XBox One DRM Back with a Vengeance

[Sheimi]

It's the gift that keeps on giving.

Anyway, they should fix this.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Hmm...I would check on my little brother's XBone, but we don't have any digital games yet...so...

Meh. /care. Seeing how anyone with an XBone is probably going to be connected to the internet anyways, I couldn't give a rats ass.

 

[chavosaur]

Hmm...I would check on my little brother's XBone, but we don't have any digital games yet...so...

Meh. /care. Seeing how anyone with an XBone is probably going to be connected to the internet anyways, I couldn't give a rats ass.

You could technically check with Killer Instinct since its Free for all Xbones~

 

[DinohScene]

same with the rrod it's STILL there.

An RRoD can be anything, faulty harddisk to disconnected DVD drive to overheating/loose solder joints.
They fixed heating issues from late Falcons on.
PS3's suffer from YLOD which was also fixed in late Phatties.

And if you're going on about overheating, well even your Gamecube can overheat.



In 5 years, Both Sony and MS have online checks and nobody cares about it anymore.
Vast majority if not all of the 360/PS3 owners (XBone/PS4 by then) has their console connected to the web.
So you won't even notice such a check

Oh GBATemp, never change.

 

[Hop2089]

Microsoft needs to fix their spybox with another patch and get rid of the DRM once and for all since it's ending up like Norton where you delete the main program and some remnants remain like a rootkit.

 

[Chary]

I don't mind connecting to the internet for a daily DRM check. The thing that makes me mad is that they LIED to the consumers, and were sneaky about the whole DRM thing.

 

[Taleweaver]

I'm pretty sure I read that the xbone sold a million units in less than 24 hours. And that was little over 3 weeks ago.

In other words: there are two options here, and I'm not sure which one is the more painful one:

1. this is a simple bug that only happens very occasionally. It is demonstrated in the post in the OP...and blown way out of proportion by anyone who thinks this news is bringing doom to anyone (*looks at other tempers* yeah...that's you, all right).
2. microsoft willfully lied to everyone that they reverted their policy, yet NOBODY EVEN FREAKIN' NOTICED that so-called "evil" program.


In the latter case...wow. And I thought that "it has no gaems" was an insult to a console. I say we should add "it has no plaeyrs" to it, as that would mean the thing is barely played to begin with. Or are we really supposed to believe that this is one of the very, very, very, VERY exceptional cases of "taking your console offline"?

No it isn't - read the source.

Erm...that source has mention of one (and exactly one) other person with the same incident in the same game. So c'mon. Cut him some slack. I know what literal means, but I don't think Chavosaur meant literal to mean...well...literal.

@Chavosau

 

[Sterling]

Yeah, this seems pretty isolated. When I first saw this, I figure it was just old hardware. If they'd put it back in, no doubt we'd be seeing more pitchforks and torches across the broad waving swathes of 1s and 0s (aka the internet).

 

[Foxi4]

In 5 years, Both Sony and MS have online checks and nobody cares about it anymore.
Vast majority if not all of the 360/PS3 owners (XBone/PS4 by then) has their console connected to the web.
So you won't even notice such a check

Oh GBATemp, never change.

Can't vouch for the XBox 360 but on the PS3 the only Online check I can think of occurs after an Instant Game Collection game reaches its expiration date in order to check whether the subscription was extended. The rest is done with installed licenses and and server-side SEN account checks.

That being said, the XBox One check is not a big deal as long as the system is Online and most of'em are. The problem I have is that Microsoft introduced it behind the scenes and flat-out lied to its customers.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

That being said, the XBox One check is not a big deal as long as the system is Online and most of'em are. The problem I have is that Microsoft introduced it behind the scenes and flat-out lied to its customers.

Except we don't really know if it's been introduced at all, seeing how it's just this one game and this one incident that's been legitimately posted/proved. If it's indeed this one game, it's more than likely it's just a fluke rather than OMG MICROSOFT LIED THAT HURTS MY FEELINGS BOOHOO

Stop jumping to conclusions Foxi4SegaSony, it makes you look like a dirty disgusting fanboy

I will literally go home later tonight, download Killer Instinct, and "document" my experience (either with video or pornophotographic proof, whatever), so instead of JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS we can, y'know, calmly and thoroughly investigate the situation.

