>Remember how the PlayStation 3 swiftly dropped the ability to
>play PS2 games? Well, our main source tell us the Orbis won't
>even bother, and that Sony has no plans to offer backwards
>compatibility for its existing catalogue of PS3 games.

Ive got a sneaking suspicion Microsoft is going to do the same. It feels like all the positives we made with the PS2/Xbox1 generation are slowly getting undone.

>SO LONG, USED GAMES
>
>Just like the next Xbox/Durango, we've heard from multiple
>sources that the Orbis will likewise have some kind of
>anti-used games measures built into the console. Here's how
>our main source says it's currently shaping up: new games for
>the system will be available one of two ways, either on a
>Blu-Ray disc or as a PSN download (yes, even full retail
>titles). If you buy the disc, it must be locked to a single
>PSN account, after which you can play the game, save the whole
>thing to your HDD, or peg it as "downloaded" in your account
>history and be free to download it at a later date.
>
>Don't think you can simply buy the disc and stay offline,
>though; like many PC games these days, you'll need to have a
>PSN account and be online to even get the thing started.

Imho this should be an issue that should be settled by the publishers/developers and retail stores. Yeah, I know that Sony makes a bunch of games for their own system, but to make things like this mandatory...bad idea jeans. Also, PLENTY of people play their games offline...