Microsoft is future proofing you with DRM

[papamudd]

@pbroy:

1. thanks for responding initially I know you're a busy fanboy...

2. pbroy said "If you bought your game on the 360 digitally, you have future proofed it."
So you can play those games on the X1 that you bought digitally on the 360? Oh, you can't?!?!! A digital copy is not future proof. Get your head out of your but and stop talking poo poo.

2.a. buying a retail disc and installing it to your HDD as a digital license has nothing to do with "future proofing" your gaming collection as in 50 year people will be asking ps what? ms what?

2.b. the only games (based on current factual data) that are future proof are the disc based games for single player and LAN that don't require authentication. So in 50 years I can still play ANY ps4 game (If I live that long...) in single player/campaign mode or local/LAN with friends the same is not true with the x1 system. Even then I can currently play some 360 (and speculatively other console games) online for free with XBconnect.com or a similar service as long as LAN is enabled for that game. Even if it isn't I'm sure in the future it won't be too difficult to set up ps3/x3 online gaming servers.

3. pRboy said: "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."
-except for the normal charge of XBL... To be fair having your games backed up on the PR word play coined "cloud"*1 is a great benefit when your launch system fails or playing at a friend or whatever want to play on another console. It truly is an awesome feature! However, that has nothing to do with "future proofing the device/service" as that would mean it will be compatible with future gen devices.

4. While the OP (admin of something) IGNORANTLY*2 stated that it is future proofing "this or that" there are a lot of other considerations the OP did not take into account that would have an affect on future gen consoles/services. Mainly that in order for a game to be future proof there would need to be dedicated servers to compile the data remotely and stream it (or possible re-engineer the game[a lot less likely on any system] to run/ on a newer architecture) for it to be forward/future friendly. Neither console seems to have any service to provide such a feat currently. ps4 can stream ps3 or earlier games...and ms can remember what games u bought physically... both of which would be required for future proofing. Now either/or console could implement the other to enable this as a fully functional future proof method, and I think it might be easier for MS due to the DRM, but Sony already having the streaming/bw compat might easily say we know what games u bought last gen digitally... PC is superior with steam in the regard that for minimal cost per upgrade and major cost per major upgrade they can still play "last gen games" (probably a laughable comment to a PC gamer)

4. Sure enough Steam is more future proof than anything being done currently announced/revealed on the next gen consoles.
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*1 "The "CLOUD" is a PR stunt used by more than just the gaming industries to refer to servers that can process data as well as host data... subjectively it's not really any newer than AOL free month trials... So each console manufacturer has an army of servers to help do different stuff. That is not anything new or remarkable from the time of the internets... just a "hot word" used to confuse consumers into thinking its something other than a boring server that is hosting/recording/analyzing/processing data. When you look at it in that light its not really a hot ticket feature for either console, and both are basically doing the same thing.

*2 I do not mean to offend the OP (admin person), but if you look at the state of technology and where it is going the first post is ignoring a lot of key factors that most gamers know nothing about. So please don't ban me as ignorance is not an insult just a reference of knowledge which I think the OP lacked due to what new technologies are on the horizon and how much they will affect everything we think we know about computing data. I will find/provide links about nano-fiber or magneto-logic based CPU's upon request. Also I did not mean to say the OP was just plain ignorant, but short sighted(form of ignorance) in regards to the future of technology.

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