MS preys on Consumer Ignorance with Xbox 360/One

[sales2099]

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

sales2099 said:

In the end you pick a console that appeals to your own personal tastes the best. 360 excelled in XBLA, online (regardless of paywall), and its flagship exclusives. It may shock you but many felt it appealed to their interests more then a PS3. There is no blatant winner, it depends on the person.

I at least understand the concept of subjectivity where I see many like you that are convinced that the other options are just wrong.

Like I said before.

I can get behind Xboxes games and services. but

thier anti consumer practices are by far the worst and inexcusable. Being a buisness is not justification for treating consumers like cattle. And I've already dealt with Microsoft, I don't purchase there products until I feel that they are worthy of my money.

My issue is with your inane delusion defense of these policies that enables them to do worse. Its like seeing an alchoholic beat his wife, and then she makes excuses for him while buying him another six pack.

Just because Gaming is a hobby, doesn't mean it shouldn't be taken seriously, thats a fallicitous argument. 

See that is where we must respectively disagree. The very nature of this entertainment medium prevents me from giving this any truly serious thought. Sure I love debating with people here as I am passionate about this and it helps the day go by, but I won't let a corporations likability get in the way of playing games that interest me.

A hobby by nature is something you do at your leisure and gives you pleasure. I won't treat it with the same seriousness as people protesting food companies with their food safety procedures, slaughterhouses and their animal treatment, Power companies and their nature conservation polocies while extracting oil, etc.

Granted this means that if I am dispelased with a console company, then it just means they get less of my money, but will buy the games I want regardless of how I think of them.