Microsoft On Why Xbox One Games Will Be “Locked To You”

Edge: ''Xbox One games will be locked to each owners’ profile – a system which has “a lot of advantages,” says Microsoft Studios’ corporate vice president Phil Spencer.

Amid confusion (and consternation) over the place of second hand games on Xbox One, Spencer told us that Microsoft “recognises the importance” of trading in games but maintained that we’d have to wait for specifics on how Microsoft will address this market.''

[Root]

"Money"

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[iGAM3R-VIII]

LOL bubble 4 the laugh

http://i.minus.com/ijW9KbFN...

[ThatCanadianGuy514]

This guy doesn't seem very excited..
http://oi41.tinypic.com/2zq...

[thereapersson]

"Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly
But don't take a slice of my pie

Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil
Today"

[Why o why]

Give em an inch.....

[miyamoto]

Don't worry this M$ money strategy seems to work mostly for American market because they will eat anything with enough TV hype.

[nix]

i've been thinking a lot about second hand games. i understand that lots of games are shared or bought second hand because of which the devs don't get the money they could have been got.

as much as i care for the devs, last time i checked, if i buy a second hand car, the car manufacturer never gets the money. same goes with the toothpaste that's shared. or the newspaper. i mean the manufacturers of every single thing that can be shared never gets the money from the second consumer so why are we treating the games differently?

it's just the thought though.

[SilentNegotiator]

"The game is locked to my system?!

https://www.youtube.com/wat... !"

[BlmThug]

MS truly lost the f***ing plot after reports of 'Xbox Natal'

[theBAWSE]

I dunno what's worse.. The arrogance of ms to pull this crap or the notion that we consumers are idiots in a way that they can word things in a certain way an we will fall for it

[travelguy2k]

I believe developers think they should get a piece of the second hand pie (sounds dirty) because if its an online, or multiplayer game, the second owner is using the servers of the developer without paying.

I believe they have an argument, but i don't think they should ever get away with charging full, or possible half price to the second hand player (also sounded dirty). 5 - 10 bucks maybe to have access to their servers and maybe a free DLC just to sweeten the pot.

All i know is that if Microsoft charges too much for used games to be fully accessible by second hand owners and Sony doesn't... then i think the developers won't have to worry about second hand sales, they will have to worry about first hand sales.

[Dasteru]

@Why o why:

Give em an inch and they take a foot.

http://www.funfancydress.co...

[jadenkorri]

if sony keeps their games open and ms locked, we'll see a huge shift to sony.

[BattleAxe]

GameStop should drop support for XBOX asap. If they want to keep their business viable, then they need to focus on Sony and Nintendo. It would be smart for them to start to include more retro systems and games also.

[zeal0us]

MS motto: Screw the consumers We want MONEY!!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOgBp ThHBb8

[SnakeShady]

But in long term, if you screw your consumer, you will not get any money.

[ZodTheRipper]

^That is what's happening right now. MS already started to screw gamers this gen and now they went for the full retard fatality. They'll probably win over some other customers but they'll definately lost a lot of gamers already and E3 could turn out even worse when they have to face Sony directly.

[Raccoon]

if you buy a XBOXone you will pay a large fee for the console, a fee for the games, a fee to be able to pay a fee for Netflix, Hulu and others, a fee to watch tv, a fee to play online, a fee for more cloud memory, and god know what crap they will announce at e3... From now on I will call XBOXone owners "FEE MASTERS"

[JackBNimble]

So people who live in the same house hold will have to either share a profile, or pay for the same game multiple times to have access to it on multiple profiles.

Good job ms!

[hesido]

It's clarified that although the game will be locked to account, other accounts will be able to play the game if they share the box.

[SexyGamerDude]

Yeah, I think it will be like how DL games are now. They will be available to anyone profile on the console.

[PrinceOfAnger]

and a fee for turning on the device

[JackBNimble]

Well, they should clarify that then, and if they have then I missed it. I get why a DL would be like that but not a physical copy.

