| richardhutnik said: Several things: * You do realize there is a risk of thinking "outside the box" in defense of a company, when this box you are outside of may end up being a box that doesn't even contain what the company you are defending is doing. * Considering that One does NOT play 360 games, what guarantee do you have that Microsoft is going to enable the ONE content to be playable in the future? As I have seen this generation unfold, and where we are now, Don Mattrick of Microsoft said backwards compatibility is "very backwards", and companies have repackaged and resold old content. Sony even did this, and you get people on here cheering it on, saying it is awesome. * Companies make NOTHING off of enable people to play their old content. They just end up allowing it so they don't get ticked off too soon. So, unless you go with there being a library you pay an ongoing fee to access, it does NO financial good for a company to be able to allow you to keep content between generations. In short, what I am seeing is you are dealing in a case of rationalizing of wishful thinking and trying to persuade others to agree with you on this. And futureproofing? I would say it is like waterproofing. In both cases, what is the first sylable of the proof word is what is prevented. |
360 retail games were really not future proofed. They didn't transfer over to digital from the retail disc. If you bought your game on the 360 digitally, you have future proofed it. It's always there on the cloud for you to download to any 360. Maybe in the future, to other consoles that have access to XBL and can play 360 games. Xbox One games have a digital license per retail copy sold. You are future proofing your game library on the cloud. They are doing it from day One. No fragmentation, it's universal.
What does the One not being able to play 360 games have to do with your One games not future proofed? The 360 can still play 360 games. They are 2 different consoles. MS isn't going to shut down the 360 digital games just because the One came out. If you really want to play your 360 games on your One, you probably can. Put the 360 in the HDMI IN input. Then you can play your games through the One with snap chat, snap Netflix, snap a One game beside it or whatever. Shoot, you can even play a PS3 or PS4 game on your One if you connect it this way.
If you don't trust MS to hold your licenses for you, then the Xbox One isn't for you. It's that simple. For me, I've been using my hotmail account attached to all my MS products (360, Windows 8, Windows Phone). I'm fine with MS managing that for me. I can log on to any Windows 8 PC, any 360, any Windows Phone with my one Microsoft account and download anything I have a license for.
When your physical media gets damaged, you lose it. A digital copy future proofs you from that. You will have access to your game still, at no additional charge, besides having an internet connection.
You don't have to like what MS is doing. I'm just trying to bring another perspective besides all of the hate shit going on in every other thread. People read things and get scared. It's all coming at them fast. Some people need to take a step back and breathe and try to think of the benefits for once.
