Why Microsoft feels DRM will not have much negative impact

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gooch_destroyer on 13 June 2013

They'll know once they buy it.

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yo_john117 said:
That is very true. The average consumer doesn't really pay attention to the details which is why it's relatively easy for store representatives at places like Best Buy and Gamestop to influence people in their decision making process.

But do you feel that it's okay to take advantage of these everyday consumers that are oblivious to most technical things? Microsoft seems to think that that's an okay thing to do.

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When you have people buying multiple 360s due to hardware problems instead of sending them in to get fixed for free (usually) then you would probably have same view of your consumer base.

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yo_john117 on 13 June 2013

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yo_john117 said:
That is very true. The average consumer doesn't really pay attention to the details which is why it's relatively easy for store representatives at places like Best Buy and Gamestop to influence people in their decision making process.

But do you feel that it's okay to take advantage of these everyday consumers that are oblivious to most technical things? Microsoft seems to think that that's an okay thing to do.

They aren't taking advantage of anyone. There are two main scenarios for people that don't know all the technical details about a product such as The One (and that's assuming that a store representitive doesn't fill them in on the benefits and drawbacks of it)

1. You buy The One, find out that you need internet to play games on it, but you don't have internet. Solution? You bring it back and get your money back (this is the unlikely scenario since most people have internet of some sort)

2. You buy The One, find out that you need internet to play games on it, but you do have internet. So you hook it up, live with it, and play.

The response from the average American (or any person that lives in a first world country) when they find out about the X1's policies will be "And?"

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Max King of the Wild on 13 June 2013

kurasakiichimaru said:

dane007 said:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-06-13-xbox-one-check-in-will-need-kilobytes-not-megabytes for those who worry about connection . You can even use phone tethering to connect .

But my Iphone doesn't allow tethering.

niether does mine

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yo_john117 said:

They aren't taking advantage of anyone. There are two main scenarios for people that don't know all the technical details about a product such as The One (and that's assuming that a store representitive doesn't fill them in on the benefits and drawbacks of it)

1. You buy The One, find out that you need internet to play games on it, but you don't have internet. Solution? You bring it back and get your money back (this is the unlikely scenario since most people have internet of some sort)

2. You buy The One, find out that you need internet to play games on it, but you do have internet. So you hook it up, live with it, and play.

The response from the average American (or any person that lives in a first world country) when they find out about the X1's policies will be "And?"

Oh yes, it's always fun to have to live with something.

What about the times when you can't pay the bill and your internet is taken away? What about the times a storm comes through and it knocks out electricity for a long time? What about the times when your internet provider has to do maintenance? (Possible) Etc.

Always online is also not the only bad thing MS is implementing into the XBO. What about the Used Game policy? I know many people who buy used games for their XB360's because the new games are too expensive. What are they going to do? (Unless MS has changed their approach on this recently.) There are many issues with what MS is going to get past unknowing consumers.

And is the bold really a great strategy? Don't like it because you can't use it, take it back? I don't know about you, but that doesn't make much sense to me.

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Damnyouall said:

Microsoft Xbox Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer Yusuf Mehdi: "I think it's fair to say there's a segment of consumers at this show in particular who really pay attention, who are very passionate about all aspects of gaming, and that we listen to closely. In a broader set of community, people don't pay attention to a lot of the details. We've seen it in the research, we've seen it in a lot of the data points."

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/06/microsoft-defends-the-xbox-ones-licensing-used-game-policies/

Sounds to me like he is saying that they will get away with the DRM because most consumers are too ignorant. Do you agree?

yeah it sounds like "we will screw from behind those ignorant people who do not know about our policies"

How can people support this company is beyond believe.

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