it's an official FAQ on the official Xbox.com site? what clarity isn't there to be had?
Plenty. How does Microsoft determine who is a family member? When will they let us know if we can loan games to friends?
it's an official FAQ on the official Xbox.com site? what clarity isn't there to be had?
Not confirmed.
Plenty. How does Microsoft determine who is a family member? When will they let us know if we can loan games to friends?
They have completely lost all credibility. This last month has been nuts.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how they're going to determine where a player got a preowned game.
I'd really like to know how the retailers are going to transfer the license. The best theory I've come up with is they're going to input a code unique to the disc on their computer that signals Microsoft to free up the game.
Xbox One won't allow that. In a decade, who knows if Microsoft will be authenticating games, and that will be a lost library, which I cannot see myself supporting.
i'm gonna try again, this time with my master system 3D glasses!
The average consumer won't even understand all these requirements.
Hardly anyone reads manuals.
They need the requirements plastered all over the box, or there will be lots of angry customers.
I take it you have never read a software EULA?
In US Copyright Law, consumers are given a rare right in the form of the First Sale Doctrine. First recognized by the US Supreme Court in 1908 and later codified in the Copyright Act of 1976, the first-sale doctrine essentially states that once a copyright holder sells you their product, it is essentially within the consumer's right to (almost) do with that product whatever they wish. They can resell it, rent it, give it way, or destroy it. One of the few things they can't do is copy it without restriction (copyright infringement).
Essentially, this first-sale doctrine is what allows you and me to buy and resale used cars, used furniture, used books, used CDs, used DVDs, and most importantly for this topic, used video games.
A lot of people on Gaf are already convincing themselves that this horseshit is "reasonable."
DNA test.
There are probably 31 million users who never bought a game new and literally purchased a loss leading hardware device to play nothing but used games.
Nobody wants those customers, those are like those dicks in the coffee shop who buy the cheapest drink they can get, then sit on a sofa for 6 people using the internet on their laptop for 7 hours straight, whilst keeping their headphones in.
I hate those guys.
Kuchera wouldn't even be able to join a human centipede, because he's got Microsofts hand too far up his ass.
Love the work Sessler and Sterling are doing lately. This should have all the game journalism press bitting MS asses hard. Kuchera is a disgrace for his profession.
Maury Povich new exclusive series on XBox One?
And this is only the opening gambit. If this succeeds, imagine whats next once people are locked into the ecosystem.Slippery slope. Wonder if the Xbox One turning out to a big success means more anti-consumer crap from other companies in the future. We really are entering an age when we don't truly own what we buy.
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We still have to see what Sony does. I hope that they are not this idiotic but publishers do have power and we will have to see how much power they really have once the PS4 conference is over.
If Sony does go this way it looks like it is a PC/handheld generation for me.
if you think that Sony won't do the same thing....i only have one thing to say: keep dreaming
So
PS4 has stronger Hardware
Has free Online Play
More Consumer friendly
More Indi Dev friendly
Will be around the same price as the xbone
Sony showed that they release many AAA exclusives the whole Generation and not like MS only in the first 4-5years.
Why should anyone buy a Xbone at the moment?
It's scary to think how many secret shills we must have on this forum if this thread is an indication.
Lots of people have heard of it. Most of them recognize it was penned long before software existed.I take it you never heard of first sale doctrine?
Sessler losing his shit would be a sight to behold.
Will do!if you think that Sony won't do the same thing....i only have one thing to say: keep dreaming
I was sitting here trying to figure out how this is legal, and I think I've got it... and if I'm right, it's genius, in a way, if pretty reprehensible too.
It's the cloud. Have cloud functionality? Suddenly you're not selling a product, you're providing a service. And it's quite reasonable to restrict how a service is consumed and transferred, when that's not the case with the product.
"The infinite power of the cloud" exists so they can do this. It's a trojan. It doesn't have to be - conceptually, I think the cloud can do some interesting things - but here, it's been weaponised. PR about how wonderful the cloud is is PR intended to encourage you to accept this system.
It's scary to think how many secret shills we must have on this forum if this thread is an indication.
So kinect can be completely shut down but not disconnected?
With Xbox One you can game offline for up to 24 hours on your primary console, or one hour if you are logged on to a separate console accessing your library. Offline gaming is not possible after these prescribed times until you re-establish a connection, but you can still watch live TV and enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies.
Sony will save gaming.
Right?
Right?????