Microsoft has made it official, No more used game restrictions, no region locks, back to being able to lend friends your games on the Xbox One
Official xbox websiteI'm excited.
Microsoft has made it official, No more used game restrictions, no region locks, back to being able to lend friends your games on the Xbox One
Official xbox websiteI'm excited.
I'm disappointed by the flip flop. Honestly I thought Microsoft was innovating (haha, right. Because they're not stealing all their ideas from Steam) for the first time in a while. Whether or not developers were gonna get a piece of the pie when it comes to how they were gonna handle used games was never fully revealed (at least to my knowledge), but the possibility of that happening was at least far greater than it is currently. I, personally, would much rather buy a game new for 10 or 20 more dollars and have that money support the devs rather than gamestop or other outlets.
I'm also sad that they're doing away with the awesome digital stuff they were throwing around. Like the digital "backup" of any game you buy on disc? Genius. A focus on digital distribution? Yay. Me and a family member don't have to fight over who gets to play the game? Awesome. All of this stuff for me feels like a step forward, but now consumer outcry brought us right back to where we were before.That said, the phoning home every 24 hours was a horrendous idea and I'm glad they did away with that. I think (oddly enough considering what company we're talking about) Microsoft had their heads too far in the future and were taking a step too large. It made consumers uncomfortable because it was going to fundamentally change a business model they've been comfortable with for years. Hopefully this doesn't stifle the innovation, because I'd like to see some ground be broken on the console market.I like the part where people complain about Microsoft flip-flopping and try to blame Sony for it.
"Microsoft tried to innovate, but Sony just had to hold them back."No. Sony had nothing to do with it - it had everything to do with Microsoft either not having the balls to stand behind their ideas or, what I think was more likely, they were intending on being able to capitalize on the number of forced "new" purchases from used software, but it backfired so, to make up for what they would have lost, they disabled the "absolutely necessary to function" DRM.Don't even get me started on that cloud computing bull that people can't seem to comprehend for some reason.Microsoft stopped the DRM crap for one massive reason alone.
The fact that there weren't anywhere near as many xbox preorders compared to PS4's.they realized that if they kept the DRM, xbox one would not give them the $$$ they expected. and since MS announced the xbox one got rid of that DRM crap, preorders for it have skyrocketed.As I've told JID in private conversation, I have a friend who works at a Best Buy, and so far he's told me there are wayyyy more XBO pre-orders than there are PS4. And this was before the good news, which I found way odd.
Might just be product-loyal people and unknowing parents/ their kids forcing them to think it's the best deal? Or people who reallllly love tv.Most of the people who own games consoles are casuals who don't pay attention to the industry and, if Microsoft didn't repeal the DRM, would have flipped out 6 months later, like it was NEWS TO THEM, when they realized they couldn't trade in CoD: Ghosts.
I made a post on facebook the other day, about how the DSM-5 (the diagnostic bible on psychiatric disorders in North America) was more disappointing than the XBO, and went on to explain why the DSM-5 was disappointing.
My coworker came up to me yesterday and said she saw my post "about that thing you said was disappointing", and wanted to know if I would recommend it to her son. I was confused for a few seconds, wondering "how does she even know what the DSM-5 is? Why would she be asking me if a 14 year old would want the DSM-5? Is she asking if he needs psychiatric help?"@Ferret
It wasn't really a lie, the DRM was necessary for a few of the features they announced which will now no longer be available.