Edge Reports on New Xbox: No Used Games, Internet Required Edge is reporting new details on the next Xbox system. The biggest news about the new console: internet is required to play with the system and used games will be blocked. Games will be purchased with one-time-use activation codes, meaning the sole person who uses the code first is the only person who can play the game on their console.  While the console’s experience now fully lies with internet compatibility, physical games will still be available. Games will now be on blu-ray format for the next Microsoft console, meaning 50 gigs of space for games now. The console holds AMD eight-core x64 1.6GHz CPU, a D3D11.x 800MHz graphics solution and 8GB of DDR3 RAM. The console will also ship with a newer version of the Kinect.

Edge Reports on New Xbox: No Used Games, Internet Required

Edge is reporting new details on the next Xbox system. The biggest news about the new console: internet is required to play with the system and used games will be blocked.

Games will be purchased with one-time-use activation codes, meaning the sole person who uses the code first is the only person who can play the game on their console. 

While the console’s experience now fully lies with internet compatibility, physical games will still be available. Games will now be on blu-ray format for the next Microsoft console, meaning 50 gigs of space for games now.

The console holds AMD eight-core x64 1.6GHz CPU, a D3D11.x 800MHz graphics solution and 8GB of DDR3 RAM. The console will also ship with a newer version of the Kinect.

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  1. c3mp reblogged this from theblasiangamer and added:
    This is gonna piss off a large part of the gaming community. They’ll most likely concede once they realize how stupid a...
  2. theblasiangamer reblogged this from mygamingconfessions and added:
    The game industry is becoming as greedy as a lot of others *SMH*
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  6. youhavetonot reblogged this from youregonnaloseit and added:
    PlayStation (Sony) wouldn’t do this, they’re actually a smart company. They are probably laughing at Microsoft’s...
  7. youregonnaloseit reblogged this from mygamingconfessions and added:
    WOW. Could they be bigger assholes? Like, what happens if your Xbox dies? Then they have to buy all their games all over...
  8. rosecoveredtardis reblogged this from valerieparker and added:
    Does x-box realize the only way I can play things is via hand-me-downs? Do they realize that the only way I will by...
  9. scooterpiebanana reblogged this from jadelyn and added:
    The greatest part of this is that it will be hacked within the first week so pirates will STILL get free games and...
  10. sorrywesaidfucksomuch reblogged this from combefierce
  11. evoroil reblogged this from morttheunwise and added:
    What a terrible move that would be. Well I really only wanted my 360 back to play more of the halo franchise. It’s bad...
  12. daftdevil reblogged this from nekoama and added:
    Well looks like I’m going back to Soney, Nintindo, or Steam for my gaming, oh well Xbox lost me when they wouldn’t do...
  13. 827125 reblogged this from balverine and added:
    Balverine, that’s the best tag ever: “microsoft is doing dumb things again”. Per usual.
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  17. kittykillall reblogged this from brashblacknonbeliever and added:
    Well that’s absolute shit. Bye xbox.
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    Well it looks like I won’t be getting the new Xbox system
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  26. avatar-zer0 reblogged this from digitalstalker and added:
    if its all true microsoft is full of idiots
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