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Xbox may be about to deliver another killer blow to its rivals - cheap second hand digital game downloads.Bosses at Microsoft will be keen to announce another jaw-dropping feature this summer after last year's awesome Backwards Compatibility announcement wowed the globe.Giving gamers access to their old Xbox 360 titles in the Xbox One has won back fans in a big way while getting one over on bitter rival PlayStation.And now, fans on Reddit reckon they've worked out what's in the pipeline.Trading in your digital copies of games for real money to spend on new titles.

It all comes from a new survey carried out by Xbox.It floats the question "would you be interested in selling back digital games for 10% online store credit?"So, even though you've got no physical copy of a game you'd still be able to effectively hand back the title once you're done with it and get a tenth of the cash back you paid.You'd then be able to spend the money on a fresh game.And another possibility is that you'd be able to buy sold-back digital copies of a big game - effectively an online second hand copy - at a reduced rate too.If digital trade-ins were introduced on Xbox One is could deal another big blow to Playstation, which is yet to really find a way to successfully fight back against the Backwards Compatibility emulator technology.

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Mike Fahey, at gaming website Kotaku, said: "Trading in a $60 game and getting back $6 might not seem like a fair deal."Considering the alternative is a dusty digital locker filled with games you never intend to play again with no avenue of exchange other than selling your Xbox Live, PSN or Steam account outright, it’s not so bad."Between the three services I’ve accumulated hundreds of digital titles over the past couple of years, and I’d say a good two thirds of those are games I will never touch again."Were they physical copies the collector in me would be compelled to make them look pretty on a shelf. Instead they’re just ghosts wandering an electronic limbo with business that will never be finished."Reading deep between the lines, it sounds like the Xbox survey is kicking around the idea of used digital games."

Microsoft is expected to make a series of big surprise announcements at this year's annual E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles in June as it tries to battle back against Sony's recent PlayStation VR headset reveal.

Sony on the other hand will be concentrating on selling their VR headset, which wil hit shelves in October this year. Although, Sony may also be about to debut a brand new console so they can build on the already fantastic platform they've created for themselves.