Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
Sony has filed a patent which proposes the use of blockchain technology as a way to supplement DRM (digital rights management) in PS4 games. Right now, DRM on PS4 games is handled by third-party operators, but it seems like Sony wants to take matters into their own hands.
[...]There are a few implications here for PlayStation owners. For one, the future of being able to play a game on your friend’s consoles with your account (something which is currently allowed by Sony) is uncertain. Since blockchain authentication is more secure, and since ownership is repeatedly verified along the blockchain, there’s a chance only the purchasing user will be able to play games or consume other digital media on their device. There’s also the question of whether a user’s console will need to run the DRM process itself, and if so, whether any power will be taken up by this process.
Because everything's better with blockchain!
Source: https://techraptor.net/content/sony-files-patent-for-blockchain-based-drm-on-games
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 06 2018, @08:44PM (1 child)
if you are not online 24/7 they dont want you as a 'customer'.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 07 2018, @08:54AM
The stupid thing is that the advantages of a console was that you didn't need to waste time installing games, downloading updates and cracks. You just inserted the disc, and everything worked.
The advantages of PC gaming was that the games were cheap (can't beat the price at the pirate bay), but instead you paid with your time.
Seems to me that with the current generation of consoles, you get the disadvantages of both worlds with none of the advantages.