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fighter on 22 August 2013
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Euphoria14 said:
fighter said:


as far as i know it was only confirmed to be logged on once a day, givinf the limited possibility to play offline.

That is indeed different but doesn't prevent the comparison between two online platforms which monitor the activity for the benefit of the platform holder and their partners.

Both policies have DRM for similar reasons other than piracy : user stats.

Yes you are correct, it was once per 24 hours. If you failed to log in after 24 hours then all gaming functions were shut off.

Yes you are also correct that both had DRM, but there are different forms of DRM and MS form of it was way over the top. It was all because they wanted to change the entire way the retail and 2nd hand markets worked.


Ok, getting the money that would otherwise go into second hand gaming is also a big objective.

Steam, Origin, and now Xbox and Sony are nonetheless trying to gather the valuable marketing data of user behavior.

Which users play which games at which time and consuming which other content (the latest part being more console oriented). The benefit is huge on targeted marketing and effective gathering of data.

A gamer is not really understood by the hype generated on the web as much as by the way he plays the games he did buy.

Also, when you gather partners who provide you with exclusive games/content also BECAUSE you are able to give them user data you have a huge advantage on your competitor.