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You Will Be Able To Trade Xbox One Games Online, Microsoft Says

 

But what if you want to bring a game disc to a friend's house and play there? You'll have to pay a fee— and not just some sort of activation fee, but the actual price of that game—in order to use a game's code on a friend's account. Think of it like a new game, Harrison says.

 

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But that doesn't mean used games are dead. In fact, Harrison told us, you'll be able to sell your Xbox One games online.

"We will have a solution—we’re not talking about it today—for you to be able to trade your previously-played games online," Harrison said.

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Welp! That's certainly something!



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This ride never ends!



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Welllllllllllllll.....I don't like the sound of that.



Eurogamer:

Our man on the ground Tom Bramwell was able to speak to corporate vice president of Microsoft Phil Harrison about this hot-button issue and was able to confirm that a second user can install a game from a friend's disc for a fee, though it's unclear how much this will be. Harrison also confirmed that several users sharing a console can access the same game at no additional charge, and Microsoft has "a solution" for the resale market, though it's staying mum on those for now.



No way can this be true.



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"They would be paying the same price we paid, or less?" we asked.

"Let’s assume it’s a new game, so the answer is yes, it will be the same price," Harrison said.

wtf?



theprof00 said:
No way can this be true.

Phil Harrison is just doing Sony's work from the inside.



well, that's not really "lending the game to a friend", that's just carrying the data of a game to a friends house so that he can purchace and install it without needing to download 20 or more GB

lending would be done like selling a used copy with this I think, but I imagine there might be some sort of MS/publisher fee for selling used aswell



This simple can't be true. But if it is no wonder EA is so happy with MS...



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badgenome said:
theprof00 said:
No way can this be true.

Phil Harrison is just doing Sony's work from the inside.


The long con



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