However, MVG tempered this by pointing to the current lack of Xbox Series X-native games and saying most releases over the next 18 months may suffer from DRM restrictions if they are still compatible with Xbox One. As mentioned above, DRM issues like these have become more commonplace in an increasingly digital marketplace. Sony has been consistently criticized for its own DRM restrictions since the PlayStation 3, which has continued on to the PlayStation 5.
Perhaps the biggest blowback Microsoft faced was after it debuted the Xbox One in May What happens if Microsoft just changes its strategy again and all of this becomes an inconvenient legacy distraction?
In the meantime, only one thing is certain: the move from ownership of a physical disc that works on bespoke hardware to licence-based control of all content is a fundamental change in how console games are going to be bought and sold.
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Scores of memes mocking the Xbox One were made. Public consumer polls put the PlayStation 4 ahead of the Xbox One by a wide margin. There will now be no limits on gifting, re-selling, sharing or renting Xbox One game titles.
In addition to these reversals, Microsoft is also removing regional locks on Xbox One games, which means titles bought in one global territory will work in all others. The announcement follows a huge backlash against Microsoft which began when the company first revealed the Xbox One console at a press conference in May. Company representatives explained to journalists that all Xbox One games would need to be fully installed onto systems before play and that each copy would then be watermarked to its owner.
Attempts to then sell on or give away the boxed copy of the game would be controlled by Microsoft; although the details have always been ambiguous, it appeared that the company would work with selected retail partners for the sale of pre-owned titles, and that publishers may have had the opportunity to charge purchasers of second-hand discs for the right to play.
There were also confusing propositions on sharing games with others. Microsoft informed gamers that they would be able to make their software library available to 10 friends, but that concurrent access to games would not be possible. Considered by industry insiders as an intriguing feature it has now been removed, as have other interesting possibilities.
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