straight out of MS mouth. its a better interview than this one about DRM
Harrison: There is some technology about how often, or how frequently the device has to ‘ping’, but that has not been… we have not talked publicly about that yet, but it will be very user-friendly.
Wired: So are you saying that there is no function of the machine which checks in with Microsoft to see whether the player is still authorized to use the games that they’ve bought — there is no user validation check, or any sort of DRM function?
Harrison: We haven’t announced the details of that today, but like I said, it will be very user-friendly.
Wired: So the discs that will be sold will essentially be start-up discs, and then the game isn’t really connected to the disc anymore once it’s been installed?
Harrison: Once you put the disc into your machine, you never need it again. If you want to keep it, that’s great. You can do that. But you can also download the game. You don’t actually have to have a physical disc after that point, but you can then share that disc with your friends which is basically a great way of distributing the content to other people.
i know my roommate is interested in it. if he buys, i will play.
im also a bit fascinated in how it turns out. i dont expect it to master what xbox or sony has but i wouldnt mind playing smaller games & having an open source console to mess with.
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