Ok this is still kind of a rumor but it seems more than likely seeing how Kinect now can detect who is playing and on which side etc.

To address the question of the age of the patent. Yes, the patent is old. But we have been told by UK industry sources within the last month that this system will be implemented on Xbox One.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/the-extent-of-kinect-2-s-visual-drm-is-beginning-to-emerge/0116138

wwhat does this mean? basically this:

"The users consuming the content on a display device are monitored so that if the number of user-views licensed is exceeded, remedial action may be taken," it reads.

Microsoft tried to shut this rumor down but you never know it would make perfect sense for them.

Today, however, the company has responded to speculation with the following statement: "Microsoft regularly applies for and receives patents as part of its business practice; not all patents applied for or received will be incorporated into a Microsoft product."

So what do you think is Microsoft really so malicious to do this? MY bet is yes. They already did far worse stuff in the past.

Too prone to fail and too easy to circumvent for MS to ever do it. What's to prevent someone from viewing the movie underneath a blanket so that the user doesn't have to pay for more people to watch it?

how... would it make perfect sense for them exactly?

you have some sort of hardon for shaming microsoft at this point. This is a rumor just as Xbox infinity was

God, that would be fucking hilarious.

Are you just getting posts from NeoGAF? Come on, Darji.

This seems rather unlikely, and it wouldn't make sense for them. They're not going to do this.

MCV is one of those scandal rags full of shit England is so good at. Research organizations patent all sorts of weird things that are never implemented, it just means someone had an idea. If you have the time, spend an hour or two trawling Google Patents for patents awarded to big companies and you find all sorts of nonsense.

Isn't MCV one of the really shady European sites the crew is always talking shit about when they laugh at European journalism? From their article is sure looks like it.

MCV is the "publication" behind the Hitman: Absolution score controversy, and they were the employers of Lauren Wainwright when she threatened to sue Eurogamer. A bastion of ethics and integrity in other words.