While I wont ever buy a MS console I wish they had kept their policy in place. I think if Sony had introduced the same policy a lot of people that complained would have hailed it as the greatest thing ever. I remember when Live was a waste and charging to access online was anti consumer. Now Sony has both and nobody complains.
They certainly didn't increase their sales with this reversal as many people wouldn't have bought it no matter what policy it had, they just saw a chance to attack and jumped on the bandwagon..
People constantly on the internet complained about being required to let it access the internet once a day... That complaint really has no merit.
People complained about not needing to swap discs out. So switching between discs kept them from supporting MS 360 cause it was such a hassle to swap discs while playing but not needing a disc to play is also a hassle? Another complaint with no merit.
Added options for reselling games? Again people complained.
DRM? Consoles are themselves a form of DRM, not like I can take my PS game and play it in a 360.
You wont find a person who hates MS more than me. I blame them for the PC market of today because of their dirty business tactics in the 80s and 90s but I don't judge them for things that are complete BS. As a PC gamer I see the benefits of what they wanted to do. Its just sad so many console gamers with a bias had to attack something simply because it wasn't introduced by their company, then again it happened with the Wii controller, touchscreens, the Gamepad. All were hated til one company did them and then it was true next gen
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