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Inside sources have revealed to Kotaku that the next-gen Xbox console will have Blu-ray but may not play used games.

Recently sources have revealed that the next-gen Xbox console, currently referred to as '720' or 'Loop' by the media, will have Blu-ray playback to take advantage of the 25-50GB capacity which is 3-5x more than DVD. This comes in the wake of rumours that place the performance of the Xbox 720 to around 6-8x that of the Xbox 360.



There is word that Microsoft plan to introduce the Kinect 2 motion sensor with the '720' console also. It will feature an onboard processor allowing for faster and more effective detection, a feature that was originally planned to be implemented in the first Kinect sensor.

Finally, news that will shake the console gaming industry, a rumour that Microsoft may be cutting out the use of used games. This may be enacted by having an activation key that ties titles to your Xbox Live account, much like how Steam works for the PC. This may outrage many who rely on cheaper second hand games but this move is likely to be supported by publishers that are complaining about how much the used game market cuts into their profits.

Kotaku were contacted by a Mircosoft Representative which stated.


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kraken Posts: 229 Joined: 2009-05-18

#22809 Posted on: 27.01.2012 10:15:42 If they bring in the key activation it will be the death of Xbox. Its the only decent thing about consoles is that you can just take the game to a mates house to play it and not have to take your whole Rig!! I really don't think they have thought that through fully.

I3R0K3N7FEET Posts: 558 Joined: 2011-02-26

#22810 Posted on: 27.01.2012 12:40:55 its rumour atm but highly likely to happen, i heard loads of talk about this happening last year iirc though [ublishers wanted it on the 360 and ps3 but i think they settled on leaving it for the next gen, yeah imo i personally feel that companies should have no right to tell people 'HOW' they should use their product. its like me buying a knife but im not allowed to let anyone else use it. personally im very liberal in my thoughts about what should be constituted as intellectual property. I guess they really are taking games to the point of 1 license per user, non transferable, non refundable. this implementation imo should mean that games are released at £10. if not i think consoles should be boycotted and scrapped for good. prepare for an onslaught of cracked games?

BurningFeetMan Posts: 68 Joined: 2012-01-06

#22827 Posted on: 27.01.2012 16:40:31 They are 100% their own worst enemy these people. It is going to make people pirate games, not everyone of course, but it will only serve to encourage it.. With the likes of "OnLive" beginning to take off, people will find that running top of the range PC hardware is becoming unnecessary and may switch from consoles to PC subscription services.

PCplod Posts: 599 Joined: 2011-10-13

#22829 Posted on: 27.01.2012 17:06:13 If they do do this then the PS4/Next Box will be hacked to shreds and piracy will go through the roof. Do they not understand that most of the games that people buy second hand is only because they are cheap and they wouldnt even get bought new anyway... So its not like they are losing that much money atall, intact making money by keeping people on their network who otherwise wouldnt be playing as many games. Online passes I actually agree with and think thats ok aslong as they are like £6. But this would just ruin it...

Suicidal Zebra Moderator Posts: 331 Joined: 2010-11-15

#22831 Posted on: 27.01.2012 17:31:16 WRT second hand, do you think registering a copy to a single console (or at least a single XBLA log-in) would be okay if heavy discount sales such as the almost quarterly ones we see on Steam for the PC also came to the XBox 720?

PCplod Moderator Posts: 599 Joined: 2011-10-13

#22832 Posted on: 27.01.2012 17:39:32 If they do that then it would be ok. But with Microsoft and Sony I cant see that happening, specially for retail games. Sony charge £50 for a game if you buy it online through PSN in the UK (I dont know how they work that one out and what sort of people actually buy them but they only actually cost £40 at retail and always have done) And Xbox Live isnt as bad because you can buy Microsoft point cards but they are doing away with them so they have more control over online prices so it can only be bad, but they are nicer to the UK exchange rate than Sony. I say this because Im guessing that Sony and Microsoft are going to push online downloads next gen more than retail as it is now, and if they do expect to pay over the odds, they dont like to do sales lol. See what happens I spose, I doubt they will ruin there buisness, they must know that most their revenue comes from kids who haven't got a load of money to spend all the time on games

I3R0K3N7FEET Moderator Posts: 558 Joined: 2011-02-26

#22855 Posted on: 28.01.2012 08:02:45 having gams licensed to one account at £40-50 will only drive more people to download cracked copies. I refuse to use the term 'piracy' inaccurately.

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