Report: DRM not to blame for Far Cry 4 woes, says Microsoft
The argument, as outlined by Gamespot, is that the delisting was an accident, and one that was quickly rectified by Microsoft. During the delisting, numerous reports of players being unable to play the game - specifically, digital copies of Far Cry 4 - began to crop up, even after players had deleted and redownloaded the Ubisoft shooter. These reports ceased immediately once the game returned to the Xbox One Marketplace. This leads some to believe that the delisting also took down whatever online verification system is attached to the game, despite Microsoft's claims that the Xbox One does not require constant online verification.
In a statement sent to Gamespot, Microsoft denies that the problems had anything to do with hidden DRM, though the Xbox One manufacturer offers no alternate explanation of what actually happened. Instead, Microsoft responds to the rogue DRM allegations with the following boilerplate statement: "If customers own the rights to a game, they can visit their download history and initiate a re-download whenever they please - even if the game has been delisted from Xbox Store and is no longer available for purchase."
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2015/01/09/report-drm-not-to-blame-for-far-cry-4-woes-says-microsoft/
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1989Posted:
Grown Well it is a good thing I bought the disc instead. I will most likely never buy off the console.
I buy most of my games digital and never have problems.
yo2434Posted:
Grown Well it is a good thing I bought the disc instead. I will most likely never buy off the console.
i'm the complete opposite, haven't bought a disk in about a year. i split most games with my friend so digital games only cost me 30$ and i haven't had a single problem with far cry 4 either.
MissPosted:
DeluxeHazard Probably Microsoft's fault but they don't want to take responsibility for it.
Who cares, you can just redownload the game free.
XboxPosted:
DBK Ohhh microsoft, of course they had "nothing" to do with it.... right!
Haha of course they didnt.
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