You, the shopper, won't have to pay the activation fee for a used Xbox One game - the shop will. Therefore, the price you see on a second-hand Xbox One game in a shop is the price you'll pay to be able to play it.
That's what a high-ranking UK industry source explained to me this afternoon.
The reason there's all this confusion is because Microsoft hasn't decided what the activation fee will be yet. The £35 figure reported in the story below sounds too high - perhaps it includes the shop's sale price as well.
So in a way its better for us than what we thought as you wont but a game for £10 in store go home and be asked to pay another £35 to unlock the game but at the same time it probably means no used games that cheap and doesn't explain lending games or selling games over ebay or something like that.
But yes i think for now everyone should just wait till MS give the official word[on a lot of things].
From major Nelson
Xbox One and used games
Over the paste few days, we have been reading comments and message boards following the Xbox One announcement. There are a few questions regarding used games. I wanted to clarify and provide this official statement:
The ability to trade in and resell games is important to gamers and to Xbox. 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.
http://majornelson.com/2013/05/24/xbox- ... d-games-2/