Am I the only one who pretends to care about consumer rights to bash the Xbox One?

[DevilRising]

I certainly wouldn't say I'm "insecure" about the issue. It's two different things. I've never had any interest in the Xbox brand to begin with. I don't like Microsoft as a company, I've never cared for the design of their consoles/controllers, and I really just don't care for their exclusives, so there is no reason why I would ever need to own an Xbox, and naturally by extension no, I never had any notions of ever buying an Xbox One.

However, that doesn't make my support of customer rights disingenuous because I trash MS for what they're doing. I'd shit all over Sony or even Nintendo if they partook in the draconian practices that MS is. It is absolute bullshit to tell a customer that they can't buy or sell used games. It's one thing to have a digital copy of a game that you downloaded be tied to your account. But for traditional, PHYSICAL games, there has been a longstanding ability/tradition of being able to sell or buy or even trade used copies of those games, dating all the way back to the Atari 2600. It is absolutely an ethical stand, and not a false one, as far as I'm concerned.

It's not bad enough that MS is enforcing/supporting this. The real issue is that many of the big third party publishers are pushing for DRM, and killing off the used games market. I just don't like the direction that the games industry is trying to head in.

As far as that's concerned, I wholeheartedly agree with the spirit of what Reggie said, about "If developers are so concerned about the used games market, perhaps they should make games good enough that people want to keep them." Paraphrasing, but I still agree with the spirit of the point he was making. And beyond that, if someone wants to sell or buy a used game, it's their prerogative, or right. The way MS is doing it, you can't even just trade or borrow a game from a friend to try out without paying a fucking fee. That is beyond ridiculous.