Exactly. Even if you're a fan of the exclusives you will most likely buy the console, but because of the DRM people will be very, very picky with what they play so they buy because $60 isnt cheap.

"Offline gaming is not possible after these prescribed times until you re-establish a connection, but you can still watch live TV and enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies. "

Holy fuck

That's good to hear.  I know that Sony has stated that they will leave it up to publishers, but I still want the full details of how that will work.

Side thought to change the subject a bit: Does this mark the death of gamefly?

I love how the wording of the guidelines seems relatively fine if you skim through it, but once you read each line carefully it's full off restrictions.

I wonder how they are going to break the news to the general consumer.

Explicitly yes.

Exactly.

I do understand the used games case you are describing and that does make the Xbox less appealing to someone that is able to buy and resell a game at a 5-10 dollar loss. At the same time I understand why Microsoft doesn't want that, and franky doesn't care if you buy their console.

I also see why they want people with internet to buy it. Its clear that Microsoft wants to push their services more than sell games at this point. Just look at the Xbox One...Xbox, Kinect, Skype, Windows, Bing, IE, Skydrive, Azure...all present in one form or another. Xbox is like Microsoft All Stars 2013...lol. While Microsoft is most likely aware that some people will skip their console because of lack of internet...I am pretty sure they calculated that the value of pushing their other services will make up for that, and then some.

I don't know what I will say down the road about this...but for now I just want to be entertained and I don't see anything wrong with Xbox One. If Xbox One has good games, I will buy it. If it any point down the road, it becomes untolerable with its DRM policies, I will get rid of it and game somewher else.

I don't see anything wrong with this way of thinking.

Why didn't I think of that? That Kinect is obviously equipped with the tech to able to genetically check for any immediate family members playing the game lol.

Anyway, on a serious note if it was house specific then I could see them letting this sharing feature be IP locked for as many Xbones in one house, but if it can be anywhere, then I guess you could share it with anyone.

But to be honest that much should kind of be a given. Right now I can give my game disc to as many family members or friends or random people (if I chose to) for as long as I want. They are putting a cap of 10 to that but making it convenient for them to play by letting them have a digital copy and not a disc. This is of course assuming family members are just any random people you choose, which may very well not be true. But we will see.

So in this aspect I would say they are in the neutral zone. You are putting a cap for more convenience and for one other family member to be able to play your game at the same time.

Because by accepting it now you are empowering them to take the next step.

What's actually ironic about this, if they had come out and stated it would be a digital only console... I wouldn't be complaining at all, in fact many of those policies are improvements over current digital content.

I've stated it before and I like digital only solutions. But to me the taking away of freedom to handle your disc, physical media, purchases in any form you wish, is what's at the center of my anger.