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Xbox One Games Will Cost $60

Looks like the prices of games won't be increasing with next-gen.

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NatureOfLogic3985d ago (Edited 3985d ago )

$499 price for the most restrictive console ever, and $60 for games that you do not own. What a ripoff.

HK5A3985d ago

Are you saying if you buy an Xbox One game it's not yours?

Fucking stupid, lol

Qrphe3985d ago

It's really stupid, but MS is the mastermind behind this after all.

theBAWSE3985d ago

I had to laugh at the earlier article today statingq DRM is great for ms to win the new console generation because they may price games cheap like 29.99

plebs

lociefer3985d ago

why should i pay 60 to rent a game for mS now ?

dennett3163985d ago

It's not yours to do with as you please after you're finished with it - depending on whether or not a publisher feels like letting you trade it in at an MS sponsored retailer. Want to sell your game on ebay to recoup some of the cost if you don't particularly like it? "Nope, sorry, screw you we're forcing you to keep that sucker unless you take our pitiably low trade in price that we get to set because we have a right to do that now, for some reason" - Random Game Publisher.

fr0sty3985d ago

$60 to license the use of a game that I have to pay even more for if I want to play it online? No thanks.

loulou3985d ago

you can sell the games you pricks. just the purchaser will have to pay the unlock fee, and it will be unplayable on your hdd.

fanboys reaching now

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EasilyTheBest3985d ago

But you were never going to buy one no matter what Microsoft did...

Transporter473985d ago

Unless they took out their DRM and the used game fees would actually would of gotten one, as of now, im not.

mydyingparadiselost3985d ago

I would have if the restrictions had been let go.

dennett3163985d ago

I certainly wasn't, not after their focus for the next gen was made abundantly clear with the bundling of Kinect and the idiotically useless TV features.
The casual stripping of consumer rights and atrociously over the top DRM just dropped the cherry on the sundae for me. Console piracy was a thing, but it was a very minor thing...not like PC where it was all done via software crack, you had to physically mod the 360 by opening it and soldering a mod chip. What percentage of 360 owners would even consider doing that? 5%, maybe. Their restrictions are ludicrously over the top.

DigitalRaptor3985d ago (Edited 3985d ago )

Oh, stop with this deflecting trite.

I would've bought a 360 before this new gen if MS actually cared about their consumers. The same would've been the case with Xbox One. I don't have to look far to find reasons to dislike Microsoft. MS treat their consumers like fools and criminals. Never has the seller had the mindset that buyers serve them rather the way it should be.

Listen to Jim Sterling's words of wisdom:
http://bit.ly/14PiH8I

You guys are just as deflecting as your masters.

karl3985d ago

u know.. its not our fault that we dont like MS..

its theirs..

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mochachino3985d ago (Edited 3985d ago )

They should be cheaper to reflect the fact that often half of the game is inaccessible and requires that you pay MS additional money to use.

Depending on how many games you buy per year, a single game could really cost $120.

Even going by the consumer average 4 games a year, each One game with MP (all thus far) will cost $75 dollars when MS Gold Tax is applied.

nigelp5203985d ago

From the looks Killer Instinct should cost $40

NegativeCreep4273985d ago

but only if it came with fries and a medium drink. Now that's what I call a KILLER COMBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

thereapersson3985d ago

LOL, hey, if you're on XBox you could always hope it'll come with free Pizza Hut!

thelaughingwiseman3985d ago

What happens if your Kinect breaks? How much will it cost to replace it. You know me, clumsy person

RandomDude6553985d ago

60 bucks for something I don't own....no thanks

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What is the price of curiosity - Amanda the Adventurer is coming to console and mobile

Already on Steam with some of the finest review shouts you'll ever likely see, Amanda the Adventurer is soon coming to all major consoles

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With creative developers shutting everywhere, the future of games looks bleaker and more boring

UK indie outfit Roll7 is reportedly facing closure, along with Bethesda’s Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin – but if making award-running, profitable games doesn’t guarantee safety, what will?

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thorstein4h ago

Don't worry, AI will save us all.

And if you didn't know, that's sarcasm!

Goodguy014h ago

Idk. Great games have still been releasing. Mcsft is still no different than after the 360 era. PS, you just have to wait many years for. Nintendo is readying next gen and will definitely have many games. 3rd party and indies have been the highlight so far this year.

LucasRuinedChildhood1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Yeah but the games coming out have been in development for many years so they're not affected by this issue.

This is more about the future.

I would say that indies will continue to put out interesting games at least. They need to avoid buyouts though or they're in danger of ending up like Roll7.

Part of the issue is that CEOs created projections based on the Covid years. Now that the line/Growth™ isn't going up, they're overcorrecting for stakeholders despite good profits. There's a certain mindlessness to it.

Hopefully with inflation down and more realistic projections, things will level out.

shinoff21831h ago

The bad thing is these ceos should now those numbers are bad faith and should know better then to use those numbers.

jwillj2k423m ago(Edited 23m ago)

Yea ok.. Microsoft is no different than the 360 era eh… what in tarnation have u been smoking to not only come to that conclusion but to consciously post it publicly.

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“Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous” is dropping its “Dance of Masks” DLC on June 13th, 2024

"Today, developer Owlcat Games is excited to reveal the sixth and final DLC expansion for its critically acclaimed cRPG, "Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous".

"A Dance of Masks" will take players back to where it all began in a final love letter to the Knight Commander and their loyal companions. Get ready for one last ride when A Dance of Masks releases for PC and consoles on June 13, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.