Xbox One: Microsoft defends pre-owned games rules
Microsoft has clarified its position on selling and buying pre-owned titles for its new Xbox One console.
Confusion arose after it appeared the company would impose a fee for playing pre-owned games, a move that was highly unpopular with gamers.
The company has now said in a statement that games can be traded in, but only at "participating retailers".
Games can be freely passed on to friends, Microsoft added, but only once.
"Xbox One is designed so game publishers can enable you to give your disc-based games to your friends," the statement said.
"There are no fees charged as part of these transfers.
"There are two requirements: you can only give them to people who have been on your friends list for at least 30 days and each game can only be given once."
The Xbox One will come up against Sony's new console, the PlayStation 4.
Sony is yet to show off the console and has not set out its policy on pre-owned games.
Its worldwide studios president, Shuhei Yoshida, told news site Eurogamer that used games would not be "blocked" on the console, but would not specify whether there would be a fee for using pre-owned titles.
Always online
The Xbox One has also come under fire after it emerged it might have to be always online to play games.
Microsoft explained on Thursday that while the console did not have to be online to play, it did need to connect at least once every 24 hours.
The company said: "You can game offline for up to 24 hours on your primary console, or one hour if you are logged on to a separate console accessing your library.
"Offline gaming is not possible after these prescribed times until you re-establish a connection, but you can still watch live TV and enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies."
プレイステーション４が対抗機種。
ソニーはプレーステーションについて、従来から持っていてＰＳ４ではプレイできないゲームの取扱いは決めていないが、先に書いたように、PSPからPS Vitaについては施策を打っている。
ここで書かれているのはフレンドリストにある人にはゲームをタダで譲渡できるということ。こんなことで何か解決するのか？
また、オンラインでなければ使えないというものは、２４時間以内なら繋がなくてもよい、ということだけで、必ず２４時間以内に一度はネットに繋げなくてはならないということ。
どうしてこうした面倒なことにするのかよく分からないのだが、嫌がられることをやっていると思う。
例えば、携帯のゲーム、３ＤＳやPSPなどは常にネットに繋いでないといけないということはない。
さらなる見直しもされるだろう。
常にオンラインでなければならない、ということで失敗したsimcityみたいな例もある。
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