Why is buying used games such a big deal nowadays?

[Jay520]

VGKing said:

Jay520 said:

You can do whatever you want with the game you bought. You can play it, sell it, lend it to a friend, etc. Nothing has changed. It's just that the machine your purchasing lacks the feature to play used games, but that's not a right. Microsoft's product doesn't have to be compatible with any discs they don't want it to be compatible with.

You'r wrong. Xbox One doesn't allow for lending/trading/renting games. Physical copies of games are locked to 1 account. If you want to lend this game to a friend, they have to be on your friends list for 30 days, then when you give them the game, you revoke your rights to it and it becomes theirs. They can't lend it to anyone else or give it back to you.

Yes you can. You can exercise your right to lend or sell your games. Microsoft is not physically stopping you from doing this. The console's ability to play these games is not relevant to whether your right to lend or rent them. Again, this is not about the consoles ability to play used games. It's about your freedom to sell or lend them away, which you can do.