EvilNinjadude wrote:And thus, this thread enters history.
Best. Summary. Ever.
Moderator: Moderators
Yeah, the damage is pretty much done, and with their shoddy performance and Sony's witty counter-attacks at E3; the xbox will probably lose the Console race for now. But at least they are willing to listen to their customers on crucial points. I am still sticking with my plan for a PS4 and a Gaming Computer.Yash wrote:http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update
Turns out Microsoft isn't ENTIRELY stupid. I think they may have burned too many bridges at this point, however.
As if I'd believe anything that scuzzy mouthpiece has to say. Oh, and what's stopping Microsoft from reimplementing all this DRM [censored] later down the line?Sage Asuka wrote:http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3uwz1t/
For a moment I couldn't tell if this guy was from Microsoft or the Publisher of SimCity (EA, was it?).Schrodinger wrote:As if I'd believe anything that scuzzy mouthpiece has to say. Oh, and what's stopping Microsoft from reimplementing all this DRM [censored] later down the line?Sage Asuka wrote:http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3uwz1t/
Sharing demos with ten people in your family? Surely you mean for them to play at the same time, and not taking turns... because the latter is already possible with this generation's consoles... though will it be with xBox One? The way it looked, probably not. (NO TRADING)Sable Dove wrote:Did they really, honestly name these things "POS"? Do they not know what that means?
Also, the 'family sharing' bit is a joke. I do actually remember when most games simply... you know, had a demo. You didn't have to have someone in your 'family' who owned the game and let you try it. If they honestly think that this is going to boost sales, why wouldn't they just have a demo? Oh, right, because developers don't like demos, because most of the time, demos discourage sales.
And as much as I despise 'social networking,' I really don't understand why it can't be done now. I'm pretty sure I can have a facebook/twitter/whatever account and not have my computer connected to the internet constantly.
Here's the thing though: being able to share demos with 10 people, and being able to access social networking (which the PS3 can already do, mind you, as it has its own - however clunky - web browser) do not require the heaps of DRM proposed, nor do they justify them. The cloud? Use it when it's available, and make the console do the work when it's not. Pretty much every feature they've now removed is basically Microsoft throwing a tantrum; "if we can't have what we want, you can't either."
None of these require Kinect, or always-on DRM, or checking home once a day, or restrictions on used games. Either this employee is a liar, or is completely delusional. It's not anyone's fault for miscommunication; it's Microsoft's fault for ripping out unrelated features just because gamers won't let them ram their mandatory DRM down our throats.