| yo_john117 said: They aren't taking advantage of anyone. There are two main scenarios for people that don't know all the technical details about a product such as The One (and that's assuming that a store representitive doesn't fill them in on the benefits and drawbacks of it) 1. You buy The One, find out that you need internet to play games on it, but you don't have internet. Solution? You bring it back and get your money back (this is the unlikely scenario since most people have internet of some sort) 2. You buy The One, find out that you need internet to play games on it, but you do have internet. So you hook it up, live with it, and play.
The response from the average American (or any person that lives in a first world country) when they find out about the X1's policies will be "And?" |
Oh yes, it's always fun to have to live with something.
What about the times when you can't pay the bill and your internet is taken away? What about the times a storm comes through and it knocks out electricity for a long time? What about the times when your internet provider has to do maintenance? (Possible) Etc.
Always online is also not the only bad thing MS is implementing into the XBO. What about the Used Game policy? I know many people who buy used games for their XB360's because the new games are too expensive. What are they going to do? (Unless MS has changed their approach on this recently.) There are many issues with what MS is going to get past unknowing consumers.
And is the bold really a great strategy? Don't like it because you can't use it, take it back? I don't know about you, but that doesn't make much sense to me.
