Lack of incentive to get an Xbox One

[SvennoJ]

Goddbless said:

SvennoJ said:

Goddbless said:

Isn't this what everyone was fighting for? They all said to remove the pointless DRM. I guess now we see the point... Also I don't understand how you complain about downloading a patch but tout the PS4s online features. Plus there has never been a MS console that could be reset to factory settings so where are you getting that from?

People weren't fighting for the removal of family sharing or against having your digital games available in the cloud. They wanted off-line play and disc ownership, next to digital. There is no reason not to keep the digital side the same as planned as a big incentive to get people to transition to digital over time. There must be more going on that MS completely nixed the family sharing plans. If it was all in place why not simply keep it for digitally bought licenses.

I'm guessing the firmware turns off anything that was tied to the DRM which would encompass digital sharing. Otherwise they would probably have to delay the launch in order to rework the functions of the console.

Doubt it. They're still keeping "Install the bits from the disc at your friend house, then your friend can buy the digital unlock key to keep playing when you take the game home". So there will be a distinction between the digital and physical drm with the same install data.

Maybe they don't want anymore confusion atm and will phase game sharing in later. I doubt all the conditions and negotiations with publishers about game sharing were finalized already. Best bet atm is total clarity, it's just like the 360, simple.

They might also have come to the conclusion that undercutting second hand sales with digital discounts could work better. Steam like sales would be welcome too, and better for publishers than game sharing.

2014 should be an interesting year.