Omegasquash
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That's about what I expected. Not really thrilled, but not really surprised either. Kind of a shame that they've gone the service route, here.
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Xbox One: Details on Connectivity, Licensing (24 hour check-in) and Privacy Features
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ShogunDarius
Member
Welp
If this is true, it's gonna be one hell of a show
I want this to be true for so many reasons.
Is someone going to make a thread on this?
He's not talking about Xboxone but it's essentially the same point. "The table is tilted folks... the game is rigged." He couldn't have said it better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFGGcX1a5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFGGcX1a5I
corrosivefrost
Member
This is true. It's why you need to *migrate* your content if you ever get a newer 360. 360s native DRM is that you can play on the "primary" console for any profile on that console or you can play on additional consoles if you are logged in to XBL.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Welp
If this is true, it's gonna be one hell of a show
At this point I think I'd rather watch E3 Live than the season finale of Game of Thrones.
This
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Why?
If Sony is creating an preowned games division, appointing a pre owned games VP etc. wouldn't that indicate that they're doing something restrictive too?
Why would they need a new division/VP if preowned games were just going to work the way t hey always have? What would they be overseeing if gamers could just sell/trade/give their games to anyone or any retailer they chose?
Maybe I'm just pessimistic and paranoid at this point, but this worries me that Sony is setting some kind of in house game trade in for PSN credit system rather than working with participating retailers like MS. Or setting up their own online game exchange thing where they charge a fee for user to user trades or something. I guess that could be ok depending on the fee.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
It used to not be able to be switched easily. People had genuine problems getting Microsoft to allow them to reset which system is their "home" system after Microsoft started sending refurbished systems to people who had RROD problems. What you see now is finally a solution the user can do which is go online and deactivate the old console and activate the new one as their "main" or "home" console.
I would hope they learned their mistake and will allow the same process with XBO's if you end up losing yours or it breaks. And since it's all online required anyway, even if your console is stolen, releasing it from being your home console would screw whoever was trying to play it.
Still doesn't make up for the negative features IMO.
Stone Ocean
Member
You're reading waaay much into this. KB's jobs have always been jokes, and this being true would mean the same thing. They would joke about how they have someone to protect used games as they are, that kind of shit.
Is... is this real?
Welp
If this is true, it's gonna be one hell of a show
I can't tell if serious.
I H8 Memes
Member
Anecdotally it doesnt look like Sony will be following in MS footsteps. For one thing the system doesnt need to check in or be connected to the internet at all, which would make any kind of DRM useless. Also we have comments from several Sony executives that are openly mocking MS DRM plan. Probably a good sign that Sony wont be doing the same thing as MS.
But what this all really comes down to is that only a damned fool would think or say that waht MS and publishers are trying here is ok. And if Sony reveals at some point that they are heading down the same road you will see the same reactions toward Sony as you see towards MS. Right now you are probably somehow trying to convince yourself that isnt true. But much like your support of this grossly invasive and terribly designed DRM, you will be wrong.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Ah, got you. I don't really keep up with industry names and things like that much.
ShogunDarius
Member
Real Tweet from the Real CVG twitter account, and I don't remember them posting jokes in the past.
Isnt the "up to 10 family members" feature fairly exploitable? If your games can be acessed by up to 10 people from any console, couldnt you and your family/friends simply all share one game, with the only restriction being that only one person at a time can play?
NullPointer
Member
Man I would love this
It may be smart if it's actually true. If Sony wants to mock MS, it's better to put the words in the mouth of their official court jester, rather than have to deal with being "professional" execs.
Is Kevin Butler an even bigger joke than Don Mattrick at this point? I don't know if their his opinions or all scripted, but to trot an executive out there in ads to tout some of the fanboy bull&%& he was spewing is beyond incompetent. Think he lost all his credibility a long time ago.
Kevin Butler is not real. He's an actor paid by Sony.
Fucking hell.
derExperte
Member
I don't know what is going on anymore. I just don't..
Big Baybee
Member
lol
Welp
If this is true, it's gonna be one hell of a show
This would be sooo amazing.
Marty Chinn
Member
That's how it is now, but that's not tying your gamertag to a primary console. You're tying the game to a primary console that is associated with an account. What you said was tying accounts to a primary console which is different than a primary console being associated with a game.
Right the 360 has it in the sense the system you first activate it on becomes primary for that piece of content, but nothing about assigning your gamertag/account having the concept of one system is the primary system.
It's a big difference.
Liberty4all
Banned
Butler is a god.
He single handedly turned PS3 commercials from shit to awesome. They never got old. I hope to god they bring him back.
He single handedly turned PS3 commercials from shit to awesome. They never got old. I hope to god they bring him back.
weekend_warrior
Banned
Jesus man...
Marty Chinn
Member
Hah, at people falling for AstroLad.
NullPointer
Member
Hail to the KING baby
3rdamention
Member
Maybe this will lead to "The Cerny Method 2.0 - How to deal with the pressures from Publishers for DRM while keeping customers happy"
Dude is a genius, he will help Sony get all this straightened out by Monday Night!
Cornbread78
Member
To be fair, Kevin wasn't sued, I believe it was just his firm.......
It's been a while since I've seen someone get Astroladded.
JakkuFurosu
Member
Welp
If this is true, it's gonna be one hell of a show
god i wish this was real.. holy crap that would be golden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
"Any sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from a genuine kook."
Goodacre0081
Member
we're really starting to see the lines drawn in the industry. now more than ever we're seeing the publishers and platform makers partner up and bully the consumer into things we don't want. it's an uphill battle that we'll probably lose because it's much easier to control a single company/corporation than it is to control millions of individuals.
props to the passionate members at GAF and the ongoing movement to reverse some of these unwanted policies. makes be proud to be on this side of the fence
it's crazy, totally overdue for new consoles and we should be hyped as fuck but all this usedgames/DRM shit is bringing us down.
props to the passionate members at GAF and the ongoing movement to reverse some of these unwanted policies. makes be proud to be on this side of the fence
it's crazy, totally overdue for new consoles and we should be hyped as fuck but all this usedgames/DRM shit is bringing us down.
The man is an artist, I give him that.
Fixed1979
Member
Fucking A! It's been awhile since I saw a good Astrolad!
Be still my beating heart.
Cheesemeister
Member
Click on the thumbnail for the Xbox One Game Setup Flowchart!
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