[LackTrue4K]

I don't think you can share you account. Cuz kinetics can log you in withs it's camera. Unless your there in person, or have some Mission Imposable mask....your not gana be able to play another persons games/account.

[That-Guy]

And with Xbox One you will now be paying a fee for your fee.

[denawayne]

I have to admit, I am an Xbox fan and will be buying Xbox One but these comments are hilarious. Paying a fee to pay a fee was a good one.

[Raccoon]

Denawayne

I admire your honesty and blind support for your favored company! Loyalty and support will only insure future success of your company of choice...

Sony has supported my gaming needs for a decades+ and for that I will always support their consoles, a company that has awarded me when they succeed and when they fail. They have shown me they really care about my satisfaction as a consumer....

GAME ON!

[DragonKnight]

@That-Guy: There's a Yo Dawg meme in that somewhere.

[insomnium2]

@onyoursistersback

"I don't think you can share you account. Cuz kinetics can log you in withs it's camera."

We will have to disquise ourselves as the person in our family who bought the content. Kinect will be ordering you to "reveal your face and say your name" with an angry soldiers voice. LOL!

an 18 yo girl trying to act s a 30 something man should be easy enough. "that's right I'm Gary". Double LOL!

[negative]

"Lame"

[adorie]

I just want to put this in here.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[kreate]

lol

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

Me too! Me too!

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[DragonKnight]

That laugh is totally Balmer.

[DragonKnight]

Yep.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[TwistedMetal]

if you dont have reliable internet or internet at all or if you buy used games, share games or bring them to your friends to play at all then you should not be getting an xbox one at all end of the discussion.

i hope you dont travel alot either because i know my parents house dont have internet connection so if i stay there for a few days or something i wouldnt be able to play xbox one at all.

[andibandit]

I'll be so busy watching TV i dont think i'll notice.

[THamm]

What if you don't subscribe to Live what happens then?

[ZodTheRipper]

You'll get an ugly black box that even plays BluRays now. Yay.

[caffman]

But I already have a fat PS3

[BladerunnerZX]

"Microsoft’s intentions are abundantly clear: the Xbox One is aimed squarely at those who wish for a do-it-all, fancy set-top box which is packed to the hilt with multimedia capabilities and can ensure the company never misses an opportunity to cash in on its consumers. The ever-shying Xbox controller is sadly the last remaining sign that Microsoft still actually cares about gamers; because the above decisions present undeniable and damning proof that they do not. "

__________

Microsofts Xbox One is not only anti consumer but it is heavily ANTI GAMER.

All gamers must see that all of the restrictions that Microsoft has built into the Xbox One such as no used games and an always online requirement ( the Xbox One must be connected every 24 hours even to play single player games) are heavily geared toward restricting both your usage of the Xbox One and nickel and diming the consumer into oblivion.

As a gamer for over 30 years I ask the gaming community as a whole Please do not buy an Xbox One.

Do not support these anti consumer tactics.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

So no used games is anti-consumer? So then clearly Steam is anti-consumer.

Bottom line... there are still many questions that need a full explanation such as what if you console isn't connected to the internet.. can it function period? From all the varying comments I have heard on this I get the feeling MS is saying for your Xbox One to work as it should it will need to be connected once every 24hrs to check for updates, etc..if it isn't connected you will lose out on a vast majority of what it can do. Just like the PS4. If you are not online with your PS4 half if not more of its new functionality is useless.

But this all points to the biggest problem that is MS really has done a horrible job of bringing to light all the facts for this console.

[denawayne]

I have a feeling everybody that thinks they can't play used games or can't play games without an internet connection are going to find out that they were wrong. It just really sucks that MS is not clarifying how the Xbox One works.

[Garbanjo001]

to denewayne: If they told you how it worked, you wouldn't buy it.

