Xbox 180: Now with DRM Backpedaling

[Kilgamayan]

I'm pretty sure this has made its rounds already, but in honor of the gif Sir Amat posted that made me choke to death laughing, I'll link it anyway.

[Tengukami]

I'll link it anyway.

God damn this sums it up perfectly.

[Haetius]

I'm pretty sure this has made its rounds already, but in honor of the gif Sir Amat posted that made me choke to death laughing, I'll link it anyway.

I think I just fell in love with faceless007..... and honestly I'm sitting at my computer cheering for that man!

[Amraphenson]

A slow clap.

[PX]

You know what I came up with with all this used games and resale bullcrap everywhere? Microsoft is trying to run GameStop out of business and then use their business practices. Sure, we get stuff back for selling it to M$, but are we really to expect a fair trade back? Hell, they're probably gonna offer less than GameStop would return for a used game. Really, this is just a giant pile of shit, and the one group that's suffering is the marketing audience known as gamers. And the sad part is, I can see this working.

[AnonymousPondScum]

I'll link it anyway.

Fucking A right.

[notverycreative]

If there was an Olympic gold medal for forum posts that person would be entitled to 999,999,999 of them.

[Amraphenson]

I'm pretty sure this has made its rounds already, but in honor of the gif Sir Amat posted that made me choke to death laughing, I'll link it anyway.

Microsoft Used Game Strategy is too POWERFUL to be restricted!

[trancehime]

Read the post linked by Kilga only to realize I already stated a part of the message earlier:

One reason for the current state of the game industry's economy is because developers et. al believe more power means more success in the grand scheme of things, rather than aiming for what really matters, which leads to products that are unsatisfactory to a hungry and increasingly savvy gamer market.

:colbert:

I kind of feel like everyone is turning to Sony and ignoring Nintendo in light of all this Xboxoutrage.

People are already enjoying the Wii U and the games that are coming out for it so we don't really need to focus on what they're doing when it is blatantly obvious to begin with unless you have been living under a rock for the past few months.

You know what I came up with with all this used games and resale bullcrap everywhere? Microsoft is trying to run GameStop out of business and then use their business practices. Sure, we get stuff back for selling it to M$, but are we really to expect a fair trade back? Hell, they're probably gonna offer less than GameStop would return for a used game. Really, this is just a giant pile of shit, and the one group that's suffering is the marketing audience known as gamers. And the sad part is, I can see this working.

Brick and mortar stores are already at risk of being blown to smithereens thanks to digital distribution becoming increasingly prevalent though. This is really just a greedy company trying to add more to the wildfire, and then use that wildfire to destroy other things. Though I guess they didn't intend the latter part. I'd like to think.

[An Odd Sea Slug]

Related:

Nintendo (and Sony) win by doing absolutely nothing.

[AnonymousPondScum]

875%, sweep flipping Christmas.

[Iryan]

875%, sweep flipping Christmas.

That is sales rank, not sales total, which makes it less amazing, but still amusing.  :V

[hind]

875%, sweep flipping Christmas.

customer's always right. the public has spoken  :V

[NekoNekoRex]

Australia and Germany condemning Xbox One for being a surveillance device. Considered a "major breach of privacy"

German Ebay promoting Wii U following Xbox Privacy Concerns

The [Image of Ebay listing] is taken from eBay Germany?s Facebook page, where it promotes the console as having the following benefits:

- no used games blocking
- no mandatory online
- no crap/bs

[Jmyster]

Nice to see actual organizations speaking out. This might be the worst PR nightmare microsoft has ever faced--prepare for the backtracking train at E3, or just a flood of nothing but game images with "no comment" on the other issues.

[Tengukami]

Nice to see actual organizations speaking out. This might be the worst PR nightmare microsoft has ever faced--prepare for the backtracking train at E3, or just a flood of nothing but game images with "no comment" on the other issues.

