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Report: Microsoft to remove DRM/Always Online for the Xbox1
This could be the biggest backtrack in gaming history: Microsoft will reverse course on their DRM policies for Xbox One, dropping their Internet requirements and all restrictions on used games, according to the websites WhatHiFi and GiantBomb.
According to both reports, the announcement will be made today. Citing multiple sources, GiantBomb says Microsoft has decided to remove a laundry list of Xbox One restrictions that customers considered negative: No more always online requirement The console no longer has to check in every 24 hours All game discs will work on Xbox One as they do on Xbox 360 Authentication is no longer necessary An Internet connection is only required when initially setting up the console All downloaded games will function the same when online or offline No additional restrictions on trading games or loaning discs Region locks have been dropped Since they revealed the Xbox One in May, Microsoft has faced non-stop criticism for announced policies that could drastically change the way we play games in the future. The Xbox One, they said, would require players to connect to the Internet once every 24 hours in order to keep the box playing games. You would have to activate each game by registering it on the web before playing. The console would also restrict the way that game discs are traded, borrowed, and shared, limiting the number of people who could own and play each game, and restricting trade-ins on a publisher-by-publisher basis. Microsoft has justified these policies by saying that these moves are consistent with a shift to digital seen on Steam, iTunes and other digital platforms. By reversing on those policies, Microsoft calls a lot of things into question: what will become of the Xbox One's family sharing plan? Will publishers find other ways to block used games? And what of all the rhetoric of how "the bits"—the data on each game disc, rather than the discs themselves—are the future? We've reached out to Microsoft for comment but have not heard back yet. http://kotaku.com/microsoft-is-remov...ium=Socialflow |
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06-19-2013, 06:03 PM | #31 |
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alot of us will get both systems. i will, but as of right now, its PS4 first.
Ill wait til MS drops the price some. Im like Guru now days. I just wait a bit then get the game when it drops to 20-30 bucks. lol Unless its a sports game |
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06-19-2013, 06:06 PM | #32 |
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It looks like Call of Duty with mechs. I wouldn't say it looks incredible, but it does look like it will be a fun MP game. It will come to the PS4 eventually.
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06-19-2013, 08:05 PM | #33 |
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That's bc Robert Bowling was involved, and he was pretty much the man behind MW3.
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06-19-2013, 09:01 PM | #35 |
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Why are you bolding the obvious shit? The whole point of the DRM 24 hour check-in was to authenticate games. Did you think M$ was doing it for shits and giggles? No 24 hour check-in means you have to use the actual discs to authenticate the games just like you do now.
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I am a bit surprised. I thought they were going to force this shit and then drop a game that everyone has to have on us. Guess they didn't have that up their sleeve.
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One of the funniest videos is at E3 when they announce the price and there is a long hesitation before anyone starts clapping and Phil Spencer is just smiling like a jackass on stage waiting for it.
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06-20-2013, 12:04 AM | #38 |
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Yep. That was funny as hell.
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06-20-2013, 12:26 AM | #39 |
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This system still offers me nothing and those shitty exclusive games are just shit Halo, GOW other then Titanfall nothing looks that great maybe Ryse but the timed button looks rather annoying like a rhythm game. I Admit I will buy this down the road but MS just keeps ****ing up with mistakes just like them choosing Dual-Layer over the ****ing blu-ray last time
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They finally realized how much of a colossal failure of a console release it would have been.
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06-20-2013, 01:38 AM | #41 |
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Still sticking with the ps4, they have the first party exclusives for every genre. I am not convinced Microsoft will keep putting out games, seems like they will revert to the old recipe which is throwing cash at third party developers, GOW and Halo.
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yep, Sony blows the walls off when it comes to exclusives. MS can't touch them.
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Last of Us Infamous Heavy Rain LBP Killzone God of War Their track record with exclusives is enough to keep me around. I have no doubt their exclusives with the new gen will again be better than anything MS has.
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