Xbox 360

Been reading here about the used game issue, and as much as the not being able to buy used games thing sucks, and another issue came up with console replacements

Anyway, the question was: Do you HAVE to make an account for your 360 and PS3? Is it mandatory as is, and would there be any problem if it was made mandatory to have an account on each console?

The point of me asking is that couldn't they just link games to an account, like Steam does, rather than the actual console? What if it wasn't so much as "game only works for one console" but "game only works for one account." So if you get another console, you can just log into the new account, and the game will work. Sony wants to push digital distribution anyway if I recall correctly. Digital should be cheaper than physical, so that would make up for the fact that you wont be able to buy the cheaper used games, perhaps? And, because it's digital an account would be required, so perhaps games are linked to an account like I suggested, not a console.
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From: Carte360 | #002

You don't have to make an account, but if you don't you won't be able to save any progress.

Not sure about that.
Pretty sure you can set up a profile without actually signing up to Live, though I may be wrong.
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