Thursday, January 26th 2012
Next-Gen Xbox Features Blu-ray, Will Not Play Used Games
We've got a good news and a bad news. The good news first: Microsoft will finally embrace the capacious Blu-ray disc format as its media of choice with its next-generation Xbox console. A double-layer Blu-ray disc provides 50 GB of space, letting developers load higher-resolution elements (such as textures), and more importantly, load entire games into a single disc. The 8 GB DVD9 used with Xbox 360 is posing limitations with some titles, forcing publishers to ship games in multiple discs. The new console should also double up as a nice Blu-ray home-video player, complete with multi-channel lossless audio and 1080p playback.
Now on to the bad news: Remember the good old days when you could share your game cartridges and discs with your friends, or resell them? Those are about to be numbered, at least in the case of the Xbox platform. Microsoft is designing its next-generation Xbox console in a way that restricts people from playing "used" games. We would imagine Microsoft doing this by binding each purchased game's activation to a Xbox Live account à la Steam, Origin, and G4WL. This is terrible news to services such as GameStop, which deal in used games and consoles.
Source:
Kotaku
Now on to the bad news: Remember the good old days when you could share your game cartridges and discs with your friends, or resell them? Those are about to be numbered, at least in the case of the Xbox platform. Microsoft is designing its next-generation Xbox console in a way that restricts people from playing "used" games. We would imagine Microsoft doing this by binding each purchased game's activation to a Xbox Live account à la Steam, Origin, and G4WL. This is terrible news to services such as GameStop, which deal in used games and consoles.
119 Comments on Next-Gen Xbox Features Blu-ray, Will Not Play Used Games
Check out Android Phones compared to iOS devices. On paper a lot of Android Phones destroy the iPhone 4S, but in real world tests the 4S still offers better looking games and runs more smoothly. Consoles are the same way. All consoles have to do is run a game at high on 1080p with no anti-aliasing at 30fps. When you think about it, consoles really don't NEED to be as powerful as PC's at the time.
This is also a problem in my mind. I want to see an Xbox that launches with a Quad-Core @ 3.6GHz, 2GB of RAM, and an HD6850/GTX560 level GPU. Give me a console that runs games at 60fps and/or features AA effects. That I would be interested in.
IIRC Sony was planning the same thing for their PS4, and its not that Microsoft is doing this for more money. Its not them who get the money for the games that are sold. Its the developers and this is a piracy thing too. This will be a very good thing for the game developer companies, but in the long run may hurt the market since Gamestop and what not has a huge used games inventory.
Come at me.
Now I see what kind of attitude you have and it suites You very well, I was 19 going on 20 in 2004 just FYI.
With Age Comes Wisdom. To me you're too blind and hot headed and cocky, being hot headed and cocky will lead you to making mistakes in a fight thus losing it.
Take that as a lesson before getting into a fight with anyone because you will bite off more than you can chew. Thus you can get really maimed/killed. I also don't make it a priority to fight anyone less I have no other choice, unless if my life or those that I love are in danger.
Anyways In all Honestly Majority of customers will not like this Idea because they will flood to other companies- that allow you to pay less for a game. With the World Economy in Shambles people will look for cheaper games.
I recall Genesis/Super Nintendo games running for 50 bux brand new and I was in Blockbuster/ Hollywood Video/FuncoLand (Yes Before they became Gaystop) to look for the same game that was 100 percent functional for less (thats how I got some great games for that console without breaking bank) I even got the Model 1 and Model 2 Genesis from FuncoLand with all my games that way.
Now if a Used game and a New Game are the same price after the newgame had a price slash Ill go for it of course.
theirs only going to be one end product from this comeing true and thats the nextbox getting cracked and chipped quicker then a easter egg in a kindergarten, do Ms think people (the desperate skint) will pay all their money for cod and gears over a chip and a 5 pound copy, they are going to bring the dark days back to the uk the chimps
im not for it (cracking) but i did many back in the day and no i sold no games just cracked em as it was easy extra doe, but i cant be bothered these days anyway(better job).
and in a way i personally prefer to buy a game ive been anticipateing ages full whack as it drives me to the end of said game even when it ends up being shit,,, ahem ill beat you yet crysis2.
they should so go back to cartidges/memory sticks but usb3 version ish v good point wtf are they going todo about rentals