This policy is awesome. I'm ready for the future.
Yea im not too sure you are anymore
Their E3 Monday will be...interesting. I'm sorry but the whole 30 day thing is funny as hell
This policy is awesome. I'm ready for the future.
Just got home...holy shit, is it just me or is this just super convoluted, messy, and nonsensical? It's sorta like when someone is trying to give you bad news but they're trying really hard to make it seem like it's good news?
I don't understand how they can make something so simple so fucking confusing. Good job, Microsoft. Maybe some idiots will actually take your bullshit and eat it.
You haven't seen everything Kinect 2.0 is capable of.Wait, so THIS is their version of appeasement? Oh god, what is their version of fucking us in the ass?
mcfrank said:No renting, no loaning. No private sales (unless selling to someone who has been on your friends list for 30 days)
Console Checks in Every 24 hours
Trade-ins are up to the publisher and only at participating retailers
The literal text of what you posted has Sony saying they did not consider a DRM scheme similar to what Ubisoft used and later dropped because it was so severe. The XBONE is not "always-online". A console that needs to check in every 24 hours is not "always-online".
I'm sure it's like having 5 favorite friends on your phone contract that you can call at any time without being charged minutes.
These are 10 people that can see and play your games at all times.
Access your entire games library from any Xbox Oneno discs required: After signing in and installing, you can play any of your games from any Xbox One because a digital copy of your game is stored on your console and in the cloud. So, for example, while you are logged in at your friends house, you can play your games.
Sorry if this has been asked already, but does this mean you have to install the game on your friend's console in order to play it? Or do you just sign in and play it via the cloud storage?
You haven't seen everything Kinect 2.0 is capable of.
Yes you can...
Given what they announced who would actually buy a Xbox One now?
Or it is the way new family xbox live accounts work up to 10 people. So if your "family" member is banned your games are gone to since accounts are linked.
Is the sharing with 10 people thing basically PS "gamesharing"?
That seems really too good to be true. $6 for brand new games.
Nintendo didn't use DRM so it's only logical that Sony won't! After all it'd only be logical to compare a Japaneses company to another Japaneses company. Right?
LOL
I love the people who think this means you won't have to buy two copies of a game to play online multiplayer in the same house.
I mean, really.
I'm sorry - I buy a game, I put it in, and press start. If I need to download a patch, fine. Anything other than that, I'm not interested.
Yes, some people do, in fact, not like that and don't buy them, but may change their mind if they can buy it on sale 66%-90% off on Steam.
GS makes out like a bandit. Less competition means less they need to give you and they get "used" games with less wear and tear since they aren't spinning in the drive all the time.
I'm sure it's like having 5 favorite friends on your phone contract that you can call at any time without being charged minutes.
These are 10 people that can see and play your games at all times.
Major Nelson:
We are listening.
And laughing at how you guys think we care.
yes, yes you were
yo move sony
You mean I can give a friend a game from my steam library that I'm done with?
The mass market doesn't seem to care, from my limited observation.
I ask all of my friends IRL who like Xbox if they care and they really don't.
"My internet doesn't go out..."
"They said you can still sell and buy your used games."
"The graphics on the next Halo are gonna be sick."
They really don't give a damn.
I want to ask something (if I can survive the post assault). Given that yosp has said that the PS4 can be enjoyed completely offline ("old school"), how is it possible for Sony to implement ANYTHING of all these. Am I wrong to be optimistic about it?
I just want to quote this post, because it's true.It all makes sense now.
The used games sales publishers have been bitching about aren't their retail partners at Gamestop, Best Buy, etc. giving $10 in trade value for a game they'll turn around and sell for $55.
No, the used games "problem" in the industry is us shitty consumers. We let untold MILLIONS of people just borrow our games, we sell them on the black market that benefits NO ONE (not directly affiliated with the publishers themselves), and we have this inordinate sense of entitlement whereby we think that if a game is shit we shouldn't be stuck with it until they personally feel it's acceptable for us to trade it in to their specific list of retail partners.
This isn't anti-used games. This is anti-consumer in it's purest form. Consumers are the only target here (except Gamefly I guess). Microsoft and their partners are literally saying the problem with the industry are their customers.
Absolutely brilliant conclusion. How could this have played out any better? Gamestop, Best Buy, etc. were just handed a monopoly on buying used games. Why give $10 for that game you'll sell for $55 now? Why not just give $5? Its not like these poor saps will KEEP it since it won't work in 10 years when the XB1 servers are shut down and you can't update your 24 hour registration.
Fucking hell. Die in a fire games industry.
Only one of those people will be play at any given time.
Yeah, he's pretty much the only (press) guy that sees it for what it is.
As i've said before,
Don't fuck this up Sony.
The ball is in your court.
Wait, so THIS is their version of appeasement? Oh god, what is their version of fucking us in the ass?
Banned
I'm guessing this was one of Bish's interesting registered email users, lol.
Basically this is DIVX all over again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3Or4nWQpidk#t=106s
And let's be honest, Steam isn't this shady about how they talk about this stuff.
In other news... might be time to look into some PC gaming, folks. Based on what this mess looks like, PC gaming looks to be nowhere near the hassle.