disolitude said:
kitler53 said:
disolitude said:
First of all I don't buy this as Sony really doesn't have much choice here. If 3rd parties and publishers want DRM(and they do) they will get DRM...If Sony doesn't provide it, they will get spanked.
Secondly, this "DRM" is just software and not something that is set in stone, meaning it can be adjusted at any time. Both Sony and Microsoft are going to try things in the next 6 months and find the best possible solution for gamers and publishers alike.
Lastly, this whole thing is getting blown out of proportion. When its all said and done, people will most likely be able to trade in and sell their hard copies of the game. The moment the game is installed on another machine, it will get disabled on the original account. Hence why a 24 hour internet check-in makes sense.
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if third parties and publishers also want to sell games (and they do) they will learn to love not letting this DRM go to market.
always online doesn't make sense in today's market.
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Yeah but Xbox 360 and PS3 didn't make sense in 2005-2006. People were saying "we don't have HDTV's. How are we supposed to enjoy these HD consoles to the full extent?". Same goes for always on now...
Lots of benefits come with always on including seamles game patches, cloud computing, instant game save load and game library access regardless of console and location. Many more... DRM is something that if done right, may cause an incovinience or two when internet is down, but in the long run it should protect the game developers and publishers, and allow gamers to fully enoy their retail bought games and sell/trade them when they are done.
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Consoles still worked with standard def tvs. Not everyone has internet, or reliable internet. These people won't even have the option to get an x1
