Cliffy B: Sony forced Microsoft's hand, not the internet whining

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Mike_L said:

Imo Microsoft made a good decision. Forced installations make much more sense when consoles don't have a physical drive. If XB1 was digital only I think more people could have seen the point of it.

I doubt that we would get rid of dlc and microtransactions, if used sales were stopped. Companies always want to maximize profits, and why would they give up the income through dlc, just because they don't lose money on used sales?

For the same reason I don't think, games would have been cheaper. Microsoft had already revealed that all new XB1-games would still cost $60.

Personally I only buy used games when I can no longer find them in stores (eg, Wipeout HD Fury), since I often wait until the games have fallen in price. Without used sales I actually think that far less people would pre-order or buy expensive games on day 1. Several of my friends can only afford brand new games because they exchange their latest purchased games.

I only pre-ordered Last of Us, GTA 5 and Watch Dogs due to GameStop's offer. I'm convinced that at least to some extent this compensates for the money, the developers miss through used sales.

I think all games are still installed on the xbox one. its just now you still have to keep your disc, and put in every time to play. unless they announced no installed or something.