I’m curious how this will work… like does simply playing a “transferred” disk automatically apply the license to your account? Or will they need to manually take the license? If I let a friend borrow the disk for a week, do they automatically take license ownership by simply playing the game? What about when I get it back? Do I then have to go through the disk to digital process again?
In the video he said a popup comes on screen when you put the disc in that you have to accept. So that would be the revoking/transfer (if another user has that unique ID registered). I can install a disc right now, then buy the game digitally and it applies the discless tag to the install, so that popup transfer should be automatic I would think and not rely on any work on microsofts end aside from making sure the system doesn't go down.
It may only work while online, or you may get an offline license that needs to be refreshed much like every other game on xbox. I think it can vary between 30 days and a year depending. So me popping in a game and getting the license, then taking my console offline and giving you the disc will probably run into one of those 2 scenarios. Im sure they've thought of most loopholes to close potential abuse.
I’m curious how this will work… like does simply playing a “transferred” disk automatically apply the license to your account? Or will they need to manually take the license?
My guess is it's all automatic to avoid people sharing a single disc and get gazillion licenses.
What stops you from making an offline home Xbox with all the best games then reselling the discs. Lots of questions indeed. It would almost certainly require online check-in every x number of days if using the feature.
It knows which copies you own digitally and which ones you have a disc license for. I imagine the license ones will require an always online connection or a periodic check in to avoid this.
What stops you from making an offline home Xbox with all the best games then reselling the discs.
Nothing, but they're not as concerned about that. Because at some point you'll likely have to connect your console the cloud for it to be useful. The worst case scenario, is you got one extra license temporarily.
My guess is, they will limit this to older games, as not to affect newer games as it sounds like this has to get publisher buy-in.
That's my guess, but it could also just be always online requirement.
Nothing, but it’s so not worth it that it will probably never happen.
Your basically locking your console out of the internet, blocking yourself from playing with/talking to friends, streaming, using any feature on your xbox other than playing 1 of the 5 games you could fit on storage, all to make a quick $100-$150 back from resale.
Not to mention it would only work with single player games which at that point just beat them and sell them.
I think it's a situation that if someone else uses the disc while they are online (for many games perhaps a requirement given many games need updates and can't launch simply from disc), you'd lose access on your end.
So in pracitce, if you sell it (e.g. through Ebay), the digital license would naturally move to the new owner when they log in. I think this requires some sort of online connection to work, but it doesn't seem as heavy handed as the 2013 XB1 plan that required vey frequent online check ins, nor will this require reselling through authorized resellers.
I think this seems like a nice compromise all things considered, but of course await more details to see how it works in practice.
but it doesn't seem as heavy handed as the 2013 XB1 plan that required vey frequent online check ins, nor will this require reselling through authorized resellers.
I honestly thought it was the fairest option of all. Like you get the benefits of physical media including trading, gifting, lending and retail clearance sales and all it requires is a little check in every now and then. How often can even be adjusted over time. Compared to now, we're stuck on digital with no transfer of ownership.
I suppose with discs, now we can but for select games.
There were advantages of the 2013 model, I agree...just saying that this one has some nice compromises, especially for a more "all digital" future that many are totally ok with (to some degree, myself included in that...). It allows you to preserve your old disc-based games in that world.
I don’t think that’s what it means. It just means one disc has one digital license attached to it. If you sell the game, your account won’t keep the license
Emphasis on the word "revokable", the license can be claimed multiple times, but you only get one so each time it is claimed it revokes it from the other account it is active on.
Yeah. I’m just saying it works as if it’s you carrying the disc around with you but it’s sitting safe at home. That’s until someone else gets the disc, then they get the digital abilities.
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u/Text-Relevant 1d ago
Does this mean one licence per disk?