Xbox 360 content license DRM Transfer Tool not that simple

As promised Microsoft has now launched the new DRM Transfer Tool, this great new tool will allow gamers to consolidate your Xbox 360 content licenses. This piece of news will have so many gamers shouting in delight from their rooftops. So what makes this new DRM Transfer Tool so great, well say you have upgraded your Xbox from a Core to a Premium or Elite model, or maybe you might have had to change your profile to another system, to be able to play licensed content like the games on Xbox Live Arcade, the new machine would require you to be connected to the Internet.

However; with this new DRM toll, this stops that, but you have to remember that the tool can only be used once a year. To access the new tool you have to go to www.xbox.com/en-US/drm. According to Microsoft, the process only tales a minute, for those of you who might have trouble understanding how to use the tool, Microsoft have a great video of Major Nelson showing us how it is done.

The downside that I can see to this new tool though is, only being able to use the DRM Transfer Tool once every twelve months. So you might have just used this tool on your new Xbox, and then your system breaks down yet again, this mean you are completely screwed. You would have thought that Microsoft would have set it for at least every 90 days or something

Also consider that if you have downloaded a huge amount of content, then you will have a couple of hours of downloading to go through, once you have transferred your license you then have to go to each item on your console and then download it again. Just think about that for a moment, say you have about 500 pieces of content that means that you will have to go into 500 menus and download 500 pieces of content manually. Oh well looks as though this new tool is not as simple as we first thought.