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Machiavellian on 24 March 2013
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theprof00 said:
Machiavellian said:


Actually he is not arguing semantics he is stating exactly what the document says.  The document says nothing about any DRM tied to always on and always online.  The document explicity state what those two services mean.  This is not a consumer document.  It's a document for developers and if MS is to use these two services for DRM they would just state it.  DRM. Is something that developers and publishers want and if MS will provide it for them then it would be stated.

The key people keep forgetting is that MS is a for profit company.  If MS will institute a DRM system to not play used games it would demand something in return from publishers.  The reason it's very doubtful that MS would require the console to be on in order to play games is that it would limit their install base.

Are you stating what the document directly says, or making assumptions?

In tabletop games, we have two acronyms. One called RAW, and RAI.

Many times Rules As Worded end up being completely incorrect, and fixed by the developer.
Rules as Interpreted is almost wrong just the same.

So who is to say whose interpretation is better?


I am stating what the document says.  It directly states what the use is for always on always connected and it makes no mention or hint to anything else.  There is no interpretation until MS changes there XDK.  This is the Xbox developer kit.  It's give tools, libraries and documentation for developers to code for the Xbox.  It's not a consumer document and if features are to be used for DRM, it would just state it.

What a lot of people continue to for get is that a XDK needs to specify to developers how a specific DRM will be provided so it can be added to the software unless MS has a totally hardware solution which means non of the things in the document is used for DRM.

Just for the record, I do believe there will be some type of DRM from Sony and MS, I just do not believe this is it.  The reason we have not heard anything solid on this from either Sony or MS is they are both still working with publishers.  It's not in the interest of either Sony or MS. To do this unless publishers add some incentive to combat the negative press or both consoles do it.