Microsoft putting together answers relating to Xbox One DRM issue ? Gaming news
Microsoft spokesperson and Xbox Live programming director ?Larry Major Nelson Hryb has conceded that the company is putting together a series of answers to key questions and issues relating to the use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology by Xbox One.
He made it clear that the company is indeed listening to the complaints and concerns of the gamers ever since the curtain was raised off the successor to Xbox 360 on May 21, 2013.
Responding to a statement on Twitter, Hryb said, ?I am working on rounding up answers, and they look pretty good. Once I have them all I'll make a post.? ?
Following the launch of Xbox One, reports hit the Internet that the new console would be using the DRM to manage the use and distribution of digital content.
Hryb himself and Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison that the console would need a permanent Internet connection to connect the Internet once in every 24 hours to verify single player games with Xbox Live also revealed it.
Harrison had further revealed that even though game discs could be copied and played on more than one console, they will be tied to Xbox One and the Xbox Live accounts. A user with a different Xbox Live account would be required to pay a certain unlock fee to play the game. This, in effect, would allow the company to control sales of used video games and make money out of them.
Reports regarding the use of DRM, always-on Internet and control over second-hand sales of video games have caused quite an uproar among Xbox enthusiast, who believe that Microsoft has gone overboard to control how games are played and shared.
The unhappy gamers have tried to reach out to the Xbox One makers through various forums and Twitter.
Their efforts have not been in vain, as different Microsoft executives and personnel have acknowledged their protests and promised to respond to them soon.
The company plans on addressing the various issues raised by the gamers following the announcement of Xbox One at its Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) press conference on June 10.
Xbox One is expected to launch in the third quarter of 2013.
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