PS2 Authorization

posted in Video Game News by swampgas on Mar 12th, 2001

I was browsing Slashdot and saw a story about a new PS2 "feature". From Daily Radar: With the system, known as DNA-S, game CDs and DVDs will be imprinted with a unique ID. When a user puts the disc into the PlayStation2, the software ID and equipment ID will be verified over a network through an authentication server. Games that are not authenticated will not work. In other words, it needs to go "online" and contact Sony before you can play a game. Wow.