping Machine
Brute
01-22-2014, 01:09 PM
#24
Fapping Machine
Brute
Originally posted by Keomo
But you already own the game, therefore why do you have to pay for it again if you have a fully functional copy?
It isnt smart to always rely on digital, since next thing you know, you're gonna end up buying it all over again, at least with having a physical copy you have the leverage to always have the game so to speak. And like others have already said before, you can always "Trade it in" if it sucks that is.
It isnt smart to always rely on digital, since next thing you know, you're gonna end up buying it all over again, at least with having a physical copy you have the leverage to always have the game so to speak. And like others have already said before, you can always "Trade it in" if it sucks that is.
If you already own the game, why would you want the same thing on a different console?
01-23-2014, 09:07 PM
#26
Keomo
Can’t trickshot me!
I lost one of my games for one of my old broken consoles, and I am a fan for one of these "collections" that I repurchased.
I don't just play the games, I collect them too, I want to have fully functional copies of every game I enjoyed, so that I can either brag about them, play them again, or lend them to people who have never gotten to play them. The list goes on.
But if I already have the game, there is no reason to buy it again. Unless it's for PC or something, that I understand, I recommend always having a PC version of any game you play, you get a lot of freedom on PC than you do anywhere else. You can just redownload that joint.
I don't just play the games, I collect them too, I want to have fully functional copies of every game I enjoyed, so that I can either brag about them, play them again, or lend them to people who have never gotten to play them. The list goes on.
But if I already have the game, there is no reason to buy it again. Unless it's for PC or something, that I understand, I recommend always having a PC version of any game you play, you get a lot of freedom on PC than you do anywhere else. You can just redownload that joint.
dang 
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