Microsoft's Xbox 720 'to block second hand gaming'

Its called microsoft circling the wagons.

BOYCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds more like a challenge than a threat.
5000 chinamen in my city will have that circumvented before you can say chicken chow mein

ea sports already does this with their games... to an extent.

thats fine as long as they dont expect people to pay £40 or £50 for a game.

Because if they do, then they're going to see one of the great games console flops of history.

A major key factor in successful gaming console systems is its affordability.

especially in an economic depression and lack of jobs.

its going to have to fall to sensible levels like £20 for a game.

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Microsoft’s next console will require an Internet connection in order to function, ruling out a second-hand game market for the platform. A new iteration of Xbox Live will be an integral part of Microsoft’s next console, while improved Kinect hardware will also ship alongside the unit.

with any luck the new console will allow the stagnated pc games market to evolve, and make use of my HD7970 GPU and quad cores. and 8GB of RAM.

SO i will have no need at all for an xbox720.

you have to remember every aspect of any PC game today its limited by the xbox 360 and its now antique hardware and software technology.