Microsoft’s Xbox One Access Requirements Create an Odd Double Standard

Microsoft‘s Xbox One will allow you to play games offline for up to 24 hours a pop, says the company in a fresh explainer, but you’ll have to connect to the Internet thereafter or forfeit access. If you’re playing on someone else’s system, that 24-hour window drops to just one hour. Think of it as Microsoft’s Cinderella clause, only instead of a pumpkin, your system turns into a giant black-and-green brick.

[JokesOnYou]

...or you can login by mobile connection and not saying I like it but of course theres a difference between movies and games, movie publishers/studios arent pressuring game console manufacturers to restrict 2nd hand movie sales as there are no signs they are losing profits among gamers, movies make huge initial profits in theaters, then sales in stores, then rentals= no odd double standard.

Next!....Well good night to you too Dayz.

[ThatCanadianGuy514]

Cool spin bro.

[saladthieves]

Looks like the joke's on him.

[Godmars290]

"movie publishers/studios arent pressuring game console manufacturers to restrict 2nd hand movie sales"

Yet.

Actually, considering the Kinect viewer limit/audience counter, such will likely to special events like the Superbowl.

And still, if people don't have a phone or one which can tether, they don't know how, they're right where they started. Unless MS has classes on how to connect Kinect.

[Double_O_Revan]

'Actually, considering the Kinect viewer limit/audience counter, such will likely to special events like the Superbowl.'

I can see it now. You have to tell 2 of your friends they have to hide behind the couch or a living room plant because Kinect sees you are over the maximum viewer limit for movies or events.

[Temporary]

You try so hard to justify Microsoft's actions Joy ... I dont get it. They're known in the business world to be as shady as shady gets, and they're obviously exploiting their fans (you) by making htem think theyre somehow paying more for a superior product.

I dont know you or how old you are or anything about you except that you enjoy getting scammed by Microsoft.

[00]

but only 46 million were registered with gold/silver that MS could actually count, nearly half of 360 fanbase were not connected to the internet.

MS are completely retarded if they think the xbone will take off.

[Sy_Wolf]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that :) bubbles to you for possessing basic reasonig and math skills.

[isarai]

My thoughts exactly

[Crazyglues]

@ 00

I thought I was the only one who was seeing this...

Yes bubbles for you guys.. -could not agree more

I mean this is just Ridiculous.. Come on'

Ok first the Used Games thing is bad enough but add that you have to connect to the Internet with in 24 hours or forfeit access... LoL

Man Microsoft you got some set of balls... (I play a lot of games offline) What about if you Internet connection goes down... Or your not home for a week, yeah vacation..(Yeah call me crazy but I like to turn stuff off when I leave for a week, I don't leave my cable box on when I'm gone)

It looks like this time around the choice of, "should I get both systems" just got a lot easier to make... Looks like I'll just be getting one this time around.

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[Blackdeath_663]

"MS are completely retarded if they think the xbone will take off." at this point i have no idea what MS is doing they don't seem to want to tell us either. with no one-on-one session with the press after E3 if this continues i wonder how many people will be tired of searching for answers and start to lose interest. most of the info journalist had to find out for themselves by interviewing microsoft employees or looking at the current facts available to reach a conclusion i mean even the GPU spec was only ever revealed because of a slip of the tongue from one of the MS tech guys. for how long will people continue searching for answers?

[SexyGamerDude]

I still want to know what happens if Xbox Live goes down, like it has multiple times in the pass. What happens if it goes down before the One does the 24 hour check? Does that mean I'm suck with a brick in my room until they can get it back up?

[Double_O_Revan]

This.

Sony was brought down for over a Month because of the hack that was in retaliation for removing Linux. Can you imagine if Anonymous brought down Live? Even for a couple of days.

With Sony we just couldn't play online, which sucked, but at least we had single player. If Live is targeted, which after all this BS I definitely see it being target #1 on Anons list, no one will be able to plat At All.

[Zero23]

If this is true i see a lot of Xbox gamers jumping ship to Playstation next generation.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

Yep I'm one of them

[Saints94]

You rang?

[grassyknoll]

This is from Microsoft's press release, it's as official as it gets.

[S2Killinit]

wow I guess the gamers are taking a back seat in more than one way with the xbox one.

[S2Killinit]

I can't see how these guys wont get sued out of their pants, they are stepping on more than a few toes here, and in more than one area.

[fOrlOnhOpe57]

Microsoft....last couple of weeks its been like watching a blindfolded man play hopscotch in a minefield lol

[Double_O_Revan]

The sad part is, at this point, they can't go back. Its too late to change the console, and scrapping it altogether isnt an option. They've signed deals, games are being developed, etc. So their only option is to launch it full steam ahead and Hope for the best.

Oh I know it'll sell and people will buy it. But I do not, and cannot see it being very successful or lasting through the full console life cycle.

[dennett316]

Microsoft are focused on being an entertainment box at this point, they have pretty much abandoned the core gamer with these consumer unfriendly announcements. They are targeting the dudebros who have more money than sense, those that will be wowed by silly little gimmicks like being able to make a skype call while playing a game....even though they could already do that with the smart phone or tablet they already own if they really wanted to.
They haven't thought about things like people moving house or changing ISP...they're too busy trying to "solve" problems that don't actually exist and controlling every aspect of game ownership.
It's disgusting just how far they've taken this. You can only loan a friend (who must have been on your friend list for 30 days for some reason unknown to anyone who isn't a corporate idiot) the game that you paid the full price to purchase, only once. How dare they dictate to me how I want to use the product that I've paid for. They've also stopped me from getting the best price I can get if I've ended up buying a game that's a duffer by killing the private sale of games and only allowing it through retailers that make a deal with the publisher.
I'm actually livid that they think they can dictate to me where, and for how much, I can sell MY property. If they want to control the market so much, they should have made the games rental only, because as it stands they're making a mockery of the notion that I own the games that I pay full retail price for.
They can try to claim I don't actually own the games that I buy until they're blue in the face...even if it is only a licence to play the game that I'm purchasing, THAT LICENCE STILL HAS AN INTRINSIC VALUE TO IT, I should be able to sell that licence to play their code if that's what I've paid for.
No matter how much they want it to not be true, we DO in fact have rights concerning the products that we buy...buy being the key word.
You buy a car...it's yours to resell as you wish. Same for books, TV's, hard drives, furniture, movies etc. Only the games industry likes to think that they're special, that they have some divine right of ownership of the product that they sell to us...that's not how things work.

Sony better not try to pull this crap

[jessupj]

Fuck you microsoft. Fuck you a million times over. You are a parasite on the games industry. You and all the other publishers pushing these policies need to die.

[PANTHER1030]

Xbone at launch: Houston we have problem...