Lending games to 10 people would impact the industry way too much. < They are actually trying to get rid of this.
Giving away games.
Give away your game once.
While the buyer who bought the game from Microsoft could resell it, to someone. The person were given it from the original owner(1st person) would not be able to do so.
Microsoft took 1 step further to, try to remove a consumers rights …
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Cloud system.
And about cloud giving you larger games, don’t fall for it. It doesn’t and you don’t need to be always on-internet to be able use the cloud. Ps4 uses the exact same technology and they doesn’t require you to. It is only something Microsoft used to justify how you needed to be always online.
It wouldn’t do any significantly impact on the performance anyway.
Ea came with the exact same statements when they released Sim-city.
Ea- admits Sim-city could have run offline.
Whether this is truly a design choice intended to create useful and interesting features for players (and the cloud, as it were, can be enormously convenient) or whether it’s an attempt to finally rein in piracy is an open question.
Why do think they are releasing destiny on the Xbox 1, Ps4 and even the 360 and ps3?
All in all, it seems like Microsoft corporation tried to get rid of piracy, re-selling and lending games with their restrictions. In their next Generation they only took away everything you were able to do before, and implemented nothing new.
I’m actually interested in the X1 now because of them removing their restrictive policies. I’m still getting a PS4 but now I’m open to getting the X1 eventually instead of never.
I have a few questions and conserns with the X1 though.
First and fore most games. In the 11 yrs that MS has been in the console buisness they have yet to prove to me that they can put out a bunch of good games from their studios. Sony and Nintendo completely out class MS as far as first party offerings go and I can only count on MS for Halo and Forza. So can MS put out good games this gen?
Cloud computing. I’m not sold on it at all. I feel like its going to be 2-3 years before Devs even start to learn how to really use this and come up with inventive things to use it for. Besides it sounds highly dependent on Internet speeds and the health of MS’s servers. I think MS put the cart before the horse on this one.
Why is Kinect still mandatory? I think its a great additive experience for those who want it but some of us don’t and I think it should be an option. More people would be open to the X1 if they had a $399 model that didn’t have it.
Family Sharing. I’d rather have a less restrictive system without this feature than a highly restrictive one with it. That being said though I don’t know why MS took away their one cool feature. Even if they restricted it as timed trials I think MS should try and bring this back.
> I’m actually interested in the X1 now because of them removing their restrictive policies. I’m still getting a PS4 but now I’m open to getting the X1 eventually instead of never.
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> I have a few questions and conserns with the X1 though.
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> 1. First and fore most games. In the 11 yrs that MS has been in the console buisness they have yet to prove to me that they can put out a bunch of good games from their studios. Sony and Nintendo completely out class MS as far as first party offerings go and I can only count on MS for Halo and Forza. So can MS put out good games this gen?
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> 2. Cloud computing. I’m not sold on it at all. I feel like its going to be 2-3 years before Devs even start to learn how to really use this and come up with inventive things to use it for. Besides it sounds highly dependent on Internet speeds and the health of MS’s servers. I think MS put the cart before the horse on this one.
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> 3. Why is Kinect still mandatory? I think its a great additive experience for those who want it but some of us don’t and I think it should be an option. More people would be open to the X1 if they had a $399 model that didn’t have it.
This is my main guess.
Microsoft really wants Kinect to be a big deal. When the kinect is mandatory they are giving the developers a bigger reason to incorporate Kinect into their games.
But also,
The government is getting information from your Kinect.
> 4. Family Sharing. I’d rather have a less restrictive system without this feature than a highly restrictive one with it. That being said though I don’t know why MS took away their one cool feature. Even if they restricted it as timed trials I think MS should try and bring this back.
> > 4. Family Sharing. I’d rather have a less restrictive system without this feature than a highly restrictive one with it. That being said though I don’t know why MS took away their one cool feature. Even if they restricted it as timed trials I think MS should try and bring this back.
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> Normal demo’s instead?
Not every game has a demo though and when it does the demo is normally different than the retail game. With a family shared timed trial players would get to try out games that don’t have a demo and would get to try out the game the way its meant to be played.
> > > 4. Family Sharing. I’d rather have a less restrictive system without this feature than a highly restrictive one with it. That being said though I don’t know why MS took away their one cool feature. Even if they restricted it as timed trials I think MS should try and bring this back.
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> > Normal demo’s instead?
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> Not every game has a demo though and when it does the demo is normally different than the retail game. With a family shared timed trial players would get to try out games that don’t have a demo and would get to try out the game the way its meant to be played.
The services are probably way to similar for Microsoft to run them both.
Family Sharing was also something available only if you were connected to Microsoft at all times. Which is understandable, when you don’t know that you can only share timed demos.
> > > > 4. Family Sharing. I’d rather have a less restrictive system without this feature than a highly restrictive one with it. That being said though I don’t know why MS took away their one cool feature. Even if they restricted it as timed trials I think MS should try and bring this back.
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> > > Normal demo’s instead?
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> > Not every game has a demo though and when it does the demo is normally different than the retail game. With a family shared timed trial players would get to try out games that don’t have a demo and would get to try out the game the way its meant to be played.
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> The services are probably way to similar for Microsoft to run them both.
