[calv1n]

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[No more always online requirement
The console no longer has to check in every 24 hours
All game discs will work on Xbox One as they do on Xbox 360
An Internet connection is only required when initially setting up the console
All downloaded games will function the same when online or offline
No additional restrictions on trading games or loaning discs
Region locks have been dropped]

The validity of it is certain

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[Update on June 19, 2013: As a result of feedback from the Xbox community, we have changed certain policies for Xbox One reflected in this blog. Some of this information is no longer accurate — please check here for the latest.
Q: Does Xbox One require an “always on” Internet connection?
A: No, it does not have to be always connected, but Xbox One does require a connection to the Internet. We’re designing Xbox One to be your all-in-one entertainment system that is connected to the cloud and always ready. We are also designing it so you can play games and watch Blu-ray movies and live TV if you lose your connection.
Q: Will Xbox One allow players to trade in, purchase and play pre-owned games?
A: We are designing Xbox One to enable customers to trade in and resell games. We’ll have more details to share later.]

Official announcement from Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business President Don Mattrick -- "Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One"

[Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.
For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.
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.
You told us how much you loved the flexibility you have today with games delivered on disc. The ability to lend, share, and resell these games at your discretion is of incredible importance to you. Also important to you is the freedom to play offline, for any length of time, anywhere in the world.
So, today I am announcing the following changes to Xbox One and how you can play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360. Here is what that means:
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.
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.
In addition to buying a disc from a retailer, you can also download games from Xbox Live on day of release. If you choose to download your games, you will be able to play them offline just like you do today. Xbox One games will be playable on any Xbox One console -- there will be no regional restrictions.
These changes will impact some of the scenarios we previously announced for Xbox One. The sharing of games will work as it does today, you will simply share the disc. Downloaded titles cannot be shared or resold. Also, similar to today, playing disc based games will require that the disc be in the tray.
We appreciate your passion, support and willingness to challenge the assumptions of digital licensing and connectivity. While we believe that the majority of people will play games online and access the cloud for both games and entertainment, we will give consumers the choice of both physical and digital content. We have listened and we have heard loud and clear from your feedback that you want the best of both worlds.
Thank you again for your candid feedback. Our team remains committed to listening, taking feedback and delivering a great product for you later this year.]

[Sorrow]

At least they aren't that dumb enough to leave it like that, they are making progress step by step.

[SmG Conan]

I said they won't stay like this...anyway glad to hear they took those things back, althought i didn't care about them

[Beasty]

There has to be some sort of catch. As a company you dont spend hundreds of thousands of dollars designing a concept like this only to just throw it out. Not only that, but some of the changes should require changes to the hardware and OS. I highly doubt that microsoft did this much rework not only in the dismal time between E3 and now, but also with just a measly two quarters until launch. Something smells here.

[SmG Battlefire]

Love Xbox One =)

[Ray88]

There has to be some sort of catch. As a company you dont spend hundreds of thousands of dollars designing a concept like this only to just throw it out. Not only that, but some of the changes should require changes to the hardware and OS. I highly doubt that microsoft did this much rework not only in the dismal time between E3 and now, but also with just a measly two quarters until launch. Something smells here.

they probably had a backup plan from the get go

[Beasty]

but then that begs the question of why would they push for something they knew would probably be hated and waste all that money? Its highly more likely they are being sneaky and coming up with a way to remake this so its less obvious.

[calv1n]

There has to be some sort of catch. As a company you dont spend hundreds of thousands of dollars designing a concept like this only to just throw it out. Not only that, but some of the changes should require changes to the hardware and OS. I highly doubt that microsoft did this much rework not only in the dismal time between E3 and now, but also with just a measly two quarters until launch. Something smells here.

They don't have to change any hardware at all, these things are changed via software. They are implementing a day one patch when it is released.

[SmG Battlefire]

^Yeah

Don't wait when Xbox One is released. There' no doubt that PS4 is above Xbox One.

Edit: I just went through Youtube and other sites and people are liking Xbox One. The tables has turned...dramatically. See, MC not caring about it's costumers? They changed it because they didn't like it.

[Beasty]

^ lolz, they changed it cause they knew they didnt have a chance otherwise xD. They are partnered woth EA, they dont get to say they care about consumers.