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Major Nelson/MS issues an official statement regarding Used Games on XBox One
- Thread starter chubigans
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Oy - I don't understand how they could have dropped the ball on this topic so very badly. They knew this was going to be a clusterfuck months in advance of the reveal when news leaked. And yet they still didn't have a good response when the event was held.
We all know roadblocks are going to be enacted around the resale, lending and renting of games. The question at this point is how bad is it going to be? Rather than dancing around the issue, MS needs to be straight with their customers, instead of dancing around the fucking issue like a bunch of amateurs. At this point, you're insulting our intelligence as well as diminishing our rights as consumers.
We all know roadblocks are going to be enacted around the resale, lending and renting of games. The question at this point is how bad is it going to be? Rather than dancing around the issue, MS needs to be straight with their customers, instead of dancing around the fucking issue like a bunch of amateurs. At this point, you're insulting our intelligence as well as diminishing our rights as consumers.
Meus Renaissance
Member
The very fact that there has to been information shared about the future of pre-owned games means they will try to enforce mandatory changes in how people trade and sell their games. Otherwise, they could have just said "no different than it is now. you can sell to retailers to yourselves"
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Perfectly sums up this PR statement.
probably went rogue from his copy & pasting. Which is hilarious, I've screenshotted it for future fun.
Its like everything is a struggle for ms.
GoofsterStud
Member
All those delays.
It looks like the delayed announcement was modify their stance and change things last minute once they knew they created a bomb.
That's the only explanation for this. The fact that they still aren't unified is unsettling.
It looks like the delayed announcement was modify their stance and change things last minute once they knew they created a bomb.
That's the only explanation for this. The fact that they still aren't unified is unsettling.
sixteen-bit
Member
non-response
Really? He couldn't provide any information? So we remain cynical while we read varying reports on how activation codes kill any borrowing or used games?
I'm interested in seeing what their game line up is for E3, but everything about the system thus far has made me feel very uneasy.
I'm interested in seeing what their game line up is for E3, but everything about the system thus far has made me feel very uneasy.
spookyfish
Member
Freudian slip, after all, he's been cuttin' and paste-in' all the Microsoft PR nonsense the last few days.
No, they said it could play used games, but never detailed how.
fluffydelusions
Member
He also posted in the comments section
BlazingDarkness
Member
itsfuckingnothing.gif
RIGHT??? its like hes fucking with us now..
DidntKnowJack
Member
I'm sorry...what...?...I'm kind of distracted by your avatar.
KnockOneOff
Banned
Microsoft should start making merry go rounds, there fooking good at creating loops!!!!
They start of answering a question by leaving us with the exact same question!!!!
They start of answering a question by leaving us with the exact same question!!!!
Karak
Member
Didn't you hear? There is no fee. You just have to buy the game again.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
If they were gonna change it, they would have been more concrete.
It's gonna be ignored for as long as they can get away with it and hope to God the games at E3 make up for it.
TheJollyCorner
Member
I haven't been keeping up with all of this madness, but all of this 'used games/activation fee/etc.' stuff could really muck up REDBOX and/or Gamefly rentals, no?
REDBOX saved my ass when it came to Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Even there I felt bad having to pay the single day rental fee.
REDBOX saved my ass when it came to Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Even there I felt bad having to pay the single day rental fee.
Uh-huh, and have kept their mouth shut since. You are kidding yourself if you don't think Sony will get crapped on if they end up having the same policy. Still though, it doesn't change the fact that the PR machine of MS is insufferable. If you cant see the difference in how Sony has dealt with the media and fans, I'm not sure what I can say to make you see the difference.
It's kind of interesting.
If they charge less than full price for the new activation, then wouldn't that encourage people to buy one game and then just share that disk among all friends/family (even class at school/university). Since it would be a legitmate method of "paying" MS.
If they charge full price, then how they manage "family" members, and people in the house becomes more of the sticking point.
Another option is an option in the Xbox Live account that signals a "trade in", which takes it off your account, and thus allows the game to be relicensed in the "used" market.
Say:
- buy game new for $60
- authorize game as "sold", it is taken off your account, but you get $10 from MS
- you sell game to gamestop for $20
- someone buys your game from gamestop for $35
- they must pay MS $15 for their Xboxlive account to be active for that game.
So you get $30 for your used game, gamestop gets $15, MS gets $5, and the new buyer only pays $50...
I guess it'd be a better deal over something like craigslist.
However, if you opt to not authorize the removal from your Xboxlive account, then non designated family members would have to pay, the full online price?
Oh god!! That game on your avatar pic, I used to play it till death... it still bothers me thou that I could never, ever pait a whole room with my tracks without being eaten by the dog or beaten by the flyng broomsticks.
Sola Scriptura
Member
"We're hoping that our E3 press conference will be so flashy and exciting that you all forget about the used games issue. Then, if asked about it in later media interviews, we'll state that details will be provided a month following the launch of Xbox One."
So much for Simple, Instant, Complete when you cannot even explain your DRM or resell policies. That we're even waiting for your fucking "policy" on the right to resell is shameful.
BTW comfy couch advocates if you can do the mental legwork to work out microsoft's actual policies within this clusterfuck you are more than capable of building a PC and avoiding this shit sandwich.
BTW comfy couch advocates if you can do the mental legwork to work out microsoft's actual policies within this clusterfuck you are more than capable of building a PC and avoiding this shit sandwich.
Hellsing321
Member
These chucklefucks are really starting to piss me off.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Microsoft should fire Phil, too. That way Sony can have him again!
ii Stryker
Banned
It sounds like they're doing the same things the PC has been doing for years already.