Video Games: Xbox One used game info + 24hr net requirements - Page 4

Demiboyx

The real kii is that they only have 8 new exclusives to back up this steaming mess of a VCR, watch everyone flock to PS4 or even PCs because they have more and better exclusives and COD: Ghosts is available on every platform, even the Wii U

PC>>>PS4>>>>>>>>>>>>Xbone

Nathan's Nicely

Can't wait for E3 so everyone that thinks they know what they're talking about can finally shut the ENTIRE **** up.

Sunshine.

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Originally posted by Haus

The difference between the Xbone and the PS4 is that the Xbone requires ALL games to activate online. Sony said that the developer would have to build the DRM into the game themselves.

So your problem is that Microsoft has integrated DRM into their console? The way I see it, to insure publishers didn't raise game prices, the DRM toolset needed to be built by the console manufacturers.

As per a recent Sony patent, it looks like used games will be restricted on the PS4 using an RFID tracking chip in the discs. So hopefully this doesn't raise the cost of discs, but I guess we'll see. It's all speculation at this point.

Either way, the DRM restrictions, whether online or offline, will most likely be there and in your face.

Red

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Originally posted by Sunshine.

As per a recent Sony patent, it looks like used games will be restricted on the PS4 using an RFID tracking chip in the discs.

A little off-topic, but the RFID chip would likely make it easier for companies like Redbox and GameFly to make PS4 games available to rent, as it sounds like it would be less complex to just turn off the chip or fix it for rental purposes than Microsoft's setup, hence why Microsoft said that the ability to rent games wouldn't be available at launch on Xbox One. Of course, there's also the possibility that Microsoft COULD make their games available to rent via the Xbox One, completely eliminating the middle man. We'll see.

Rigalo

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Originally posted by Sunshine.

Considering the lack of 3rd party presence...

Anyway

In essence, you buy a new game in the online store the same day it comes out in physical stores, and you can only play it on the console it was bought on. No sharing, trading, etc. Let's boycott!!

That 100% makes sense (do you think they are gonna let you download the game on all your friend's consoles) and even then I don't see the big deal because I don't know a single soul who buys on the online store as opposed to having the actual physical copy.

The new COD is coming out on all the current gen consoles and the only one that will feature these asinine restrictions is.... the XboxOne.

Vanitas

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Originally posted by Sunshine.

Don't be so dramatic.

You only need it once every 24 hours. 1.5 mb is nothing.
If push comes to shove, you can tether your smartphone to it and update it once for the next day.

The DRM restrictions X-Box is suggesting are already standard on PC. Console games have been behind in this department because they haven't been interconnected to the web for as long. Now with everything going online, like buying games digitally, there has to be some way to regulate that. Take Diablo 3 for example, you can't play that PC game even in single player without being connected to a network. Are you going to blame all PC's? Of course not. It's up to publishers.In fact:

See, even Sony recognizes publisher autonomy. But they stay being vague.
I guess we'll find out the whole truth about DRM restrictions at E3. Brace yourself.

So I need to start paying a tethering plan for my cellphone so i can use my gaming console to play a single player game? Mess

Both Diablo 3 and Sim City received massive backlash for their online-requirements for single player. And guess what? Every-single-game on the 360 will be a Diablo 3 or a Sim City, because the console itself REQUIRES internet connection. Not sure where you got the idea that this is standard for PC games, because most single player games on PC don't ask for a internet connection at all.

You posted Sony's comments on publisher-DRM, but my whole posts was about the Xbox One online requirements.You're mixing the publisher's choice to add DRM with Microsoft's own "DRM". I'm careless if the publisher itself decides to use DRM on their games, since this was already happening on the PS3 or the 360 with the (now dead) Online Passes and it can happen again regardless of the PS4/XONE decisions on the matter.

Sunshine.

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Originally posted by Rigalo

That 100% makes sense (do you think they are gonna let you download the game on all your friend's consoles) and even then I don't see the big deal because I don't know a single soul who buys on the online store as opposed to having the actual physical copy.

The new COD is coming out on all the current gen consoles and the only one that will feature these asinine restrictions is.... the XboxOne.

I figure the idea is to establish a standard across mediums. As of now, downloaded games and physical discs cost the same so where's the sense in having major restrictions on one and not the other? It all comes back to the game. Whether you buy a disc or not shouldn't matter, the content is what's being regulated. And that conversation, frankly, is bigger than just XBone.

Microsoft has said that any games they make will be free to be traded and sold like the old gen games.

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In our role as a game publisher, Microsoft Studios will enable you to give your games to friends or trade in your Xbox One games at participating retailers.

http://www.examiner.com/article/micr...rading-and-drm

In a perfect world they'd be able to apply this to all games, but they can only extend control to the content they create. I don't know what you want them to do about other studios' intellectual property.