Xbox One Discussion

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Still wanting to know if this "no backwards" shit is confirmed or just an internet rumor.
Not only did the confirm it, they insulted anyone who even wants it.
http://kotaku.com/xbox-exec-if-you-re-backwards-compatible-you-re-real-509340172
#1. what is DRM and why is that so important? (just plain ignorance please forgive me)
It's basically when companies design their products so as to prevent you from managing the file you paid for. Like how Apple doesn't let you manage your iPhone/iPad's files.
#2. So what you're saying is, that if I buy a game. I play it under "HRD". Then HRJ wants to play it under his account, he will not be able to unless I buy the game again? Even if I bought 2 xbox 1's I cant take the disc from one console to another and I wouldn't be able to do that either?
Exactly.
I sense that microsoft is up to the same shit. I really hope thats not the case and we are looking at things wrong.
If Windows 8 is any indication of how they're handling business from now on, then this is all legit.

They done fucked up.
 
On top of that what Im getting from you is that I might be only able to play the game for a certain period of time?

well the others have already touched up on the rest pretty well, so i suppose i'll just touch up on this last point here:

basically because of DRM the game must be connected to the internet to be activated for installation, even though you may or may not be able to play the game online afterwards. Some games require that you be connected to the servers at all times to play even singleplayer(a prime example would be the new sim city, or Diablo3) and basically in the end what will essentially happen is once the games become too old, when the console is at or past the end of its lifespan by a bit, the servers will all be shut down and you will no longer be able to play all the games you paid for - they then pretty much become nothing more than useless pieces of plastic. for games that dont require an internet connection outside of the initial install, the issue becomes, what if 10 or 15 years down the road your console gives out, so you buy a new one but the authentication servers are down? then you cant ever re-install your game ever again, which means you just bought another xbox one(probably used and well past its lifespan) for no reason. now you're stuck with a perfectly good machine thats useless, and perfectly good games that are useless, because of DRM.

so basically with an xbox one, your games are guaranteed for the life of the console(between 5-8 years i would guess) and then after that, when they move on to the next console, should they choose not to have backwards compatibility and support your old games, your old games become useless.

on top of that the new xbox only comes with a 500GB HDD, so you can probably pretty much be guaranteed that you will need online authentication, storage or the like just to cope with the massive amounts of file sizes you will be installing onto it, just because this is how microsoft planned it all out.
 
Well i personally am excited for this console. I know they will charge up he ass with the beginning prices but its features are very impressive the graphics are so so beautiful, BUT why now? Why would they make a new console when the 360 is making money already and it's at a high peak. The controller looks kinda wierd but whatever. It's a good console but bad timing and its funny how we are talking down on the console and Microsoft is about to make some HUGE DOLLARS!!!
 
Well i personally am excited for this console. I know they will charge up he ass with the beginning prices but its features are very impressive the graphics are so so beautiful, BUT why now? Why would they make a new console when the 360 is making money already and it's at a high peak. The controller looks kinda wierd but whatever. It's a good console but bad timing and its funny how we are talking down on the console and Microsoft is about to make some HUGE DOLLARS!!!

well really thats debatable. its almost as if microsoft wants to monopolize how gamers play their games, and i know that will be a big turn off for alot of people, including me. and if its graphics and the like you are after, well the PS4 and the XBOX ONE literally have pretty much identical hardware, so if you grab a PS4, you'd be getting all the good stuff that an XBOX ONE has, and none of the bad stuff(ie none of the monopolization of how we play our games)
 
well really thats debatable. its almost as if microsoft wants to monopolize how gamers play their games, and i know that will be a big turn off for alot of people, including me. and if its graphics and the like you are after, well the PS4 and the XBOX ONE literally have pretty much identical hardware, so if you grab a PS4, you'd be getting all the good stuff that an XBOX ONE has, and none of the bad stuff(ie none of the monopolization of how we play our games)
I totally agree with you
 
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