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Akvod on 01 June 2013
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A203D said:
Akvod said:
While I think EA and Activision would support MS if Xbox One has measures against used games and the PS4 doesn't, I still think it's in both company's interests to have two consoles competing against each other, rather than a monopoly emerging.

So even if MS pays butt loads of money, EA and Activision won't do anything to absolutely cripple the PS4 IMO.

I don't think EA or Activision will be happy about DRM on Xbox One.

The reason is because Microsoft is charging for second hand games, right okay. So where does the money go?

At first I actually thought DRM would be good for the industry, because it gives money back to the developer and the publisher who get nothing from second hand game sales. Somewhere like Gamestop will charge you $40 for a used game and keep all the profit, the developer who made that game gets nothing from that sale.

The problem is if MIcrosoft is implementing DRM; but where is money from that second hand sale going? From what I've heard Micosoft will be keeping all the money from that transaction. I doubt publishers like EA or Activision are happy about that.

Maybe. I'll wait until E3 though since it seems like MS is just absolutely everywhere with their PR.

Edit: Actually, it's still good. It's not like the devs got money from second hand sales anyway. If the DRM increases first hand sales then that'll increase sales for the devs/pubs.