I guess the fact it no longer requires the online check in should help ease the minds of those paranoid people who think the kinect will be used to spy on them.
Just shows how MS could have stood stronger at E3 if they scrapped drm two weeks ago and, in turn, removed the most popular part of sonys conference. Still, better late than never.....now if they could just work on the price....
Its a bit sad to think that those folks who had already pre ordered are no longer gonna get the family sharing system or the ability to install your games and instantly switch between them without changing the disc on any X1 console.
Sadder still is that most of the people on here wh,o bitched about the drm stuff will probably still not buy an X1 even after MS have agreed to drop it. They'll just find some other reason to slate a console they never had any intention of buying.
@PhaTCounT But the person who uploads the game initially can play the game at the same time as one of the people its shared with. As for your 2 is better than 10 argument....thats the same stupid logic Don has regarding offline alternatives.
Minor correction. Only one of your friends can be playing each game at anytime but you , as head of the "family", can playing any of your games at anytime regardless of what anyone else is playing :)
No developer would allow you to buy 1 copy of a game but share it between 10 people to all play at the same time. The benefit of this is the freedom of sharing, if you want to lend your friend a game, you'd normally meet up givehim the disc and thats it...but what if you want to lend to a guy in another town, another state even another country? You arent gonna meet up and give him your disc are you? With this family sharing you can do that easily PLUS you can still play the game you len...
I think this is great. But im sure some how, some way, some one will turns this round and make it seem like bad news.
If you're xbox is not connected for 2 days it means that its just a blu ray player until you get it back online then everything goes back to normal. Some folks on here have the idea that its a permanent shut down of the gaming abilities of console if you miss a "check in", which is tosh. Think of it like the present Playstation Plus model, if you dont renew your subscription you lose access to all those free games you downloaded but as soon as you renew and log back in, ever...
To be honest I want a xbox one, I really like the games that I've seen on it. I like the look of the new controller especially since, for me, the 360 controller is the best in the business. Im not fussed by the online check in or used game restrictions but two things are putting me off firstly the price, the uk are paying the equivalent of about $650! (And I've recently learnt they aren't even throwing in a headset with the console). And secondly its their blind arrogance, they k...
Why are so many people hating on other people who are buying an XboxOne? Its not like their decision will affect yours.
True the DRM policy is restrictive and the online check in prevent certain people from using the machine but if you're the type of gamer who rarely trades in games or has broadband so you're online anyway, these problems arent going to phase you. Maybe some people just like the Xboxone because of the games coming out for it.
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"paying for it anyways". Makes sense, that's a good answer. People moan that you now have to play to play PS4 games online but, like you say, if you were already paying for it anyway then theres no problem.
My question is how many people moaning about having to connect the XboxOne online for the "check in" already have there present gen console hooked up to the net as soon as they turn it on? "Online anyways"?
Playstion Plus ...
They have now said that you can do the "check in" by tethering to your cell phone. Hopefully those with poor broadband connections at least have decent phone reception.
Okay folks we've been running these stories ragged for a week now with no real change.
However i would like to know something...If MS scrapped their DRM policy (allowing games to be shared and sold as usual), dumped the online check-in (so the guys in the submarines can still play on it) and made the kinect a optional extra (reducing the consoles price to match the PS4), would you buy a Xbox One instead of a PS4?
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That's the point im making, we don't know the benefits. The sharing yiur entire game library with up 10 friends & family is a nice perk but what else have they got. As much as folk love to hate on MS they must have reasoning behind their decisions. They wouldn't deliberately want to scare off customers by using policies that have no plus side as they wouldn't make them any money.
I agree with one part of the article at least, if Microsoft arent going to change their price or their policies they need to start telling people the benefits of it all rather than just trying to underplay the negatives that everyone is bothered about.
I tell you what MS, if you do day one digital releases at a reflective price (so less the (20-25% for the retailers and manufacturing costs) then maybe you'd get more customers to buy into this. At the moment most xbox " games on demand" are more expensive than in the shops, which makes mo sense at all.
Exactly, this is what I said in another forum. Microsoft needs to change tactics. People are pissed about things like the drm and always online stuff right, well MS know they cant change that now. But instead of giving us crap excuses and saying stuff like "stick with your 360" they should be highlighting the benefits of all this stuff. Actually demonstrate the difference that "the power of the cloud" makes to the X1 because up til now people think it's just a crappy...
Since that guy on Twitter got fired for his "Deal with it" line, surely Don's comments must be punishable too. To be honest I think MS would be wise to drop Don from the X1 promotion for a while and just use Phil Harison. Sure they both say the same message but Phil doesnt have that "you want to punch me in the face, don't you" smarm that Don has. The guy just makes things worse. Its like the XboxOne ship is sinking and DMs answer is to drill holes in the bow to le...
With all those button prompts on screen, I thought David Cage had joined Crytek
Erm they already have since you no longer need to have a Internet connection after the initial set up. How can the NSA, FBI, MI5 (or whoever you are paranoid about) listen if you're not online?