But the games for the Xbox One MUST be serializable, how else would it know the difference between a install of a disc on one console and another?
Put in disc. Installs to hdd, checks in with MS. Take out disc.
Something stops you just putting that disc in to a mates Xbox One. So obviously they do have something similar to Sony's patent. Or every disc has a unique serial written to the small inner sector of the disc?
This just goes to prove that most of the ignorant internet rage was from people that didn't bother understanding just how much MS was really giving us with the previous setup.
You can't "phone home" with optical media, it's not serializable.
So, like: I should be able to just directly say "Give my Halo 5 license to bornhuetter" and then my disc stops working because my console doesn't have a license and yours can then download the digital copy or put the disc in and have it "unlocked" with the license.
I think that could work, still would require an online connection for any NEW games though, which I think MS is trying to avoid rather specifically (the blowback from overseas guys playing consoles, etc)
That's exactly what I'm saying. The console has to phone home every time the game is installed or de-activated.
The requirement to phone home every day, or for additional payment is completely unnecessary from a technical standpoint.
Phone home on activation is infinitely better than phone home every day.