SCEA CEO Opposed to Blocking Used Games

<p>Jack Tretton&comma; SCEA CEO has gone on record while speaking with industry analyst Michael Pachter that he &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;opposes” blocking second hand games on consoles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While speaking on GT’s <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gametrailers&period;com&sol;episode&sol;bonusround&sol;605&quest;ch&equals;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Bonus Round<&sol;a>&comma; Pachter said he asked Tretton directly if the rumors about blocking used games on the next console were true&period; Tretton’s response was that he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;opposed to blocking used games” and that they were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;great for consumers” and blocking them would be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;anti-consumer&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although that is Tretton’s view&comma; he did admit that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Japan might think something different&period;” While the issue of blocking used games in the next-gen consoles is a hot one&comma; it can’t hurt that the CEO of part of the PlayStation business has officially gone on record stating he was against blocking used games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thatvideogameblog&period;com&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;13&sol;playstation-ceo-opposed-to-blocking-used-games&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;feedburner&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;feed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Feed&percnt;3A&plus;ThatVideogameBlog&plus;&percnt;28That&plus;VideoGame&plus;Blog&percnt;29">That Video Game Blog<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;