| Capulous said I think most people question this or write it off because it is MS. There wasn't an uproar anywhere like this when PS offered 5 copies of digital games. Even when they lowered the limit to 2; many people were defending it. We do not know exaclty what their plan was, other than to limit the number that can access the game at one time. Most of the big game draws are multi-player, when people want to play with their friends. They may have been expecting that people would be buying their own copies so that they would be able to play with friends at the same time. If this didn't work, they would probably lower the limit from 10. Again, this is just conjecture as we do not know exactly how they would implement this. What we do know is that MS has come out to clarify that the family plan was for full games. I mean,the State of Decay demo lets you play the first area of the game and then there is a time limit for you to experience the what else the game offers. If it is already offered in demos, what is the need for the family plan. CBOAT, or whomever, deals in rumors. Sometimes he is correct, other times he is not. Basing claims on a random post by a unconfirmed source and a person who reveals rumors is not a good point of argument. Considering he didn't reveal this at anytime himself should make it more questionable. The big thing is, the family sharing plan is currently dead. Because of the removal on online checks they cannot verify the information required. I think the question should be why are some people still so focused on crapping on a feature that is no longer even part of the system anymore, much less a system they never intend to own. |
I agree some "concerns" are probably because it is Microsoft, however there are legitimate concerns besides that. You say there wasn't an uproar when PS did this with 5 games. Well they actually did it with 5 games an It didn't work! They quickly cut it down to 2. That is the very reason that many people don't think it's 10 complete games. If publishers wouldn't allow 5 free copies, then why the heck would they allow 10?!
And I don't believe the only 1 copy at a time thing would deter most people. Maybe those that just play COD or only 1 or 2 games, but most people, here at least, have dozens of games that they play. I'm sure they would go without playing a specific game for a little while to not have to spend as much money.
Finally, your last paragraph, I completely agree. However, I'm personally curious as to what exactly it was and how they expected it to work. I don't believe it is a feasible business plan and would have liked to see what actually happened with it.
