I think Microsoft Xbox One DRM was ALL A FABRICATION!

So I'm thinking that all this Xbox DRM crap was all just a big publicity stunt, and the truth being that there NEVER WAS any plans for any of that junk that got gamers so riled up.

Think about it - how much publicity has Xbox gotten the last few weeks, both good and bad? How much have YOU been discussing Xbox One rather than PS4? Who is now the company that are seen as completely humble and ready to serve the public first and foremost at the drop of a hat? How many people are now thinking that the extra $100 price tag is not that big a deal anymore even though it's just doing relatively the same exact thing the PS4 always was publicized to do in the first place? Isn't it just a bit odd that such a complex, intricate, and confusingly complicated seemingly established console functionality plan would be axed so quickly in so little a time as just 1 to 2 weeks? You'd think they'd have waited a bit longer, took time to explain the intricacies, fleshed things out more, tried to get the public to really understand where they were coming from. Just doesn't add up.

But the big question is, what's to stop them from going back on their word in other ways once the system is already out? All it takes is one patch update, some good publicity and explanation, phony warnings, etc to get gamers who have already spent a whopping heap of cash to accept it.

So people can go on about how "the people won" in this case, but I'm not buying a word of it.

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No they got spanked by gamers, and not only have they shown they are arrogant and greedy, they have shown how weak of a company they are by giving in

I thought this was timbers.freedomfreak

Crock of shit

I thought this was timbers.freedomfreak

haha, I had to scroll up. 

TC. 

"Isn't it just a bit odd that such a complex, intricate, and confusingly complicated seemingly established console functionality plan would be axed so quickly in so little a time as just 1 to 2 weeks? You'd think they'd have waited a bit longer, took time to explain the intricacies, fleshed things out more, tried to get the public to really understand where they were coming from."

Yes, I also thought that. 

However considering the recent leak of the 1hr time limit for guests of the Xbox One Shared Game Library, I suspect they have made the right move. That's not a good enough compromise to volunteer at a time when PR is weak as water. 

9/10 for something very interesting. 

Still not buying Xbox1 as in 6 month time they will prolly go back and say you can not lend your games any more and put the DRM back in when they have made enougth money.

I thought this was timbers.freedomfreak

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]I thought this was timbers.timbers_WSU

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No they got spanked by gamers, and not only have they shown they are arrogant and greedy, they have shown how weak of a company they are by giving in

Davekeeh

Sony was arrogant to think the whole industry would get behind the PS3, which is why they designed it the way they did. Then they got weak and made changes to compete. Sonys idea was 'my way or the high way', then all the developers said 'nope, bye'.

Sounds familier right?

Don't think Sony are above arrogance.

they have shown how weak of a company they are by giving inDavekeeh

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No they got spanked by gamers, and not only have they shown they are arrogant and greedy, they have shown how weak of a company they are by giving in

Davekeeh

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"][QUOTE="freedomfreak"]I thought this was timbers.freedomfreak

The thing that gets me is all the countrys that couldn't support the X1. They were going to cut their market out by 75% or something to that effect. That to me was very strange. I know they love making money and would hope someone could connect the dots. They certainly made headlines though, good and bad. Now to concentrate on the games.FoxbatAlpha

[QUOTE="Davekeeh"]they have shown how weak of a company they are by giving inlocopatho

I actually like that about MS. Sony has company damaging levels of pride. MS is likely to make a bad business decision and then rectify it go with whatever came out on top.

They backed HD DVD, but they weren't above using Blu Ray, even when they could have made some proprietary version of it like Nintendo with the Wii U.

Sony have been known to pursue a bad idea into the ground.

The thing that gets me is all the countrys that couldn't support the X1. They were going to cut their market out by 75% or something to that effect. That to me was very strange. I know they love making money and would hope someone could connect the dots. They certainly made headlines though, good and bad. Now to concentrate on the games.FoxbatAlpha

You dont seem to understand.

They do not care about those countries. North america is their primary target because of all the TV apps the xb1 had. After america they targeted the other countries that they thought they might have a lot of sales in.

They wont waste their time with a country like Poland because they dont feel there is money to be made there.

Still not buying Xbox1 as in 6 month time they will prolly go back and say you can not lend your games any more and put the DRM back in when they have made enougth money.

skipper847

[QUOTE="timbers_WSU"][QUOTE="freedomfreak"]I thought this was timbers.freedomfreak

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"][QUOTE="timbers_WSU"] Nope. My threads are usually pretty decent. blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]I thought this was timbers.TheEroica

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No they got spanked by gamers, and not only have they shown they are arrogant and greedy, they have shown how weak of a company they are by giving in

Davekeeh

Would that be the same for Sony with them saying rumble was last gen and then they put it back in?

If it was a  publicity stunt, it certainly hasn't worked..  People still want a PS4 more than ever and people have lost trust in MS even more so.

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No they got spanked by gamers, and not only have they shown they are arrogant and greedy, they have shown how weak of a company they are by giving in

Davekeeh

No.

Nope!!! Sony made the PS4 without that crap. It made the gaming community & the media go crazy about MS's policies & MS realized they were going to lose a lot of money by keeping it in place. Sony mad efun of them at E3, the media blasted them over and over, and gamers were blasting them everywhere. 

You can thank Sony for making the PS4 without it and for making fun of them at E3 and on a video of how to share games. 

Who is now the company that are seen as completely humble and ready to serve the public first and foremost at the drop of a hat? 

metalgrinch

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