This could turn in to a big deal. I know there are people that don't play any arcade games on their Xbox, and they are missing out on some awesome games. If this is true, it will drive a lot of indie developers away from MS and towards Sony.IGN is reporting that it is announced that indie developers cannot self publish their titles on xboxone. Sony already announced in Feb that they are allowing self publish.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-one
You are going to likely need to log into XBL to activate games on every console you play them on. It appears game publishers will have some control over the online v. offline so that could indeed be all over the place. I am thinking more privileges/features/versatility is going to come with a gold sub. Kind of a strong arm tactic to get you to pony up for it. I am thinking people who do not pay the extor... I mean fee, will get boned.
I should add more so than the current iteration does.
What do we even really know as fact in regards to the used game scheme here?
Beyond used games, what will this tying of retail games to accounts do to rentals? Will rentals disappear? Will there be separate pressings of rental discs that don't have this limitation? How would MS control a rental out in the wild and prevent it from being loaded and played by unlimited numbers of people?
What do we even really know as fact in regards to the used game scheme here?
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.
If I could replace my retarded HD-DVR for one I am definitely all over it. Paying $35 a month to rent 2 DVRs is ridiculous
that is all we know as fact as of now.
Yeah I think it's probable they're going to do something new, something we probably won't like relative to today's setup, but I don't think it's going to totally crash the used game market. If I had to bet I'd say it will be a required activation fee, say $5 or so, for used games. Kind of like some sports games today where you have to pay to play online if you don't have the free code that came with the original new copy.
well yeah, and ea just stopped that online pass thing too, announced like a week or so ago.
convenient timing....
If there is a fee, one thing to remember. You have to pay a fee to access the online portion of your game (gold) and you have to pay a fee to access the single player portion of a game (used). That's crazy.
heh i'm a developer dude, and what you are mentioning really has nothing to do with developing. sure you can use a random key generator as a developer and put that in code, but to have it actually happen AT PRESSING TIME is not how these things work. so it is a lot more complicated than you think, since no other optical media (to my knowledge) does this. it would require totally new mechanisms in pressing factories to make 10 million different copies of cod:ghosts.
according to the ms faq, they DO require an internet connection.
http://news.xbox.com/2013/05/qa
first question on the list.
i dunno, it says " No, it does not have to be always connected, but Xbox One does require a connection to the Internet."
to me requires == needs.
well yeah, and ea just stopped that online pass thing too, announced like a week or so ago.
convenient timing....
Sounds like it needs one at first to check to make sure everything is in line then after that you don't need one
i dunno, it says " No, it does not have to be always connected, but Xbox One does require a connection to the Internet."
to me requires == needs.