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Originally Posted by SwiftDeath
24 hour check-in is my major complaint
Even just on a purely principle level that is a terrible restriction
I need MS's daily permission to play my games
Great thanks for that
The game trading was innovative but technically they legally had to allow that if they ever wanted to sell it in Europe
Europe has laws that mandate the trading and selling of software licenses
A case against steam in europe has either gone through or in progress
Don't remember but most people expect steam to add game trading of some sort to align with european laws
And yes family sharing was likely PR spin at the last minute
If it was as good as claimed it would've been on E3 show or mentioned at E3 in detail
I will almost certainly buy an X1 now likely in a year or year and a half when Halo comes out and things with the system have been sussed out
Still dislike the mandatory kinect attachment though as that drives up the cost so much
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Agreed, the mandatory check ins thing was absolutely ridiculous. The European case you are speaking of was specifically in Germany, if I'm not mistaken, so we will have to see where that ends up going. It is certainly not a done deal at this point. It's always interesting when laws try to catch up to technology and the internet. The fact that these issues exist shows that they are still lagging behind, and the consumers, companies, and legislators are all pushing on each other trying to find some beneficial new norm.