PES 2008 locks game to online account
I have not been able to find time to buy the game (plus the fact that the game has serious online issues) but i was directed by a Destructoid blog entry to Gamespot’s review of the game. It appears that once each PS3 copy of the game locks on to a particular online account. Therefore if the game is taken to be played on another PS3 the online mode is not accessible via the other user’s account.
It’s also worth noting the online registration process, which locks your copy of the game to your Konami account for online play. This means that if you ever want to sell your copy of the game, the next person will be unable to play online unless he or she has your registration details. To our knowledge this is the first time this has happened in a PS3 title, and Konami’s UK office declined to respond to enquiries over why the system was implemented.
The industry has long been moaning about used games being a huge problem and it appears that this is one of the ways they may be starting to tackle it. For me this is a non issue. Since i have bought the product, and probably at the steep price of CYP40 as well, i am entitled to use it however i want for as long as i want. If for some reason i want to sell it then i should not be penalised nor should the second hand buyer much like second hand market for cars, cds, books etc. Only time will tell whether more developers and publishers will follow this route.