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No one likes a DRM check, especially from a home console. Sadly, the implementation of these checks on systems like the Xbox One make constant DRM more of a nuisance than anything else.
One example of this was caught on camera, as a DRM check all but derailed a Killer Instinct tournament playing live on Twitch TV. The tournament was being hosted at Queens College in New York. Titled the Defend the School Tournament, the matchups featured qualifying rounds for the sanctioned eSports event, the Defend the North Fighting Game Tournament.
The video below captures all the action, right up to the sudden DRM check.
Apparently, the Internet went out in the middle of the match. The prompt also didn’t give the competitors the chance to record their progress, losing data such as win streaks and statistics for the tournament in the process.
The on-screen prompts continuously asking “If you have a game disc, insert it now. If there is no disc, make sure you are signed into Xbox Live. If you don’t have rights for playing it, you’ll need to buy it at the Xbox Store.”
Under pressure from the entire community, Microsoft did reverse their initial plans for their software policies for the Xbox One, eliminating several restrictions such as the previously required daily online check. The issue here, it seems, is one regarding the use of multiple profiles on a system, where playing the game without the profile that installed the title on the system partially caused the DRM problem to go unresolved.
Regardless of the reasons, Microsoft may need to reconsider the consequences of the constant DRM checks, especially if they continue to get in the way of the games being played.
Source: Polygon
No one likes a DRM check, especially from a home console. Sadly, the implementation of these checks on systems like the Xbox One make constant DRM more of a nuisance than anything else.
One example of this was caught on camera, as a DRM check all but derailed a Killer Instinct tournament playing live on Twitch TV. The tournament was being hosted at Queens College in New York. Titled the Defend the School Tournament, the matchups featured qualifying rounds for the sanctioned eSports event, the Defend the North Fighting Game Tournament.
The video below captures all the action, right up to the sudden DRM check.
Apparently, the Internet went out in the middle of the match. The prompt also didn’t give the competitors the chance to record their progress, losing data such as win streaks and statistics for the tournament in the process.
The on-screen prompts continuously asking “If you have a game disc, insert it now. If there is no disc, make sure you are signed into Xbox Live. If you don’t have rights for playing it, you’ll need to buy it at the Xbox Store.”
Under pressure from the entire community, Microsoft did reverse their initial plans for their software policies for the Xbox One, eliminating several restrictions such as the previously required daily online check. The issue here, it seems, is one regarding the use of multiple profiles on a system, where playing the game without the profile that installed the title on the system partially caused the DRM problem to go unresolved.
Regardless of the reasons, Microsoft may need to reconsider the consequences of the constant DRM checks, especially if they continue to get in the way of the games being played.
Source: Polygon
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