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I'm actually annoyed with these changes; they have reverted back to the Xbox 360 way of doings things;

* Disk must be in the drive to play

* Share games by lending the disk.

The previous scheme, while it would not be befinical to some due to the 24 hour requirement, did allow for some exciting new ideas (which we've got used to with Steam);

* Access my games anywhere without needing a disk

* Share the game with my family who live away from me

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Don't buy discs! MS said that digital purchases will have same priority as retail discs. Why do you want a disc anyways, except for resale or slow connection? Everything I get for the 360 is via download, and I don't have to worry about discs. Still have to worry about license transfers, which is gonna be the same under any system where the publisher controls the terms.

My biggest issue with digital downloads is the cost.

My experience with Xbox live is that digital releases are launched at a price and stay there, apart from limited time promotions, for a long.

I can go on to Amazon or into HMV and get major releases from a couple of months ago for half the RRP, normally significantly cheaper than download. Plus i can give the disc to one of my friends when i'm done.

Wasn't the family sharing stuff only on the same console?

No it was multiple consoles from my understanding of it, you just had to link the Xbox Live accounts into one "family"

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