PlayStation 4 Will Play Used Games, Online Not Required

<p>While speaking to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-02-21-sony-tells-eurogamer-playstation-4-will-not-block-used-games">Eurogamer<&sol;a> about their newly announced PlayStation 4&comma; Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida confirmed a couple of things that many have been concerned with&semi; specifically about used games and the necessity of being online&period; Considering <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;game-blocker-patented-sony&sol;">this patent<&sol;a> that we reported on last month&comma; it seemed as though a next-gen system that blocked used games was becoming more and more likely&period; Yoshida&comma; however&comma; confirmed quite the opposite&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;So&comma; used games can play on PS4&period; How is that&quest;&&num;8221&semi; he said to Eurogamer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Continuing on from that&comma; the possibility of an <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-02-21-playstation-4-does-not-require-an-internet-connection">always online PlayStation 4<&sol;a> was addressed&comma; with Yoshida stating that&comma; although it may be a good idea to keep the system connected anyway&comma; due to it having a low-power mode where it can still download&sol;update&comma; you can still go completely offline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Social is big for us&comma; but we understand there are some people who are anti-social&excl; So if you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to connect to anyone else&comma; you can do that&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Options are nice&period; People like options&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;