It's been confirmed; Xbox one wil block used games.

[mokes310]

No thanks, this was a deal-breaker for me. Huge fan of the 360, but this will push me back into the Sony camp...so long as Sony doesn't pull some 11th hour shenanigans and decide to go with some form of draconian DRM system.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

Well now that I won't be playing the new xbox maybe i'll try other activities, I heard a lot of good thing's about that marijawana.

 

[StormShaun]

Urrrrg.
Well ... it seems that I'm not going to buy any of the next gen consoles.

Well money is something I don't have.
And all the negatives about the next gen too.
I'm going to be fine with my good ol' computer and Xbox360/PS3/Wii.

Back onto topic, yeah this isn't really good ... at all.
I mean, I use steam all the time but that isn't as bad as the Xbox One.
... so yeah I'm going to see all of this go downhill.

But I'll wait before I decide my ultimate opinion. These might just be all rumors created in all this mischief which I am sure is happening all over the internet.
And when I checked IGN it seemed a bit TOO positive about the new Xbox over there ... suspicious.

So Sony ... Microsoft ... [sub]Nintendo[/sub] please show me showing that will MAKE me buy your consoles. (Excluding kidnapping, mugging and robbery)

 

[Subscriptism]

If this is true then Microsoft have just shot themselves in the foot. The retailers will hate them now and so will the audience. They have just killed themselves in the game market if the PS4 doesn't have this shit attached. I will certainly not be buying a Xbox One.

I also can't believe they made such a fucking stupid move.

 

[mysecondlife]

Yeah but some people are going to buy it, not knowing any better. People can be stupid with their money, not knowing what they're getting.

Bitching about used games will come after.

 

[Sonicron]

Add this piece of news to the growing pile of bullshit that's shaping up to be the new 'Big 3' console generation, and I know exactly which device I'm looking forward to the most at this point:
The Piston.

 

[Candidus]

Being that I'm a PC gamer who's dealt with the same restrictions on both physical and digital purchases for years, I don't really care. If the developers and publishers are the ones getting the lion's share of this `second hand fee`, then I actually support it.

That being said, I'm not interested in the Xbox One. I'm not a US citizen. 343i did a totally forgettable job with the console's flagship series, without which there's nothing of note exclusive to it. I'm not interested in a jack-of-all multimedia device, and I resent the mere presence of Kinect.

Loads of great reasons to pass on the Xbox One without bothering to mention the fading luxury of used games.

 

[WeepingAngels]

Whoo, looks like PS4 is going to get a boost in sales by this announcement. haha

Nah they will do the same. This has been a long time coming.

Ultimately, the blame lies on Gamestop, Game, Gamestation etc. who refused to let the pub's in on the 2nd hand market. Now they will pay the price for their greed.

Right and Paramount should get a cut when I sell a DVD?

The blame lies on greedy publishers who want to get paid for used sales. If any blame lies on Gamestop it's because they sat on their thumbs and watched this happen on a smaller scale with online passes. Even now they have an ad for Xbox One on their website.

I blame all the PC gamers who jumped on Steam because they were easily bribed with cheap games and set an example to other companies who now want in on it.

Not only that but we (myself included) praise Valve at every opportunity. It's no wonder Microsoft thought this could work. Also to blame:

If the developers and publishers are the ones getting the lion's share of this `second hand fee`, then I actually support it.

Comments like this feed the publishers greed. They have no right to money from second hand sales but these people will support them finding a way to get it anyway.

 

[EstrogenicMuscle]

Yeah but some people are going to buy it, not knowing any better. People can be stupid with their money, not knowing what they're getting.

Bitching about used games will come after.

It's going to be an amusing state of affairs.

Much of the people who actually end up buying will be people who don't know. And then Microsoft will be flooded with the few people who did buy complaining about the system.

Though I don't think it is that many people who will buy to begin with. Considering the sales of the PS Vita and Wii U. If the Wii U and PS Vita have struggled to sell a few million units, I doubt that the XBOX One will have an easy time doing the same.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Well, I think I should thank Microsoft for making my next-gen console purchasing decision much, much easier. With only the Playstation 4 and WiiU to think about, the debate for system I should get has just been moved into which system I should get first (I always get two each generation), which will largely be based on what Nintendo's release schedule is for first-party titles on WiiU. Still, something tells me I should be thinking about how soon I want a PS4.

I'm not sure I think of the WiiU is a next-generation console - technically it seems to be only slightly beyond the 360 and PS3. Seems more like Nintendo have only just fully joined the current gen.

It's Nintendo's next-gen console, and they already had a representative in the 7th generation, the Wii. We really can't compare Nintendo's moves through the generations the same way we look at Sony or Microsoft, as, while the latter two are much more concerned with things such as technological capabilities and online infrastructure, Nintendo is more concerned with delivering a vastly different gameplay experience than what their previous generation did, similar to how the Wii was completely different than the Gamecube of the 6th generation. Sure, technologically speaking, it has no hope of competing with the PS4 or XOne, but it's still Nintendo's offering to us for the 8th-gen consoles, and it's certainly stuck with Nintendo's current mentality of each new generation being unique from the last.

