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Hynad said:

Nope. It isn't. But it didn't prevent them from banning people from using Live. Making pirating the console a much less tempting endeaver, won't you agree?

Ultimately, it serves pretty much the same purpose.

Can't say I completely agree but I see where you're coming from. It gives the company a certain form of control over our purchase in a sense and there you're correct, but it isn't technically DRM, which has a much greater bredth than an online subscription. I will admit it would be a step towards that though, but not a necessary one.