sorry I know but English is not my native language and I don't take much time proof reading stuff on game forums sorry but I'll try....
well what you depict here is IMHO a very small minority of players....
first yeah you could lose the possibility to play old games.... but looking at tech progression, I'm pretty sure that won't be an issue to keep server space up and running in ten years time for simple DRM checks that use almost no bandwidth or space...
then admitting they do it and don't keep supporting it.... I am pretty sure if it was the case they would release a patch for it.... people have to stop thinking every corporation is out to fuck them up, this is plain false even if from a regular joe point of view it might appear that way at times...
but even then let say they don't.... looking at current architecture of consoles (for XB1/PS4 that is) BC is more than likely to be possible on the next gen unless they move to another architecture but that would mean that PC x86 is dead which I highly doubt...
lets talk about second hand....most people don't go shop or trade at independent stores otherwise you wouldn't see those die left and right all over the world.....and eBay from experience is big in NA and few other markets and even there second hand is not that great... you can usually find the brand new version of game for a couple bucks more than a used one when you take shipping cost in the equation....
and comparing the current state of DD with what could/will? happen with next gen is completely flawed.... not saying it would have happened but when you see steam you have to wonder if it wouldn't have been possible on the XB1 or even the PS4....
so once again I'm not arguing the pros or cons of the DRM policy I'm asking who it would have really affected in the real world.... I doubt that number would have been over 10% of the install base.... I know it wouldn't have fundamentally affected me and most players I know
bottom line with or without it I'm fine since I plan to go DD only but I really think that most of it was more opinion based on something none of us knew exactly the actual results (sharing, price drop for DD, gain for devs to allow better/faster game development who knows what else) than actual impact on their habits.... all things considered I still think those people are marginal and a lot of it comes from that most people that are future customers haven't really heard much about next gen yet anyway.... too bad you can't virtualize economic models LOL
hopefully grammar is better lol :) sorry if otherwise
