Microsoft defends the Xbox One’s licensing, used game policies

[BenVTrigger]

Somini said:

BenVTrigger said:
Of course MS believes a digital world is better. It means higher profit margins and more control over the product. In terms of business the endgame goal for any console manufacturer is digital only. Look at Steam and iOS.

That doesn't mean it's good for the consumer and it will be a sad day when the disc dies.

Personally i think a digital world is also better. But what does that have to do with restricting games than are on discs? Can't they just try and make digital so appealing that people will want to get their game more and more digitally instead of on disc?

They could but they dont want to be labeled as a "download only" machine just yet. Ive commented on this before.

The main reason MS is introducing a DRM / always online console is because they view the X1 as the segway between the age of the disc and the digital only age. MS themselves are ready to embrace the digital model but they are keenly aware the consumer is not.

Thus they created the X1 to slowly conform people over to abandoning the disc. They fool the consumer into feeling like hes going out and buying physical media which hes used to but then implement features on the actual console that treat it like a digital only game. They are trying to slowly force people out of the habits that they are accustomed to with consoles instead of diving strait into digital only and alienating the consumer completly.

The X1 will be MS last console with physical media. They are training their consumer to embrace download only.