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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: 2) by corey on Monday May 07 2018, @12:33AM
Yeah I sold my ps3 because every time I turned it on, which was say once every couple of weeks, it would say there were necessary system updates to download and install. This meant it refused to sign in to PSN and therefore I couldn't play any games. Installing the updates took about 15min+ and it gave me the shits. Never buying one again.