Microsoft relents on forced connectivity!
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:44 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/xbox-drm/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Wow they sure did abandon that quick.
Wow they sure did abandon that quick.
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SlyTF1 wrote:I'm pissed.
BeastProwl wrote: Microsoft didnt even run their products on the XBox, they ran them on computers for fear that their console software wasn't adequate enough to run their demos without crashing.
njb902 wrote:In the end it doesn't matter to me which of the 3 "win". I've been a majority PC game player since 1995.
BeastProwl wrote:njb902 wrote:In the end it doesn't matter to me which of the 3 "win". I've been a majority PC game player since 1995.
And...?
This is about consoles, please dont fly down the "PC Superior" route here, it ALWAYS sparks the mother of all flamewars...
Twitchythe3rd wrote:BeastProwl wrote: Microsoft didnt even run their products on the XBox, they ran them on computers for fear that their console software wasn't adequate enough to run their demos without crashing.
That's not entirely true. Both sides were using a combination of PC-rendered footage and actual console run footage.
That said, Sony still has the advantage on a couple points.
njb902 wrote:I bet this decision infuriated Microsoft's exclusive content developers. A lot of those developers believe the second hand market should be illegal. I can't remember where I read it or what the exact figure was so take it for what it is , but the developers claim to lose millions to the second hand and rental markets. So just think on what Microsoft was originally hoping to accomplish with this.
Dead Metal wrote:Twitchythe3rd wrote:BeastProwl wrote: Microsoft didnt even run their products on the XBox, they ran them on computers for fear that their console software wasn't adequate enough to run their demos without crashing.
That's not entirely true. Both sides were using a combination of PC-rendered footage and actual console run footage.
That said, Sony still has the advantage on a couple points.
No, that's not what he meant. It turns out that the XBox One demo games at E3, the ones you could play, where running on Windows 7 game rigs with Nividia cards, and not on the actual XBox developer kits as was advertised.
Dead Metal wrote:njb902 wrote:I bet this decision infuriated Microsoft's exclusive content developers. A lot of those developers believe the second hand market should be illegal. I can't remember where I read it or what the exact figure was so take it for what it is , but the developers claim to lose millions to the second hand and rental markets. So just think on what Microsoft was originally hoping to accomplish with this.
Yup, totally 100 per cent true, used games hurt the game industry, used games will destroy the industry just like used and rented cars did the automobile industry decades ago.
Burn wrote:Dead Metal wrote:njb902 wrote:I bet this decision infuriated Microsoft's exclusive content developers. A lot of those developers believe the second hand market should be illegal. I can't remember where I read it or what the exact figure was so take it for what it is , but the developers claim to lose millions to the second hand and rental markets. So just think on what Microsoft was originally hoping to accomplish with this.
Yup, totally 100 per cent true, used games hurt the game industry, used games will destroy the industry just like used and rented cars did the automobile industry decades ago.
Don't forget the second hand and rental industry for books, cd's, records, cassettes and dvd's.
Burn wrote:With "wearable" technology it may not be far from reality.
At present, those who are in the Beta program cannot on-sell their Google Glasses.