[DragonKnight]

@Dlacy13g: Steam is absolutely anti-consumer. Don't confuse their sales as being the only thing needed to be pro-consumer. Let's be real, Steam IS DRM. Microsoft probably got their ideas for the Xbox One's DRM directly from Valve, and you can bet that no used games is definitely anti-consumer. Used games doesn't just mean previously owned, it also means borrowed. What part of that can be considered pro-consumer?

[khowat]

lol

but seriously though, the sale of used games sucks for everyone except the consumer and maybe gamestop

Consumers think they're getting a deal and think that companies are trying to dip their hands into their pockets whenever no used games comes up

It is literally that microsoft, the devs get 0 dollars on used game sales

And these days it costs like 30 million dollars to develop a game and upwards it must suck to have so much money just sapped out of you and never being able to make that money back

Sony just sucks it up and takes in fear of angering the consumer but microsoft wats to do something about it

I still don't support it but it is fair for them to want some money from used games

[colonel179]

But it's not only the used market. If I buy a game, why can't I lend it to a brother, sister, friend, roommate, etc. Someone might share one Xbox in a household, but there are other times when each person has their own, and MS is blocking them from sharing a game.

Downloadable games might be different because they obviously download to your account directly, but we are talking about a physical disc. If they start to even control the physical stuff, what's waiting for us in the future? The car? The house? Food? Will companies start controlling that too?

I think that controlling digital stuff is immoral, because you PAY for the content and it should be YOURS. Controlling a physical thing it's not only immoral, but nonsense and definitely illegal.

[s45gr32]

How about these developers charge the retailers $10.00 for every game sold used. Another option would be to sell the digital version of say game $10.00 or $20.00 less than the retail version. Why consumers have to pay the price for something they are losing money on as opposed to retailers raking all the money from used games.

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

LOL this.

[NeXXXuS]

I had to join in on this

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[dj3boud]

double post

[dj3boud]

someone has too edit this video with xbox and ps logos and add some context.. loool

[batbatz]

MS have contempt for their customers

[indysurfn]

$

[Azrabain]

ILL MAKE THIS REAL EASY FOR EVERYONE! STOP BUYING EVERYTHING FROM M$ AND EA SO THEY BOTH GO OUT OF BUSINESS!!! BOTH COMPANIES REALLY ARE THE SAME! THEY DONT CARE ABOUT THE CONSUMER THEY JUST WANT OUR MONEY! THEY DONT HAVE INTEGRITY OR CLASS THEY ARE JUST A BUNCH OF MONEY HUNGRY DIRT BAGS WHO NEED TO BECOME UNEMPLOYED!!! THEY ARE LIKE A CANCER TO THE GAMING WORLD AND THEY NEED TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ABizzel1]

I understand why they did it (money), and I agree with it a bit (look at the game studio closures), but it's still a turn off to gamers.

No matter what kind of gamer you are or what kind of fanboy you are no one wants to see their favorite game developer close, due to used games eating up their sales.

To put that into perspective Heavy Rain sold 2 million copies, and they made a fairly large profit off the game. However, over 3 million gamers have trophies in the game, meaning the missed out on 1,000,000 sales due to used games. As a business that pisses you off, but as a gamer you should be able to do what you want with what you buy.

We'll never see eye to eye on this with companies or agree with it, but that's why consoles are pushing for the end of used games and digital only. I don't mind digital as long as I can play my games instantly and not wait for downloads (PS4 and Xbox One got me covered), if I have a large enough HDD (320GB PS3 is full thanks to PS+), and if the digital versions are cheaper than retail. Until then it's retail for me.

[DonFreezer]

Money.Yeah because Sony does it for the gamers and not for the money.Facepalm ps drones.

[Snookies12]

Okay.... What advantages does this give? I'd love to hear some answers on that one.

[zeal0us]

You get to buy your friends games for a fee instead of playing them for free because we just know you wanted to pay us more money /sarcasm

[Why o why]

You get to save a huge corporation the cost of ky jelly.....Our own blood will do for lube...bargain!

[guerojose]

He meant advantages for Microsoft, silly.

