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Edited by Dropship dude:
5/27/2013 12:52:53 AM
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Xbox One !WILL! allow you to lend games to friends and family.
I'd posted this in another of my threads a few days ago, but people on here are still confused on the matter. So, here it is again, without the rest of the thread to confuse you.
Wired sat down with Phil Harrison, Microsoft's VP, to clear up a few things surrounding the Xbox One. In the interview, Harrison has thankfully clarified what my past thread was complaining about, and debunked it. Great news for families of gamers, great news for friends who share games. See the link above, or read the extract here:
[quote][b]Wired:[/b] So as another example, if I took my disc and went to a friend’s house, would I be able to play that game on his machine?
[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 while you’re there, and then you go home and take that disc with you. But actually, “the bits” are still on his drive. If your friend decides that he really likes to play that game, then he can go buy it instantly, and it doesn’t need to download again. It’s already there. Once he’s paid for it, it’s immediately there.[/quote]
And mentioned in the paragraph above that in the article:
[quote][b]Wired:[/b] 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?
[b]Harrison:[/b] 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]
Yay!
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2 RepliesOT: how much do you want to bet there is more to that story than he's wanting to talk about [quote][b]Wired:[/b] Does the device function if the Kinect is not attached? [B]Harrison:[/b] Kinect and Xbox One are one and the same. They are two parts of the equation. Obviously the Kinect sensor is used for Skype, for communication, for voice recognition, gesture and motion sensing and the rest. [B]Wired:[/b] So as an example, if your dog comes in and somehow it knocks the Kinect down and breaks it, would you still be able to use the box if there was a particular game which did not use the functions embedded into the Kinect? [B]Harrison:[/b] In that situation, I have no idea. [consults with assistant] What kind of dog is it? [B]Wired:[/b] The dog from the Call of Duty video you showed today. That one. [B]Harrison:[/b] (laughs)[/quote] -_-'
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Harrison said the other day in an interview with another gamin site that if you wanted to take one of your games around to your friends house you can play it no problem as long you are signed into your account, but if you leave it with your friend and he wanted to continue to play it but on his account thats when the fee comes in. Same thing applies to a house hold with multiple xbox one's. If it's not played on the profile of the owner of the game then theres a fee.
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Edited by nightspark: 5/27/2013 5:04:29 PMYeah, he didn't answer how lending/borrowing games works. From what you posted, friends can only play your games while you're at their house. Once you leave and take your game, you friend has to pay to play. I suspect if you lend friends game without your profile on their Xbox, they always have to pay. Which is a huge step backwards.
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1 ReplyI find it troubling that all these rumors that the conference created are being "cleared-up" by second-hand sources, all of which rarely agree on the same answer. Microsoft is not doing a good job of maintaining a good public image by letting these rumors run rampant; they should have had a live public Q&A or something after their event, or kept their mouth shut about these details until they were in a better position to reveal them in full detail.
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8 RepliesI love how people are jumping to conclusions about this stuff. Their is still a few things I'm iffy about, but Microsoft seems to have remedied a lot of the complaints.
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1 ReplyBasically, what happens is that every time you install a game to a different machine it leaves a "digital copy" on the HDD. Putting the disc into any machine "unlocks" the digital copy and lets you play. If you want to play the game on a second machine that has the game installed without the disc, you essentially buy an authentication code from MS (which will probably cost the same as the game price on Xbox Live Games on Demand).
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1 ReplyWhile it looks like Microsoft is moving towards a more digital platform with the Xbox One, it looks like they found an excellent way of continuing physical media support. The way they are handling disks looks awesome. I would essentially be buying a digital title, but still get the disk to put on my shelf, and still be able to let a friend borrow it or a family member play it. And allowing you to play the game while it installs on the system is awesome. Having updates and patches download and install [i]as you play the game[/i] is even better. It really seems that all the problems people seemed to have are becoming good things one at a time.
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8 RepliesEdited by Enlightened One: 5/27/2013 12:46:15 AM[quote] [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?
