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Microsoft officially pulls DRM from Xbox One, announces new policies
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Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
Wish someone would beat the shit out of TotalBiscuit and put it on Youtube.
alexandros
Banned
I don't understand this. They gave people what they wanted, right? Why shouldn't they be praised for their change of heart?
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Has this been confirmed for all multiplayer?
King Tubby
Member
This is good news for consumers. We have the backlash and Sony to thank for this.
What would the point of that be? If you can't give your digital games away, there wouldn't be a reason to do that, and if you could, you'd have to be online to do so, so your license could be revoked accordingly.
What would the point of that be? If you can't give your digital games away, there wouldn't be a reason to do that, and if you could, you'd have to be online to do so, so your license could be revoked accordingly.
jim-jam bongs
Member
People who hate Microsoft always hated Microsoft #truthfact
JrBaconCheeseburger
Member
It is pretty significant and it has not sunk in just yet, i was getting both on launch but for them to make a complete reversal that shortly after E3 is significant.
I am glad
I am glad
APetePerson
Neo Member
lets see who's pumping out the exclusives in 5 years time, then we'll talk
A couple of Capcom PSN games this gen have had always-online DRM. As you say, there is no obvious point to this, as you can trade or resell these games, but the DRM was there none the less.
haha... well played
Fair enough, but for me personally, this one isn't quite in that category. Close, but not quite.
I can understand how others may feel differently, however. MS always has been a pretty shitty company and one of the worst bullies in the corporate world. I definitely don't have a good feeling about them myself. But at the same time, the idea that Sony might be able to totally dominate this generation of consoles is also kind of scary, and nintendo doesn't seem to be putting up much of a fight. Arrogance and a lack of competition is what leads to these kinds of power-grabs, along with price gouging and other stuff that isn't good for anybody.
fluffydelusions
Member
Great news but not buying
To be honest, I'm glad they reverted, but frankly it would be very easy to do the Bluray version of a videogame.
You pay $60, you get a digital copy code that ties to your console/account forever, you can download it whenever. You can trade the physical copy (which needs to be in the drive) away, sell it, whatever. Those people just don't get a digital copy.
Every consumer possible is happy, everyone is happy.
You pay $60, you get a digital copy code that ties to your console/account forever, you can download it whenever. You can trade the physical copy (which needs to be in the drive) away, sell it, whatever. Those people just don't get a digital copy.
Every consumer possible is happy, everyone is happy.
Because as many speculated, it wasn't for the "right" reason and more to do with the pre-order numbers
desertdroog
Member
Welp, PS4 for me then. Sorry Microsoft. I have no interest in Kinect as a forced option in my living room. Heck, I only have 8 foot of space between my television and foot of the couch.
APetePerson
Neo Member
say hello to the xbox one-80
Should be taken with a pinch of salt, how long till they try this stunt again?
We all know what MS wanted and if it wasn't for SONY or all of us, they would have gotten away with it.
Yea, thank you MS for changing your policies ( but I got my eyes on you)
Millsington
Member
Wow, was not expecting this at all.
My hope is they toss Kinect to a stand-alone add on as it is now, or at least offer a Kinectless bundle, for $399. Then they'd really be cooking. I don't see it happening, but they seem to have been caught off-guard by the PS4 price, so who knows.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Who gives a shit? We got what we want.
SimpleDesign
Member
Higher price with weaker and harder to use hardware which will no doubt translate into worse looking third party games, great combination. I don't know how they can make this thing a sales success without releasing a Kinect free SKU for $399 or less.
googleplex
Member
That like somebody braking into your house in the middle of the night and then apologizing only after you catch them in the act and threaten to beat their ass.
Fucker shouldn't get credit for the apology. He shouldn't have been their in the first place!
Is this the biggest company eating it's own crow ever? This is something to be embarrassed for the rest of your life especially with all the previous PR talk about not changing and consumers will get use to it, etc, etc, and E3 conference. The fact that they are still trying to spin it like it was meant to be instead of flat out admitting their mistakes makes the whole change laughable, good but laughable.
Jazzy Network
Member
Still not getting it. Kinect and 100 price tag is still stuck there. Not a fan, not going to get it.
rahulkadukar
Member
Let's start a campaign for Steam to go region free. Imagine all the cheap Russian prices
So? It should be about the games anyway. If a system has the games you want to play then you should buy it.
OH boy. You guys are really taking this DRM thing too seriously. It is not like rape like that one guy said and it is not like a someone breaking into your house.
alexandros
Banned
No doubt. But still, it's a positive change for those that preferred the traditional console system.
As long as it takes for both Sony and Microsoft to come to a mutual agreement on enforced policies. Even before we learned about each console's DRM plans, everyone was saying that there's no way only one of these companies would bite the bullet and kill used games. That proved true, but I'm certain that these plans have been postponed. At some point both Sony and Microsoft will go down that road, as proven by the necessity to pay for online play on both platforms.
Especially those whiny bitches on military bases, right? How dare they want a console they can actually use.
No, they were walking down the street outside your house saying, "Yo, I'm going to break into your house." You told them you wouldn't like them to break into your house and they said, "Ok, I'm not going to break into your house."
Stop acting like this thing came out and screwed people over. It didn't. They pitched a product. People didn't like the pitch, so they changed the product before releasing it.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
All disc-based games install to the hard drive. A disc is required to play them.
The initial setup requires an online connection.
This is what I'd like to see, simply because I have no interest in Kinect. When they stop trying to sell me hardware I do not want, they will be more likely to have me as a customer.
I think the initial setup is just flashing the firmware when you get the console. I'm guessing they already have too many of those chips made to re-flash all of them now.
Would you date someone that tried to rape you?
I don't understand. This is an internet forum, where we discuss things. It's great that MS is reversing it's policies! This will lead to a change in purchases for many people.
The talking point is that MS is portraying themselves as sympathetic to the consumer, hearing what they had to say (which obviously wasn't on their Youtube comments), and they made the choice do what was right. Which to a lot of people (including me) is absolute crapola. They would have weathered the bad publicity all the way to November if their preorder numbers were strong.
Not really hard to see why we're talking about that.
BoboBrazil
Member
Microsoft didn't change this because people wanted them to. The only reason they changed their policy is because the preorders were selling like shit and they freaked out over all the negative publicity that was gaining traction in the media. They've already shown they didn't give a shit when concerns over this were going on before and even shortly after e3. I don't see how anyone could trust Microsoft again after all of this.