Launch Xbox One consoles may be extremely valuable down the road

[Zappykins]

disolitude said:

I just found a big reason to buy Xbox One on launch day. Maybe even several units...

By the sound of things it appears that the launch Xbox One consoles will come with DRM and always on enabled but will have a day 1 patch applied when you connect to Xbox Live.

It dawned on me that these consoles may be one of a kind as the update will probably be pre-applied to second batch of consoles.

Someone at Microsoft will enable a hack or a trick for this update to be bypassed for their own enjoyement. People at Microsoft don't deal with physical media...they will not want to bypass the cloud due to fears of their own DRM eating their children. They will tell 2 freinds, and they will their their friends about it...etc. Sooner than you know it, it will be on tech blogs and XDA Forums alike...

For those that want the cloud experience for all purchases and they want to experience Xbox One the way its meant to be played, with fast game and app switching and no loading, disk swapping nonsence...it may be very wise to stock up on Xbox One unit or two and wait a few months.

I wana say, "Nice Try Bill G."  Just kiddin'

But I do know Microsoft has much enhanced the security of the Xbox One.  It is thought that is why they didn't allow a removable hard drive - something I quizzed the team about.  (As hard drives are the most common computer component to fail within the first year - and usually easy to replace.)

I think if you only buy game all digital you would still be able to fast swap.  That is what I am planning to do - I will miss going to gamestop. :-/

Anyway, it would be sad to get a launch Xbox One and not play it.