Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten has confirmed to Joystiq's website that the Xbox One system will require a system update when early adopters first boot up the console on launch day.
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"There has always been a plan to have a day-one update of the software for Xbox One," Whitten said. "That's [due to] the differences between the hardware manufacturing schedule and our software schedule. You have to get that downloaded, and you won't have to connect online after that."
The patch is part of a one-time system setup process, and requires an Internet connection to download. Microsoft reversed its stance on the Xbox One's DRM and Internet check-in requirements earlier this week, noting that the console will only need to connect to the Internet during setup.
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The news comes after Microsoft announced they would be dropping their DRM restrictions. They announced they would drop the 24-hour Internet check-in requirement and all restrictions on used games and the "always online "requirements have been dropped, also an Internet connection will only be required when setting up the console for the first time.
Microsoft also let it be known consumers will be able to resell and loan out their game disks at leisure and they will work exactly as they do today on the Xbox 360, with no authentication or connection required.
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The official release date for the Xbox One system has not been set yet but the next-gen console will be out before the end of the year.
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