How game licensing works on the Xbox One (yes, it supports used games)
All games will be available new in both disc or digital form, and will need to be installed on your Xbox One while logged in. From there, you'll be registered for the game on the cloud, so you'll be able to play it wherever you're logged into an Xbox One, even if you happen to be at a friend's house.
You will have the option to resell that game back to a retailer, but that retailer will have to sign up with Microsoft to allow you to do so. Microsoft won't charge fees to do that, but it does say that "third party publishers may opt in or out of supporting game resale and may set up business terms or transfer fees with retailers." You can give the game away, but only once and only to someone who's been on your friends list for that required 30 days.
Microsoft also says that the ability to loan or rent games "won't be available at launch, but we are exploring the possibilities with our partners." All of the information about game licensing on the new console can be seen on the official Xbox One site.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/06/how-game-licensing-works-on-the-xbox-one/
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MushroomElmPosted:
bigchukka At least there will be used games. But i really wish i could run the same as it dose now. We will see at E3
You can't really be like 'Oh yes!' Because the person has to be on your friends list. By how it sounds, you can't just stroll into your local Game Stop and be like 'Oh, I want this used Xbox One game.' Unless the clerk is like 'Ok, that game game with a username. Add this guy for a month and you'll get your game. By which time you find you don't even like it but WAIT! It can only be shared once for one, and two: You can't return a used game past 7 days.' M$ is just digging into our pockets right now, as if to say 'I swear I felt a nickle, but I can't find it with all this cash in my hand!' Their getting greedy, and with every single post about this so called 'Best Next-Gen system,' I'm thinking the PS4 is a hell of alot better.
slapshot101Posted:
i can understand that you have to have the person on your friends list for 30 days but why can't that person do the same thing? I wonder how you are going to have to tell Microsoft that you are giving the game to that friend.
GoldPeakTeaPosted:
Frog Why can't it just be simple like it is now? Me and my actual friends always lend and borrow games from each other. Microsoft will lose our business if we all have to buy the same game, we just won't do it... Money *****s!
Well I heard now, that once a person downloads a game on an IP address, everyone using the same IP can use that game. Me and my brother live in the same house and this means that we can play the same games with out one of us having to pay for it!
ExoticWolfsPosted:
CheeseStuffedPizza What? In order to give a game away the friend needs to be added for a month? Well, PS4 here I come.
It is a month for god sake... 1.. month. I am sure all of your friend, actual friends have been added way longer than a month.
CheeseStuffedPizzaPosted:
What? In order to give a game away the friend needs to be added for a month? Well, PS4 here I come.
MootPosted:
aperfectline1 I wish there will be backwards compatibility to play my hard earned xbox 360 games I invested alot of money in. Also it would make 360 games run much much better.Think about it,battlefield 3 would play like on a pc and other game would run alot smoother.Just saying. Time to upagrade ;)
You still own an Xbox 360, therefore you can still play your "hard earned xbox 360 games".
aperfectline1Posted:
I wish there will be backwards compatibility to play my hard earned xbox 360 games I invested alot of money in. Also it would make 360 games run much much better.Think about it,battlefield 3 would play like on a pc and other game would run alot smoother.Just saying. Time to upagrade ;)
bigchukkaPosted:
At least there will be used games. But i really wish i could run the same as it dose now. We will see at E3
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