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Xbox One will support used games, won't require Internet connection for Offline gaming

article published on 20 June, 2013

Microsoft has caved to criticism from gamers and others in the industry, killing plans to require Internet connection for Offline play and limiting the ability to play used games. The announcement has come from Microsoft just one week after E3, where the new Xbox One system was unveiled by the company, before the PS4 was shown off to the world. Microsoft's policies toward playing used ... [ read the full article ]

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dEwMe
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_ 		21. June 2013 @ 14:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Meh...Maybe I'm being petty but M$ is looking like bitches for caving so hard. PS4 just got a lot cooler. Seriously though...Why still $100 more? As fare as they caved why not a little more?

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ChiknLitl
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_ 		21. June 2013 @ 15:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I agree. Damage done. Hard to save face with egg on it.
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aw2600
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_ 		21. June 2013 @ 16:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by adre02:
Originally posted by FatalFlow:
 Good on M$ for caving (and well done to the gaming community for forcing them to!), but the damage to the Xbox brand has already been done. And there's still the spectre of mandatory, always-on Kinect spying on you for the gub'mint. M$ signed up to the PRISM program, remember? <_< >_>
Why the hell would a person feel compelled to use the kinect and leave it on? Why not just unplug it or does it have to be on in order for the system to operate? I'm referring to the actuao console.
I believe that the Kinect is required. Kinect functionality is used to interact with the console. Even to do simple things like turn it on.
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dodger5
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_ 		21. June 2013 @ 19:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think it's pretty funny, around here (work here) the people that complain the most about the government or some other entity spying on them post every flipping detail about thier boring a$$ lives on facebook, every...boring...a$$...detail.
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dodger5
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_ 		21. June 2013 @ 19:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah the PS4 will be cooler, until you update it 6 months down the line and changes the way it works, or removes a feature you paid for when you bought it. These businesses are going to try and get as much money out of you that they possibly can, any way they can, because they like money and to make money for thier investors, plain and simple. I don't think that is evil or mean, it's just business, don't take it personally.
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dodger5
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_ 		21. June 2013 @ 19:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Cyprien:
 so microsoft adds drm to xbox one... people get upset... i can relate to that... sure.... then they do 180 on that decision and remove the drm and all things related to that.... people get upset... i dont get it lol... as far as i know the whole sharing thing was just a limited trial/demo of the game... and it was done before... i mean ps3 has that(60 mins trials) the 360 has that on xblig/xbla... so you share a game up to 10 people... did you REALLY think you share a FULL game with them? think again... and lets not forget about the fact that the game you install could be around 10-40 gb while the other people on the share list have to download the game.... so you install it from a disk 20-40gb it does not take too much time to install.... but DOES take a while to download... you will be upset... and after 1 hour of game play you will be upset even more... im not going to buy xbox one... might buy ps4 but im not that keen on it... most of the games(watch_dogs/BF4/AC black flag) come to pc anyway so meh...
To PC where most people buy them on steam, with DRM.
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_ 		22. June 2013 @ 23:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes steam is a DRM system... but ill take steam over the DRM they were pushing with xbox one... steam has sales/offline mode/free weekends i been using it well over 8 years now... plus you can make money of it... the new trading cards earn you money ^_^ while you play your games :3
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Interestx
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_ 		28. June 2013 @ 08:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I would say I told you so but apparently that would be being a MS 'supporter'
(whatever that's supposed to be).

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Mofomac
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_ 		28. June 2013 @ 23:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't believe them.... They may say that now.... Watch 6 month down the line or a year later they will force it on you with an Xbox dashboard update. And why does it have to be after a one time system set-up? And what specifically I'd they mean? Do they mean the system , or do they mean the game in relation to the system set-up?
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