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> Family Sharing was also something available only if you were connected to Microsoft at all times. Which is understandable, when you don’t that you only can share timed demos.
I guess. It’s still kind of a bummer though because it was the one feature that made it stand out in my eyes. I don’t care about the X1 as a cable box.
> > > > > 4. Family Sharing. I’d rather have a less restrictive system without this feature than a highly restrictive one with it. That being said though I don’t know why MS took away their one cool feature. Even if they restricted it as timed trials I think MS should try and bring this back.
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> > > > Normal demo’s instead?
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> > > Not every game has a demo though and when it does the demo is normally different than the retail game. With a family shared timed trial players would get to try out games that don’t have a demo and would get to try out the game the way its meant to be played.
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> > The services are probably way to similar for Microsoft to run them both.
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> > Family Sharing was also something available only if you were connected to Microsoft at all times. Which is understandable, when you don’t that you only can share timed demos.
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> I guess. It’s still kind of a bummer though because it was the one feature that made it stand out in my eyes. I don’t care about the X1 as a cable box.
Personally, I am very happy with Microsoft 180* turn. Everything, if I buy the Xbox, will go in my favor.
Seriously? One is about Microsoft storing private user information (something every company does) and how they work to comply with law enforcement, and the other is a paranoid conspiracy that Microsoft spies on its users (something for which there is very little evidence). It’s the whole debacle with people finding out that Apple devices actively track their users with GPS.
> > But also,
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TzZipwapk
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQa1Px8efy8
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> > The government is getting information from your Kinect.
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> Seriously? One is about Microsoft storing private user information (something every company does) and how they work to comply with law enforcement, and the other is a paranoid conspiracy that Microsoft spies on its users (something for which there is very little evidence). It’s the whole debacle with people finding out that Apple devices actively track their users with GPS.
I must admit I never watched the second video I posted there (I just read the title). I assumed it was something similar to what I am about to write.
They are obviously not sitting there watching you - In which case is also illegal, but just like how every mobile has an GPS embedded into their system and everything we write here is stored on servers, the Kinect will probably also store information coming from you.
All this information can be watched through legal ways of law enforcement by for example the Police or FBI.
> The family share thing up to 45 min already has been debunked by Microsoft.But it doesn’t matter as that feature is gone for now…maybe.
I don’t believe that you would be able to share entire games (full playable) as it clearly goes against their intended goal. It would destroy the industry more than anything else (reselling), as people constantly would share games with each other.
There was something fishy about family sharing, and I believe that the 15-45 minute timed things were actually real.
They never really lied as they said you would get full game, but you would only be able to play for 15-45 minutes.
In the end, they can debunk any “rumour”, as we’ll never know the system would have worked anyway.
My mistake, I rewrote it (bought to got). But then again, through a developers shoes there is no difference, unless they charge fees. And in EU, it clearly goes against the rules.
"An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences allowing the use of his programs downloaded from the internet.
Therefore, even if the licence agreement prohibits a further transfer, the rightholder can no longer oppose the resale of that copy."
Even if you were given it for free, you have the right to resell (give) it.
> > > But also,
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TzZipwapk
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQa1Px8efy8
> > >
> > > The government is getting information from your Kinect.
> >
> > Seriously? One is about Microsoft storing private user information (something every company does) and how they work to comply with law enforcement, and the other is a paranoid conspiracy that Microsoft spies on its users (something for which there is very little evidence). It’s the whole debacle with people finding out that Apple devices actively track their users with GPS.
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> I must admit I never watched the second video I posted there (I just read the title). I assumed it was something similar to what I am about to write.
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> They are obviously not sitting there watching you - In which case is also illegal, but just like how every mobile has an GPS embedded into their system and everything we write here is stored on servers, the Kinect will probably also store information coming from you.
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> All this information can be watched through legal ways of law enforcement by for example the Police or FBI.
Okay, I’m just glad you aren’t buying into these conspiracy theories. I’ve heard such theories since Kinect came out, and I was shocked when people were shocked that companies followed people on GPS in smartphones, or that companies stored consumer information or search histories. Always thought it was common knowledge.
It is common knowledge, but that doesn’t mean I agree with it or like it. I don’t see why you wouldn’t make a bigger deal about it instead of just “accepting” it
> It is common knowledge, but that doesn’t mean I agree with it or like it. I don’t see why you wouldn’t make a bigger deal about it instead of just “accepting” it
I accept it because of the benefits. If smartphones and GPS systems didn’t actively track their positions, loading up said GPS would take significantly longer.
Google, Amazon, Facebook, and other track browsing history to allow targeted adds. I personally have benefited from this in the past, finding items I hadn’t known about. For example, when buying a Halo book online, I was informed of a book that collected a series of papers on Halo as a franchise. It was a great reading, including behind-the-scene of machinima like “The Codex”, the development of Halo 2, and even a scientific paper by a physicist on the plausibility of a Halo in the real world.
And of course companies like Microsoft hold on to user data for the purposes of convenience (such as keeping your credit/debit card information on a server to make future purchases easier and quicker). Now, if governments are asking for this information, that’s a problem with the laws and governments in question. I don’t take issue with companies keeping the information, I take issue when the government passes arguable unconstitutional laws to allow access to my private information.