NeoGAF user CBOAT has said that Microsoft is allegedly considering the possibility of allowing Xbox One users the opportunity to resell digital content and games.
He says that these are scenarios which may not actually occur.
A translation of his comments reads:
"For the following questions please assume that Microsoft Xbox One will offer a digital marketplace where you can purchase and sell digital video games."
-New digital marketplace where you can purchase and sell digital video games.
-This will be available through the systems’ premium subscription service (such as Xbox Live Gold/PlayStation Plus).
-You will have the ability to purchase and sell pre-owned digital video games.
-You will have the ability to sell back/trade in your versions of digital games you have purchased.
-You will have the ability to buy pre-owned digital versions of games through the online marketplace.
-You will have a variety of prices and features available to purchase for pre-owned digital versions of games.
-All transactions will take place via digital downloads/transfers within your next generation gaming system’s digital store.
-New full game digital downloads will still be available, as will physical (disc) versions sold at retail stores/websites.
-Pre-owned disc versions of games will be able to be played on the next generation gaming system for free.
-There will be a marketplace service fee charged to the seller when they sell a digital version of a game."
He says the details are "not set in stone". CBOAT adds that according to his information the Xbox One will not be launched on November 8th and that Microsoft is calling in its representatives for November 15th. Given that this is the date of the PS4's North American launch it's possible that Microsoft's plans may have changed.
He notes that any such resell service will launch in 2014.
CBOAT had said Sony were prepping for a late October PS4 launch and apologised for his incorrect prediction but says he knows Microsoft better than SCEA.
If he's correct this time, it would revolutionise the way in which non-retail games are sold and would likely impact services such as Steam and Origin. It would also comply with a European Court of Justice ruling last year that said people were entitled to resell digital content including game.
