| S.T.A.G.E. said:
As for the E3 show, yes...it was unruly, biased mobs. No, they were reporters, E3 shows at majorly attended by reporters and fans aren't really allowed. They are allowed to play the games and roam around where they are given access but thats it. These are reporters whom are gamers themselves and can afford their games and tend to own all of the consoles so they can review them and Sony caused them to give a standing ovation just by doing as they asked. Why? Ever heard the marketing say....."The market always wins?" Yes. Thats how it should always be or else your business is a sham from the start. I read the other side of the argument, I know the motives and their motives were not good enough to risk their public perception just to force the people kicking and screaming into something they'll probably accept six to ten years from now. We all know all digital is coming, we're just not ready for that. |
You obviously didn't read the other side properly, because you just dismissed DRM as "not enhancing anything" when I've already given you one case where it does. The fact that you fail to even understand that just shows that your motive IS to take a side in this argument and refuse to change, regardless of what information arises. Yet you're trying to make some kind of point by saying that Microsoft's original strategy was bad. Yes, it was bad, as I've mentioned like a hundred times today, their plan was not intentionally malicious, but more of an attempt of patching a problem with a problem, along with possible external influence from forms of 3rd parties to butcher their original idea. It should have got to a point where they abandoned it after so much altering, but it didn't. Makes much more logical sense than just "Microsoft did it because they wanted to screw their base", don't you think?
I had to laugh at your quote. The market always wins? Yes. Is that the same as "the market is always right?". Depending on your viewpoint, no. It doesn't always mean that. For a Sony fan, all I have to do is point you to the VHS vs Betamax war, where the superior of the two formats was NOT chosen by the marketplace. You're admitting that Sony's entry into the video market was a sham from the start? My my...
There's also another saying: "Only the victors write history", meaning that even after the dust settles, the majority will still remain ignorantly misinformed at Microsoft's initial intent (I'll give you a hint. Intitial intent WASN'T to screw the consumer. That's an absolutely ridiculous analogy).
