"Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.
For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.
Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from many of you, read your comments and listened to your feedback. I would like to take the opportunity today to thank you for your assistance in helping us to reshape the future of Xbox One.
You told us how much you loved the flexibility you have today with games delivered on disc. The ability to lend, share, and resell these games at your discretion is of incredible importance to you. Also important to you is the freedom to play offline, for any length of time, anywhere in the world.
So, today I am announcing the following changes to Xbox One and how you can play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360:.You'll still need an internet connection to set up your Xbox One console, but after that you can "play any disc based game without ever connecting online again".
That right there was one of the biggest news we have heard since Microsoft's deadly policies revealed at E3. You may think this is a good thing but in reality, it actually isn't, but why you ask? Simple because in theory, the policy is still there in fine print. Kotaku reports that that one-time internet setup procedure will involve downloading a day-one patch that enables the offline mode.
This is basically the same thing so unless you have an internet connection, it will still not be possible to play this. I was hoping that it was already installed on the X1 itself but I guess not. Just imagine the size of this update.
Essentially, the console is still always online unless you download the update which means if you still do not have an internet connection, it is still useless, which dates back to the useless Xbox One with policies. The only thing that is better about the new policy is that you can share, resell used games, but the always-online part is still there, it is just there once.
What are your thoughts?
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Koei Tecmo has revised its financial forecast for the current fiscal year after Rise of the Ronin and other games sales underperformed.
Sales projections have been dropped by 11% and operating income by 28%. Software sales are missing the intended target by the equivalent of $70 million. Ouch!
Going exclusive with Playstation turn out to be yet another bad decision in this case.
It´s not the PS4 era anymore and the new PS Plus is clearly taking its tool on games sales on PS5 too.
Not nearly as harsh as Gamepass on Xbox mind you, but clearly strong enough to have a negative impact on gaming companies perception on exclusivity with one platform going forward. Especially regarding AAA games.
I approved the blog because that picture made me lol. XD
But also, I think it does change some things, but it still may be too late. For example, there's this.
"Downloaded titles cannot be shared or resold. Also, similar to today, playing disc based games will require that the disc be in the tray."
Which pretty much means the death of game sharing. Then there's the fact that it's still $500 which, although not greatly, will still impact sales. And finally, Kinect is still mandatory. Why? I seriously want to know why a camera is mandatory. It doesn't make sense.
Still, this is a victory for gamers even if MS are lying about why they did it.
I still don't trust MS and never ever will. Sony cares about gaming. MS folds under pressure. I don't need a game company that requires begging and boycotting everytime we want them to fold and do what is ultimately the right thing.
LOL. Fail blog is nothing but a fanboy comment crying that his jabbing point against microsoft has been taken away.
Honestly,n the size of the install? (-____-) Gimme a break.
What about the fact that now we can game even if Xbox live goes down? How is that not a change? How is that always online like you say?
If I take my Xbox with me to a remote area with no internet I'll now be able to play it, how is that not a change?
I can now trade my games with anybody I want, no 30 day waiting period, no deactivation. How is that not a change?
How did this dribble get approved?
Well after Sony rub Microsoft in the face in regards to the second hand market and the constant negative from game journalists, gamers and the United States military. Pretty much Microsoft had no choice but to remove it's DRM policies for physical video game copies yay. Now this blog is nothing but dribble and nonsense boo.