Microsoft Backs Off Restrictive Xbox One Policies - Including Always Online, Used Game Blocks, and Region Locks

Microsoft Backs Off Restrictive Xbox One Policies Including Always Online, Used Game Blocks, and Region Locks Microsoft appears to have backed away from their rather absurd and draconian DRM policies for their upcoming Xbox One console. According to a blog post by the company, the company will be backing away from the console's previous "online check in every 24 hours" requirement, as well as lifting many of the restrictions on used games. Microsoft's also backing off of the restrictions on game rentals, something that would have seriously harmed companies like Gamefly.com. Even region locks will be going away after consumer complaints. According to Microsoft's President of Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick, the following changes are going to be made after receiving "candid feedback": ?An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games ? After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360. ?Trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and rent disc based games just like you do today ? There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360. The move was absolutely essentially from Microsoft's standpoint, given the huge early PR boon it was providing Sony's PS4. Provided the shifts don't come with unwanted caveats, it's refreshing to see Microsoft isn't entirely tone deaf.

Re: Gee... I wonder why. Seems they're still going to charge $100 more for inferior hardware, though. Edit: Kinect still required to be present and turned on? Screw that. -- If you can't open it, you don't own it. Re: Gee... I wonder why. said by Cabal: Seems they're still going to charge $100 more for inferior hardware, though. Edit: Kinect still required to be present and turned on? Screw that. And will still force you to subscribe to XBox Live just to view Netflix and other services. Sony doesn't require that. They never learn. Offend gamers, and they will leave overnight. All of them. It's even worse if you do something that is a rip-off or interferes with their ability to use their systems and games. It was a painful lesson... ...but thank God they learned it. I was hoping they would, but didn't hold out much hope. Now I can get an XBox One! Eventually. I still don't like the Kinect always having to be plugged and upping the price $100 bucks so I'll get one at some point in the future. Still. A consumer base won an argument with the mighty and arrogant Microsoft. Holy shitballs. Their pre-orders must have really been in the toilet. -- The world was movin' she was right there with it and she was Re: It was a painful lesson... said by bionicRod: ... I still don't like the Kinect always having to be plugged I have a Kinect with my current 360. I found a nice little box that I filled with rags that fits over the Kinect unit on my mantle. Its been painted the same color as the wall, so you cant really tell its there unless you look carefully. When the Xbox is on, it cant see or hear a thing that goes on in the room. -- I've discovered that I often visit the state of confusion, and I know my way around pretty well. Re: It was a painful lesson... said by Warmachine99:said by bionicRod: ... I still don't like the Kinect always having to be plugged I have a Kinect with my current 360. I found a nice little box that I filled with rags that fits over the Kinect unit on my mantle. Its been painted the same color as the wall, so you cant really tell its there unless you look carefully. When the Xbox is on, it cant see or hear a thing that goes on in the room. I didn't mean I don't want one because of privacy concerns. I just don't want one, and it drives up the price of the console. -- The world was movin' she was right there with it and she was And according to Kotaku... ...the changes come from a day one patch. Meaning to download the patch, you have to have internet. Dunno how this will work with people importing the consoles either. Ok, but what about Kinect? and BC? It's sad that some people are effectively applauding a restoration of rights that should have never been in question to begin with. My next two questions on the matter would relate to the title. I don't necessarily want Kinect feeding videos of me playing all the damn time, and considering the library I'd built up for the 360 (and download titles), it definitely looks and feels stupid that they've yet to provide any kind of solution. If they want to justify the extra $100 for the Xbox One immediately, they should implement SOMEthing to enable BC for at least 360, if not Original Xbox... which given the architecture, the X1 should be binary-compatible with. -- Because, f*ck Sony Reviews: ?Shaw Re: Just wait said by zefie: if it can be patched out, it can be patched back in. after your return policy is up. it could, but basically every game was going to come up a code to enter to digitally license it to the console. I don't think they can exactly enable it in the future. At least it wouldn't impact previous games. With both consoles now shying away from this, we're probably ok until the next gen. That being said, at least this way we have a choice. You want to be able to download it wherever your gamertage is at, but if off xbox live and have the digitial copy. If you want a physical copy you can sell or trade to a friend, get a physical copy. I was going to buy a ps4, so I'm unsure. It'll probably come down to which console puts out a game I want to play first. me1212 join:2008-11-20 Pleasant Hill, MO Too little too late. MS has shown its true colors most smart gamers will wont give MS a penny of their money. It's like they're a Bond villain, but at the last second they realized that they still need Bond on the chessboard to manipulate him, but they've already strapped him to the table and there's a laser about to cut him up the middle, and now they're like "Oh, we're sorry, see look, we've stopped the laser now. It's cool. You want some caviar?" Then next gen I expect them to try again. Plus kotaku is saying you need a day 1 patch to fix it, if it can be patched it can be un-patched, and you still HAVE to connect once to get it.

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