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adriane23 on 11 June 2013

I can see them changing some of their planned policies, but I doubt all of them. They kind of need some of it, since all their physical games have to be downloaded.



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maverick40 on 11 June 2013

The damage is already done and the mainstream media are now destroying the Xbox one. They can't turn back now but only endure and hope the americans believe the Xbox marketing team drivel.



kitler53 on 11 June 2013
crissindahouse said:
kitler53 said:


this right here.

 

..but i saw a statement a while back that xbone was architected to load from a hardrive:

“With our modern architecture, Xbox One games will load more quickly, will be always accessible from the cloud, and there is no physical limit to the size or scope of the content provided,” Microsoft writes in a new post to the Xbox Wire blog."

PR to be certain and by no means xbone can't run straight from discs but it makes me wonder if there aren't assumptions about game installs baked into the hardware that would make backing out of their policies difficult.

i have no clue if they can change it and i really like that games have to be fully installed because i think this will result in better games as if the game has to stream data from the disc while running but if they can change something it should like on 360. a full game install but you still have to have the disc in the drive.

oh, very good point.  i didn't think about that so yeah, they can change their policy if they really want to.



Adinnieken on 12 June 2013
spurgeonryan said:
Adinnieken said:
spurgeonryan said:

Can they even at this point? They have already made promises to developers I am sure.

 

I think they will probably try to. Especially after they heard the crowd at the sony Conference.

Microsoft clarified its position on Friday.  There were posts all over the place about it.

For you and anyone else, Microsoft's Xbox One games trade-in/resell policy

Trade-in and resell your disc-based games: Today, some gamers choose to sell their old disc-based games back for cash and credit. We designed Xbox One so game publishers can enable you to trade in your games at participating retailers.  Microsoft does not charge a platform fee to retailers, publishers, or consumers for enabling transfer of these games. 

Well I missed it. So most likely, they will approve Gamestop to do this. I wonder if other stores that do used games will not be allowed anymore? Like Best Buy.

First, chastisment.  So, not fully informed about a subject, you proceed to post a thread that further spreads misinformation.  If you had linked to an article, so be it, that's someone else's fault.  The problem here is you stated your opinion (because you didn't really know) as fact, and subsequently have misinformed a great many others.

People don't need misinformation.  They need clarity.  Whether or not you like something, if you're going to start a thread about it at least be informed about the subject.

OT:  I don't think Microsoft or publishers are limited by retailers, only with the exception of those retailers that have an agreement with Microsoft to access the cloud service.  Because, when I take that disc-based game in, I need to be able to trade-in my license for the game in exchange for cash or some other item of value.