[UPDATE] Microsoft Cannot Remotely Brick Your Xbox One

[Azerth]

Scoobes said:

Azerth said:

JRPGfan said:

Wasnt that only the online funktions? did they really make you unable to play even offline games?

The Xbox one, bricked like this cant even play offline games, from what I understand of this situation.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-in-theory-psn-jailbreaking

accodring to eurogamer sony has the power to brick a ps3 if they want to 

That was solely for PSN and online features. You could still play offline but wouldn't have access to any online features.

From what I remember, Sony would role out firmware updates which blocked unauthorised code. You could still run that code if you didn't update the firmware but you wouldn't be able to use PSN without updating putting users in a catch-22.

this says that even if its offline they wont work

The amount of access Sony has to your machine is greater than you probably suspect: the company even has the means to irrevocably disable your console should it so wish, and if that happens, it will remain non-functional whether you're online or offline.