Microsoft on why Xbox One games will be “locked to you”

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Somini said:

Adinnieken said:

Somini said:
It seems the content gets locked to your account and not the console itself, which is not good, but better than what the Wii U is doing right now i must say.

I don't think he has said that.  The account that installs the game owns that content and it becomes digitally assigned to it, but it doesn't mean it isn't available to everyone else on that console.

So what does that mean if your console died or broke? You can reactivate everything on a new one, without much hassle? The PS3 and Xbox 360 can for instance while the Wii U can't.

Why wouldn't you be able to?  It's a current feature of the Xbox 360, so I would assume it's a feature of the Xbox One.

And if you end-up going through five or more consoles with the PS3 it becomes a hassle.  PS3 DRM limits the number of installs total to five, beyond that it's a call.  The only current limit on the Xbox 360 is one re-licensing (to the console) per year unless you use Microsoft Support services for any repairs or replacements, then as long as they perform the re-licensing, as many times as necessary.