There is no DRM on Sony, Xbox Games now

Published on April 1 2014 by Dream_lee

The president clarifies that PlayStation has DRM on digital games – exactly what the outcry was around Microsoft’s console.

A video is circulating (below) which displays a PS4 user irritated that his games could not be played without an internet connection. He attempts to play Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Sound Shapes, and Flower…

Each of the titles refuse to launch, instead displaying a message stating: “Cannot start the application. The PS4 is not connected to the internet and cannot verify the license for the application”

My own experience with the PS4 is similar. A family member has the latest console and has downloaded several digital titles, I assumed I could just login to my account on the device and play – but it refused without said family member being signed-in.

This seems crazy – and being a PlayStation 3 owner I can’t remember having such problems on the last-generation console...

Geek.com has the same experience: “If you purchase a game on PSN right now with your PlayStation 3, anyone with access to the console has access to the game. The purchasing system on the PS3 is fairly open, allowing you to have the game on multiple consoles with your account setup.

This system used to allow for up to five locations for the game to exist, but has since been limited to two. It looks like the PSN on Sony’s next console will decrease that number from two to one, and will also bind the game specifically to your account.”

Certainly on both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One others can jump on their own profiles and get playing my games stored on the consoles. I can also play the digitally downloaded games offline regardless of time period.

So there we go –