Microsoft adjusts Xbox One DRM policies, online check-ins and used game complications are history

[omgpwn666]

Very impressed, I think this only makes them look better as a company. Usually backing down on polices like the Xbox One had going would make me believe they're just a bunch of wimps, but they actually listened to all the feedback and made a change for the consumers. Xbox One has my love back, good job! Still making love to my PC, but nice to have the option of a PS4 and Xbox One at hand if I ever want either.

 

[Katsumi San]

This is all trying to make people forget that Xbox One = SpyBox with kinect

 

[blaisedinsd]

They still need to drop the kinect requirement, release a bundle for $100 cheaper that doesn't have it, then they would probably be right on the level with Sony. They could even be slightly ahead if Sony doesn't match the online feature of live.

 

[Carnivean]

Microsoft: "We fuck you as hard as we can get away with."

 

[regnad]

So now Nintendo is the only one with region lock.

 

[Katsumi San]

Microsoft: "We fuck you as hard as we can get away with."

Their new slogan? =O

 

[SifJar]

Quite interesting article which excellently explains my views on the subject http://gizmodo.com/the-xbox-one-just-got-way-worse-and-its-our-fault-514411905

Looks like for the most part though, MS did an XBox One...eighty.

This guy understands angles. That is all.

 

[RedCoreZero]

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Major Damage Control!Major Damage Control!

Apply cold water to burned area.

 

[BrightNeko]

I wonder if only 22 states and 21 countries can still access it, or if any of the other really crappy sticking points still apply. Also wonder if it will delay the console any.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vid...st&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all jim has some nice words on the matter xD

 

[ggyo]

If it is hacked in the future, I might consider buying one. I don't trust them. They have shown their number one priorities.

Plus, I went through atleast 4 red ringers. They should be rewarding me for putting up with their shit for so long.

Yes, they have shown that their number one priority is a reflecting adaptation to the consumers wants.

And the Xbox 360 hasn't been out for 12 years, so there's no way you should have bought 4 Xbox 360's (due to the 3-year extended RROD warranty). In fact, it's in human nature to conclude within 3-stage reactions. 1st time is an accident, 2nd time is a coincidence, and 3rd time is a product of design. So either you're not a human being or your synapses and dentrites aren't communicating with your conscious schema... or you're lying. You choose.

 

[jacksprat1990]

Yes, they have shown that their number one priority is a relecting adaptation to the consumers wants.

And the Xbox 360 hasn't been out for 12 years, so there's no way you should have bought 4 Xbox 360's (due to the 3-year extended RROD warranty). In fact, it's in human nature to conclude within 3-stage reactions. 1st time is an accident, 2nd time is a coincidence, and 3rd time is a product of design. So either you're not a human being or your synpases and dentrites aren't communicating with your conscious schema... or you're lying. You choose.

Yes, I'm lying...

 

[Bobbybangin]

Huge statement regarding DRM for the whole industry in general.

 

[ggyo]

We just lost a lot, all because of the misconstrued information of DRM policies by some nerds through memes and internet jokes.

How different was XboxOne's DRM posed to be in comparison to Steam? Or even iTunes and the App Store? Both are incredibly successful, and both have highly competitive price ranges for their introverted, confining ecosystems... aaand we lost all of that.

 

[Sterling]

Quite interesting article which excellently explains my views on the subject http://gizmodo.com/the-xbox-one-just-got-way-worse-and-its-our-fault-514411905
This guy understands angles. That is all.

The first post by Jason Schreler sums up why this model was doomed from the start. Without retail partners, Microsoft would not get the benefit of advertising in store. We would all be up a creek without a paddle if Microsoft had successfully taken the market like this. Wanna know why Steam Games are so cheap? Because they're not sold in physical form in retail.

Kyle, you're arguing that people should have taken a stick with no promise of a carrot in the future. Did Microsoft ever say anything about making games cheaper as a result of these policies? Anywhere? There is no reason for anyone to have just accepted this DRM in exchange for the hope that maaaaaaaybe Microsoft will build a Steam-like infrastructure eventually, especially since Microsoft has shown no indication that they'd even consider doing so.

Microsoft could sell digital copies of games right now for cheaper than physical copies, and instantly solve the "used game problem," but they won't, because they can't, because their retail partners won't let them. That's why digital copies of games on PS3 and Xbox 360 are $60. If they're cheaper, Walmart and Target will get mad. What makes you think that would suddenly change in this fantasy world where Microsoft wins and used games go away and everything is cheap and EVERYONE WINS?

 

[431unknown]

It's a start but they should still drop the price down to the PS4 point and I might consider getting it around launch. The Kinect always on don't really bother me. If they want to watch me nail my wife or me spanking the monkey in the morning what ever.

 

[the_randomizer]

We just lost a lot, all because of the misconstrued information of DRM policies by some nerds through memes and internet jokes.

How different was XboxOne's DRM posed to be in comparison to Steam? Or even iTunes and the App Store? Both are incredibly successful, and both have highly competitive price ranges for their introverted, confining ecosystems... aaand we lost all of that.

And DRM was somehow vital? Who the hell cares about DRM?

Oh, that's right, no one.

 

[chartube12]

I almost passed out laughing at the people on gizmodo...Someone seriously made the argument that drm meant games being cheaper and others defending the argument. And another person made the argument that DRM made gamers somehow the true owners of xbone games.

 

[PROTOBOY]

So maybe I will choose this one, I know exatly

 

[Harsky]

With region locking finally given the boot on the Xbox One, how long before it'll go for the 3DS and Wii U? I thought region locking was done to prevent people importing cheaper games from other regions or because different countries have different age ratings for the same game but I guess in the end, it was just an annoying thing to prevent people from playing a game from another region several months early.

On topic, the DRM only played one part in why I won't be buying the Xbox One. The mandatory use of the Kinect sensor and the price is another big factor. Anyways, this is the second time, Microsoft "listened to their customers and gave them what the wanted". Windows 8 and the start button comes to mind but that's probably nothing compared to this Xbox One no DRM news.

 

[chartube12]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Because xbone will get hacked and hackers will use the kinect "2" and xbone to make free prone from gamers.