Xbox One has preowned fee - Report

I cant believe it would even be legal to do something like this. I know that they have stood down from this approach cuz sony showed them how a true business model works but still when I buy a used car or truck from a friend I dont have to send Chevy, Toyota, etc. a check before I can drive it. I cant think of a single item I own where company that made the said item benefits off of its transfer from one person to another. Unimaginable, and if this business model ever is forced down the throats of gamers I suppose Ill have to find a new hobby. Maybe I'd start going outside and being more productive lol

Fees on used games, this far down the line and gamer's rightfully disputing it's seedy ethics, does sound like a court case gone OJ Simpson. What's needed is a tightened regulatory body to deter an inevitable slipping into a dark era of gaming as obviously, publishers have too much control over DRM games we buy to own.

i blame the high price on consoles games . And i wont be buying a one this year, maybe never?

i knew Xbox was a piece of shit brand, they started this when they blocked games from there own Window format, just to try and sell pc owners an xbox, some cheap skates early last gen got the xbox brand going but i been hping for there exit from console gamign for awhile, welcome to the 2014 Xbox Jaguar/3DO because this is there version of those terribad consoles. Free games are better than Xbox games no really they are league of legends has xbox players playing it now and ps3 these companys want so much money instead of just staying in buisness.

Guaranteed, "various benefits" means more targeted advertising under the ever present, insincere guise of "we're helping you find what we think you'd like." Always on = facebook style data mining, and they'll treat it like they are doing you a favor.

I dunno why, but, the more i see things developing iam getting different vibes/messages from both the camps. Sony seems very rational, and seem to be giving off the message 'We are in it for the games...period!!!''

Microsoft?...''We are money grubbing arse-holes, we love your money too much, and we are going to squeeze every last penny out of you...Mwuhahahaha!!!''

Dunno, but thats what i have gotten out of em so far.

I also believe that major gaming retailers such as Gamestop, EB Games, G2K, Best Buy, and especially Gamefly (due to their service of course), places that sell and trade used games should completely oppose this mechanic of the new Xbox and refuse to sell it without the ability for customers to sell, trade, and buy new games through them as opposed to being forced to do it through Microsoft and their bullshit pricing. In some ways I almost believe that this could easily be viewed as attempting to "monopolize" a particular aspect of gaming, and in this country aren't we opposed to monopolies?

Well, isn't this fucking grand? So what happens when this new Xbox decides to give me something similar to a Red Ring of Death or perhaps it just craps out altogether? You're going to **** the gamers over just so you can make more money? I had such high hopes M$ but you have done it this time.

literally the only way ill accept xbox one at this point would be if all games were priced at 30 instead of bankbreaking 60plus tax which is 70... they dont have any fucking clue on how many sales they miss out on when people can only afford one fucking game if they have 100$..

am i the only one who thinks thats fucking insane? majority of gamers can only choose between one game whenever a major releases come out within a span of 1-2 months.

dont u think the industry would be better off if someone could buy 3 games(for 90) or contemplating choosing one between 2(for 60)?

the only good thing to come of this is that it forces gamers to see how good the game is before they choose to buy it, forcing game developers to not make a shit job.. and pricing would be based on how good the game is cause nobody is gonna hand over a week supply of food for a next generation duke nukem...

In the words of Lando Calrissian, “This deal is getting worse all the time!”

why not just limit the number of times a game can be activated on a different system, instead of tying it to a single one? if a game could only be activated 3-5 times, it would be enough to make sure it doesn't get out of family and friends.

I'll just wait until I get definite answers before I make any decisions on next-gen.

ONE OF MANY REASONS WHY I WILL ONLY GET A PS4. (AND I LIKE XBOX TOO).

I'm probably way late to report this news since I've been working all day and away from this topic, but did you guys hear the XBONE will be REGION LOCKED?

Wow, failure on top of failure. Suck more M$

This has already been dismissed as UNTRUE, so why is this article still here? More importantly, why are idiots still commenting about it?

well, surely sold me back to Sony. I'll hang on to my 360's though, especially since I HAD TO LEARN TO REPAIR THEM.

Goodness ... The number of comments on this post !!!

PlayStation 4 will not block preowned games; people want to use their physical software "everywhere," says Sony executive.

Sony's freshly announced PlayStation 4 will allow users to play used games, Sony has announced.

It was previously rumoured that the machine might be looking to block preowned software from running, though Sony has now shot down this idea on the evening it formally unveiled its next-gen hardware to the world.

Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida allayed previous fears: "Used games can play on PS4," he said.

Speaking about consumers' expectations when they purchase a physical disc, Yoshida said that people "purchase physical form, they want to use it everywhere, right? So that's my expectation."

Another source speaking to Eurogamer suggested that a Sony patent uncovered in January, which would register software to one machine, and one machine only, never had anything to do with PlayStation 4 in the first place.

and it will still sell really well, just like that first $15 CoD map pack. people are stupid.

i love pre-owned fee's and i also like flushing my money down the toilet.

i'm getting xbox one!

Next gen consoles ??? What is there to like?? Must d/l to hard drive, Must be online, Must pay and get nothing in return. Prob cant sell the console either. I'll pass.

"connected to the cloud"
Doesn't that mean connected to the internet?

Thank you M$ for signing your own death warrant. "Xbox one will not require a constant internet connection", but that's not to say that you won't need a connection at some point. That with the addition of needing connect to work, and this is a PR nightmare.

If Sony do the same, I'll either keep my PS3 or I'll get myself a snes!!!

So Microsoft is all about creating a negative experience for the customer. So many of the new games coming out are shorter on the campaign play and to top it off they want to charge you to play them on multiple consoles. This has Bill Gates all over it and with his history of thievery this doesn't surprise me. He's one incredibly greedy bastard and given that he has recently become the wealthiest man in North America again.. his greed must be some kind of psychotic obsession.

Obviously MS is greed motivated. Currently I have four 360 consoles in my house. Given this scheme with the One.. looks like I will have zero One consoles.