mtu9356 on 08 June 2013
| sth88 said: As a Microsoft fan (and one of the approx. 15 people on the entirety of the internet willing to offer some defense of Microsoft's new policies) I would not be bashing Sony for destroying gaming if the positions were switched. As I've stated multiple times on VGChartz and elsewhere, there are REAL benefits (like the ability to continue playing your game even after your disc breaks) mixed in with the REAL restrictions in this new system. I'm content with the way gaming has worked in the current generation, but I am not opposed to the direction Microsoft is taking with the next one, and would not protest if it was Sony making these decisions instead. This is not to say that Microsoft doesn't have room to improve, of course (I'd like to see them extend the time between verifications, for one), and I genuinely hope that this negative backlash spurs Microsoft to find more ways to mitigate the negatives without sacrificing the positives. You don't own the songs you buy on iTunes. You don't own the books you buy on Kindle. You don't own the games you buy on Steam. Yet between all these services there are hundreds of millions of people (including many of the people who are bashing the X1, I'm sure) who perfectly happy with what they are getting, despite the fact that they don't "own" their songs, books, or games. The idea that this would extend to console games is not that surprising, and if these other services can thrive with such restrictions, there is no reason that console games on either Sony or Microsoft platforms that adopt similar policies can't thrive as well. I fully expect "you're a shill/lemming", "how much is Microsoft paying you", "you're destroying the gaming industry", "how could you betray your fellow man", "I pity you, you are pathetic" and similar kinds of responses, but I hope there are at least a few of you out there who are willing to understand how I can reasonably come to these conclusions and simply agree to disagree. Unfortunately, I'm about to go to work so I won't be able to respond to any replies for a while, sorry. |
The price of song and books are significantly cheaper than a new game. Also, you have the option to go out and buy a physical disc or book then lend/sell it as you please. Last time I checked you don't have to go online to ask Apple permission to listen to a song or read a book.
People don't mind Steam because of the sales it offers (why would you need to resell a game you can get for less than 10$?). Also, there are dozens if not hundreds of other sources you can buy digital games. And many games don't come with drm.
