Microsoft confirms day one update must be downloaded for Xbox One

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Microsoft revealed earlier today that it's bowing to pressure from some parts of the gaming community and changing its policies regarding used games and mandatory internet connectivity on the Xbox One. While these changes will appease some, they certainly won't please everyone, with some features being dropped as a result of the revised policies.

While the requirement for the console to check in online at least once every 24 hours has been dropped, Xbox One buyers will still need to connect the web the first time they use their console. IGN spoke with Microsoft's Marc Whitten earlier today, who confirmed that users will need to download and install a required update at first launch.

"There was always going to be a day one update on the console," said Whitten, "and that's frankly just a difference in manufacturing schedules versus software schedules. We just wanted to be clear that that hasn't changed, that you have to go online to get the software for day one, then you wouldn't have to be connected after that."

While Whitten didn't reveal details of just what the update might include, or how large it might be, he did say that any web connection will do. In response to an enquiry about whether users will be able to download their update through smartphone tethering, he replied: "Sure. Any way that you can get connectivity to the Live service would enable that to come down to the console."

He added that Microsoft considers that that won't be an issue for the majority of customers: "We believe that most people, frankly, are going to continue to take advantage of the connected state and all that comes with it."

Whitten also noted that Microsoft hasn't changed its stance on Kinect, and that the Xbox One will still require the sensor in order to play games. "We still believe Kinect is a really critical part of the architecture," he said. "We think it changes the way you can interact with your experiences... and we want game and interactive entertainment creators to be able to know they can take advantage of it, and we want it to be completely consistent for our users. So we still are very comitted to how Kinect transforms that experience."

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KaguraPosted:

-SlickMan- tbh I don't see why someone would want to buy a new gen console if they don't have internet only buy a xbox one and ps4 if you internet connection


What about the people that have internet cuts or if there modem breaks and they won't be able to have internet connection for a while and then that means they wouldn't be able to go on the internet for a while and just because you don't have an internet connection doesn't mean you can't have an xbox one.

LillardPosted:

VibeEditz
JJmodern
darkowl1991
allthat255
Hundreds DON'T DO IT MS DON'T CAVE IN
I don't see the big deal about the mandatory internet. It's 2013 christ. Who doesn't have internet? And the people that don't have internet wouldn't be able to afford a new console anyway.
I know for damn sure if there's ever a problem with my internet I don't play anyway.
you lonely fools that play single player offline go buy a ps4, nobody cares about you anyway.


Yea because everyone everywhere has internet huh? I live in New Orleans, where if a hurricane hits and power and internet goes down, we don't have internet for weeks after power is restored. With that crap, they would had been making a billion dollar mistake. Besides these days internet is a luxury, and not everyone with little income can afford it.


Well I pretty sure you would have to worry about more things than playing your xbox.


I LoL at these type of statements when people try and use an extreme instance on a simple object


Who cares? Im not that addicted to Xbox. Boohoo ****** dont play for a week.


You guys complain about the internet connectivity problems on the internet. I don't get how it affects you at all.

On that hurricane idea, you can evacuate with all your stuff before it hits, just like any other hurricane. If you were stupid enough to stay in a horrific hurricane, you deserve to lose your internet and other stuff.

VibeEditzPosted:

JJmodern
darkowl1991
allthat255
Hundreds DON'T DO IT MS DON'T CAVE IN
I don't see the big deal about the mandatory internet. It's 2013 christ. Who doesn't have internet? And the people that don't have internet wouldn't be able to afford a new console anyway.
I know for damn sure if there's ever a problem with my internet I don't play anyway.
you lonely fools that play single player offline go buy a ps4, nobody cares about you anyway.


Yea because everyone everywhere has internet huh? I live in New Orleans, where if a hurricane hits and power and internet goes down, we don't have internet for weeks after power is restored. With that crap, they would had been making a billion dollar mistake. Besides these days internet is a luxury, and not everyone with little income can afford it.


Well I pretty sure you would have to worry about more things than playing your xbox.


I LoL at these type of statements when people try and use an extreme instance on a simple object


Who cares? Im not that addicted to Xbox. Boohoo fatass dont play for a week.

GoldPeakTeaPosted:

Why not just sell them already updated!?!?!

JJmodernPosted:

darkowl1991
allthat255
Hundreds DON'T DO IT MS DON'T CAVE IN
I don't see the big deal about the mandatory internet. It's 2013 christ. Who doesn't have internet? And the people that don't have internet wouldn't be able to afford a new console anyway.
I know for damn sure if there's ever a problem with my internet I don't play anyway.
you lonely fools that play single player offline go buy a ps4, nobody cares about you anyway.


Yea because everyone everywhere has internet huh? I live in New Orleans, where if a hurricane hits and power and internet goes down, we don't have internet for weeks after power is restored. With that crap, they would had been making a billion dollar mistake. Besides these days internet is a luxury, and not everyone with little income can afford it.


Well I pretty sure you would have to worry about more things than playing your xbox.


I LoL at these type of statements when people try and use an extreme instance on a simple object

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

allthat255
Hundreds DON'T DO IT MS DON'T CAVE IN
I don't see the big deal about the mandatory internet. It's 2013 christ. Who doesn't have internet? And the people that don't have internet wouldn't be able to afford a new console anyway.
I know for damn sure if there's ever a problem with my internet I don't play anyway.
you lonely fools that play single player offline go buy a ps4, nobody cares about you anyway.


Yea because everyone everywhere has internet huh? I live in New Orleans, where if a hurricane hits and power and internet goes down, we don't have internet for weeks after power is restored. With that crap, they would had been making a billion dollar mistake. Besides these days internet is a luxury, and not everyone with little income can afford it.


Well I pretty sure you would have to worry about more things than playing your xbox.

allthat255Posted:

Hundreds DON'T DO IT MS DON'T CAVE IN
I don't see the big deal about the mandatory internet. It's 2013 christ. Who doesn't have internet? And the people that don't have internet wouldn't be able to afford a new console anyway.
I know for damn sure if there's ever a problem with my internet I don't play anyway.
you lonely fools that play single player offline go buy a ps4, nobody cares about you anyway.


Yea because everyone everywhere has internet huh? I live in New Orleans, where if a hurricane hits and power and internet goes down, we don't have internet for weeks after power is restored. With that crap, they would had been making a billion dollar mistake. Besides these days internet is a luxury, and not everyone with little income can afford it.

AlertsPosted:

Not surprised

Mr_TikkaPosted:

tbh I don't see why someone would want to buy a new gen console if they don't have internet only buy a xbox one and ps4 if you internet connection

WageringPosted:

Well damn, Microsoft is changing their ways.


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