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Subject: Xbox One original DRM idea to return
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newt182 26.06.14 - 03:36pm
Games tied to your account, coming soon only on Xbox One! (hurray)

When Microsoft announced sweeping Xbox One policy changes last summer, the company did away with the ambitious Family Sharing plan that would have allowed users to share their games library with up to 10 family members on any Xbox One. This feature may be gone, but it's not forgotten. It could actually be implemented someday, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said during a recent Gamertag Radio podcast.

We looked at the digital features that we had talked about last year and as a gamer, there were a lot of those features that I think really resonated and were smart features for people who really have a lot of games and maybe play on a couple consoles or have bunch of people in the house or want to share with friends, Spencer said. As I look at our monthly update roadmap, those kind of features are in our roadmap. There is a little bit of a challenge now that you've got DRM on a disc.

I haven't given up on those ideas, he added. There's some complexity now that you've got these discs that have DRM that you've got to figure out. But it's definitely part of our [roadmap] with the overall product.

Also during the podcast, the interviewer suggested that Microsoft could introduce a sharing plan for digital games only, but Spencer said this is also problematic. According to Spencer, it wouldn't exactly be fair for people who bought a physical copy of a game only to find out later that the digital version has an enhanced feature like digital sharing. That's not an excuse for not doing it, Spencer admitted, adding that if this feature is ever implemented, it will be done in the right way.

[link]http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-family-sharing-pre-loading-still-on-microsoft-s-radar/1100-6420721/[/link] * +

newt182 26.06.14 - 03:37pm
So people didn't want the DRM, MS panicked and removed it, sold a load of consoles and now plans to force it upon you (lol) But we knew that was the case anyway, I mentioned several times they could just bring it back in the future. * +

kenb2321 26.06.14 - 05:01pm
(Lol) Vamez will be excited, hell say how good that will be for MS and gamers... * +

spartan2 26.06.14 - 05:59pm
Suicide is painless (lol) cos that is what this is * +

norega 26.06.14 - 06:45pm
I don't see a problem with it, no different to steam * +

4juice 26.06.14 - 07:32pm
lol topic * +

guillium 26.06.14 - 07:41pm
Sounds like he's a Sony agent... If that happens it'll be suicide for the Xbone *

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