Xbox One games must be activated online. Used games keys must be bought again.

Wow. This is a mess. Now Phil Harrison has confirmed to Kotaku that you do need to activate every single game, and if you want to play it at a friend's house you need to buy a new activation code for it. That is, buy the whole f*cking game again.

Here's how the system works: when you buy an Xbox One game, you'll get a unique code that you enter when you install that game. You'll have to connect to the Internet in order to authorize that code, and the code can only be used once. Once you use it, that game will then be linked to your Xbox Live account. "It sits on your harddrive and you have permission to play that game as long as youd like," Harrison said.

Other users on the console will be able to play that game as well, Harrison said. So you don't need to buy multiple games per family. "With the built-in parental controls of the system it is shared amog the users of the device," he said.

But what if you want to bring a game disc to a friend's house and play there? You'll have to pay a feeand not just some sort of activation fee, but the actual price of that gamein order to use a game's code on a friend's account. Think of it like a new game, Harrison says. Kotatu

Update: Looks like IGN just made stuff up.

Thought it was big enough to warrant its own thread. Didnt want the news getting buried in the other thread.

Xbox One game discs are only used for initial installation, fee charged for second account

Microsoft has said that a fee will be charged for any game disc to be tied to a second Xbox Live account after its initial installation. This is likely to limit the market for second-hand games, but would not eliminate the possibility altogether. The company is yet to confirm whether players will be able to play games from disc or run them on secondary accounts without paying for the installation, nor has it given any indication of what the fee may be.

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So the rumors were true. I never buy games used but I trade in nearly all of my games to fund new purchases. This is going to affect me putting money back in this industry. Just a terrible news for the industry. This is how you kill an industry.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

Thanks to BlackKnight for posting the link.

They lost me long before this with all their shitty, non-gaming features, but this would have killed any chance they ever had of getting me to buy one.

What a load of dogshlt.

Thought it was big enough to warrant its own thread. Didnt want the news getting buried in the other thread.

Xbox One game discs are only used for initial installation, fee charged for second account

Microsoft has said that a fee will be charged for any game disc to be tied to a second Xbox Live account after its initial installation. This is likely to limit the market for second-hand games, but would not eliminate the possibility altogether. The company is yet to confirm whether players will be able to play games from disc or run them on secondary accounts without paying for the installation, nor has it given any indication of what the fee may be.

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So the rumors were true. I never buy games used but I trade in nearly all of my games to fund new purchases. This is going to affect me putting money back in this industry. Just a terrible news for the industry. This is how you kill an industry.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

Thanks to BlackKnight for posting the link.

S0lidSnake

I'm shocked they're actually moving forward with this. It's better than them outright blocking used games entirely, but it's still a really shitty move. Really curious to see if this will actually work.

Have they said how big of a fee you'd need to pay?

I'm shocked they're actually moving forward with this. It's better than them outright blocking used games entirely, but it's still a really shitty move. Really curious to see if this will actually work.

Have they said how big of a fee you'd need to pay?

c_rake

Online pass was $10 for every multiplayer game. It would be the same here.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Oh and by the way, this means that if you don't have an internet connection you can't activate gamesdvader654

No no. It is all tied to your XBL account. So you cant activate it unless you are connected online. And if you buy a used game, you cant play it until you activate it online.

They lost me long before this with all their shitty, non-gaming features, but this would have killed any chance they ever had of getting me to buy one.

What a load of dogshlt.

Shame-usBlackley

[QUOTE="dvader654"][QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Oh and by the way, this means that if you don't have an internet connection you can't activate gamesS0lidSnake

No no. It is all tied to your XBL account. So you cant activate it unless you are connected online. And if you buy a used game, you cant play it until you activate it online.

Oh and by the way, this means that if you don't have an internet connection you can't activate gamesBlack_Knight_00

Oh man, that's right! I didn't even think of that! They really can block used games then. Devious.

I expect Sony to follow suit with something as equally as ridiculous. No way they aren't gonna want a piece of this pie. Expect it guys. Console gaming is a godamn mess.GodModeEnabled

I don't know. Sony could use this to their advantage by not forcing such draconian measures. Might win them some additional support.

Oh and by the way, this means that if you don't have an internet connection you can't activate gamesBlack_Knight_00

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Oh and by the way, this means that if you don't have an internet connection you can't activate gamesrragnaar

I assume the discs would come loaded with a free CD-key that the system looks for upon installation.

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

[QUOTE="dvader654"] No I would assume you can run it off the disc but have no Internet features available.dvader654

No no. It is all tied to your XBL account. So you cant activate it unless you are connected online. And if you buy a used game, you cant play it until you activate it online.

[QUOTE="rragnaar"][QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Oh and by the way, this means that if you don't have an internet connection you can't activate gamesc_rake

I assume the discs would come loaded with a free CD-key that the system looks for upon installation.

