The lights are on
Microsoft just released an ambiguous statement about the future of used games sales on the Xbox One. Indirect unofficial Microsoft sources are now saying that while the system will require regular checks for online connectivity, there won't be a fee for used games.
Unidentified sources have told Polygon that while it is true that the system will require online connectivity of some kind, most details are still up in the air. Special circumstances may be enacted for players who do not have Internet access, like active-duty soldiers serving in war zones.
As far as used games go, Polygon said, "The Xbox One will automatically authenticate a game using an encryption code built into a game's disc, when it is installed on the machine. That authentication on the console's hard drive tied to the game is then verified regularly through an internet connection. When a person sells the game or it is installed and played on another system, the game is deauthenticated on the original machine until the disc is brought back and used to re-authenticate the installation."
We continue to not have any concrete details about how online and used games will work on the Xbox One, but we should know more by E3. For more on the Xbox One, head to our hub to read up on all of our coverage.
[Source: Polygon]
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Oh yay.
MS notice those reports saving their baby.
More and more reasons to not buy the X1.
So, it sounds like if you take your disc to your friends house you must install it on their system, thus deauthenticating it on your system, so when you go home you have to reinstall it just to authenticate it again. That is the simplest way this method would work that I can see. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, because that sounds like an enormous hassle to me.
Can anyone say the industry is eating its self alive?
I'm just gonna wait until E3 to clarify this mess and if it doesn't happen then, I won't give two ***'s about Xbox One.
In other words we will treat all our honest costumers like pirates and check in everyday if their games are the original XD I wonder how much time will it take for hackers create a custom firmware that gives a better service -.-
.. seems like a more complicated version of the way things are now. Hassles.
Seems like good news for Microsoft, but I'm still quite skeptical about the whole thing.
Yeah,I'm not stupid enough to actually buy this thing.
Well, this doesn't sound as bad as paying a fee to play used games, but why can't they just leave used games to work the same way they always have worked?