Polygon: Xbox One policy "gross, despicable, greedy, pathetic, cowardly"

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Wagram said:

Zappykins said:
It's just a shift, and gaming is becoming more like everything else.

You get access to a virtual world, Kinde's - you own a license for the book - World of Warcraft - always online - and you have to wait in a cue, itunes - you own the license to the music. But people are freaking out because they want to hate Microsoft.

The new Xbox One is an all digital machine in reality. Yes, it's a shift from the game disk to your loginID. And just like itunes and the others, in a few years everyone will be used to it. A few years ago DJ's and friends had to carry everything to bring music around - it was heavy, bulky and would break. Now it's all digital and people love it.

It will be the same in a few years with gaming and people talk about how great it is not to have to carry around all those disk yet still have access to their entire library.

There is a very big difference between the cost of a book or a song and the cost of a video game. Also an MMO is not a very good comparison considering it's an online game. I hate digital honestly. I take pride in my library of games, and it's now going to be a shelf full of useless liscensed discs. I absolutely will not support this. People complain that the PC has DRM features, and it's absolutely true. However there are tons of alternatives when it comes to my purchase, and Steam does significant sales discounts, something you will never see from Microsoft or Gamestop.

If the machine had come out as a digital only device, I don't think I would have complained much but they're taking a half assed physical transition into the digital space. The X1 is very anti consumer, and it's something I will not support.

Makes you think if it would have been better if they just went digital only, instead of this half assed approach. Its like they think a lot of people are stupid...maybe they do.