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Sony Introduces 'PSN Pass' To Fight Used Game Sales 291

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 08, 2011 @06:25AM from the greedy-for-negative-pr dept.

Gamasutra reports that Sony has introduced "PSN Pass" — one-time codes that will unlock complete online access for certain games. "The company didn't offer details on how used and rental players would access online features in these titles, but did clarify that first-party use of the passes will be decided on a game-by-game basis." The initiative is similar to the "Online Pass" that EA rolled out last year, and to Sony's own experiment with SOCOM 4. Sony's explanation for the Pass will probably leave you wishing Google Translate supported marketing-speak: "This is an important initiative as it allows us to accelerate our commitment to enhancing premium online services across our first party game portfolio."

Comment And this... (Score 2) 81

by chaodyn on Monday May 16, 2011 @01:39PM (#36141978) Attached to: Newly-Discovered Arm of Milky Way Gives Warped Structure

"And this, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped."

Comment Re:First Post (Score 1) 154

by chaodyn on Thursday April 14, 2011 @11:31AM (#35818336) Attached to: Chinese Censors Crack Down on Time Travel

You don't need to worry about spares - when you break down you just write a letter with what parts you need and when and send it to yourself in care of Western Union with instructions to deliver it before you leave. Like that episode of Quantum Leap where Sam and Al switched during the leap and the door was shut - the second they dropped the letter into the mailbox the door opened. Makes logistics that much easier :)

Comment Re:Vertical acceleration (Score 1) 274

by chaodyn on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @08:49AM (#35731712) Attached to: Electromagnetic Automobile Suspension Demonstrated

For military vehicles, it's measured in Watts - or absorbed power at the driver station (after passing the acceleration through a filter representing a human). So basically short duration accelerations are tolerable, but many of these drive up the absorbed power. Using absorbed power as a metric, you can then measure the impact of the suspension quantitatively as done here.

Comment Re:The inverse is also true... (Score 1) 824

by chaodyn on Monday November 08, 2010 @03:52PM (#34164926) Attached to: The Placebo Effect Not Just On Drugs

In my case I WAS being lied to. We watched the local garbage collection truck pick up our garbage, dump it in the truck, then pick up our recycle container and dump it in the same truck. We stopped bothering after that.

Comment If the U.N. can do it... (Score 1) 80

by chaodyn on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @01:13PM (#34114074) Attached to: Denver Rejects UFO Agency To Track Aliens

Since the U.N. already named an Alien Ambassador it seems logical that there should be some sort of organization to track all the visitors - besides the Men in Black, that is.

Comment Re:That's not all Isps (Score 1) 111

by chaodyn on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:18AM (#33464986) Attached to: Major Battle Brewing Between French Gov't and ISPs

Ridiculize - I like that. That's an awesome new word. I'm going to start using it rediculizingly frequently.

Comment Re:Great... (Score 5, Funny) 169

by chaodyn on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:50PM (#32525678) Attached to: Smart Underwear Designed For Military

Um, S-Mart is a big store. They don't have aisles, they have isles - you get a small motorboat when you enter instead of a cart to get to all the different isles. Duh.

Comment Re:Great... (Score 1) 169

by chaodyn on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:14PM (#32525270) Attached to: Smart Underwear Designed For Military

You caught me.

Comment Re:Great... (Score 2, Insightful) 169

by chaodyn on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:12PM (#32525244) Attached to: Smart Underwear Designed For Military

But at least I didn't have to worry about it reporting status to some outside observer - imagine walking into a store... "Welcome to S-Mart, sir - by the way, your underwear is reporting a slight stretching in the elastic - you may want to visit isle 3 and pick up some new ones. Oh, and we're having a special on weight-loss products in isle 5..."

Comment Great... (Score 2, Insightful) 169

by chaodyn on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:06PM (#32525170) Attached to: Smart Underwear Designed For Military

Now I have to worry about my underwear invading my privacy too? That's it, game over.

Comment Re:Bad Passwords? (Score 1) 563

by chaodyn on Thursday May 13, 2010 @11:08AM (#32193608) Attached to: German User Fined For Having an Open Wi-Fi

From the same Article: "The court also limited its decision, ruling that users could not be expected to constantly update their wireless connection's security — they are only required to protect their Internet access by setting up a password when they first install it."

Comment Re:Clarification (Score 1) 756

by chaodyn on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @04:14PM (#32020708) Attached to: California's Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys

Which means my kids' normal order at McDonald's falls well within this limit (according to the nutrition info at the restaurant): Chicken nuggets, 190 calories, Apple Dippers, 35 calories, choc. milk, 170 calories for a total of 395 calories. Notice the nuggets have barely more calories than the milk...

Comment Bring back the Feelies! (Score 1) 400

by chaodyn on Thursday April 22, 2010 @02:36PM (#31943320) Attached to: Ubisoft Says No More Game Manuals

I miss my cloth maps of Britannia, my microscopic space fleets, my peril-sensitive sunglasses, and Max Payne mouse pads (still in use to this day). And the humor in the original Fallout and Fallout 2 manuals was priceless. For Fallout 3 I had to go online to figure out how to turn on the flashlight for my XBOX copy. Sad.

Comment Re:Special 2-D glasses needed (Score 2, Insightful) 495

by chaodyn on Monday April 12, 2010 @04:42PM (#31822202) Attached to: Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies?

What's better is going to see the movie in the theater and being able to sit through the entire showing in one sitting, without having to pause it to take care of crying babies, requests for drinks of water, wandering 4-year-olds, and barking dogs. We have 4 kids and getting away every now and then to the theater together is much preferred. Otherwise it takes us 3 hours to get through a 2 hour movie.

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