{"id":55085,"date":"2013-06-11T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T08:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=55085"},"modified":"2013-06-11T10:33:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T08:33:51","slug":"ps4-no-online-requirements-no-used-game-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/55085-ps4-no-online-requirements-no-used-game-restrictions","title":{"rendered":"PS4: no online requirements, no used game restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has shed a lot of light on its upcoming Playstation 4 console, detailing the used game restrictions and online requirements for the machine.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the online requirements, Sony\u2019s Jack Tretton announced that the console will not require online authentication for games.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he revealed that there will be no restrictions on the purchasing and trading of used games.<\/p>\n<p>To please Playstation gamers even further, Playstation Plus memberships will be carried over to PS4 with no additional cost. There will be a new free game every month, with three of the indie titles, including Don&#8217;t Starve, coming in the first months.<\/p>\n<p>The company also detailed the game-trading process, while having a poke at <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/54938-xbox-one-internet-speed-requirements-game-trades-clarified.html\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft\u2019s convoluted trade-in system<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWSIFh8ICaA\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More E3 2013 news:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/55069-all-the-big-microsoft-e3-announcements.html\"><b>All the big Microsoft E3 announcements<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/55065-need-for-speed-rivals-gameplay-released.html\"><b>Need for Speed Rivals gameplay released<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/55060-mirrors-edge-2-revealed.html\"><b>Mirror\u2019s Edge 2 revealed<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/55051-xbox-one-console-pre-order-special-announced.html\">Xbox One console pre-order special announced<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony answers the prayers of gamers everywhere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":55086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[21,1239,1853,71,8301],"class_list":["post-55085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-headline","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-sony","tag-used-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55089,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55085\/revisions\/55089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}