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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57585620-75/microsoft-talks-xbox-one-naming-privacy-and-more-q-a/

CNET: You say you're going to support it [used games] , but is it going to be different from the way you're doing it now?

Henshaw: We haven't shared any of those details yet. The key thing to bear in mind is that in the coming generation, obviously retail sales are going to play a huge part in that ecosystem, and people will continue to buy shiny discs. But increasingly, content sales are going to happen online. That's what Xbox Live and the Arcade investments on 360 have all been learning towards, and Xbox One is really going to take that to the next level. The entire content portfolio will be available as well.
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CNET: Speaking of watching movies and TV, Netflix on the Xbox 360 has always required a paid, Xbox Live Gold subscription. No other hardware makers with streaming boxes are doing this. Are there any plans to change that with the Xbox One?

Henshaw: Nothing to announce there yet.
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CNET: Kinect now needs to be on all the time. But there are obviously some people who say "I don't want this camera in my living room."

Henshaw: If you want privacy, we'll give you modes that ensure your privacy. And we actually have a little bit about this on the Web already. We will have something similar for the Kinect with Xbox One. The system is designed to have Kinect be an integral part of the experience. It's not the case where you'll be able to remove the camera altogether. But you'll be able to put the system in modes where you can be completely secure about the fact that the camera is off and can't see you.
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I especially don't like that last piece. Obviously that is only a software disable. When the inevitable security flaws come to light, I'm sure the camera would be able to be remotely activated.
 
It's not the case where you'll be able to remove the camera altogether. But you'll be able to put the system in modes where you can be completely secure about the fact that the camera is off and can't see you.
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Hahahah. Fuck you Microsoft.
 
CNET is putting some of the big specialist gaming sites to shame with this interview. Asking some very pertinent questions and no fawning at all.
 
Henshaw: Let me clear that up unequivocally. [...] We have not announced details about exactly how it's going to work, or how licenses are going to be exchanged.
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smh. This is not being unequivocally clear.
 
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So they've asked the same questions as other outlets with no extra pressing and gotten the same answers? Hard hitting.
 
freddy said:
CNET is putting some of the big specialist gaming sites to shame with this interview. Asking some very pertinent questions and no fawning at all.
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Some of the Euroamer questioning was very strong. It's how they should all be. If you watch something like CNBC or Bloomberg they really go after people for the real answers.
 
freddy said:
CNET is putting some of the big specialist gaming sites to shame with this interview. Asking some very pertinent questions and no fawning at all.
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This reminds me of the interviews that EGM (I think byDan [Shoe] Shu) did early in the current gen.

Grill away!
 
DBT85 said:
Some of the Euroamer questioning was very strong. It's how they should all be. If you watch something like CNBC or Bloomberg they really go after people for the real answers.
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CNBC = World News and current affairs
Eurogramer = A hobby

I don't think we can really correlate the two tbh.
 
It's not the case where you'll be able to remove the camera altogether. But you'll be able to put the system in modes where you can be completely secure about the fact that the camera is off and can't see you.
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Norante said:
Hahahah. Fuck you Microsoft.
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The best part is going to be when the "mode" is revealed at E3 and is just a $50 XBox branded cloth you put over the camera.
 
Sigh. The link says that Microsoft will support reselling of games, and the method of doing so is different and hasn't been announced yet. Where is the flailing? Why isn't anyone else complaining about the lack of intelligent dicussion here in the past two days?
 
What in the hell at those answers. I think it's safe to assume that a lot of this is going to operate behind a paywall. They'd be shouting from mountaintops if that was not the case. I don't understand unveiling a console and sidestepping questions with, "We haven't discussed that yet."
 
"Xbox One is the only system powerful enough to keep a running trail of the action you're playing -- in any game"

Isn't PS4 doing the exact same thing?
 
Henshaw asked about Microsoft Points as well, and of course, he got the canned "we'll tell you later" response
 
watership said:
Sigh. The link says that Microsoft will support reselling of games, and the method of doing so is different and hasn't been announced yet. Where is the flailing? Why isn't anyone else complaining about the lack of intelligent dicussion here in the past two days?
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I would say the flailing is that they are obviously hiding a lot of things that their CORE audience wants to know about, to their detriment.
 
The key thing to bear in mind is that in the coming generation, obviously retail sales are going to play a huge part in that ecosystem, and people will continue to buy shiny discs. But increasingly, content sales are going to happen online. That's what Xbox Live and the Arcade investments on 360 have all been learning towards, and Xbox One is really going to take that to the next level.
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Oh, you mean investments that mean nothing in your Xbone future since all XBLA purchases won't be transferred over?
 
There's a lot of "We have not announced..." answers. Nobody at Microsoft expected these questions to be asked, to formulate a decent answer?
 
Kinect being on all the time probably doesn't amount to much in reality, but it is so extremely creepy. Just to know that it's always on. Watching you. Unblinking.
 
ThisWreckage said:
What in the hell at those answers. I think it's safe to assume that a lot of this is going to operate behind a paywall. They'd be shouting from mountaintops if that was not the case. I don't understand unveiling a console and sidestepping questions with, "We haven't discussed that yet."
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It's worth noting that Sony is very plainly not shouting from the mountaintops that their's won't either.
 
DopeyFish said:
Oh and on the last piece

What software flaws exist on 360? I'll wait here for you to enlighten me
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There's not really an incentive right now since the valuable data (credit card/ID information) is stored online.

the incentive here would be voyeurism. Hack tons of cameras.. find the one with a naked chick..

I dunno man freaks me out.
 
kurtrussell said:
CNBC = World News and current affairs
Eurogramer = A hobby

I don't think we can really correlate the two tbh.
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Of course they aren't going to be on the same level, but some of the Eurogamer questioning was not that far off, push for the answers, don't let them off just because they paid for your flight and hotel.
 
Stumpokapow said:
they mean 100% of their retail releases (possibly including third parties) will have to be sold online as well
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It's a DD only console while retaining some of the benefits of retail. (Not needing to blow mass bandwidth on downloads, used credit)

People keep trying to connect it to previous gens, which isn't right.

It's a DD console. From top to bottom

gravitybear said:
There's not really an incentive right now since the valuable data (credit card/ID information) is stored online.

the incentive here would be voyeurism. Hack tons of cameras.. find the one with a naked chick..

I dunno man freaks me out.
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How is there no incentive? Piracy. People are constantly looking for flaws in the system- now they are ratcheting up security to insane levels.
 
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