Euphoria14 said:
Darth Tigris said:
To me it's just like broadband only for XBL when it launched waaaaay back in November 2002. Broadband was NOT widespread throughout the world. I personally knew a lot of people still on dial-up then and for years after. But they new to move things forward, it was a necessary restriction and they took the bullets for it. In the end, we're better for it.
MS has a vision of where they see things going in the future, and that's all digital. They know the advantages, but most of us are so entrenched in how things are now that all we see is what they're taking AWAY from us. As time goes on, I'm confident they will continue to demonstrate the VALUE of their vision so we (hopefully) will focus less on the restrictions and more on the opportunities it opens up to us as gamers.
There will be those that plant their flag in the now and will argue until their gray about consumer rights, selfishly determined to let console gaming die in it's antiquity while smartphones and tablets (Steam!) thrive on the exact same DRM they say will ruin the world. That is their right. But MS (and, despite the PR play, eventually Sony too) want console gaming to survive and that will take some drastic steps into the future.
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Going all digital is fine. I don't even think that is the main argument here.
With all digital you don't need to also have daily check ins and reauthentications in order for those purchased titles to work. Whether a title be digital or retail a person should feel confident that his/her purchased product will work, without restrictions. If years down the line your console can't connect to the net (Could be various reasons), you shouldn't have to worry about not being able to access your purchased content which is stored on that console.
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It's the bridge to all digital.
It's like birth. You're all comfortable, chillin' in some amniotic fluid for months and months. You got it good. Then it just bust out and you're all like "wait, what???" and next thing you know you're being kicked out of your nice warm home into some bright new place and they start cutting things off of you and you just scream and cry and wonder why this horrible thing is happening to you. Then you breathe a little air and get held by some arms that are strangely familiar and you start to settle down. Then you get that nipple in your mouth and it's all good, as a whole new world is opened up to you that you didn't even know was this awesome.
So basically we have to go through this to get some nipple. Nipple is good.
