What is PSN Pass?

[Ink]

Sony may this September launch a PlayStation Network Pass.

An image of a German Resistance 3 PlayStation 3 bundle has popped up on the internet, and it clearly shows something called "PSN Pass".

"PSN Pass Network features only available in countries that have PlayStation Store," it reads, according to German gaming forum Konsolentreff.

Is PSN Pass similar to the Online Pass, which EA, THQ, Codemasters and Warner Bros. now use?

If so, new copies of Resistance 3 may come with a code that enables access to some or all of its online features, and second-hand copies may not, forcing pre-owned customers to pay extra for access.

In August last year Sony said it was considering charging to unlock online portions of its games.

"On the principle of making online portions of the game available or unlocked from the disc-based release for a fee, we're broadly supportive of that," Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss Andrew House said.

Source: EuroGamer.

Not good news.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Video games generate lot of cash, people are willing to pay 60+ euros for a game; so games companies found the "golden eggs chicken " and (ab)use it.

 

[iPanik]

I guess this is aimed at people who buy used games. As it is now all the money from a used game goes to the shop, if this means that the developers of the game actually get some money for the used game, then this a good thing in my view. I don't think it's fair that the shops get all the money from used games.