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My gaming habits will not be changed all that much by the Xbox One. I have a stable internet connection that rarely goes out completely, and anytime I have to move I will make sure I can get a fairly reliable connection (not just for gaming, but for other things as well). I don't sell my games or give them away, I rarely rent games, and it's rarer still for me to borrow games. I'm not really bothered by the whole "lack of game ownership" thing too much; it's a bummer, but it's also a common thing these days when you consider the widespread adoption of iTunes and Kindle (two services I don't currently use, not because of ownership concerns, but because I simply don't listen to much music or read many books).

Simply saying "these things don't affect me" is only part of the story, though. There ARE benefits to the consumer in Microsoft's system that I am looking forward to, namely that you get a digital copy of every game you purchase at retail. I can play any of my games anywhere, regardless of whether I have the disc on me, or even if the disc breaks! I take good care of my discs, but accidents can still happen, and it's nice to know that if my disc breaks I won't need to go to the store and buy a new copy.

If there is one thing that might get me to change my mind on the Xbox One, though, it would be the rumored visual DRM. I don't want the Kinect to charge me money because too many people are in the room at one time; can you imagine the conversations with family members? "Hey, can you go in the other room to read your book? My Xbox is trying to charge me money because there are too many people in here." I don't think that would go over well.