Microsoft's E3 conference date is Monday, June 10th

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No one else wants on the train?

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Don't make the pugs sad. D:

Say yes to train.
 
MCXC Pioneer said:
Whew, that is quite a first post! You might want to go through and edit/streamline that to make it more readable, some of us have shorter attention spans than others. I would not post that in its current form to be honest.
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Well, how about this, (quote the post but cut out everything except the relevant part):

Fresh Face said:
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Proposition [this only concerns physical games. Digital games with selling solutions and stuff would be cool, but I’m focusing on the big issue right now]:

Every game disc has two states. State 1: tied to the disc, and State 2: tied to an account.

Example: Bob buys COD: Ghosts. When he sticks it in his disc drive, the Xbox One tells him that he can either keep the game tied to the disc or tied to his account and that he may reverse either decision by going into his account settings (or storage, or whatever you guys choose. The best place would probably be the current one where currently I can choose to install a game). Bob thinks that playing without the disc is pretty cool, so he ties it to his account. The Xbox installs the game, ejects the disc, and Bob puts it away. He then proceeds to play through the campaign.

Bob’s friend Jim comes over later while Bob is still playing and asks if he might try it. However, Bob does not want Jim earning achievements for him (who would?), so Bob gives Jim the disc. Jim then runs to his house and sticks the disc in his Xbox One. However, the disc does not install (or maybe it does, but the game is locked), and the system pops up a message that says that the game is tied to an account, and cannot be used. Jim then runs back to Bob’s house and asks him “Hey, Bob, it wont let me play.” “Yeah,” says Bob, “that’s because it’s tied my account. They don’t want two people playing at once.” “I see,” says Jim, and he waits till Bob is done playing. Bob then takes the disc, inserts it into the Xbox One, and changes the settings so that it is tied to the disc. Now, when Jim takes it to his house, Bob cannot play it because it is not tied to his account anymore (such a thing is made impossible. The system will only attach it to either the disc or an account at one time).

Before Jim takes it to his house, however, since Bob wants his disc back really soon (he still hasn’t finished the campaign, and he’s itching to get into some multiplayer), he tells Jim to not tie it to his account. Jim therefore, takes it to his house and sticks it in, and the system asks him the question of what he wants to tie it to. He chooses to have the game remain tied to the disc, plays, and then pulls the disc out. Now, if he wants to play the game, the system tells him (just as with the current generation), he must put the disc in. Note: the player must be connected to the internet to register the disc with his account.

[Of course, this system could make selling games a little complicated, so I will explain problem and the solution below]:

Later, Bob decides to buy Halo 5, but he doesn’t have the money quite yet. He kisses the game goodbye, and lists it on Amazon, where Sophie sees it. Sophie has already bought Halo 5, but would also like to by Ghosts, so she purchases the game from Bob’s Amazon account. He ships the game, she opens the package, and sticks it into the drive. However, Bob is either dishonest or just very forgetful, so he has not yet activated the game on the disc since the last time he activated it to his account. Therefore, Sophie cannot play it. That is the problem.

The solution to this (although of course there are other possible scenarios) would be that once a week, the player must both connect to the internet and insert the disc to re-verify. If Sophie is trying to play the game then, it will block her, but the next time Bob connects to the internet, the system will lock it from his account and unlock it on hers the next time she connects to the internet. The longest he can keep anyone else from playing it is only a week, and if he does, he has to forgo all internet features for that week because, as stated, as soon as he connects to the internet (even if it hasn’t been a week), it will lock it from him and unlock it for Sophie. Sophie my then proceed to either keep it locked on the disc or locked to her account.

Of course, none of this would have anything to do with the fact that the game must be installed. I am actually for that as I know it can help developers a good deal (besides, I always install my games anyway).

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That better?
 
GoxRx said:
What if Halo Spartan Assault offers cross play between W8, XB1 and mobiles? like coop for 4 players or something like that? maybe they want to do that
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Anyone else think that this is possible? like the first game on xbox one to offers crossplay between windows devices?
 
MCXC Pioneer said:
Isn't it being optimized for touch screen devices?
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Mouse and keyboard supported_

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So sorry, MCXC Pineer. I feel miserable right now, and I'm worried I'll get a ban. Man, and I was trying to make sure I was on good behavior. :'(

Thanks, Izick. You are a nice person. :)
 
Fresh Face said:
So sorry, MCXC Pineer. I feel miserable right now, and I'm worried I'll get a ban. Man, and I was trying to make sure I was on good behavior. :'(

Thanks, Izick. You are a nice person. :)
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Don't worry about it man, I couldn't care less about an internet tag. I was just trying to be nice and help you out but ended up getting mocked in the process.
 
Fresh Face said:
So sorry, MCXC Pineer. I feel miserable right now, and I'm worried I'll get a ban. Man, and I was trying to make sure I was on good behavior. :'(

Thanks, Izick. You are a nice person. :)
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Don't worry dude, just keep a low profile here in this thread until the E3 season passes and you should be fine by then.
 
MCXC Pioneer said:
Don't worry about it man, I couldn't care less about an internet tag. I was just trying to be nice and help you out but ended up getting mocked in the process.
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I just don't want you to stumble into a ban somehow (it happens) and it become a permaban because you're a junior because of me. Oh well. What's saddening is practically only one person actually recognized it as a good idea (everyone else is saying
ok they're not, but it comes out like this because they aren't careful to read
that pressing "A" twice is complicated). :( What I like, though, is that he actually brought up a legitimate problem with it. I did my best to respond, I just...wow. internets n stuff I guess
 
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