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S.T.A.G.E. on 06 June 2013
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osed125 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
osed125 said:

Here's comes the problem. 90% of a console's library comes from 3rd parties. What happens if all publishers do it? That means practically every game on your console will have DRM. Sure, you will be happy with the 1st party games and indie games, but all other games will be blocked by the publisher, making the console a first party machine.


MS sold themselves down the river, if third parties know whats good for them they'll abandon MS when shit hits the fan for their sales next gen. These third parties only have balls because MS gives it to them. Tell me...since when did EA implement all of these "rules" and extra "payment plans" until MS joined the gaming industry? 

And who says Sony isn't given this 3rd parties "the balls" they need? You have said multiple times that Sony was listening to 3rd parties feedback when making the PS4, why doesn't that apply now? Sony allowed EA to use online passes (heck Sony do it themselves), they will allow them to use any sort of DRM if they want. 

EA did online passes because both MS and Sony, and if Nintendo had better relations with 3rd parties they would have done the same. 

Besides, companies have numbers that speak much more louder than a thousand lousy gamers on the web: amount of piracy, revenue for new games, how much money Gamestop is making, etc. This companies will pay much more attention to those number than a #NoDRM petition on twitter. Not that I endorse any of this mind you, this is anti consumer at it's finest, but we really don't know if this will pay off for companies in the end, they might lose a thousand costumer, but they will get more profit.


Companies dont have numbers on console gamers for piracy, they have numbers on used games. They dont make their pricing more competitive because they want to nickel and dime you for every cent you have mostly being EA and Activision.  They have numbers on PC gamers piracy. Gamestop has its drawbacks but it also keeps gaming going strong because you can use your games as currency with cash to buy newer products on the market. 

Sony allowed EA to use online passes because its their game and so would Nintendo and Microsoft as well as PC. With the advent of online communication also allowed for relationships like such to happen. Who intiated paid online gaming? Microsoft. Who allowed Activision to hike up the price of online? Microsoft. Who implemented DRM into their console for ALL games so third parties wouldnt have to? Microsoft. MS is the corporate american yes man to all of those companies and Ive been saying it for years. They all agree on the issue.  Finally they prove it and you still argue. 

Microsofts E3 better be stellar.