Shinobi-san said:
J_Allard said:
It is hard for me to take the guys whining about DRM seriously when I know he loves PC gaming and Steam, which have DRM worse than Xbone ever wanted to have. The fact of the matter is he and others just didn't want that happening to consoles. Somehow some gamers have accepted the idea that games on their PC's are just digital collections of 1's and 0's that they cannot lend, borrow, or resale. But consoles are another story. I just feel sorry for people that are so close minded as he is. I mean, Steam and PC gaming in general are awesome. The games are cheap, the platforms to buy them from are very gamer-friendly. So why close your eyes, stick your fingers in your ears, and not want this same possibilities on consoles? With added benefits such as loaning games, reselling games, and family share?
It's a sad day for the console market. Not interested in either console until the only good looking game imho (Titanfall) is out. Maybe then I will jump in. But Sony has absolutely no interesting games and MS is charging too much and now lost all they had to differentiate themselves from PS3. Another gen where I will have 2 consoles that essentially play all the same games the same way. |
Is that a joke or something?
Steam only requires you to activate your game online after that you can play it offline forever.
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Offline play works for a few weeks for me then I have to log back online. Try doing a Google search for Steam offline mode time and you'll see drastically different results for everyone.
But offline play is just one DRM. Can you resell, lend, borrow, or share Steam games aside from unplayed games you give as gifts (which you can do on every console ever, including Xbone)? No.
Also regarding your previous post about how some of the stuff taken away can still be implemented even without DRM, how would MS do a family share as described with no online DRM? You could rent games, put them in your library, and play them forever. Online check-ins were vital to that feature. This Angry Joe guy doesn't seem too bright and I am done talking about him ;)
