Yes, people might not look at the fine details or specs when they research the consoles. For example, the kind of CPU or whatever the PS4 and Xbox One have.

However, they will be exposed to the negative sentiment and views on Xbox, and might be influenced a lot more by that then any of the bullet points thrown out there by marketing.

Physical copies of Activision & Bethesda require Steam as well. My point was that even mega publishers go through Steam, because it maximises their profit. I believe you agree with that. Steam has a fixed % cut for digital purchases, I don't know if they get a cut for physical steam-enabled copies. Other than that, the publisher/developer sets the price. Personally, I don't care for call of duty. If I can get cool games like Alan Wake or Hitman Absolution for less than 10 bucks, then I'm cool with that. To be honest though, since I got Playstation Plus I don't have nearly enough time to finish the games I get from there, so go figure ^^.

Now you may not like Steam, but I assure you the Xbox marketplace will be A LOT more expensive. And yes you are wrong, the Bone will fail. Massively. DRM or not, 500 dollars is completely out of touch with the market.

Wow, that's actually kind of insulting towards the consumer. They seem to think they can perfectly predict what people are going to do, but that's the kind of arrogance that gets your console killed. I mean this is like the whole "Next gen starts when we say it does" from Sony. Glad they learned their lesson;

So they're betting on ignorance and misinformed consumers?
Maybe that would have worked before that PS4 game trading video went viral lol

Lol i don't know why people still get iphone when you pay premium and don't get anything you can't find on android for cheaper.. On a serious note,, the thin gis that everyonewas complaining that you need broadband to connect and how that not everyone has broadband. Now you don't really need it . You judt need a connection like dialup to connect.Surely you have at least a dial connection

Tell me this " do you think it is right fro a person  to borrow firneds copy of the game and finish single player an plays hours of multiplayer without havging to paya single dime for the game amnd relies on doing that? Do you think thats right and legal? No it looks like  games today are reluctant to change. its obvious that we will eventually get to that stage in gaming where everythign will be on interent and everythign digital.  It almost as if gamers want to saty behind and not progress/ The days that we had back in the 80s, 90s and 00s are not goign to stay forerv. As technology so will the ways we will game.  Stea, does somethign imilar to what MS is doing. I have a friedn ho is harcore steam fan and he after lookng at MS policy said it reminds him of steam. He said the policy are not a big deal . My friend hates consoles and oves pc and he veen consoles conssle gamer infidels noobs but after watching xbox one E3 he preordered xboxone  which will be his first console purchase in his life lol. The checkign s bewcayse you are using teh ctsuss from tbhe cloud so they are just making sure no one is stealing the game for free. I am sureyou wo 't even relise it happeneing while its being performed in background whil e playing

why did you edit the quote to make it seem more negative?  

While the Internet is decidedly up in arms about the way the Xbox One handles game ownership and online check-ins, Mehdi said it was "hard to say" what the larger reaction from the less attentive mainstream consumers would be. "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."

Yes, I think it is right for someone to be allowed to do that, I let my brother play on my Steam account with 500+ games, should I have to pay for those 500+ games again? No way, the developers/publishers/valve got my money and if they want to keep getting my money on future game sales they have to do the right thing by me.
They aren't entitled to our money, companies should have to work for it and provide incentive.

As for legality, companies can write whatever they desire in EULA's and ToS's, it doesn't override your basic consumer rights or what is written in the law/constition or via legal precedents already set in court such as the first sale doctrine.

Besides, you don't see movie companies charging for second hand sales, music companies charging for second hand sales so why should the games industry be any different? Simple. They are being greedy instead of working for it.

But you do have at least a dial up connection or something similiar to it?

How about this: If someone is dropping like $500 for a new platform to play content, and there are competitors out there, why wouldn't they pay attention more?  A $500 purchase is NOT something parents will do lightly.  A new game console isn't like a smart phone, or even a tablet, which are argued to be needed.  What a console is, is an optional toy.  Microsoft expects customers to NOT pay attention?