Microsoft defends Xbox One game policy, says industry is in 'transition' - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=wraithcat;41039710]It's not though. Just think of the amount of retail bought games which force you to use steam.[/QUOTE] And every game that you install into steam requires exactly 0 disks inserted...

Yes, they're transitioning into a post-Microsoft industry. [editline]15th June 2013[/editline] Always online? Yes. Microsoft style? Hell no. Being always online isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it shouldn't be [I]mandatory[/I] at all times. Have an automatic offline mode.

[QUOTE=Ericson666;41039390]Someone has to start it. I feel bad for Microsoft, they're taking a big risk and are doing some really great stuff (like the cloud based rendering thing), but people are too busy riding the "LOL MICROSOFT SUX BALLS" to take them seriously[/QUOTE] The reason people are riding that train is because of how terribly they have handled everything as well as other features which are not required (and is an invasion of privacy) for this supposed transition. Need I have to remind you about the surveillance camera which comes with every console and works even when the the console is turned off, and that is is required to be connected to the console for it to turn on? There's no feeling sorry for Microsoft on this one, it's complete bullshit and there is no excuse for it.

[QUOTE]"end up with consoles in multiple rooms in their home over time. Not everybody, but you see that happening today."[/QUOTE] Shit son, I don't even have enough money for one Xbox one and you want one in every room of house. Alternate joke: A Kinect in every room to watch you!

[QUOTE=Sableye;41039436]microsoft is doing what nintendo won't do with the 3ds, move their form of gaming to a completely digital space, unlike nintendo, who built the 3Ds with the ability to be completely digital but haven't moved to removing physical mediums (yet) nobody complained that apple lacks physical copies of games on the iphone[/QUOTE] Probably because it's a phone and not a handheld/console.

[QUOTE=Lizzrd;41038714]The real point here isn't that it's microsoft who is doing this transistion, it's the fact that nobody else are.[/QUOTE] A lot of people in the industry acknowledge that something needs to change, however no one is willing to take the risk nor knows what needs to change and what can change.

I undestand that they want to kill physical distribution considering it's slowly dying, but they push way to hard and early. It reminds me when one russian imprerior Pyotr I pushed economic to it's limits to make a transition. It failed hard after his death. Microsoft is kinda doing the same.

My butt is in transition The transition will happen naturally when consoles go digital only There is no need for these weird couple of years of disc restrictions

[QUOTE=erfinjerfin;41038607]at least they're trying[/QUOTE] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcdnmiaNYr1r3jdkc.png[/img] Edit: Probably a dumb post but trying doesn't mean fuck all, especially if you are tying to fuck your customers over. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Image macro" - Orkel))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=redBadger;41039225]Microsoft is going for digital sales as well I believe.[/QUOTE] Which is dumb because consoles were always about local play, you take that away and you're left with a "PC" that has more restrictions than an actual PC.

In transition for a new way of totallitary regime. What they are trying to do is milk as money as they can.

Yeah, and my fist is in 'transition' to your face.

The only reason my buddies weren't too sure about using steam was because it didnt have support for game trading/ sharing and going to a bud's house to play like their Xboxs did. Thanks for getting that out of the way Microsoft. PC gaming thanks you.

[QUOTE=Sableye;41039436]microsoft is doing what nintendo won't do with the 3ds, move their form of gaming to a completely digital space, unlike nintendo, who built the 3Ds with the ability to be completely digital but haven't moved to removing physical mediums (yet) nobody complained that apple lacks physical copies of games on the iphone[/QUOTE] iPhone games are completely different from 3DS games. It's up to the publisher if they put the game on the 3ds store, like PSN/XBL. Nintendo has put most of their games up on it.

The only thing in transition here is the Xbox department into the ground.

[QUOTE=gbtygfvyg;41043456]Which is dumb because consoles were always about local play, you take that away and you're left with a "PC" that has more restrictions than an actual PC.[/QUOTE] How is there going to be less local play? And consoles these days are becoming less purely "game consoles," and more "multi-media entertainment centers."

[QUOTE]Microsoft says that you can have your library work on up to 10 systems. Sony, on the other hand, allows your digital library to work on two activated systems.[/QUOTE] But my [I]11[/I]th system gets... nothing?!

If you can afford 11 systems, you can afford two accounts, and two copies of every game.

The only thing that is in transition here is microsoft's money if you get what I mean

My unwanted opinion: A computer is used for a range of things, where a console originally was intended for games and games only. Consoles grew to playing DVDs, becoming an entertainment system, then it grew to use the internet as well as games. I have owned few consoles, only a N64, PS1, PS2, a Wii and Xbox 360. I myself, have never actually connected it to the internet for much on any console (Being the PC person I am) and have had great times when my friend brought over his game of Halo Reach or Dead or Alive and Xbox controllers or me taking my PS1 steering wheel and pedals and Midnight club to play on PS2 to a friends. It's social and fun. I've also had great times on my computer over the internet with steam games which are attached to an account. The internet is the game changer, its easier to play a game with someone over the internet than it is to go to someone's house. So microsoft just becoming steam. My computer has always been for games on the internet, and the occasional times I played Xbox was for when I had people around. I don't blame them for wanting to be Steam, but to me, as a primarily PC person, it doesn't appeal to me. Also, its not only the gaming side of microsoft that is changing (As you probably already know), Microsoft office 2013 is a service, not a product. i.e. you pay $$ then you can use it for a certain period. I think that's annoying as hell as well