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[Celestial Mortal]

How will it now harness cloud processing for SP games if they are played offline?

 

[Astorgh]

So, Sony will actually have some competence. Well done.

 

[maximum360]

Oh my God this is so amazing. Thank you, I didn't want to miss out on Forza and Sunset Overdrive. So amazing gamers won.

PS4 is still my prime console now, $100 cheaper, more diverse lineup, more powerful, and they were with gamers from the start (on top of being unable to trust MS now), but Microsoft has now earned the right to be in my house again at some point this gen and I can't wait to play the games I would have missed up until that point

Awesome. Jumping back in!

 

[gaming_noob]

Okay I can admit it now. I really want to play Forza 5, Killer Instinct and Titanfall!

 

[BatDan]

So is Kinect still mandatory?

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

wonder what else they took out besides the family sharing :\

 

[Brashnir]

This happened because we made noise. Every single one of you that made noise - you won. Everyone that said "be quiet and wait for details" - you were wrong.


Good job to everyone. Videogaming saved for everyone.

I guess we all know who wins Neogaf 2013 Post of the Year now.

 

[Spongebob]

This is unprecedented.

 

[Vic20]

History is made!

 

[Grecco]

Curious to see sales wise how it improves them now. I think its their new coke coke classic moment right there.

 

[Vexxan]

Hang on, region lock is completely gone too?


Damn!

 

[ZedIndyLil]

I wonder what the tipping point was. Preorders?

 

[WanderingWind]

This is awesome for all consumers. I really am in shock that they reversed course. It's fantastic news!

 

[DaxMedFlax]

Wow.... I am genuinly shocked.

To all the people out there making noise about this, thank you. You changed things.

 

[GK86]

ATTENTION ALL NAY-SAYERS, CORPORATE APOLOGISTS, AND GAME "JOURNALIST" SUCKUPS WHO TOLD US ALL TO SHUT UP, BEND OVER AND TAKE IT

I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA

Allow me to co-sign off on this post. Especially to the Corporate apologists.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Consumer power hell yeah.

 

[CloudWolf]

What about used games?

Spoiler

Still not buying One

You haven't actually read anything other than the thread title, did you?

 

[Rebel Leader]

NOT A TALIORED TRENDS:

#10CosasDeMiMejorAmiga
#ElFísicoAtraePero
#PaulasBestDishes
#mattyto250K
Brasil 2-0 México
#AskAaronCarter
Xbox 180
Dolce & Gabbana
Neymar

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Still going with the PS4, but this is amazing news. I'm glad they didn't barrel forward with this any further, pretty obvious it would have been a disaster.

But I kinda think the damage has been done, at least in public perception. They still have an uphill battle. And the PS4 is still $100 cheaper.

 

[Nelo Ice]

So glad I preordered both consoles on Amazon but now I'll likely stay with the xbox one.

 

[inky]

EA=mad?

If the reason they dropped the Online Passes was because they were counting on the consoles to have those systems in place, yes, I can't imagine they are that happy.

On the other hand, they got other stuff on their sleeves to keep monetizing used games and move them towards becoming services more and more.

ATTENTION ALL NAY-SAYERS, CORPORATE APOLOGISTS, AND GAME "JOURNALIST" SUCKUPS WHO TOLD US ALL TO SHUT UP, BEND OVER AND TAKE IT

I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA

We need a list! Fuck them.

 

[Zombie James]

Massive victory for consumer rights and consumer activism. Fuck you, MS, we won.

 

[Hitokiri03]

We won \o/

I think the Jimmy Fallon comment last night was the final blow on the DRM stuff.

 

[kaching]

And GAF stayed up longer than Microsoft's Infinite Cloud™ -powered site. Crazy day.

 

[AranhaHunter]

BIGGEST U-TURN IN THE HISTORY OF GAMING.

Also the fastest. I have literally never seen policies being changed so fast. E3 was just 10 days ago, MS reveal wasn't even a month ago.

I guess pre order numbers were extremely poor.

 

[remnant]

 

[Cipherr]

Its magnificent.

 

[comedy bomb]

Well damn.

Will make a potential decision between the bone and the ps4 that much harder if I get around to buying one in 2015 or so.

 

[TheOddOne]

ATTENTION ALL NAY-SAYERS, CORPORATE APOLOGISTS, AND GAME "JOURNALIST" SUCKUPS WHO TOLD US ALL TO SHUT UP, BEND OVER AND TAKE IT

I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA

My gif in all it's glory.

 

[JDSN]

Well, maybe its because BIsh just about banned everyone that astroturfed the fuck outta the boards. Eat a dick Ben Kuchera.

 

[TabletopTictacs]

Can't wait to see the fallout from this. I'd loved to have seen a few meetings at Xbox HQ since the One's reveal.

 

[StickSoldier]

Still getting a PS4, but good to see that our voices can be heard! Congrats to you fine Microsoft fans.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

This happened because we made noise. Every single one of you that made noise - you won. Everyone that said "be quiet and wait for details" - you were wrong.


Good job to everyone. Videogaming saved for everyone.

based famousmortimer

 

[iammeiam]

Welp there goes family sharing.

It sounded so good too.

Yuuuup. It's a pity they couldn't find a compromise to make the irate happy while still allowing some of the more interesting features of their all-digital plan because the complete revocation of the Family Sharing thing they were talking about blows.

 

[Vic]

Welp. I don't know what to say, really. It's as anti-climatic as it gets.

 

[StudioTan]

This fucking sucks!

No more sharing
No more installing and not needing the disc
No more instant game switching

Thank a lot internet rage, you suck.

Now I have to choose between buying everything digitally so I don't need disc or I have to buy discs if I want to share games with my family which I'll likely either never get back or I'll get it back with scratches and fingerprints.

Really disappointed right now.

 

[spookyfish]

"We're not afraid of Sony."


Uh huh. Sure you weren't.

Still won't buy one Day One, but I'll definitely look into it after a while.

Thanks, Microsoft.

And I agree with the poster who said essentially this: So, those of you who defended the DRM: You're not going to buy it now, right?

 

[Mihos]

So all the cloud stuff just bullshit? Or will those games still require it?

 

[Saty]

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

Never doubt whathifi. :lol

 

[AllGamer]

Great news. Now make Kinect optional!

 

[Acorn]

Needs "SHOCKING NEWS" title imo.

Except this is actually shocking?

 

[paparazzo]

I think this gif is more appropriate than ever.

 

[Anony]

so this + the sharing policy makes this better than the ps4 now

 

[cpp_is_king]

holy fuckballs of jesus.

I'm almost not ready to believe this is actually true.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

I just really don't think Microsoft has this together. Core "values" turned upside down at a whim, a big black featureless box, so-so hardware at a higher price point than the competition, downright goofy PR... it just feels like they aren't actually anywhere near ready to launch a new system.

 

[Dipswitch]

Glad they saw sense and kudos to them for making the required (but hugely embarrassing) u-turn. Brand has definitely been damaged, but they should be able to bounce back.

Now about that price......

 

[Azure J]

WEDABESSS

 

[offshore]

Think MS will also be chuffed people are calling it Xbox 180 rather than Xbone.

 

[chubigans]

I wonder what the tipping point was. Preorders?

I am 100% convinced this is the case. MS would have weathered the bad news all the way to November if their numbers looked good.