Never let it be said that I am not a gamer first and foremost.

[Dodece]

@theprof00

What wild accusations are you talking about. You suggested that Sony would leave the choice in the hands of third parties as to whether to implement such a system on their console. Well if that is the case then we know of quite a few big players that will be all over that like stink on shit, and unfortunately those players put out a lot of games. It just isn't optimal to be boycotting so many games. I don't want to waste my time fasting through self imposed droughts, and frankly I don't need to fight any kind of war. When the only move I need to do to affect the outcome is to remove myself from play.

I have absolutely no vested interest in maintaining the industry or helping Sony in the slightest. I can support developers that I find to be worthy just as well from the PC. I don't have to give Sony the benefit of the doubt, because quite frankly they were not going to be getting my business in the first place. I personally think the console market is going to implode. The harder the console manufacturers squeeze for every penny. The more people they are going to squeeze out of their market. The harder they make it on honest gamers to support their habit. The fewer of them will be left. Until the house of cards falls apart.

I suppose what I am saying is it is really like cancer. It spreads if unchecked. The fact that Microsoft has given it a chance to get going. Just means the end is pretty much inevitable. Unless the Xbox fails catastrophically out of the gate. Developers aren't going to see the decrease in profits as being caused by their system. They are going to blame used sales elsewhere, and if they don't get their way. They will start to pull support. Which will only speed the process up. They will just keep piling on the very draconian practices that are killing them.