Yes but you have still more freedom overall. MS offers 1 option the always online way. Sony can theoretically offer 2 options the traditional way and the Steam one. 

So basically you are the person publisher put stuff like this in place.  You probably purchase 2 games a year and pretty much mooch the rest.

You don't believe this? What exactly?

Do you think the Xbox One will not be sold in 7 years? Do you think the XBL Servers will be shut down while the Xbox One is still in stores?

Seriously, the "thank you sir, may I have another" mentality of many of my fellow gamers is disheartening to say the least. (see the first quote of my sig)

I guess I should look at it this way; whoever is actually willing to buy an Xbone,  DESERVES it..

All I read on these forums is the negatives about these changes, not one of you relentlessly bashing these changes has any foresight to see the future benefits of this system. In 5 years time a lot of you are going to look frankly stupid imo. The change is coming as Steam has shown over the last 10 years, it's time you all started considering all the angles and not just your negative narrow viewpoint.

A connected console was always the direction Microsoft was taking ever since they committed to building the Xbox Live environment. In a few years you will see Sony desperately back tracking to add a internet connection requirement for a enhanced experience as you see all the extra functionality that having a permanent internet connection will produce.

I've never been without internet for 24 hours in over 10 years at home and for the last 4/5 years I've always had a backup 3G wifi connection courtesy of my phone wherever I go, some people really do live in the dark ages if this site is to be believed.

Don't bother quoting/replying to me, I have no intention of debating with the same people rehashing the same whinging that they've been doing for the last 3 weeks. We'll see by the end of the year just how many people are really bothered by these policies outside of gaming forums.

Im not saying the games wont be good, but what MS is doing should not go without being responded to by hardcore gamers. The masses will ignore it because they are used to restrictions anyway.

If MS wishes to be like steam, they should at least have the decency  to sell full retail games at $5-$20 like Steam does, since we're only getting the digital copies and don't actually "own" our own games. THEN perhaps I might give the Xbone a second look.

But until then, I will be staying FAR away from the Xbone, while enjoy actually OWNING the games I purchase with my hard earned money on my PC and soon to be Wii U, where I can actually sell my used games over Amazon, or where ever I damn well please if I so chose. I know, what a concept!

There you go, it's what posting in a forum is for right?

But surely you understand that people don't want to buy a console that will benefit them after 5 years time, thats almost a consoles' entire lifecycle. And since i've read every single post bar the last 30, there's not much bashing here, people just voicing opinions and invoking their rights as consumers, as they should.

Don't buy used games unless you like price hikes. Don't bother selling yours either.

Why was this banned?.. LOL !..  was this post edited? or as is.. 

hilarious he got banned for this post.. either that or MS has an account on vgchartz.. and got offended by this post and reported it!.. LOL!