Dmick90 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Dmick90 said:
Microsoft has said they were gonna allow the reselling of used games, did they not?
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If Sony sided with EA and Microsoft, console gamers would've been fucked. Give at least that much thanks to Sony regardless of how you feel about them. Microsoft drew a line in the sand and sided with EA. EA stepped back on Online passes because they thought Microsoft would succeed in their endeavors to bring DRM to consoles, but since Sony didn't pick sides and stayed true to their relationship with both consumers and EA, they consumers sided with Sony and EA backed away from both online passes and Microsoft to save face. Microsoft took the fall because of a leak that happened post Xbone reveal that let everyone on the net know about the DRM and the extent of which it would affect their ability to resell games. No one likes a paywall and Microsoft had the structure in place to impose it upon us. Chances are high right now that I will get the Xbone first because of KI and Titanfall so if they dont choose to screw me I'll follow through on that first purchase.
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I don't need to give thanks to Sony for anything because the policies didn't affect me. And that's right, EA and the third party publishers were the ones pushing for DRM. Microsoft was put in a sticky situation because they wanted to please EA as well as the consumer the best way possible. That's why Xbox got all the exclusive content from EA because they did play nice with them. So stop blaming Microsoft for everything. Whatever that stuff is history now so let's stop talking about it please!
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Um no...Microsoft did it of their own free will. EA only imposed online passes on us and removed it because they thought MS would succeed and DRM and paywalling us up the rear. Its because of Sony why they did not succeed. You dont need to thank them...they already had your back if you didnt want DRM regardless of what you think.
