Some interesting information has just turned up in relation to Call of Duty Ghosts on the Xbox One. As you may know, one user on Twitter has received his Xbox One early, only to receive a console ban from Microsoft in return.

While this ban is a ‘temporary’ one, the user in question has confirmed though that he cannot play Call of Duty Ghosts offline, as according to him the game requires an internet connection to play. Just to note an important point in all of this, the user Moonlightswami has already installed the Xbox One ‘Day 1 patch’ which is thought to remove all previous DRM restrictions that Microsoft initially had in place.

He is providing an ongoing log via his Twitter account and adds that he cannot even access the system settings due to the ban. It goes without saying though that if he has already installed the Day One update, then he should be able to play through the COD Ghosts campaign, regardless of a temporary Xbox Live ban – correct?

#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE @Moonlightswami

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Just a quick update, with my temporary console ban in place, I CANNOT play Ghosts offline. It requires online, and the ban prevents Live.

2:38 AM - 11 Nov 2013

#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE @Moonlightswami

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Just to make a point, it was announced months ago an internet connection was required. Can't really do anything with the ban, not sure

2:47 AM - 11 Nov 2013

At the moment, there has been no response from Microsoft or Infinity Ward regarding this, but obviously it could be specifically linked to this unique ban. If it isn’t though, it could be a big issue if users still need an internet connection to be able to play Xbox One games offline, after installing the Day One patch.

What are your thoughts on this? We’ll update this when necessary, for now treat this as rumor.

UPDATE: Some new pictures have emerged online in conjunction with this story – take a look at the part where it says offline play enabled on PS4. We’ll let you draw your own conclusions on this.

http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/11/10/cod-ghosts-xbox-one-offline-not-possible-without-live/

Okay, is that "offline play enabled" not on XBO games?

Until we see that box, we don't know if it's something to discuss. It could just be idiot-proofing the box. Making it obvious to anyone buying it, that you can play it offline.

Yes, it's worrying though. I mean i don't remember seeing "Offline play ENABLED" on PS3 or Xbox 360 game cases, can anyone confirm if they were there, maybe in other regions? So there must be something going on!

"Offline play enabled" is a feature now? Does that mean some games may not be "enabled"? -_-

No offline enabled on Ps3 boxes. This is fucking weird.

Yes, X1 CoD ghosts

And games like warhawk and mag

FYI it's 11pm on a Sunday, so people aren't exactly quick to respond to work email. I wanted to check in before I shut-down for the evening. This is what I believe is going on:We still have two more weeks before launch - the console is in a pre-release state. We are doing regular updates - I personally took one a few minutes before he posted. His build is now old. This is why we were saying we didn't want people on early - it's not done yet. This behavior is only because we are in pre-release. When we launch, console will work exactly as you expect today on 360. For sure this has nothing to do with requiring a connection. There is no "DRM removal" in the Day One update because none of the consoles were ever built with that stuff in it. This also has nothing to do with COD. The Day One update just brings the SW up to date with the latest versions vs. what's on the box. But there is no 24 check in, that's for sure.ccording to albert

So nothing to worry about

What the hell? The doesn't make any sense?

Or is he just lying/damage control? He is saying there never was any DRM on the system!!

None ogf them have it built in yet everyone needs to dl an u0pdat to remove it. Makes sensea

Why would there be drm on it when it was scrapped awhile ago.