This is definitely surpassing Songsmith proportions of Terrible Ideas From Microsoft.

[Amraphenson]

You know above all I find it amusing how Compile Heart of all things predicted something.
In Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game about a moefied version of the console wars, the Xbox/Microsoft gal spends weeks on end playing MMOs with no sleep.
She's always on.
The Xbone is always on.

CH KNEW IN 2010

[Aba Matindesu!]

This is definitely surpassing Songsmith proportions of Terrible Ideas From Microsoft.

B-But at least the Songsmith delivers :V

[NekoNekoRex]

Meanwhile, Microsoft hears all this criticism and makes moves to defend.... the design.

Sony digs at Xbone by reaffirming PS4 is 'a Game Console'. Also, leaks point to Xbone having a price tag of FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE (European) DOLLARS.

[Think Komachi with a Rifle]

Meanwhile, Microsoft hears all this criticism and makes moves to defend.... the design.

Sony digs at Xbone by reaffirming PS4 is 'a Game Console'. Also, leaks point to Xbone having a price tag of FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE (European) DOLLARS.

Amazon pre order prices mean their placeholder MUST cost more than the final price.
That's over 900 dollars, I'd expect the real price to be around half that.

NB: Pounds sterling are not dollars, please don't call them that

[trancehime]

Meanwhile, Microsoft hears all this criticism and makes moves to defend.... the design.

they choose to defend the design because that's the only thing they can make concrete statements on without giving too much away.

Microsoft are making this a "political affair," as with E3 coming up, the onus is on them to make up for their faux pas by talking about nothing but TV and sports (and I guess CoD) in their "reveal" of the "console" (which, it isn't even one anymore at this point. by core definition, imo)

Sony digs at Xbone by reaffirming PS4 is 'a Game Console'. Also, leaks point to Xbone having a price tag of FIVE HUNDRED NINETY NINE (European) DOLLARS.

you mean 911.62 usd. that's 599.99 gbp which is far from "dollars," as the above poster already mentioned.

i'm honestly clueless as to why Microsoft are trying to push this device forward as an entertainment platform, marketing it as such while leaving games to the side, when the Xbox series has, in the past, been for gaming. even the Xbox360 has had a minor foothold in Japan, despite all odds, there is still a relatively small following. with the "reveal" of the Xbox One, it looks like they just killed it and shot themselves in the foot.

[Ionasal kkll Solciel]

Geez, don't you guys remember the PS3's initial showing? That's where NNR got "five hundred ninety-nine dollars" from.

Anyway, you'd think Microsoft would learn after the fiasco of the 360. Guess stubbornness doesn't easily fade.

[Tengukami]

Meanwhile, Microsoft hears all this criticism and makes moves to defend.... the design.

Here's my favorite bit from this article:

While Microsoft steered clear of any mention of a VCR, it did note that the designers took inspiration from "high-definition TV manufacturers" to make the device unnoticeable. They chose "liquid black, the blackest black creatable, as a color palette for the brand," to make both the console and the Kinect, much like a user's TV, fade into the background.

I think it's really telling that they'd want Kinect to do all the intrusive shit they want it to do, and purposefully design the machine to be "unnoticeable".

[JT]

[DX7.EP]

Actually, that stock boost came mostly amid rumours that Sony would sell off an entertainment division among other things. Or something along that line.

But the Xbone version is more hilarious regardless.

[NekoNekoRex]

Have some rumors from an industry insider for just before the Xbone conference.

[Third Eye Lem]

Have some rumors from an industry insider for just before the Xbone conference.

The trainwreck is now leaving the station. Please wait warmly until it crashes.

T-minus 13 minutes until Microsoft's conference.

[NekoNekoRex]

Plus half an hour, actually.

[NekoNekoRex]

Really easy guide to the DRM. Also, you can "gift" games to friends now. If they've been your Xbox friend for a month.

[Mesarthim]

Sony's official response on how to share games.