[Garbanjo001]

There aren't any advantages really. I'm mostly a second hand gamer because I don't have the money to steadily go out and shell out 60 bucks for a new game. It's bullshit, and I was already thinking about shifting to PS4 anyway, this is the icing on the cake. The fact is, they want their money for second hand products, and since they have a digital archive, it makes sense for them to do this and reasonably do this to the consumer because they are basically fucking us all out of money. Period.

The thing is, they might give some kind of "Microsoft Points" or something, so that way you keep plugging and playing games. It's a marketing strategy, they create a digital market for your games, you pay for them, you pay them for second hand games, you get MPoints, you get the points, you spend it in their stores for more useless shit, you get more useless shit, they never give you money to trade in a game or swap one out. More money in their pockets, they basically just slapped on that smile and waltz out there and said what they said because know the tactics of doing business. Period.

[ThatCanadianGuy514]

Money money money
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[InMyOpinion]

This one is fitting too: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

:)

[MasterCornholio]

Heres another

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[vega275]

Well goodbye xbox one

[DARK WITNESS]

Goodbye xbox, In a way I am glad I bought the halo4 360 as that will be my last xbox. Was going to trade it in, but now I will keep it for old time sake.

(opens arms and looks at PS4 lovingly)

[vega275]

Your not the only one. But I will not rule out me ever getting the xbox one. But they seriouly killed any reason from me getting it day one or in the next few years.

[DARK WITNESS]

@ Vega

I agree.. If i am totally honest with myself there is still a chance I may get it at some point but it went from day 1 purchase to I will buy dirt cheap or maybe never.

[Foxhound922]

They went full casual....you never go full casual

[The Meerkat]

^ this is my favourite comment about the MS disaster.

[Foxhound922]

Haha thanks! I'm picturing a African American Robert Downey Jr. watching the Xbox reveal, in full Xbox fanboy attire. Then right at the end he says this lol

[PrinceOfAnger]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ oh wait

[tigertron]

This was the final nail in the coffin for me. No way will I even consider buying an Xbox One with this "feature".

[Sarobi]

Thank goodness the data is only locked to me. I have nightmares about people breaking into my house and stealing my next-gen games.. now I feel safe knowing they will have to pay a fee when attempting to play it...PHEW!.

But seriously.. this is not something I'm going to benefit from.

[talisker]

It won't be locked to me because I won't buy it.

[coolmast3r]

^-- This guy is truly genious! =)

[bomboclaat_gamer]

so is your spelling
hehe

but im turned off from the xbox one also

i guess ill go to the ps4 this time around.

[TechnicianTed]

The real benefit from this is you don't have to worry about getting your games back when you lend them to friends.

Because you won't be able to.

You also won't have to worry about how much you're going to get from selling your games to anyone else other than MS, they've taken care of that as well, bless 'em.

So cheer up everyone, MS is thinking of you at the end of the day. They've taken all that stress and worry away.

Who needs games anyway? Consoles are for watching tv apparently....

[WitWolfy]

So the rumors were true... One game per console profile... LOL thats not going to sit good with future customers..

QUESTION!!!

What if you get a profile ban, does your games just dissapear of the locked profile, or how?

[Sarobi]

I wouldn't be shocked if you'd have to rebuy the games if you got profile/console banned.

[WitWolfy]

Not surprised, I still like the way Spencer dodges the question of pre played games though LOL

Plus I wouldn't be surprised if this feature gets dropped 4 months into release because of bland sales.

[Blank]

OH CRAP! I didnt even think about that question! Damn thats scary having a huge library only to lose it, which there have been cases of accidental bans you know I was going to remain optimistic and wait for E3 but this scary thought just put me off 100%

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

That's a very good question, I will like the answer to this aswell.

[LightofDarkness]

"Secondary market"? Lending games to friends is not a market. The more they try to sugar coat and dodge questions, the more angry everyone will get. Yeah, wait till E3 MS. By then everyone will be ready to explode all over you, and what you're seeing now is just a fraction of what's coming.

