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S.T.A.G.E. on 30 November 2013
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Dmick90 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Dmick90 said:


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.

The only one who's taking it up the rear is you, from Sony! You're so brainwashed into thinking Sony is your friend, they are not! They want your money just as bad as Microsoft does. The difference is Microsoft had the nerve to try the stuff. We discussed this matter before, did we not? At the end of the day, these are businesses and they need to make money to stay afloat, understand that.


I never said Sony was my friend. I'm just telling it like it is. Everyone was grilling Sony hoping to god they wouldn't follow Microsoft down the path of DRM or else we would've all been screwed. Read the interviews since feburary. There were rumors about Xbone having DRM since before the year started and the rumors continued past the PS4 reveal and was outted after the Xbone launch when Microsoft did an interview with Cinema Blend which rocked the foundation of the internet scene. If Sony would've used DRM it would've fucked Gamestop for good or at least knocked out their sales considerably to hurt them and thus the second hand community. Being that Sony didn't and everyone saw that fans sided with Sony with an ovation at E3 they backed off of DRM. This was known as the Sony "Drops the mic" moment at E3. That is the sole reason why Sony won E3. 

They literally dedicated a segment of their E3 to showing Microsoft how to treat consumers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ht-0Hne4EU

You might think I am kissing Sony's ass, but I am not. They could've just as easily been dicks  like Microsoft. They are responsible for why the Xbone has no DRM and I can buy it DRM free and I thank them. They might not always have had the gamers best interest at heart, but in this instance they did. This was very, very good for business.