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I want to start buying some X1 games that are crossbuy but I wont have an X1 before Scorpio, however I do want to enjoy the games coming out soon like Forza Horizon 3 and Gears 4 on my PC.

Is there a pc download code in the retail boxes, how does it work?



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Only if you buy digitally



Turkish said:

I want to start buying some X1 games that are crossbuy but I wont have an X1 before Scorpio, however I do want to enjoy the games coming out soon like Forza Horizon 3 and Gears 4 on my PC.

Is there a pc download code in the retail boxes, how does it work?

Why would you buy a Scorpion if you already have a PS4 and gaming PC?



Hardcore_gamer said:
Only if you buy digitally

Siriusly?!

Slimebeast said:
Turkish said:

I want to start buying some X1 games that are crossbuy but I wont have an X1 before Scorpio, however I do want to enjoy the games coming out soon like Forza Horizon 3 and Gears 4 on my PC.

Is there a pc download code in the retail boxes, how does it work?

Why would you buy a Scorpion if you already have a PS4 and gaming PC?

I like to spend money mang.



Turkish said:
Hardcore_gamer said:
Only if you buy digitally

Siriusly?!

Slimebeast said:

Why would you buy a Scorpion if you already have a PS4 and gaming PC?

I like to spend money mang.

lol

What GPU was it you had again, a 970? Where do you enjoy your multiplatforms nowadays?

And will u sell your PS4 and upgrade to a PS4 Pro this holiday?



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Turkish said:
Hardcore_gamer said:
Only if you buy digitally

Siriusly?!


 

 

 

Yeah cross buy option only available if you buy games digitally 



Turkish said:
Hardcore_gamer said:
Only if you buy digitally

Siriusly?!

It'd be really hard to do it in any sensible way for retail copies. Add in a code, and you have two basic cases:

  • The game can be played without the code. Now you have two copies: a digital one you got from the code, and the physical copy that works without the code. Sell the physical copy, and you still have the game. Essentially, you get two copies of the game for the price of one.
  • The game can't be played without the code. Now if you activate the code, no one else can ever own the same copy of the game, resulting in the destruction of second-hand game market for first-party Xbox One games. Microsoft's already been through that and obviously it didn't work (yet), and it's too soon to try again. There's ways to get around this, but it becomes a mess.

Obviously the first option is infeasible, and the second one is possibly even more harmful to consumers than not being able to get cross play across PC and Xbox.



Slimebeast said:
Turkish said:

Siriusly?!

I like to spend money mang.

lol

What GPU was it you had again, a 970? Where do you enjoy your multiplatforms nowadays?

And will u sell your PS4 and upgrade to a PS4 Pro this holiday?

670 even lol, will buy the 1070 soon. Play multiplats between pc and ps4, depends how big the differences are. Im getting the Pro but wont sell my old ps4, it has PT!

Zkuq said:
Turkish said:

Siriusly?!

It'd be really hard to do it in any sensible way for retail copies. Add in a code, and you have two basic cases:

  • The game can be played without the code. Now you have two copies: a digital one you got from the code, and the physical copy that works without the code. Sell the physical copy, and you still have the game. Essentially, you get two copies of the game for the price of one.
  • The game can't be played without the code. Now if you activate the code, no one else can ever own the same copy of the game, resulting in the destruction of second-hand game market for first-party Xbox One games. Microsoft's already been through that and obviously it didn't work (yet), and it's too soon to try again. There's ways to get around this, but it becomes a mess.

Obviously the first option is infeasible, and the second one is possibly even more harmful to consumers than not being able to get cross play across PC and Xbox.

Thats a damn shame, I got Quantum Break W10 code from somebody on here, they had the xb1 game, think MS mailed out pc codes.