[g-nome]

If the games are half to a third of the price they are now ... they are free to lock it to a single account . Otherwise suck it.

[RmanX1000]

This would be a cool idea if it wasnt the stupidest thing ive ever heard in my life.

[Rainstorm81]

LLS....HILARIOUS

Bubs to you sir

[BlaqMagiq24]

They wanna nickel and dime you of course. They've shown every intention of being anti-consumer.

[talocaca]

I hope everyone in the PR department gets a good bonus...they are certainly working overtime and will for a while.

[d0nT wOrrY]

Money, MONEY!!

Off topic but it's damn funny hahahaha

"CEO Kaz Hirai ‏@KazHiraiCEO 4h

My plan to plant Phil Harrison into Microsoft to Sabotage the XBOX ONE is working brilliantly right now"

[ghostgaming]

The MS campus is a mess today - people are contradicting one another.

Some MS ppl claim you do not always have to be connected to the internet to play games, others say you have to connect at least once in a 24hr period - which is it and what would happen if your internet goes down for more than 24hrs?

They have been real shifty and contradictory in terms of the used, borrowed, rented gaming. They say they understand that aspect of gaming but will charge some fee??? - No details on the fee but say comments ranging from a "small fee" to full "full price or less"

They did not give details on system speed or firm numbers on the amount of the 8gb of Ram needed to run the system. I have seen comments ranging from 2gb to 4gb - either way, more than the PS4 - I would prefer that Ram to be utlized for gaming, not switching from TV to gaming - I do know how to work the remote

At this point, MS will not be able to focus on gaming at E3 because there are so many open questions with contradictory answers. Core gamers are the early adopters of a new console, not the casual market, they wait until the price drops and becomes more affordable

[ComBaTs0uL]

This is a console version of steam, this will not effect me but game developers are struggling and this is a way to help them out, just think the more money the developer makes better budgets they get to make new games..

[jessupj]

Unfortunately, that money is just going to go to the greedy CEOs and directors of the publishers.

This is not good for the gamer AT ALL.

[Alos88]

I remember arguing with someone about the possibility of an offline pass. I said it would never happen.
I was a fool.

[NoobJobz]

This sucks. Gone are the days when you can lend or borrow games from friends.

Also, how does this effect something like GameFly or used games from GameStop? I guess I don't fully understand.

[Garbanjo001]

My assumption is that second hand game stores as a whole are fucked. I just watched an old school gaming store go out of business to gamestop and vintage stock. It sucks cause it was one of my favorite stores. I got my games that I came for at least, Final Fantasy 2/3 and Secret of Mana baby! I'm a junkie when it comes to collecting old games like these and it's really sad that I can't raid the second hand market... oh wait, i'm getting a PS4!!! Oh yea I'm safe. Game on!

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

The physical copy becomes useless after its used unless you pay a fee.so if I rent a game from gamefly I would have to pay additional fees to play the game I rented.

Same with gamestop, you would buy a game only to have to buy it again just to boot it up.

I pretty much buy all my games new and I never rent, but I do buy some used games and telling people what to do with their property is wrong on so many levels.

If I buy a mcdonalds burger and shared it with someone should their be a fee applied to that?..

a game only has value because of consumers, telling me something I buy loses all value the moment of purchase is bullshit.

[NoobJobz]

I agree. I want to see what this "fee" is. Surely it's not the full price of the game?

Guess what this means is I will buy few games. Only the Major games that are must haves. Every other game can wait a year or two until the"new" price of it is $20 or less. I can't pay $60 a game. I played 600 games this gen. No way I could pay $60 a piece for all of those.

[Jek_Porkins]

I think we all need to wait for a bit more clarification, being able to access a game over your friends house is all good, but my younger brother who is still in college and is my roommate borrows my single player games often, I mean we both buy the latest multiplayer games new like COD, Gears, Halo, Battlefield ect.. I am a business owner and he pays for school, so he'll often borrow my single player games and go through them.

