Rumor: Xbox One used game trade-ins detailed [Update]

Retailers will be free to charge consumers whatever they’d like for used Xbox One games, according to MCV UK retail sources.

These sources have detailed how used game trade-ins will work with the new system.

• 1) Bring your game to your local game shop. This must be a retailer who has agreed to Microsoft’s terms and conditions and has integrated Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure pre-owned system into its own.
• 2) The game willbe registered as having been traded in and wiped from the previous user’s account.
• 3) The retailer is free to sell the pre-owned game at any price they’d like, but Microsoft and the publisher will receive a percentage cut of the sale.

Keep in mind that this is unconfirmed, as Microsoft has yet to detail the process.

A separate source at ConsoleDeals claims the retailer’s cut of used game sales will be as little as ten percent. It also suggests that activation fees for consumers buying used game software will be £35, £5 less than the standard £40 for current generation software. Again, these reports are unconfirmed.

When asked for comment, Microsoft said it has “not confirmed any specific scenarios.”

Update: Microsoft has issued an official statement.

“The ability to trade in and resell games is important to gamers and to Xbox,” the company said. “Xbox One is designed to support the trade in and resale of games. Reports about our policies for trade in and resale are inaccurate and incomplete. We will disclose more information in the near future.”