Source: GameStop Played Huge Role In Microsoft’s Xbox One DRM Reversal

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• The system would allow publishers to decide whether or not copies of their games could be sold at approved retailers. No doubt this set off some alarms at GameStop.
• Fast forward a couple of weeks and reports were surfacing that GameStop had stopped taking pre-orders for the Xbox.
• “We were told that we weren’t going to get anymore Xbox One’s,” she said, “because the DRM directly impacted our capital, we were not going to push it as hard as we were the PS4, and that involved stocking less units.”
•  “No doubt that had something to do with their change of heart, though I’m sure the fan backlash also had something to do with it.”
• “I was in a conference call shortly after Microsoft’s announcements and the room was ecstatic, ‘Finally, we can finally push the Xbox One,’” 

Full Article: http://stickskills.com/2013/06/21/source-gamestop-played-huge-role-in-microsofts-xbox-one-drm-reversal/