Microsoft has said gamers will be able to trade their used games online - but refused to give more details. Microsoft‘s director of programming, Larry Hryb, admitted there had been some “confusion” around the policy.
An official Xbox support account on Twitter had initially told fans that no fee would be needed for used games, but a later comment from Hryb sought to clarify the situation. He wrote on his blog: “While there have been many potential scenarios discussed, today we have only confirmed that we designed Xbox One to enable our customers to trade in and resell games at retail. ”Beyond that, we have not confirmed any specific scenarios.“
He added that gamers could bring their games to a friends’ house to play without paying a fee - but only if the game‘s owner is signed in to the Xbox Live account with which it is registered. If the player wanted to lend the game to that friend, a fee would be required in order to play the title on a different Xbox Live profile.
Sony, which will show off the PlayStation 4 at next month’s E3 event in Los Angeles, has remained fairly tight-lipped on their plans for dealing with pre-owned games.
Its worldwide studios president, Shuhei Yoshida, told news site Eurogamer used games would not be ”blocked“ on the console, but would not specify whether there would be a fee for using pre-owned titles.
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