It would be a huge letdown if you couldn't do that, so hopefully they clarify, and saving that remove that feature as an option is they are planning it.

[ziggurcat]

i think they've been pretty clear that you'll have to pay for the game if you borrow it from a friend.. or rent it... or buy it used...

[Jek_Porkins]

Major Nelson Tweeted that there is many months before the Xbox One launches and nothing is finalized. So I wouldn't bank on anything being written in stone right now.

[Pillsbury1]

So if you disagree with microsofts tactics why are you so fervently defending them? I've been seeing so many Xbox supports absolutely disgusted by ms's actions.

[Jek_Porkins]

I think there is a huge difference between disagreeing with something, and being ignorant/ranting about it.

I have a very positive outlook for the Xbox One, I'm going to buy one, I want to see the games come E3, the price point and release date. I have a feeling all the used game stuff will be worked out for the best in the end. That's really the only issue I have at this point.

[fOrlOnhOpe57]

Wow Microsoft activated;

FULL AUTO-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE

Countdown to E3 and detonation continues.....

[nick309]

Thank god i can still share pizza with my friends in this world.

[Veneno]

Not unless you have a Kinect hooked up to that pizza.

[colonel179]

The way this world is going, not for long my friend. Not for long.

[Foxhound922]

You can share the pizza with your friends, but your friend has to repay dominos for each slice they eat. =p

[sandman224]

I like that you won't need to put the disc in the tray once you install it. That's a big perk.

[xxV0rschlaghammer]

Big perk with a lot of downsides, I'd rather require the disc be in after install and be able to rent and lend games and buy used without fees or other BS.

[TemplarDante]

So.. let me get this straight.

I buy a game on Xbox One
I have my own profile.
My brother has his own profile.
And we both share one for games like Tekken, Fifa, etc.

So, we buy the disc. I use it on my profile.
Then my bro uses it. And he has to pay again?
Then, we pay a third time on our joint profile?

I wish I had a time travelling DeLorean, I would zip back in time and smack the person in the head who thought that was a good idea.

[colonel179]

What i understand is that no. As long as you two are in the SAME Xbox you can have one game used with multiple accounts.

if you and him had their own Xbox, then if you install it using YOUR profile, when lending the game to him. He either plays the game with YOUR profile, or he has to install it using HIS profile but PAYING a fee.

[MontyQ]

cliffy b 4 life

[coolmast3r]

R.I.P
XBOX One
(2013-2013)

[justrandom]

lol you really made me laugh.good job buddy with that comment. I swear its been 2 days since the XBOX ZERO reveal that i have barely played PS3(I also work many hours) been enjoying most of the comments. I'll leave this link I borrowed(stole :)from another commenter
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[MJ23007]

Ill be getting a PS4 now, BC was a big enough blow, but now this whole used game tied to an account crap means a PC and PS4 for me!

[ZodTheRipper]

Right now I'm torn between saving for a gaming PC or getting the WiiU. The PS4 looks like it will last for a couple of years without feeling outdated, and Nintendo seems to have some awesome exclusives in the making.

[LoveOfTheGame]

Kinda makes me wonder what PS4 is going to do to "block" used games as they stated they hadn't come to a conclusion yet.

Does anyone know if these fees for unlocking used games will go to MS or the dev/publisher of that game?

[josephayal]

wut u have to be kidd me?

[strigoi814]

The time it start every words they say just make me imagine "we want your money"

[jessupj]

They answer like a politician.

When we asked what happens if players want to lend a game to a friend, Spencer replied: “I think the whole idea of a secondary market is important and it’ll be important in the next generation and we’ve designed [Xbox One] with that in mind from the beginning. We think there are a lot of advantages of having your content assigned to you digitally – we did that on 360 with cloud-saved games – and we want to do that with content.”

“We understand there are implications to secondary; just know that we recognise the importance of that market and we’ve designed with that in mind from the beginning. We’ll share more details as we get further along the road.”

