Xbox One/Xbox 720 to Require Launch Day Update, 10-Member Feature Returning as Update?

Apparently, you'll still need to connect online to play the Xbox One. Thankfully, though, you just have to do that once, and never do it again.

This is the latest advisory that Microsoft has given for its next generation console, Xbox One, wherein gamers will need a system update on the launch day.

"There has always been a plan to have a day-one update of the software for Xbox One," said Marc Whitten, Xbox One chief product officer, to Joystiq. "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."

According to Joystiq, it is a one-time system setup process, part of which will be downloaded via an Internet connection.

Since this is a necessary and assured one-time check-in, hopefully it won't bring Microsoft as much flak as it did before it reversed its every 24-hour online check-in policy.

After the Xbox 180: Microsoft happy about what happened?

It didn't seem like Microsoft had gotten a reprieve following its 180-degree turnaround on its policy on used games and DRM.

When the console was first revealed at the E3 2013 along with the many policies that seemed like tangled strings attached to consumers, the Xbox One has received mostly flak and disappointments from hopeful gamers.

Last week, in a surprising twist, Microsoft retracted two of its policies, the one on DRM and the other on used games and sharing.

However, some gamers have been saying that Microsoft's move has only made the next-gen console worse, but on Microsoft's side, reports have said that they're very happy with the Xbox One now.

According to IGN, Whitten seemed to tease about a new way to share content with the family--a surprising tease indeed, since it has also remove the 10-member sharing last week.

But what's notable about the report is the possibility of the Share Feature returning, possibly via an update.

"We heard a lot of feedback, and we heard a lot of what people really, really liked about Xbox One. They liked the games, they liked the platform vision,' he said to IGN.

Whether this truly means that Microsoft will really start listening to its gamers remains to be seen--it might even be Microsoft's chance at getting back the gamers' trust.