Sony to charge for online in used games?

Sony has revealed that it will look into charging for online content in second-hand games.

SCEE president Andrew House said that the firm supports EA's stance of issuing codes in new titles to access online services, leaving other users to pay $10 (£6) in a bid to combat second-hand sales.

"On the principle of making online portions of the game available or unlocked from the disc-based release for a fee, we're broadly supportive of that. And we're exploring actively the same option for our own content," he told GamesIndustry.Biz.

House also said that PlayStation Plus adoption rates were better than expected, with more users opting for yearly subscriptions than the three-month option, but can understand those still waiting to see what the service can do.

"I think that we need to remain hard at work on ensuring the content offering and the content flow remain strong," he said.

"I have a sense that there is a second tier of PSN users that are almost ready to sign up that are in something of a wait-and-see mode because they want to see a bit more of the roadmap and how it flows out and is it meaningful to them? Which is absolutely fair enough."

Electronic Arts' online charge was announced in May and will be issued across all future EA Sports titles.