Did not answer the question in the slightest. I thought the idea of a console reveal, was to, you know, reveal the console. Give as much information about the consoles as you can and when people ask question, you fcking answer them.

The answer to our questions are obviously going to be bad and we're not going to like them at all, why else would MS's PR department be hiding everything?

[abc1233]

Ok I'm confused. Is this a case of Microsoft preventing people giving disks to multiple people and having them download the content onto their xbox for free, or is this a case of people actually having to pay a fee even if they don't download the game and just play it straight from the disk? Microsoft haven't been very clear at all.

[Veneno]

Why even bother selling discs at retail when you have to be online to activate and authenticate every 24hrs?

[quenomamen]

Now I thought originally the whole used game deal was about the Devs getting screwedon used games correct ? So will MS be cutting them in ( yeah right ) on this game recycle thing or is it just a matter of what what a bunch of bean counters at Redmond came with to cut in to Gamestop and other used game retailers revenue ? Greedy fukers

[girevik]

I can somewhat understand being always online and maybe even limiting used games but the one thing that I do not like and can not stand is the idea of Kinect always listening... think about that for a moment. your system is always online with a open gateway into your private conversations. I'm sure the government would surely respect our privacy! (sarcasm) I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't linked up with NSA databases collecting every word... creepy!

[nosferatuzodd]

oh dare lol the cable box have come

[leemo19]

MS really doesn't want support for the new console do they. They should just keep quiet to e3 cause seems each article different people from MS are making the xbox1 anti-consumer console with things like this.

[Robotronfiend]

They will probably allow you to transfer your licensing rights on a game to a friend, for a period of time (like a rental), but I doubt they'd let you play the game at the same time.

Regardless, I'd rather just build a new PC or maybe a Steambox if those come out in the next 12 months.

[cyhm3112]

Microsoft keep insulting gamers' intelligemce, lying about lots of things, trying to fool gamers about their real motive and denying about the console's weaknesses. They really think we are so stupid. It is really funny. I am not going to buy this piece of crap ever. I hope you don't too.

[mega31]

THere are so many stories like this, its best to just leave it until E3, like now N4G has like 5 or 6 stories saying 5 or 6 different things, its just best to wait till E3 cause its chaotic here because of so many news articles saying microsoft said this, and said that, its confusing as hell, even MS is getting confused LMAO

[denawayne]

I find it funny that most of the people upset about this seem to be Sony fanboys. Instead of just disagreeing like a coward, make a comment which side you're really on and if you are an Xbox fan, how much does this affect you.

[Max-Zorin]

I'm gonna laugh if someone buy the system just to hack it to hell and back and post it on Youtube.

[KumquatGOATBEEF]

I like how he just casually says, "You could have multiple Xbox Ones..."

And the point of that would be...?

[MJ23007]

If this is really true M$ wont be getting my money, I was a die hard fan of halo since the orginial xbox and was at launch for the 360, think ill go PS4 this time around. No Backwards compatibility and a fee for used games is just ridiculous anybody who buys this console and supports this is stupid. SOrry it just promotes this crap, imagine if you couldn't let your brother or family member borrow your blurays????

[isyourhouseonfire]

Microsoft is essentially protecting a vulnerable industry. Competitors like Sony owe MS a big thanks. As gamers, we owe it to these companies to spend our money and buy the intellectual property filled experience as they intended.

[sevilha82]

I´m sorry,we don´t owe them nothing...they all make billion of dollares a year. Each and every employee from the ceo to the freaking janitor problaly have better salarys than many of they´re customers...when so many us do the sacrafice to give them our money in such complicated times,we the customers should have better tratment,i i´m free to take my games to where ever i want i payd for it...and it´s being denided,for what?for some white collar shumck can aford it´s fifht Maserati in his garage...just my opinion.

[sevilha82]

Ohhh you wanna play some Fifa 14 at your´s fried's house.
f...k you that's why?

[Saleem101]

I will not support a system that block used games plain and simple, Microsoft is proving they don't care about there fans if your gamer stand up don't support this non-sense it can only get worst from now if you support Microsoft....

