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Vikki on 29 November 2013
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Dmick90 said:
Vikki said:
Dmick90 said:
Vikki said:
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But who cares where it was created? What impact does that really have on the quality of the product? Very little. Maybe it's just my hatred for patriotism and nationalism all together, but I judge a console by it's merits and completely free of it's country of origin.

Before you go throwing around accusations, I'm not a PS4 Fanboy or anything such. I'm a PC gamer first and foremost and I sided with Microsoft last gen to start off with and still have my good old Xbox 360 Elite from 2008. Hell, I haven't even bought a PS3 yet. So I'd watch what you say when it comes to that.

Yes, Microsoft did drop the DRM policies, but you know what? They were still GOING TO make you need an online connection. They were going to enfore the intrusive Kinect on you. They were going to enforce these intrusive, anti consumer policy on you. That's what really matters. The damage was already done. The fact that they were going to make used games, a perfectly legal thing that we, as consumers, have the right to do, impossible is downright criminal.

I agree but I think the Xbox is truly the better choice that just happens to be American, which is like the icing on the cake for me. I'm not anti foreign products either, I own a foreign car (Mitsubishi) actually and I love it. If a product is good, it's good, regardless of where it's made but there are many good American products too that people often overlook because of misconceptions. 

I think people really blew the DRM and the online thing out of proportion though. The policies didn't bother me, I think the Kinect technology is really cool and innovative. I'm all about fresh ideas, I don't like companies that just rehash stuff from the past. Eventually we're moving to an all digital future, we're just delaying the inevitable. 

But the DRM was an infringement on our rights as consumers. We had every right to raise hell about it. While I agree that it's innevitable that we're moving towards an all digital future, but as we've all seen, we aren't ready for that now. The majority of people don't have a 100% stable Broadband connection 100% of the time, and for people who live in poorer countries who may not even have Broadband yet, or people who live in rural areas would have hell trying to play an always online console at this point in time.

The future will be digital, but we're not ready for it.



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