Good thing RedBox does not exist in your mind.
And this is why I'm not buying an Xbox One.
I don't believe for a second that Microsoft wont try and slowly patch all that shit back in over the next couple of years.
I don't want your future
Valve isn't the only store on the platform.
Better launch games or amazingly slick OS or not, every single dollar that you spend on an Xbox One product of any kind is your way of telling Microsoft "we agree with your concept of an all-digital, always online DRM paradise".And this is precisely why I can't trust Microsoft and won't buy an xbox one.
Valve agrees with Albert.
I miss the DRM. I wanted to be able to buy a physical disc and then automatically have access to the digital version. Not having to ever swap discs again but also not being forced to pay the fucking ridiculous prices digital games normally cost. All the positives of a digital version of a game but being able to buy it at retail for less terrible prices.
You all ruined everything. Now the only advantage Xbox One has over PS4 is kinect. I should probably consider myself lucky they didn't scrap that too.
Valve agrees with Albert.
No, they wanted to change how game disc resale, rentals, and trade-ins work on the Xbox One. The console software market is more than just the Xbox One, after all.
The argument here wasn't about whether or not digital distribution is going to be more common for video games, like Penello is trying to say at the end of the article. And it wasn't about whether Microsoft 'had a chance' to explain its vision. Because it did, and it botched it, and a lot of the details that made this vision whole were unappealing and one-sided on their own merits. And if Microsoft feels like it botched the explanation, then do a better job for starters. That excuse shouldn't make people feel better about investing a lot of money over five years, for something they can't adequately explain.
And what is the point of even talking about this anymore except to remind a lot of early movers that: 1) Microsoft botched this conversation, 2) the Xbox One vision has a lot of unappealing aspects to it and 3) the nasty stuff is something that still appeals to Microsoft? Why exhume this in an Engadget article?
Who's implementing some of the bad policies MS had?Too bad because whether or not MS does it, it's gonna happen.
and they just started a streaming service a few months back. Guess they see it too.
Too bad because whether or not MS does it, it's gonna happen.
and they just started a streaming service a few months back. Guess they see it too.
I agree that an all-digital future is inevitable, but the way Microsoft wants to fuck over consumers isn't. There are and will be better ways to go about this.
Steam box disagrees with you.
Not ready for Xbox One future if old
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/08/penello-people-just-werent-ready-for-all-digital-xbox-one/
I kind of wish that Microsoft had gone with their original vision. I really wanted to see the result. I don't think it would have been as bad as some (including myself) has predicted. But when it came to the punch they were too cowardly to follow through.
They wanted full control over every aspect of your purchase. It's that simple.
Yeah its inevitable though, not unlike political corruption