 

[Hells Malice]

Y'know this actually reminded me when I was trying to play some PSP games on my vita during a flight. Obviously no wifi, half my games didn't work. They were forcing me to go online to check if I actually owned it ,which made perfect sense considering I downloaded them straight from the PSN store and some I had even run -before I turned off my wifi-. Those kind of checks are complete bullshit.

Needless to say I was pretty pissed off and slept most of my 8 hour flight.


EDIT: Oh and the point of this is to point out that Microsoft isn't Hitler because they aren't the first to pull bullshit like online-checks, if they even exist at all in Xbox Ones outside of some very isolated cases so far.

 

[Sakitoshi]

but as shown in the video it is an isolated case only because the console was without internet, I'm sure that the message don't appear if you are connected to internet and perform the check silently.
thing is you can't perform an online check at events because you don't have internet there(at least on the event I have assisted), leaving the consoles unusable for tournaments. imagine you assist to an event, you are on the heat of a Smash bros battle and suddenly the game closes itself because there is no internet to check the ownership of the game.
for daily use I don't see a great problem, but for situations like the one described above there is a problem.

 

[Foxi4]

Except we don't really know if it's been introduced at all, seeing how it's just this one game and this one incident that's been legitimately posted/proved. If it's indeed this one game, it's more than likely it's just a fluke rather than OMG MICROSOFT LIED THAT HURTS MY FEELINGS BOOHOO

Stop jumping to conclusions Foxi4SegaSony, it makes you look like a dirty disgusting fanboy

I will literally go home later tonight, download Killer Instinct, and "document" my experience (either with video or pornophotographic proof, whatever), so instead of JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS we can, y'know, calmly and thoroughly investigate the situation.

Sure, please do. All I'm saying is that it's an Online-only check that wasn't supposed to be there. I reserve my judgement until Microsoft comments on this or until the issue is researched further. Right now, we don't know what caused it to pop up, I'm merly informing others that such a check exists - don't mistake it for fanboyism.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Sure, please do. All I'm saying is that it's an Online-only check that wasn't supposed to be there. I reserve my judgement until Microsoft comments on this or until the issue is researched further. Right now, we don't know what caused it to pop up, I'm merly informing others that such a check exists - don't mistake it for fanboyism.

That being said, the XBox One check is not a big deal as long as the system is Online and most of'em are. The problem I have is that Microsoft introduced it behind the scenes and flat-out lied to its customers.

Yep, merely informing others that they totally did and flat out lied when we have no knowledge of either Might want to edit your post a bit, then, seeing how every one else is a bit assblasted by your posts.

 

[emigre]

Yeah this sounds like a shit load of hyperbole and over exaggeration to be honest.

 

[Foxi4]

Yep, merely informing others that they totally did and flat out lied when we have no knowledge of either Might want to edit your post a bit, then, seeing how every one else is a bit assblasted by your posts.

A check that was supposed to be removed appears to be still there - that's a lie. Requires more research, but notwithstanding, it's there.

 

[wolf-snake]

And thus the Xbox 180 became the Xbox 360

 

[bowser]

Xbox One DRM - Did Really Mean it

 

[Clarky]

Can't vouch for the XBox 360 but on the PS3 the only Online check I can think of occurs after an Instant Game Collection game reaches its expiration date in order to check whether the subscription was extended. The rest is done with installed licenses and and server-side SEN account checks.

That being said, the XBox One check is not a big deal as long as the system is Online and most of'em are. The problem I have is that Microsoft introduced it behind the scenes and flat-out lied to its customers.

I can remember a few Capcom games sold on psn had an online check every time you started them while on the 360 they could be played offline, but that was more to do with Capcom rather than ms or sony

 

[AngryGeek416]

I can't for the life of me believe there are still people here who are ok with this... i mean ya you wen't out and spent 600 on the xbox (big mistake) it's not final return it get you're money back.