Why is it a surprise? Polygon always get first exclusive from EA and MS.
And of course MD won't guarantee that they'll keep the no DRM in the future.
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Xbox One DRM policy changes waited on gamers knowing complete story
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Why is it a surprise? Polygon always get first exclusive from EA and MS.
And of course MD won't guarantee that they'll keep the no DRM in the future.
Freezie KO
Banned
Brenna Hillier via VG247 said:
Wow. Really sounds like gamers are losing out, according to VG24/7. Maybe it was all a mistake! What if we don't know what's good for us?
I think this is exactly what CBOAT had said prior to Microsoft's E3 conf. (someone correct me if I'm wrong?)
RedNumberFive
Banned
Microsoft has always been a shitty storyteller.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Awesome. I read that thinking they were talking about the IP restrictions where you couldn't play your XB1 in a foreign country. I guess their game region locking was all tied into that.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Their decisions showed they were out of touch, not dumb. The fallout from reinstating features that were so poorly received MS actually undid them would be nothing compared to the fallout of pulling a bait and switch with those aforementioned features.
I think they know that. I would be shocked to see them try to weasle them back in.
Ah. Still either would not have been that surprising, MS PR is about as bad as Polygon's pomposity.
mysteriousmage09
Member
MS "We saw the Amazon best sellers page....".
And fucking LOL at not being able to confirm they won't do another 180.
And fucking LOL at not being able to confirm they won't do another 180.
GoofsterStud
Member
From the company that announces the start button is back while the start system is not.
Seems out of character. *sarcasm*
splattered
Member
So instead of completely removing the 24hr check and game disc registration... why don't they just make it an optional benefit for people that are willing and able to do so and give us back the family sharing plan as incentive?
Again, I call bullshit. MS never actually revealed the full details of their family share plan. Seems to me like they are using this as an excuse to blame Sony for delaying the future. For delaying this supposed great feature, and now the world is going to be deprived of it. How do we even know this feature worked the way they claimed it did? That it was even going to be what they said it was?
Just seems to me, like a strategical move to play the martyr. And what's more, I highly doubt these major publishers were going to sign off on this share plan. They were all strongly against used games and trade in sales, so why would they ever be okay with this?
Just everything about this seems suspect.
Just seems to me, like a strategical move to play the martyr. And what's more, I highly doubt these major publishers were going to sign off on this share plan. They were all strongly against used games and trade in sales, so why would they ever be okay with this?
Just everything about this seems suspect.
shinra-bansho
Member
Angry Joe confirmed as part of the Xbox 180 development team.It has been weeks that people were asking some clear details about these features but you stayed unvlear or just doged the questions. Just like you did with Angry Joe.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
That's never going to happen.
blindrocket
Member
lol at the lies they are spinning... can we start typing this again?
M$
M$
Still need to always be on? FUCK DAT
Reading comprehension?
Always online is for games like TitanFall that use their cloud services.
The only time online is actually required is to activate the system. After that it is dependent on the game.
These past couple weeks have shown how little people care to read things carefully.
You don't cancel a slew of interviews and proceed to spend E3 in tone deaf hard sell mode in order to weigh opinions between two potential outcomes. Not to mention the amount of planning and work that had to go into the hardware architecture to arrive at this point in the first place. They were in and got spooked, and trying to spin even that just tells me Microsoft PR still thinks they're the smartest folks in the room. Sincerity matters.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Wow. Really sounds like gamers are losing out, according to VG24/7. Maybe it was all a mistake! What if we don't know what's good for us?
Entitled, whiny, ignorant, irresponsible.... Until this industry attitude towards the customers that support them changes, problems won't go away.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Um, would any company rep ever say "No, we will never ever ever change our policies" ?
freenudemacusers
Member
Is Microsoft really bad at pr or something?
First, they fuck up whatever grand plan they had for the xbox one by completely bungling the explanation for their weird DRM.
Then, they take away the DRM and make a lot of people happy.
And lastly, while everyone is popping bottles and tossing hundos at strippers, some Microsoft dude, when asked, "could not give any reassurance that Microsoft will not change its policies in the future."
Bros. Come on.
First, they fuck up whatever grand plan they had for the xbox one by completely bungling the explanation for their weird DRM.
Then, they take away the DRM and make a lot of people happy.
And lastly, while everyone is popping bottles and tossing hundos at strippers, some Microsoft dude, when asked, "could not give any reassurance that Microsoft will not change its policies in the future."
Bros. Come on.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Jesus can you get any bigger a load of bullshit then that. Oh Oh guys we totally were going to change this. We just wanted you to see how bad it could be and to see how much we could have dug our feet in.
That is the largest load I've ever seen.
That is the largest load I've ever seen.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
It's incredible lol
I like how they're now spinning the removal of all those features they couldn't explain properly as a punishment for the gamers because we didn't want to abide by their DRM policies while at the same time spinning this new set of policies as a positive thing as they want their sale numbers to go up.
The hypocrisy is mind-blowing.
The hypocrisy is mind-blowing.
shinobi602
Member
Finally, Whitten could not give any reassurance that Microsoft will not change its policies in the future.
How did VG247 arrive to that conclusion
From that?
How did VG247 arrive to that conclusion
From that?
Absolutely not, just like they would never change it in the first place no sir.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Um, would any company rep ever say "No, we will never ever ever change our policies" ?
I don't get why this is odd... You mean the timing of it?
It's called an Xbox 360 Plus.
freenudemacusers
Member
in a vacuum, no, it isn't odd. but this is like the worst time to pull that caveat out of the bag, you know?
I think it's extremely unlikely that it would have worked like that -- just share your games with some people. I think they wanted people to believe that, but in reality it would have worked like; Publishers or developers could let their games be shared. Big games would most likely not be shareable.
Or, they simply meant that an account on the Xbox One would be able to share whatever games it has installed to 10 other accounts on the same Xbox One. A game that is capable of being shared has 10 'share slots'; once an account uses a game, it has to be deleted to free up that use slot. Obviously, only one person would be able to play at a time.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
HEY I WANT MY $6 Day 1 Halo 5/Battlefield 4 due to 10 Family Shared Plan
DAMMIT GAF, YOU RUIN EVERYTHING
THANKS FOR NOTHING!
DAMMIT GAF, YOU RUIN EVERYTHING
THANKS FOR NOTHING!