[QUOTE="rragnaar"][QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Oh and by the way, this means that if you don't have an internet connection you can't activate gamesc_rake

I assume the discs would come loaded with a free CD-key that the system looks for upon installation.

I hope games tie to systems rather than accounts. If it ties to accounts it would mean that the game I bring home would be no good to anyone else in my family. One family buying several copies of one game is just sad.Articuno76

If it's anything like Microsoft's DLC policy, it will mean that anything installed on the system will be available for anyone to use. Installing on other consoles after that is tied directly to the person's account.

Wow. Well that's stupid.  :|

[QUOTE="dvader654"][QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] uhm, PC gaming has been exactly like this for years. Single use CD-Keys anyone?fl4tlined

That kind of attitude is a damn good reason.

WHY in the absolutely **** would you not convert to our glorious pc gaming master race?fl4tlined

[QUOTE="Articuno76"]I hope games tie to systems rather than accounts. If it ties to accounts it would mean that the game I bring home would be no good to anyone else in my family. One family buying several copies of one game is just sad._Dez_

If it's anything like Microsoft's DLC policy, it will mean that anything installed on the system will be available for anyone to use. Installing on other consoles after that is tied directly to the person's account.

[QUOTE="fl4tlined"][QUOTE="dvader654"] Exactly. Consoles are falling apart because they are becoming just like PCs. MonoSilver

That kind of attitude is a damn good reason.

[QUOTE="MonoSilver"]

[QUOTE="fl4tlined"] yeah at this point seeing them flaunt features such as being able to do multiple things at the same time and this whole shenanigans with installing games once then costing a fee basically taking away one of the main and great points about console gaming.. not helping the fact that the newest COD game looked worse then crysis 3 WHY in the absolutely **** would you not convert to our glorious pc gaming master race?fl4tlined

That kind of attitude is a damn good reason.

If Sony does it, I imagine they will leave it up to publishers rather than make it an official policy. It is the smart move on their part, they tell us 'hey, that's the cost of doing business with EA and Activision, but it isn't something we do with our games'. They keep the big pubs happy without really taking a stance on the issue.rragnaar

That's what I'm hoping. They've already said that they're letting the publishers decide. Now it's just a matter of seeing whether Sony sticks to their word and doesn't make it mandatory.

[QUOTE="Articuno76"]I hope games tie to systems rather than accounts. If it ties to accounts it would mean that the game I bring home would be no good to anyone else in my family. One family buying several copies of one game is just sad._Dez_

If it's anything like Microsoft's DLC policy, it will mean that anything installed on the system will be available for anyone to use. Installing on other consoles after that is tied directly to the person's account.

Well if this turns out to be true I surely won't be buying an Xbox One. I have 4 people in my household, and two different Xboxs now. I'm surely not going to be paying fees to activate games for all those different accounts. MS better seriously reconsider this madness.

[QUOTE="fl4tlined"][QUOTE="MonoSilver"]

 

That kind of attitude is a damn good reason.

MonoSilver

[QUOTE="MonoSilver"][QUOTE="fl4tlined"] really you would rather have the children of xbox live compared to the adult communities of say red orchestra? Also i used that as a joke xDfl4tlined

I'm not a console fanboy btw. I have over 140 games on Steam but I can't seem to play any of them for more than 10 minutes as I just get bored. I want to move back over to console gaming like I used to. I had a 360 but traded it in ages ago as I was bored of that too. The PS3 is much more enticing to me mainly thanks to the PS1 and PS2 classics available. Hence why I'm buying one in a few days. :)

[QUOTE="fl4tlined"][QUOTE="MonoSilver"] Well if you hadn't guessed already I'm not getting the Xbox One. Also, I'm not going to discuss gaming communities here as it's not relevant.MonoSilver

I'm not a console fanboy btw. I have over 140 games on Steam but I can't seem to play any of them for more than 10 minutes as I just get bored. I want to move back over to console gaming like I used to. I had a 360 but traded it in ages ago as I was bored of that too. The PS3 is much more enticing to me mainly thanks to the PS1 and PS2 classics available. Hence why I'm buying one in a few days. :)

I know this sounds crazy, but there could be a positive side effect from this. What if this helps PC gaming?

I mentioned this idea in the other thrad for what PC games should be like, in order to allow a used games market....minus the fee of course.

[QUOTE="MonoSilver"]

[QUOTE="fl4tlined"] I used to be a console fanboy ( xbox for the most part) I have now converted to pc gaming.. and ironically enough i lean more towards the ps3 now due to their exclusives such as quantic dreams games and journey.fl4tlined

I'm not a console fanboy btw. I have over 140 games on Steam but I can't seem to play any of them for more than 10 minutes as I just get bored. I want to move back over to console gaming like I used to. I had a 360 but traded it in ages ago as I was bored of that too. The PS3 is much more enticing to me mainly thanks to the PS1 and PS2 classics available. Hence why I'm buying one in a few days. :)