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

Its times like this that im happy i have my pc and don't plan to change that anytime soon i'll just hide in steam and watch the new xbox crash and burn the funny thing being that did this to themselfs

 

[Headsprouter]

My plan for this generation is to catch up on all the consoles I've been missing and invest anything I would have used on a console for my PC. These new consoles aren't making me regret this decision in the slightest.

EDIT: PS4 is still an option here. I'm just waiting for E3 until I even consider any consoles.

This is exactly what i'm thinking. PS4 is my only option besides 3DS, but I don't really count handhelds as much..even so, my PC will do me for a long time, and by them the PS4 will be much cheaper and have lots of exclusives, unlike Microsoft, which just has Halo which I'm pretty uninterested in.

 

[Kuilui]

Yeah... More and more glad I jumped into PC gaming once again and got a nice rig that will last me for years to come. I have a 360 but I mean it just sits there. I don't even play it anymore because I have nothing to play on it anymore. I use it to talk to my friends on occasion but we skype a lot so... PC has a way better selection of awesome games, lots of awesome indies, so yea... Also if you think about it the new xbox will be probably 500 bucks. Figure in a game or two maybe an extra controller and your already talking good gaming PC money, or just a lot of money for upgrades. If I do decide to go into the next gen (Which is looking more and more unlikely by the second) might just go back to Sony. When a lot of good exclusive games come out for it and/or after a price drop or two. They have all my favorite games anyway (Meaning ps one classics )

 

[8a88leph1sh]

Whenever you enter a disk into your xbox, it downloads the game to the hard drive and then you can play it WITHOUT the disk. The fee is to make sure that, say if you let your friend borrow a game, that money will still be payed rather than games being shared all around for free. As much as I'd love the free sharing of games that's awful business.

Sorry but this is the right move by Microsoft. You just have to hope that this "fee" will be less than the actual cost of the game.

 

[Siyano_v1legacy]

I think I don't care, I never used xbox and it seem it becoming a PC
PC already don't have a pre-owned market. I think it a good thing in some matters
anyway, for me xbox was never a good console because of the price and few exclusive

 

[Zipa]

Whoo, looks like PS4 is going to get a boost in sales by this announcement. haha

Nah they will do the same. This has been a long time coming.

Ultimately, the blame lies on Gamestop, Game, Gamestation etc. who refused to let the pub's in on the 2nd hand market. Now they will pay the price for their greed.

You can't really blame Gamestop to be honest. This shit doesn't fly in any other industry. If I buy a second hand car the original manufacturer of said car does not get a cut of that sale. If I buy a smartphone second hand on Craigslist the orignal manufacturer of said phone doesnt get a cut.

Im not saying gamestop and their competitors are innocent of being greedy or anything but this whole getting money for a second hand sale is utter bullshit.

 

[idarkphoenixi]

Isn't it a bit fishy that the new of EA partnering with Microsoft is in such close proximity to this news? I smell a conspiracy.

Considering that they announced they would stop using online passes literally JUST before Microsoft says you can't play used games without paying a fee, I'd be willing to bet anything that there's a link.

 

[Zeh Don]

Agreed. It's why Microsoft can't back down from the Internet requirement or it's Used Games stance - it was probably the glue that pulled in all of their partners.

 

[leeprice133]

Well, I think I should thank Microsoft for making my next-gen console purchasing decision much, much easier. With only the Playstation 4 and WiiU to think about, the debate for system I should get has just been moved into which system I should get first (I always get two each generation), which will largely be based on what Nintendo's release schedule is for first-party titles on WiiU. Still, something tells me I should be thinking about how soon I want a PS4.

I'm not sure I think of the WiiU is a next-generation console - technically it seems to be only slightly beyond the 360 and PS3. Seems more like Nintendo have only just fully joined the current gen.

It's Nintendo's next-gen console, and they already had a representative in the 7th generation, the Wii. We really can't compare Nintendo's moves through the generations the same way we look at Sony or Microsoft, as, while the latter two are much more concerned with things such as technological capabilities and online infrastructure, Nintendo is more concerned with delivering a vastly different gameplay experience than what their previous generation did, similar to how the Wii was completely different than the Gamecube of the 6th generation. Sure, technologically speaking, it has no hope of competing with the PS4 or XOne, but it's still Nintendo's offering to us for the 8th-gen consoles, and it's certainly stuck with Nintendo's current mentality of each new generation being unique from the last.

Yeah, I'll concede that. Things do seem to be looking a little grim for the Wii U at the moment though. Selling badly because the games aren't there, and the games aren't coming because it's selling badly.

 

[Zeh Don]

Newest Used Games rumour, and it's a scorcher:

...The game will be registered as traded in and will be wiped from your Xbox Live account. The shop can resell it for whatever price it likes but the game's publisher now takes a cut and so does Microsoft... Anyone buying that second-hand game will need to pay an activation fee of £35... Combine that measly 10 per cent discount and the £35 activation fee and you have figures that add up to not much sense at all for the shopper.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-24-this-is-how-xbox-one-game-trade-ins-will-work-apparently

Ouch. Buying the game. Then paying an Activation fee, and only giving the retailers a very small cut of the action for essentially shouldering all of the work? Only in America.