>There is absolutely no technical reason why the terms had to be so anti-consumer
Yeah, actually, there are plenty.
Step 1: Buy XBONE game.
Step 2: Load it on your console.
Step 3: Loan it to hundreds of friends and they load it on their console.
And now hundreds of people are playing one copy of the game with no way of preventing them from doing so. It would make the "piracy" scene on day one, the worst of any console experience ever, ever.
So how are you going to prevent that without requiring online connections?
Yeah, actually, there are plenty.
Step 1: Buy XBONE game.
Step 2: Load it on your console.
Step 3: Loan it to hundreds of friends and they load it on their console.
And now hundreds of people are playing one copy of the game with no way of preventing them from doing so. It would make the "piracy" scene on day one, the worst of any console experience ever, ever.
So how are you going to prevent that without requiring online connections?