IAMIN.

 

Pre-Ordered.

Right, how I see it is, you're playing a game offline, without an ethernet cable or wireless connection. After the 24th hour of playing said game your Xbox will kick you off the game and won't let you go back onto any games until you've connected to the internet. Sounds pretty shit to be honest if you play games on single player and the like.

 

Just done a very quick bit of reading on this. Fuck me. Sounds like Microsoft are going to alienate a large amount of people. Especially with it looking like you'll not be able to simply buy and sell second hand games over Ebay either.

 

Sony must be rubbing their hands.

The reason is that you can chip an Xbox to play copied games. But they can detect that if you go online. Consoles are that cheap, people run 2 machines, one legit to play COD/FIFA online, and another that they can play downloaded games offline.

 

Seems fair enough to me, they can patch the console and/or games online and everyone is running a legit game.

 

If you can afford £350+ for a console, you can afford £40 for a game.

Consoles are that cheap, people run 2 machines, one legit to play COD/FIFA online, and another that they can play downloaded games offline.

 

That was me until I got pissed off with keep having to fork out to get it re-chipped/flashed to keep up.

I'm on 'The Menagerie' now, how do you like those apples, motherfuckas?

Edited June 12, 201313 yr by Youri McAnespie

The reason you have to log in every 24 hours is because the games will be installed to the Xbox and then the disc is no longer needed. The sign in is to make sure your mate isn't playing the game via your disc. Each disc/game will be associated to a gametag. If you pass the game to a friend and Xbox detects it, then your game will then deactivate on your Xbox.

Sounds fair. But you should be able to do what happens at the moment - install to HD and it checks the disk is present.

Sounds fair. But you should be able to do what happens at the moment - install to HD and it checks the disk is present.

 

You can play your games at a friends house by signing into your account so you won't always have the disc with you.

So, they have the disk? Or you have to download it, currently 4GB or so?

 

Absolutely no use to me, I must say.

So, they have the disk? Or you have to download it, currently 4GB or so?

 

Absolutely no use to me, I must say.

 

Everything will be stored in the "Cloud".

 

Games will download in minutes on the next gen consoles. You can also start playing games before they have finished downloading.

You can't download 4GB in minutes, I know people who still have a 2GB monthly allowance. Makes no odds what gen your console is if you have a shit internet link.

Sounds like that NSA whistleblower was right

 

We're all fucked.

PS4 have a game sharing tutorial out already

 

PS4 have a game sharing tutorial out already

 

http://youtu.be/DOosVWP--j0

 

Several development sources have told us that they expect game publishers to implement similar DRM policies across Xbox One and PS4, despite what has unfolded at E3 this week.

Our contacts described Sony’s conference announcements as a PR play, and revealed that its decision to go DRM-free was made at the very last minute.

Each platform holder’s DRM policy has changed continually over the last few months, they said, though Microsoft’s initial stance was much tougher than its position today. This suggests that the platform holder’s decision to let publishers decide for themselves whether to implement DRM on Xbox One was not part of the original plan.

Ultimately, the developers we spoke to understand the need to protect the revenues made on their work, and expect to see broadly similar DRM restrictions across both PS4 and Xbox One – in one instance, it was suggested that these measures were essential for the console business to survive.

We were also told that final publishing agreements will not be drawn up for at least another month, so the terms of engagement could yet change once more before each console launches at the end of the year.

We have contacted Sony for comment.

Who is we? Of do you work for C&VG or something?

Who is we? Of do you work for C&VG or something?

 

Sorry I thought I had posted the link!

http://www.edge-onli...es-say-sources/

Edited June 12, 201313 yr by ChrisC

Sony might not charge to play second hand games, but the third party developers might and Sony can do feck all about it.

 

Developers are going to favour the system they can generate most money from, and that may mean enforcing DRM at software level, rather than doing it through their hardware like Microsoft.

So Microsoft have made the U-turn and scrapped the whole offline for 24 hours idea along with the whole anti-disc idea

 

Too little, too late me thinks. Too many people have swung towards the PS4

So Microsoft have made the U-turn and scrapped the whole offline for 24 hours idea along with the whole anti-disc idea

 

Too little, too late me thinks. Too many people have swung towards the PS4

 

its all about the games

 

who has what will be what decides it

Halo will be the 'swing game' for hardcore gamers imo. If the first version for Xbox one is a cracker then it will sway folk.

 

That said an extra 100 quid is a fair amount of difference in price.