[Enigma_2099]

... because we want to KILL the used games market. DUH!!!

[Tzuno]

I am tired by all of this... i just farted.

[Kidmyst]

I really hope Sony doesn't follow this same path.

[Zcarnut]

I just read this article here and it has this quote.

Sony worldwide studio head Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer that “used games can play on PS4.” When pressed on the issue, however, Sony told Game Informer: “We are just now announcing the basic vision and strategy for PS4, and we’ll have more information to share regarding used games later this year.”
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013...

Reading between the lines, looks like MS and Sony gave the same type of response.

[ACEMANWISE]

Sony is following the same path, just at a much slower pace. It seems they will be evolving their touchpad as a form of identification enforcement, such as fingerprints. Like Microsoft Sony needs to get all their equipment into the household and get people highly invested in their purchases before making their move.

[rataranian]

Hey you're all focusing way too much on the used game fee! ...Lets not forget the mandatory installs for huge games on a non removable 500gb hard drive. =D lol!

[ACEMANWISE]

This means each disc is per person. If there is a family in a house each one needs a their own copy to play. Yet they are targeting the mass market, family, and friends.

There was no way I was going to pay for 3 XBox Live subscriptions in order for my family to play online. I'm definately not going to pay 180 dollars plus the subcriptions to play as a family.

That is not servicing the values of family and friends. This is family and friends servicing their values.

[ACEMANWISE]

As I've been predicting for years now, online and software control has come full force.

Expect them to enforce this using facial recognition and voice recognition. After this expect the camera to detect the number of people in a room and watch to see that you don't hand the controller to someone else.

The next step in their identification enforcement is to introduce a touchpad that will initially be for gaming. Like Kinect they will evolve the device to monitor your fingerprints to ensure no one else is playing on your account. They already expect the family to adapt and share a single account in order to play. That is why they forced these features in like they were in consumer demand.

[ManOnFire]

If true this sounds like we will buying the right to play the game but we will not own the game. Not cool

[Donnywho]

No fanboy'ism. No hate intended. Not trolling. It really seems like Microsoft is telling the hardcore gamers to just go buy a Ps4.

[fegam2]

stop taking about bits you corporate morons. fuck the bits and fuck you MS

[iplay1up2]

If that is what they want to think, uh Ok. Also I don't use explorer anymore, because it sucks Microsoft. Its called Firefox, perhaps they should get into the console business.

[NoobJobz]

It's kind of funny what they did. They gave us some things we wanted improved from the 360 but also took away.

BluRay yes. But take away used games.
Ability to use external hard drives. Can't mess with/take out internal hard drive.
Add servers. require online connection.

For every thing positive they add, they have a negative.

[xabmol]

Xbox- "That will cost 200 MS points."

[V0LT]

There is so much BS tied to the Xbox One I can not even seriously think about buying one.

[RandomDude655]

Video game crash number 2 to be caused by Microsoft.

This is what happens when you give a shitty company like Microsoft any leeway.

[urwifeminder]

I am used to it as a pc gamer so it just means I wont buy games on a whim anymore and wait for reductions steam has got me with its amazing deals.

[iistuii]

EA said last week were doing away with the online codes, everyone rejoiced, but that's because it's not just an online pass you'll need now for a used game, it's a game pass. And do you really think this wont happen on the PS4.

[NRGuitarist]

What a ridiculously vague response that was. Really, there is no proper answer in there at all. Just a lot of rambling about how they 'understand' and 'realise' and 'think about' and 'will find ways' and whatever other evasive bollocks he wants to say.

Guy's full of shit.

[G-Ham]

“I think the whole idea of a secondary market is important and it’ll be important in the next generation and we’ve designed [Xbox One] with that in mind from the beginning"
See this statement makes perfect sence...They know that second hand games are important.....so they fucked the option to be able to play them from the start. Just a heads up to microsoft when you try to give a logical answer its always good to actually give one that makes sence.