Reports Coming In That Xbox One Game Disks Are Used For Initial Install ONLY! Console Requires Internet Connection

Reports and rumors are coming on how the Xbox One will handle initial installs and game trading.

From what we can gather from a few initial statements from MS employees is that the Xbox One game disks will ONLY be used for initial installation of the game, and that each game will come with a unique code (Think the same kind of license key you get on PC games) that is tied to your account. A once a day account verification with will need to be done to verify that you still own the product. If you would like to transfer the game to another account, you will need to pay an additional fee to move the product code. Unconfirmed reports of the fee being in the neighborhood of 35 GBP! That is $53 is freedom cash!

Xbox’s Major Nelson has said that these reports are “vague”, but he has refused to comment on whether or not these reports are true or not.

This is a terrible terrible start for this console. The restrictions for the console: Mandatory Kinect, Once a day account authorization, And fee to transfer games make this the least desirable console for gamers. On top of that, the fee for Xbox Live going up for this release there is no point for gamers to purchase this console over the Playstation 4 or WiiU. It also gives stores like Gamestop almost ZERO incentive to carry their products as the fee to transfer cuts them out.

Like I said on the last episode of the Geekscape Podcast, this is the most unappealing console out there.

UPDATE: Our writer Joshua Jackson has put up an extensive writeup of the collect rumours.