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2/26/2013 7:57:03 PM
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"Next Xbox May Require Internet, Uses Watermarked Discs"
[url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/02/26/eidos-president-next-xbox-uses-watermarked-discs.aspx]Story[/url]
[quote]Sony revealed its next-gen plans a week ago, with the announcement of the PlayStation 4. At the event, the company took a step to alleviate players' fears that used-game sales would be blocked. Microsoft may be going a different route.
MCV India spoke with Eidos' life president Ian Livingstone about the possibility of a digital-only gaming landscape. First, he addressed the plain fact that broadband Internet hasn't yet reached an install base high enough to justify getting rid of disc-based media wholesale. Then things got interesting.
“With the next Xbox, you supposedly have to have an internet connection, and the discs are watermarked, whereby once played on one console it won’t play on another," Livingston said. "So I think the generation after that will be digital-only.”
If true, that could change the way console players look at games. Would games be playable on a set number of systems before they stopped working? Would used gaming be a thing of the past? Would it be suicide for Microsoft to try and take on this approach unilaterally? It certainly isn't the first time we've heard rumblings about this watermarking strategy.
Microsoft supposedly is hosting an event this spring where the company will be talking about its next-gen plans. This isn't the kind of subject that executives like to discuss when they're unveiling a new console, but if Livingstone's right you can expect to see executives squirming and dodging the subject in interviews within a few months.[/quote]
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After seeing how they reacted to Halo 4's leak, I'm pretty confident this won't be the case. But if they go through with this, I'm not getting that console. Sounds like offline gameplay being trashed. Hideous.
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They will never do this. Xbox fanboys aren't the brightest bunch, but they're not THAT dumb. And Microsoft knows that all but the very most diehard halo fanboys will jump ship if they start selling games that can only be used on ONE console. Microsoft is more likely to kill off their entire Office software line than to sell such a game console!
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They said the same thing about the PS3 last gen. It wasn't true then, so I'm really crossing my fingers it won't be true for Xbox now. If it is, then wow. Microsoft made my early adoption choice for me.
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If Microsoft pulled a stunt like that it would bury them and they know it. They aren't that dumb. They can't afford to be that greedy, there is too much competition this time around.
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Microsoft's silence is [i]deafening. [/i]
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If they pull this BS I'm officially going for the PS4.
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If they do this I will not get the next Xbox.
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These rumors have been going on for months. They're shooting themselves in the foot if they do this. Almost nobody will want an xbox.
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Rumors. I can definitely say I won't buy the console if I have to pay for ads/live AND my game stops working because I get RROD four times and they keep sending me !@#$y Xbox's back...
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I remember when these rumors were told about the PS4
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2 RepliesEdited by MrHappyFunshine: 2/27/2013 12:01:25 AMthese rumours were said about the PS4 as well also what would be the point if they did that could you see game stores selling these consoles because i don't that's for sure.
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Microsoft is dumb.
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Rumors rumors rumors. I honestly kind of want it to happen so I can see how the gaming community reacts. A lot people say that they'd leave, but I wonder how many would actually.
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This whole rumour still feels too brazen and out of touch. But it sure seems to be picking up steam. My God if it's true Sony will be cracking open the champagne bottles.
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If Microsoft does this, the Xbox is dead.
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Some Playstation fan boy probably made up that rumor.
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Microsoft's Management Team strikes again; -blam!- Microsoft est 2007.
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It makes sense. I imagine that mass-producing a game is expensive. But I also like to hold and cradle what I bought. I avoid digital-only stuff. Interesting read.
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2 RepliesNow is the time to be a PC gamer
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If this actually even happens, I don't think I will have anything to do with nextgen consoles.
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Awaiting credible source. If Microsoft decides to watermark the discs like that, then they might as well scrap the 720
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Don't you think Microsoft wouldn't be THAT stupid? I mean, they're cheap... but this is just suicidal.
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I most certainly hope this is not the case.
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Meh as long as disks are similar to downloadable content rights I don't really care what they do.
