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[gotee12]

Still not buying an Xbox one. The amount of arrogance shown to consumers during this entire debacle was just disgusting.

 

[Insane Metal]

It doesn't matter that this is just because of the bad press. It doesn't matter at ALL.

Gamers wont. Period.

Great news! Now I may play KI and Forza 5!

 

[Gestahl]

Their gaming division really has no idea what they're doing anymore jeez

A complete flip flop is better than the toxic policies they had in place but it makes them look like a gaggle of incompetent fools without any sort of coherent vision

 

[paranoidfortean]

But what about the games that "require" the power of the cloud for AI functionality??? How will they work?

Made up justification on their part. Cloud is nothing.

 

[kaching]

Excellent changes. Congrats on coming to your senses, MS.

 

[Officerrob]

btw, people hate MS no matter what they throw at the wall. They really soiled their good will with the public. They're like the Mitt Romney of videogaming. I'm serious.

Stop, damn near half the country still voted for Romney

 

[Miles Quaritch]

This is incredible. I really do have to wonder what the hell is going inside MS for them to do this. Something definitely spooked them, but what?

Gamestop pre-order numbers? Jimmy Fallon? What?

 

[Vestal]

Enjoy 5 years delay on the digital distribution, you guys.

I hope you're all happy with trading in games to Gamestop for 5 bucks for another generation!

This is the part that FUCKING SUCKS.. was really looking forward to sharing games digitally it was a fucking awesome feature.

 

[cormack12]

Fair play to MS then. At least they listened. Guess those pre orders really spoke volumes. At the end of the day money talks. Well done internet.

 

[D4Danger]

CLIFFY B IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THE BIGGEST DICKRIDER.

TOO BAD MOTHERFUCKER!

 

[Fixed1979]

Most amazing U turn I've ever witnessed by a gaming company. Well done MS. You finally listened.

Finally listened to who? I'm happy for the change, but they didn't listen to the consumers, it was the beating and confusion in the press that created this change.

 

[Warm Machine]

Well, exactly what I expected and we lost some obvious features and flexibility as a result.

 

[Takuya]

lol, Microsoft lacked so much confidence in their product.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

As expected, they dropped the benefits they had too:

- You need the disc in the drive now.
- No electronic sharing of digital content, which likely means that Family Sharing thing is dead too.

 

[calder]

Five years from now the "Making the Xbox One" behind the scenes book is going to be AMAZING.

 

[we.are.the.armada]

PS4 set a precedent for MS to follow.

 

[Struct09]

I was looking forward to family sharing Oh well, I'll take this.

 

[Cipherr]

Think about the SIZE of this change! All that infrastructre, all those interviews, all those flyers and conferences, all that preparation and R&D.


All of it. Abandoned, instantly in the blink of an eye.

 

[Community Forum]

Never in a million years did I think they would do this.

Wow.

 

[Monty Mole]

So they get rid of DRM and that's now also a bad thing?! Wtf?!

This is amazing news.

 

[HoodWinked]

ms always allowed one launch fuck up

 

[Niks]

Wow this is amazing. Pretty unbelievable.

 

[JABEE]

Enjoy 5 years delay on the digital distribution, you guys.

I hope you're all happy with trading in games to Gamestop for 5 bucks for another generation!

I'll be extremely happy.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

So which one of you guys actually believed that cloud BS?

 

[harSon]

Something that's being glossed over. We owe whathifi an appology.

 

[LukasTaves]

Family sharing is gone. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Am I a bad person to prefer sharing over offline play?

 

[InternHertz]

I'm stoked, the console is now region-free so that means Japan-only games may become mine at some point. Not like the rage-inducing 360 on that front.

 

[DigitalOp]

GAF shuts down for Sonic Lost World but not this?

Gamers really won today... I really can't believe my eyes right now....

 

[mr2xxx]

I always go to whathifi.com for the latest news.

Apparently you should!

 

[kerotan_eater]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... HA. Seriously Microsoft .... this along with Sony E3 2013 is the biggest shit I've ever seen in gaming news.

 

[Bigmac1910]

Awesome news I'm so happy right now, I can buy both consoles and just play all the games I want.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

No family plan? God dammit

 

[biosnake20]

I miss family sharing already.

 

[Jonboy]

 

[DBPlayer]

Holy shit. It actually happened I never thought I would see the day. So it looks like the scraped all their plans damn. Looks like family share was a casualty now though.

They can really stab Sony back if they keep the family share though. I think they will.

 

[Jobbs]

True, but they haven't got a camera in the box. Give the generation 6 months, and this will become a significant issue for Sony.

why? what signs are there that in 6 months people will suddenly care about kinect games?

 

[plagiarize]

This is incredible. I really do have to wonder what the hell is going inside MS for them to do this. Something definitely spooked them, but what?

Gamestop pre-order numbers? Jimmy Fallon? What?

it's got to be pre-orders. it's got to be.

 

[Jomjom]

Hahaha people crying about losing family share due to "complainers" are hilarious! Can you guys even explain to me what exactly you just supposedly lost?

 

[ghostmind]

 

[Alo81]

Quoting for new page.

 

[G17]

 

[SRTtoZ]

So no sharing plan?

Its the same as it was before. Want to borrow a game? Here, take the game.

 

[flyinpiranha]

Awesome. This changes everything.

If they announce a way to play with my Fanatec wheel I won't be able to stop myself from purchasing.

 

[LordCanti]

Spoiler

In honor of scoops

 

[SpartanN92]

GAF!

At ease.

 

[StrongArmSteady]

This is incredible. I really do have to wonder what the hell is going inside MS for them to do this. Something definitely spooked them, but what?

Gamestop pre-order numbers? Jimmy Fallon? What?

what happend in jimmy fallon?

 

[Shadow Ranger]

This is like some pure anime thing with someone getting battered and all of a sudden powering up. Does the power actually matter? Let's find out!

 

[snack]

In other breaking news:

Microsoft has stated that they have also renamed the "Xbox One" to the "Xbox 180".

 

[OriginalNameGuy]

Enjoy 5 years delay on the digital distribution, you guys.

I hope you're all happy with trading in games to Gamestop for 5 bucks for another generation!

No, but I will be happy selling for 30 bucks online or to friends I know.

 

[TheOGB]

So how long until the thread theorizing that this was all according to keikaku gets posted?