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		eli on June 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Microsoft engineer" on Xbox1 I'm sure they thought of that. That's how they licensed software for decades (the OEM version of Office was much cheaper than the retail box, but it could only be used on that computer).

tzaman on June 13, 2013 [–]

Exactly. One has to wonder why they didn't go with this approach if it's a valid and proven business model.

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