Warhawk: sorry, no sharing allowed, gets “alternative DRM” policy

While other PSN titles have always allowed users to share the download among five other PS3 units, SCEA has confirmed that the PSN version of Warhawk does not allow users to pass around the game too freely. Its sharing capabilities have been curbed to be more limited.

It’s going to be tied to the PSN account that bought the download. Now while the download would be available for the five other PS3 units, it would still have to be played under the purchaser’s account. The amount of time that the five other units can play the game under the original account is further limited to 24 hours only.

SCEA confirmed this to Next-Gen, saying that they’re using an “alternative Digital Rights Management (DRM) policy” for Warhawk to “protect [their] investment.” This, fortunately, doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be implemented for all PSN titles in the future. Every time they roll out a game on PSN, DRM policies would always have to be assessed based on costs in development, servers, and maintenance.

For those wondering, the alternative DRM policy will not be affecting the Blu-ray version of Warhawk.

While other PSN titles have always allowed users to share the download among five other PS3 units, SCEA has confirmed that the PSN version of Warhawk does not allow users to pass around the game too freely. Its sharing capabilities have been curbed to be more limited.

It’s going to be tied to the PSN account that bought the download. Now while the download would be available for the five other PS3 units, it would still have to be played under the purchaser’s account. The amount of time that the five other units can play the game under the original account is further limited to 24 hours only.

SCEA confirmed this to Next-Gen, saying that they’re using an “alternative Digital Rights Management (DRM) policy” for Warhawk to “protect [their] investment.” This, fortunately, doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be implemented for all PSN titles in the future. Every time they roll out a game on PSN, DRM policies would always have to be assessed based on costs in development, servers, and maintenance.

For those wondering, the alternative DRM policy will not be affecting the Blu-ray version of Warhawk.