Xbox One details: connecting online, licensing, Kinect privacy

[Zappykins]

superchunk said:

Honestly your loyalty to MS after this pisses me off. I'm probably going to get banned for this rant but its a bunch of bullshit and you're being an idiot to accept such a destruction of your rights to ownership.

Its not about being always online and you won't get it anywhere... just places with broadband internet.

Its about owning what you buy and being able to do with it as you see fit. These policies lead to you not owning anythign ever. You only own it as long as MS decides to support the service or the specific game.

The current status quo where that type of draconian policy was already deliberately held in distinction between owning the physical media or digital copy. While still not a best case scenario, at least you had a choice. Now that choice is gone and and instead you own nothing.

I sincerely hope you are in the minority so this policy dies with the Xbone. Hopefully Sony sees the potetial differentiation it can create between its product and stays clear of anything like this.

 

Moderated - Kresnik.

superchunk - don't get yourself banned!  You are fun valuble member of this site.  (But you do need to get an E3 party hat!)

I hear your frustration, but I think it is the way many things are going.  Remember the Ipod?  You have to buy your music, and lose or break it?  You might have to buy it again. 

Or think of an app on your phone.  You lose the phone, you have to buy the app again. 

In some ways, this isn't all bad - as your games follow your gamertag around.  A buddy of mine LOVES Castle Crashers - I don't have it, but if he logs into my Xbox 360 - we can play it together. 

As we move into the information age - the data is what is important - and the changes in social structure are more towards we get the right to access the information, not own it. Remember when Amazon deleted books off people’s Kindel’s remotely? You even see this in things like Turbo Tax or Quicken where you only get a few licenses.  You can’t hire someone to dress as a Disney Character for your kids party – unless they have a license from Disney.

Yea, it kinda sucks in many was, but it will also prevent some theft – and more money will go back to the developers.  Thus more money to make games, more games.