Rumour: next Xbox games to be locked to machine

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Already happening, just look at Steam.
You buy a PC game and have to go online to make it work through DLC, the disc you buy has nothing on it other than the access codes and launch info.
Absolutely worthless once used due to the hassle of getting new pins and getting it to work without sticking the disc in every 5 mins....

I think the console is on its way out anyway with pads and computers getting more powerful and portable and things like games being hidden up in the clouds.
This to me is why they are trying to rinse out the console gamers pockets one more time, as in 5 years games will all be downloads and full of f**king adds and bugs put in by paying sponsers grrrr

true. Cloud sh!t is just that tho. Non if it works if you look at the lag on the likes of COD without specific dedicated servers. Why Xbox is a touch better than the PS3 versions....so unless the games companies want to provide proper servers how's it gonna work? Also cloud stuff will just be hacked anyway. Nothing is really safe in the ether.

[Golf_GT_TDI]

I really hope games won't be downloads only anytime soon, no fibre internet here and with limited bandwidth I wouldn't be able to download many if any games So unless 30+ mb internet is available to a much larger % of the country than it is currently or even planned to be by 2014 I don't see how they can ever sell games in the UK via download only.