g911turbo said:
Imaginedvl said:
g911turbo said:
Nem said:
JayWood2010 said:
Arcturus said:
Nem said:
Its also funny that if more than one person plays the console on your home (like a brother) and you have different account, you have to buy the same game twice if you both want to play it.
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I doubt it will work that way. There was another thread floating around here confirming that all 'sub' accounts on the same physical console are granted the features and functionality of Xbox Live, if the 'main' account on the physical console is the only account that holds a subscription. I assume game sharing will work the same way.
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"I can give that disc to somebody else - maybe my son who has his own Xbox One somewhere else in the house - and he can install and play it on his machine. I can come to your house with that disc, I can install it on your machine and we can play it and while I'm with you we can have all of the capabilities of that game.
"The moment I go home and notionally take that disc with me, you no longer have the ability to play that game. But the 'bits' are on your hard drive, so if you want to play that game you can buy it - you can go to the online store, buy it and it's instantly unlocked and playable on your machine. All of the privileges I just described in my house would now apply in yours as well."
As long as you have the physical disc which is tied in with your account.
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Call me skeptic, but they arent mentioning something important here.
They say the game is tied to the account. Doesnt that mean that other people with the disc can only play it with the disc and my account login? I doubt they will be able to play on theirs. If you can play the game in any account aslong as you have the disc then its alright.
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Bold is today's game model. That would be awesome, but that is NOT what they are describing. They are discribing linking your account to your license to play the game. Having the disc or not would be irrelevant.
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Today's game model for Xbox is a bit different than that for digital games... 99% of the people complaining does not even realize that.
Today if you buy a game online (Arcade or On demande), it will be tied to your account...
NOW... EVERYONE on the same console (the first console you installed the game) can play it... And I'm pretty Microsoft is going to conitnue with that model; I do not why it would be different.
So basically if you have one console at home and you install the game on it. Everyone can play the game on that console.
And before clueless people are coming in and start saying that Microsoft did not "specificaly" said that; they did not for the 360 but this is just how it works.
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Yeah, but now they are making a physical disc purchase the same way. Anyone who plays on the console (under that one account mind you) can play the game. But if you try to take that same disc and play it on another account, it will not play. You would need to purchase a new license for that account. Therefore, you cannot sell your disc much like you cannot sell your online download of a game.
If that is the case, you might as well download. I have a fast internet connection, so I can probably download a game faster than I could get in my car, get to to best buy and back and then rip it to my HDD.
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I'm not arguing with both of you points. They are basically giving you a downloadable game on disc but the model will be exactly the same as digital games from now on. As far the trade; I think they are working on something (I have no link sorry but I ahve read that somewhere) that will allow people to sell their "used" game online at some point.
I like this idea as going to EBGames / Gamestop for instance is no different to me :)
