And what of the persistent rumors that Xbox One games will be always online that is, that single-player games would require a constant online connection to function? As it turns out, those rumors were not unfounded, but the reality is not so draconian. Xbox One will give game developers the ability to create games that use Microsofts Azure cloud computing service, which means that they might be able to offload certain computing tasks to the cloud rather than process them on the Xbox One hardware itself. This would necessitate the game requiring a connection.
Q: Will Xbox One allow players to trade in, purchase and play pre-owned games?
A: We are designing Xbox One to enable customers to trade in and resell games. Well have more details to share later.
no it doesnt
http://news.xbox.com/2013/05/qa
add this to op this is straight from ms official website
Q: Will Xbox One allow players to trade in, purchase and play pre-owned games?
A: We are designing Xbox One to enable customers to trade in and resell games. Well have more details to share later.
no it doesnt
http://news.xbox.com/2013/05/qa
add this to op this is straight from ms official website
The whole conference was a fucking farce. From the horrible screaming in the audience (either pre-recorded or some fake idiots) to the presentation itself. Also very disappointed in no Alan Wake 2.
This is the question to ask. If both go this route then there's not really a net loss since we'll all be stuck with the same experience.
Also, in before PC gaming = your only real future next gen.
*facepalm* dude.
That's just a smart answer.
Of course it doesn't "block" used games. It's not like it eats them.
You just have to pay a fee to play them.
So no always online*!
...hope you like lugging the XboxVCR around to a friends house!
wait so let me get my head round this.
so if I let my friend use his account on my console with my disc he cant play that game without paying a fee????
seriously?
SERIOUSLY?????
curious to see what comes out of this. If you can still use an inserted disc as verification (like on the current Xbox), then that's actually a good compromise. Otherwise, it sucks, but pretty much what I expected (basically the same as buying steam games at retail)
I cant see them doing that, that would be a decent thing to do.It's probably going to be something where you untie the game from your account.
a nominal (~$10) used games fee would keep everyone happy. Only ones to lose out would be some place like Gamestop, that'll just have to discount an additional amount to account for the fee, lest it lose sales.
This makes me question what Sony is doing. They indicated they would not, but why would Microsoft block used games knowing that Sony wouldn't?
We need verification from Tokyo
That was pretty obvious considering the type of shit that was getting applause.