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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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  • While 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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