Good DRM vs Bad DRM

[Legend11]

Scoobes said:

Legend11 said:
I still don't get the Steam is good DRM and Xbox One is bad DRM argument some people are trying to make. Most of it has to do with "Well you have the choice of going to other companies instead of Steam" but isn't that the same with Xbox One with PS4, Wii U, etc?

The difference their is price of entry. Steam and its rival services are all free at point of entry (most people already have a PC/Mac) making switching to a new or even complementary service easy and convenient. If you've bought an Xbox One but don't like the DRM you now have to shell out $300+ for a new system; there's an extra and significant barrier to switching to a rival service.

Couldn't that be said about millions of products?  I mean if I buy a house or a car or whatever and after 6 months I'm not happy with it should I expect to be able to get a full refund to switch to something else?  Also your point ignores the possibility of returning or selling your console and it ignores the fact that people would be aware of how the Xbox One works within a few days of owning one and would have the ability to return it at many stores.  What if I bought a new PC for gaming and decided that for whatever reason PC gaming wasn't for me and I wanted to get a console instead?  I guess to sum it up I think the "I'm not happy with my purchase and it might cost me to switch" angle is an invalid thing to use against the Xbox One's DRM since it could be said for almost anything.