| crissindahouse said: All i wonder about is why people would be fine with some stuff on a steam machine which they didn't want to accept on Xbox One. Maybe I'm wrong but i don't think that I can resell my Bioshock Infinte disc since i used the code of it on Steam and it will be probably the same with all other games you register on steam and which you buy at retail. With Xbox One you had at least the chance to sell it at registered retailers but with my retail games I registered on Steam? |
The reason IMHO is that MS never announced any drop in the price of the software. Games were still going to cost $59.99 both digital and retail. I am of the mind that the console makers and developers should prove to us that the cost of games will dro BEFORE we can accept an enforced all digital platform. If I cannot recoup the cost of my purchases through resale to third parties why would I want what MS was trying to do?
Anyone trying to compare what Steam does and what MS wanted to do are just wrong. Steam is on an open ecosystem meaning that not all PC games HAVE to be activated through Steam and you can play games from disc (or crack them to run without disc) and without losing the functionality of your system or other software etc. when you don't check in with Valve every 24 hours. Sure most new retail games are tied to some form of digital account but not all. I still have plenty of PC games that have no form of DRM.
Plus, there is nothing stopping people form have all digital libraries on consoles and no reason that MS/Sony cannot allow the same functionality that Steam offers while still allowing physical media purchasers to resell there games like they always have. There's no reason for MS to bring back all the crappy DRM schemes they had planned along.
MS approach was too heavy handed and they never extended any olive branches that consumers could actually benefit from. When prices are crazy low like they can get via Steam then maybe MS/Sony can attempt to sell me on all digital. Until then I like the way consoles treat games as opposed to my PC games. It's good to have options.
