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Thursday, Jun 26, 2008 5:35pm
X360 DRM transfer tool nega... |
After several years of Xbox 360 owners having to remain signed into Live to access purchased content on exchanged or repaired consoles, Microsoft on Thursday finally unveiled a DRM Transfer Tool allowing users to play content without a Live connection. Gamerscore writes that the tool provides users with the ability to re-register their games and downloaded content once per year to a new console. The process will not work on movie files, since Microsoft does not consider the content to be "owned' by the user.Microsoft dubs the service a "simple two-part process", wherein a user logs into their Live account through the company's website, then coordinate a login with the 360 console to the same account, thereby identifying the destination unit. Once the server-side registration is complete, users manually download each license from their 360 console. Microsoft notes that users do not have to download the actual data again; downloading a game when it is already present on the console merely updates the license. |