CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Isn't that what a lot of Steam games do?
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EDGE: The next Xbox: Always online, no second-hand games, 50GB Blu-ray and new kinect
- Thread starter Hanmik
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Isn't that what a lot of Steam games do?
faceless007
Member
Steamworks games can still be installed from the disc (good option for bigger games), although you still have to download a small update to activate it.
Beer Monkey
Member
360 started out this gen requiring proprietary storage and loosened up and allowed generic external storage. I'm not concerned about the whole storage thing, though I do hate mandatory installs.
Hmm, I don't really know. It'd just be a bit odd if there weren't at least the game's asset files on the disc.
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
Initially I thought being able to 'pause' multiple games and resume was pointless, because I was thinking about disc swapping. But then it actually further backs up the 'no second hand game' thing, if every disc game is tied to an account with a licence code and all games are played off the hdd, there is no reason for them to force a disc being in the system.
This will actually be seen as a benefit that MS might be able to use to counteract the fact that people can't trade games.
This will actually be seen as a benefit that MS might be able to use to counteract the fact that people can't trade games.
It's a nice bonus, but I think the bigger issue they'll have to counteract is the pricing of digital games. They have to be way more flexible.
Why would you need a 50gb bluray to hold just an unlock code?
PGR5 as a launch title, world stops complaining about kinect, no used games, installs etc...
It is an unlock code to download the unlock code that unlocks the 50gb game data on the disk! Hopefully not.
Shadow of the BEAST
Banned
The new Xbox. Includes Kinect 3D, Smart Glass, and all new Telescreen: delivering personalised content to you.
Needs a Ballmer photoshop makeover.
I know this is a joke but...
Kinect is already 3D as it sees in depth and Smart Glass is a piece of software that works independently of the consoles so it can't be included in the console.
Marketing.
definitely. hehe.
I was thinking the one with that intense stare, similar to the original poster.
Though to be honest you probably couldn't go wrong with any picture.
EDIT: Here:
Shadow of the BEAST
Banned
I cant photoshop worth a damn
but something like this:
text:have fun
Picture: ballmer smiley face
picture: kinnect/hal picture
text: we are watching you
a combination of orwell and huxley.
but something like this:
text:have fun
Picture: ballmer smiley face
picture: kinnect/hal picture
text: we are watching you
a combination of orwell and huxley.
At risk of evolving this thread into the Ballmer GIF Thread, this is probably my favourite Ballmer meme.
LOL, you know I love that Balmer is outgoing but man there is a limit.
Alx
Member
Elvin Atombender
Member
Maybe this has been discussed earlier but is it possible that with all this talk about always being online, no used games and Kinect that has to be on, that Microsoft will somehow use Kinect to recognize who owns a game?
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
AndyH already confirmed that EDGE has good sources in this story.
megashock5
Member
This isn't the first I've seen that mentioned. Is this really a thing? Seems so odd.
Art Teitlebaum
Member
Wait, what?? This must be some cynical joke, RIGHT??
Yeah that was also in the kotaku piece I noticed just now.
http://kotaku.com/5958307/this-kinect-patent-is-terrifying-wants-to-charge-you-for-license-violation
Pretty weaksauce that you still can't detect individual fingers with kinect 2, that means Leap will piss all over this.
Mr. Luchador
Member
hahaha funny on all levels! I like this post, if this was twitter I'd RT and favourite it and all that stuff. Great.
this might be your fantasy. you have some sick imagination.
alexandros
Banned
"Too many viewers detected. Exit the viewing area immediately. YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS TO COMPLY."
Man I can't wait for next gen, it's going to be hilarious
Mr. Luchador
Member
Almost like you're not suppose to socialise and have friends (unless it's via XBL).
Delusibeta
Banned
I recall there being a thread about Microsoft patenting that tech. So, much like "the PS4 will have offline anti-used-game DRM", it's a case of yes they have the patent, no we haven't heard if they're actually going to use it.
Herb Alpert
Banned
You don't need friends. You have XBox. And from now on it will always be watching you.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
It just dawned on me that the purpose of Kinect is to enforce the new anti-secondhand game policy.
Using Kinect's facial recognition tech Kinect will determine if the person in front of the camera is the original owner of the game. If not then Kinect tells the Xbox not to run the game and alerts Microsoft.
Using Kinect's facial recognition tech Kinect will determine if the person in front of the camera is the original owner of the game. If not then Kinect tells the Xbox not to run the game and alerts Microsoft.
Fixed that for you.
Or
Kinnect will transform into a little police officer and mace you.
Alx
Member
Nah, that's not realistic at all. User identification through face recognition is far from 100% reliable (heck, even fingerprints readers aren't). It can be a convenient shortcut when it works, but there will always be situations where it won't recognize you, or think another face is yours.
And it can actually be tricked by photographs (though it would be funny to get a mask of the previous owner in the box of your used game ^^ ), so it's not really useful as a security function.
Nealand Liquor
Member
Serious question: I wonder what happens if you put a piece of tape over the camera, or a photo of one person sitting in the room?
You can't use a photo. It spits out lasers to sense depth.
maquiladora
Member
You can be sure they've spent a long time testing all the ways people might try to get around this. Though it's inevitable that at some stage someone will stumble upon a way to bypass it, until that gets patched.
Blanket with eye holes
I laughed harder than I should have.