Thankfully we seem to have some clarification on it now, but it’s still disappointing. In an interview with Kotaku, Microsoft VP Phil Harrison (the tall guy that used to be at Sony) further explained how used games work on the Xbox One.
All games being played on the Xbox One require a mandatory installation (you can play while it does this) and activation key input to Xbox Live. While the game can be accessed by all persons playing that specific console, using it on a friend’s Xbox is out of the question:
if you want to bring a game disc to a friend’s house and play there? You’ll have to pay a fee—and not just some sort of activation fee, but the actual price of that game—in order to use a game’s code on a friend’s account. Think of it like a new game, Harrison says.
That’s full price just for activation. Harrison further states that gamers may also sell their games online somehow, though he didn’t elaborate on it further. Hopefully none of this is true, but given all the news rumored previously, I’m not too confident of hearing a PR guy dispelling what Harrison said.
We’ll keep you posted.
Source:
Kotaku
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Wow, I think they really hit themselves with a hammer on this one.
That is absolutely fucking retarded.
MS can suck a bag of dicks
And this is where it’s going to be decided. ps4 vs xbox one got way more interesting.
Did it? I think it’s been decided for plenty of people. Myself included.
Thing is, will the devs get behind xbox or ps? What will the consumers do? The list goes on.
The fact that xbox asked for money in order to get online properly didn’t seem to bother that many people after all, they might be willing to go for this too.