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Edited by Enlightened One:
5/27/2013 12:46:15 AM
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[b]Harrison:[/b] Yes, you can. You can take your game around to your friend’s house just as you would today — that’s assuming you have a physical disc — and what we’re doing with the new Live technology is that… with the disc, it’s just a repository for “the bits”. You can put that disc into his drive, you can play the game [b][u]while you’re there[/u][/b], and then you go home and take that disc with you. But actually, “the bits” are still on his drive..[/quote]
Yay![/quote]Um.. Doesn't this mean you have to have YOUR account signed in on his console to let him play your game?
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Best guess is that the game is tied to your account, and you simply have to use your account to authenticate the game on that console. After that, anyone should be able to play it until you authenticate it on another console. Basically, it would be tied to your account, and your account can then be tied to different consoles.
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Edited by Dropship dude: 5/27/2013 12:51:16 AMNope, it means [i]while the game is at their house[/i]. As you can see, he then immediately says "and then you go home and take that disc with you" without even a mention of having to be signed into your account. He simply states that if they then want to play it without the disc, they need to buy it. [quote]Wired: What’s going on with used games? What about borrowed games? There’s a lot of speculation today. Can you clear some of that up? For example, we have multiple Xboxes in my house and trade games all the time. If we have multiple Xbox One consoles, can we still do that? Harrison: Absolutely, just like you can today. You take the disc, install “the bits” on every machine you have in your house from the same disc, and anybody in your household can play that game. You have exactly the same restrictions that you have today, as in only one of you can play that game at a time because you only have one disc. But anybody in that house… well, the Xbox Live account… it goes for both the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One, and any user inside that house.[/quote]
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But if you take the disc with you he will only have the installed copy without a license which he will have to buy.. Am I missing something here?
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Yes. If you decide to take the disc home with you when you leave, then the friend cannot use the game unless they buy it to "unlock" the installed content. However, if you leave the disc with them, they can use it as much as they want. However, as I understand, it means that you cannot then play the game on your own console, as it works with the Xbox 360. The disc essentially activates it for the console it's being used in. Once you get the disc back, pop it in your drive, and you're good to go.
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Seriously.. Who lets their friend borrow a game and then brings it back home with them the same day? I think he left some details out for a reason.
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Check out the edit I made to both the OP and my reply to yours. He clearly states that you can install it on any consoles in the house, but you have to have the disc in to play it unless you're logged into the first account you linked it to.
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Makes sense
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Indeed. My only hope is that we are in fact interpreting this correctly. Microsoft reps have a tendancy to talk in loopholes haha
