Eidos Exec Talks Next-Gen, Xbox 720 Will Supposedly Have Watermarked Discs

Ya that won't cause any uproars. Imagine that E3 conference when they announce that and all the boo's and hisses.

Oh but I am sure they will announce it in some way that won't "be as bad as it seems"

Or, they will gloss over it completely and reveal that at a later date. That is what scares me.

Classic Microsoft! Haha

This is a much more realistic expectation.

What will be truly curious to watch is not the consumer reaction to this, but the business reaction. Would game stores even bother to carry games for the 360 successor, knowing that they are losing money due to the "one system, one game" train of thought?

I'm not a supporter of MS, but I don't think they're that stupid...

Right?

Do you think the general public would actually be informed enough to care? if they are pushing kinect like the rumors are saying i don't think that demographic would actually notice until they buy an used copy of Kinect Sports 3 off of craigslist

I think the title is supposed to be "Eidos Exec Talks Next-Gen, Xbox 720 Will Supposedly Have Watermarked Discs", not "Eidos Exec Taks Next-Gen, Xbox 720 Will Supposedly Have Watermarked Discs"

Hey, we all tak differently, quit taking so ethnocentrically

It doesnt seem to bother Sony to have a disc drive in the PS4. What's he been smoking?

Its like watching the masses hold there breath before a riot. I hope microsoft and sony dont screw over used game buyers. Not without something as effective as steam sales. My console friends are not the richest folks(Thats why they dont build PCs)

*cough* Their. I need some coffee

Man, seems like there are less and less reasons to join the embrace the new gen consoles. I may just end up sticking with 360 and PS3, hell I even break out my PS2 from time to time, still have tons of games I haven't played for it

I busted out the old Gamecube last night just for the Gameboy player. Stupid Super Gameboy won'tt run a clear Gameboy color cart.

Viva last gen.

I NEED MORE RUMORS! FEEEEDD ME YOUR RUMORS!!!!!

I heard if you put your ear up to your moms vagina you can hear the ocean! I think it's just a rumour tho. I didn't hear anything.

Excuse me, I need to prepare for some awkward dinner conversation...

If that's true, RIP Xbox 2001-2014.

Kudos bro, you and I have the most seniority in membership on GR on the whole thread xD

We should be running this website!

Can I join the club?

Aww hell.

Jesus Christ, Playstation is going to absolutely destroy Xbox and Nintendo next gen. The Wii U had enough bad choices behind it but the next Xbox sounds like it'll be a big middle finger to gamers. I normally get every console every generation, but if watermarker discs and always online turns out to be true about xbox, I may actually skip buying it (I live in Australia and my broadband is extremely dodgy, drops out aaalll the time)

watermarked*

What with the giant spiders, dingos, and crocodiles always chewing the cords.

Bloody critters

If this is true, the nextbox is going sell worse than the Wii U.

No it will sell worse than Tiger's Game.com

Hey! I owned one of those.

Hey there isn't anything wrong with that haha. I was just trying to think of a something good to add and that came in my mind first. I actually had a good friend who had one, and I used to play the crap out if it when we hung out. I thought it was cool, but now its more like what was I thinking?

More like pee u

I'm not only a huge Xbox fan but a former Microsoft employee, I bear love for the company; but if they block used games, I'm not f*%#ing buying a next gen xbox, it'd be PS4 all the way for me.

If i buy a game, play it and then don't want it anymore - sell it to Gamestop and they resell it - what business of that exchange is it of the corporations?

I buy games and keep them so I can always look at my shelf and remind myself how I spend my money, but occasionally I'll buy preowned games for low prices. I won't buy if they lock the games up.

It'll be labeled as a 'service', like Games for Windows Live, and met with applause from the majority gaming demographic (Who don't read publications.) Believe it or not, the majority of 'gamers' don't read gaming websites. We are the in minority, if the majority did in fact reading websites that cover their hobby, except for mainstream sites like IGN and Gamespot, who don't cover controversies so they can keep their nose clean.
“So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause.”

I need to learn to grammar.
"If in fact the majority of gamers did in fact read websites that cover their hobby, the big-name publishers wouldn't get away with half the bullshit they do."

An entire sentence lost when I was editing it prior to posting, go me.

I want to try my games before I buy them damn it, and I don't want to just rely on strategically created demos (if I relied on demo's, I wouldn't have bought BF3!). If Microsoft is going down this route, they're going to have to take a page out of the Zune playbook, where friends are allowed to "share" games (or "songs" in the case of the Zune) for a certain time period. Otherwise, a steam box or even a PC (running linux, suck that MS) becomes much more appealing.

Nothing say "Buy our console" like sticking it to cost-conscious gamers.

PlayStation knows it will have Microsofts number and thus then,going after the big boss.

I would be shocked about this prerequisite of having to be online for the box to work/play games/whatever. A move like this creates a far-too-segmented market, I'm not sure what the reasoning is but it's a little too constrictive in my opinion.

... What happens if your console malfunctions or breaks? Are you SOL? Or will you have to spend 8 hours transferring all your DRM from one console to another?

Whichever one they can legally get away with while milking the consumer for the most money.

Some wag quipped that the first system to block used games is going to be the first one to die. They're probably right about that. Less to do with indignation by consumers, which is generally worth less than the promises of publishers and developers, than with the economics of how used sales drive new sales and how word of mouth can keep a title selling long after the initial wave of sales. Word of mouth is critical for launching new franchises as well. There never would have been a Borderlands 2 (and Gearbox would have gone into receivership years ago) if word of mouth hadn't given Borderlands a reputation as a title worth seeking out. Their misdealing with SEGA would have caught up to them some time after that game's release.

this is serious, I'm a big xbox hater (yeah i said it, you wanna fight?) so this news actually makes me crack up a bit. But seriously, if xbox doesn't allow used games it could change the entire landscape of the console world! And by that i mean Sony would have a strangle hold on the market from the xboxers leaving in droves. If xbox doesn't come out in time for the holiday and has a used game blocker, they're finished. Not that I'm an economist