A recent spate of rumours has suggested that the PlayStation 4 - or Orbis - may include some kind of measures to limit or stop the use of second-hand games.
Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, has dismissed such claims, explaining that for Sony to take such a strong stance against second-hand games, they would risk the wrath of retailers, who might in turn refuse to stock the new machine.
He told GamesIndustry.biz: "It isn't really in Sony's or Microsoft's best interests to block used games. It would benefit Activision and EA slightly, and would hurt GameStop a great deal. If Sony unilaterally did this, I could see GameStop refusing to carry their console, and sales of the PS4 would therefore suffer."
"If one does it and the others don't, the one who does it will see a loss of market share," he added before explaining that neither Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony "are stupid enough to do this unilaterally" or "evil enough to do it together."