my god didn't they apologize for this stuff already? and now, just before launch, they're going back to this dialogue? how it was the consumer's fault, because we weren't "ready"?
Too bad because whether or not MS does it, it's gonna happen.
Anyone shocked by this is beyond naive.
You guys are really going to be pissed when Sony goes all digital. It will happen and Sony has already shown it is slowly pushing in that direction.
Agreed.
I honestly (maybe I'm a fool to believe this would have happened) but an all digital future, telling Gamestop to gtfo, would have resulted in digital titles being priced cheaper.
You guys are really going to be pissed when Sony goes all digital. It will happen and Sony has already shown it is slowly pushing in that direction.
Yeah, I think it's a bit shortsighted that people are looking at this from within the constraints of retail, which will ultimately go away as it's becoming increasingly inefficient, inconvenient and costly compared to digital distribution. I mean PC gaming is nearly exclusively digital-only now.He's right; it is the future, but it wasn't that people weren't ready, it's that our internet wasn't ready.
DD is the future. But discs won't go away soon.
Heck music is still available on CD and it went through the digital revolution first.
Yeah, there was quite a bit of this going around. Especially in guys like Cliffy B, whom you would think understood the idea of the industry being a consumer based economy.It's kind of amazing that Microsoft made an anti consumer device that surprisingly wasn't wanted by consumers and they chose to blame consumers instead of the people who designed it.
"It's not fair! Why won't they just buy what we tell them to?"
I always think it's dangerous to conclude that the reason your product wasn't accepted was because it was too awesome. Perhaps in a few cases it's true, but it's such a flattering conclusion that we should always be wary of reaching it in almost all cases.
Lol, you have no idea what you're talking about. Valve even said themselves that if people want to install [other versions of] Linux or Windows on them they're free to do so. Which, of course, allows you access to other stores.
And last time I checked, Valve doesn't require mandatory 24-hour check-ins.
Ok if you wanna play like that then the xbox one will allow you to connect your ps4 in the HDMI in the back and allow you to connect to it through the xbox. But hey, i know thats not the same since its Microsoft.
I'm confused. Why are people relating an all digital delivery system to the original Xbone policies? Correct me if I am wrong but I was under the impression that physical media would still exist, however the software would be "licensed" to the Gamertag/Console upon install hence making the disc a delivery method rather than a playable media. So my understanding is that the gamer would have the option of downloading the game via MS servers of using the traditonal physical media delivery, correct me if I am wrong.
Fix the problems with Internet in this country (USA) and others and your future may happen. Otherwise it never will. Data caps (even at 300GB) are paltry if you are downloading 50GB+ games. There will never be all digital console when you can completely max your internet downloading a couple games each month.
This doesn't even include watching Youtube or Netflix which already stress the bandwidth limits that everyone is allotted.
Remove the caps, up the bandwidth and your "digital future" may come.
This doesn't even take into account everywhere else in the world with 50GB caps or less.
He is completely right.
I don't like it. But we don't have a choice.
Many people posting about not having ownership of the things u buy. Whats the difference with Steam and iPad purchases? Am I missing something?
It sounds like their whole stance on commenting about this is two fold:
1. People weren't ready
2. The messaging was bad
None of which can be blamed on the consumer and yet Microsoft seems like they're blaming the consumer. Thanks a lot for nothing.
Aside from the Steam sales, what makes Valve's system better than Microsoft's original plan for the Xbox One?
Many people posting about not having ownership of the things u buy. Whats the difference with Steam and iPad purchases? Am I missing something?
Holy fuck dude......holy fuck. This place sometimes.
Ok if you wanna play like that then the xbox one will allow you to connect your ps4 in the HDMI in the back and allow you to connect to it through the xbox. But hey, i know thats not the same since its Microsoft.
Ok if you wanna play like that then the xbox one will allow you to connect your ps4 in the HDMI in the back and allow you to connect to it through the xbox. But hey, i know thats not the same since its Microsoft.
#SonyGaf
I said it before: it speaks volumes of Microsoft's lack of direction and vision that they backpedaled on this. If they truly believed in a digital future they would have continued to push their product, no matter how misguided their intentions.
Many people posting about not having ownership of the things u buy. Whats the difference with Steam and iPad purchases? Am I missing something?
You're doing great man.#SonyGaf
I don't see what all the fuss is about? People don't think gaming will be all digital in the future? I understand bandwidth issues but wasn't that exactly what MS was doing was providing all digital to people with bandwidth issues? How else to do you allow people to install every game and not require the disk without a check in? Should every game just come with a CD key?