"An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.Mattrick further explains that this is a direct response to gamer outcry. "Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from many of you, read your comments and listened to your feedback. I would like to take the opportunity today to thank you for your assistance in helping us to reshape the future of Xbox One," he says. Further, he confirms that Xbox One games will be region-free, and that disc-based games will have to be kept in the disc tray rather than ripped to the console and played digitally (a previously touted Xbox One feature).
Trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and rent disc based games just like you do today – There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360."
I for one am neither for or against this. From my understanding, microsoft's use of the DRM (Digital Rights Management) policy was a shot at trying to bring more money into the pockets of developers and at the same time heading in a direction to put themselves in a position to reduce the cost of games to the consumer. If you have ever used STEAM to get your games for your PC you are already aware that they offer games at a lower price most of the time. They were also trying to use this policy to lessen the blow the developers and the company itself takes from game pirates. Most evertone nowadays has access to an internet connection once a day so Microsoft probably believed it would be a non issue. Upon my reading of the reversal of this policy it appears to me that they caught a hugh backlash of thier fans for implementing this into the xbox one.
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