Topic: The everything Xbox thread

Won't small, not-chain used game stores be burned by the Xbone as well?

Consumers who sell games will probably get less for their games and/or consumers who buys used games will see a rise in price. The lending part will be pretty bad though. Not being able to lend a game to a friend when I gotten tired of it? It really feels like a nickel-and-diming scheme.

@TysonOfTime Yes, it will probably kill off a couple of the smaller stores.

Most people will probably not feel the effects of the phone home requirement. Those that do will be pissed, but they will be a small minority. Well, unless their servers goes down...

But the most "evil" part of this is that all your bought game will in the future be unplayable. Whenever they feel like turning off the servers, you can no longer play any game you bought.

Yeah mom and pop store will probably die, was just thinking on the renting business. These are dark time s were heading toward and I have little faith the main consumer cares enough to boycott the system. Microsoft is going to use next gen Kinect, a to f first and third party exclusives, plus a giant marketing budget to get thiss thing to be successful.

So it looks like Mirror's Edge 2 is happening. Not only was there the recent Amazon listings but a help page went up for it on the EA website and was quickly pulled. If this does end up an Xbox One exclusive I'll definitely be getting the console eventually.

Current rumor is that its a bayonetta 2 situation. A cult title that wouldn't have been made with out one of the big three publishing. It's also rumored to use longest in some form.

The cover to quantum break.

I always think of this when you post something about Quantum Break

Every time you post a video, gif, or image instead of an actual reply, I have this urge to recommend making a personal blog.

Hey, you should make a personal blog!

Never watched Quantum Leap, was always a sliders man myself.

Blog Post o designing the Xbox one from the Xbox news site

COMPROMISE

This means war!

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Based on articles and videos I've seen recently, I now sincerely hope the Xbone tanks.

Seriously, the big brother stuff going on with the Kinect 2.0 is downright scary.

The used games part has been overblown with false information completely out of proportion.

Yes you will be able to play your games elsewhere, no different than the way the Xbox 360 works
Nothing has been confirmed about lending games but its been said you will be able to as well.
Used games fees will be paid by the store, not the consumer. That simply means GameStop will be forced to share some of its profit from used games with the developers of said games, which is just fair.

Also I love how idiots are scared / hating the "big brother stuff" but use Google on a daily basis. Did you know google has gone as far as infecting computers with malware and exploiting vulnerabilities in software to track your every move and that going to google means your entire browsing session will be logged and that using chrome also dials back to big brother and tells them everything you do? That's way more intrusive than Kinect compiling anonymous information to make it better.

Source for GameStop paying, also, how will I buy a used game off eBay or from a friend?

Also give a source on the google stuff. Accusing them of infecting comps with malware is a pretty serious accusation. Oh, and even if they did, why would that give ms a free pass?

When it comes to the big brother stuff, it is all about how and what they will store on servers. Servers can be hacked and spread sensitive information. If they only store things locally it is not a huge problem. But if they start to store video on the internet then it is much more serious. Quite frankly, we need more info on this issue.

And they have already confirmed that you must be logged in at your friend to be able to play a game you bought. From this we can assume that we will not be able to lend games.

Also, what happens with the authentication servers when xone goes end of life? Will we lose the ability to play old games despite being paying customers?

Yeah, this popped up the same time as Xbox One reveal, which I called X1 for short. This is amusing, as I didn't know of this until today. This is Comcast legit. Directly going to compete with the One, for the TV crowd, which Microsoft is banking on.

And surely the stores would never pass those extra fees on to the consumer. I'm sure they will benevolently absorb the drastic hit to their profit margin.

But it can't play games . The whole hook of One is that it can do everything.