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Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

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Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

#11

Post by meritt »

gfodor wrote: post #7

I'm pretty sure short-sighted consumers/gamers shot themselves in the foot on this one, big time. I would have liked to have seen if Microsoft's move would have led to cheaper per game pricing like we see on PC. I guess we'll never know. I actually respected them for making a ballsy change like this that may have brought the console gaming industry into the Steam era. Also, it now looks like you can no longer share/l…

Exactly how is it the consumers fault for Microsoft deciding to restrict lending/sharing/etc of digital copies?

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

#12

Post by shock-value »

gfodor wrote: post #7

I'm pretty sure short-sighted consumers/gamers shot themselves in the foot on this one, big time. I would have liked to have seen if Microsoft's move would have led to cheaper per game pricing like we see on PC. I guess we'll never know. I actually respected them for making a ballsy change like this that may have brought the console gaming industry into the Steam era. Also, it now looks like you can no longer share/l…

They are still (along with Sony) offering digital downloads of all titles. I don't think there is any reason, certainly no technical one, that they couldn't price digital differently than disc.

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

#13

Post by jacquesc »

pvnick wrote: post #8

It's interesting to see how the massive backlash elicited such a fast response. I'm curious as to how such a task is being undertaken at MS headquarters, with developers working overnights, dropping current work to support this pivot, etc. Personally I think it's very encouraging and a step in the right direction.

Status quo is fine and all, but I don't think it's really a step in any direction.

Though the fact that they're still giving me what I want (digital downloads on all games) means I really have nothing to complain about. Digital lending / sharing features might have been cool though.

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

#14

Post by rocky1138 »

eridius wrote: post #2

The page is loading really slowly, so here's the text: Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience. For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in orde…

So much text for so little info. They should have just given us a TL;DR.

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

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Post by rocky1138 »

gfodor wrote: post #7

I'm pretty sure short-sighted consumers/gamers shot themselves in the foot on this one, big time. I would have liked to have seen if Microsoft's move would have led to cheaper per game pricing like we see on PC. I guess we'll never know. I actually respected them for making a ballsy change like this that may have brought the console gaming industry into the Steam era. Also, it now looks like you can no longer share/l…

This is incorrect as Steam allows for offline play.

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

#16

Post by eclipxe »

meritt wrote: post #11
gfodor wrote: post #7

I'm pretty sure short-sighted consumers/gamers shot themselves in the foot on this one, big time. I would have liked to have seen if Microsoft's move would have led to cheaper per game pricing like we see on PC. I guess we'll never know. I actually respected them for making a ballsy change like this that may have brought the console gaming industry into the Steam era. Also, it now looks like you can no longer share/l…

Exactly how is it the consumers fault for Microsoft deciding to restrict lending/sharing/etc of digital copies?

Because previously, you could lend/share/give digital copies and the fact that the xbox connected every 24 hours could verify the license. Now, without the 24hr check lending will not be allowed. (I could lend all of my games to Bob, then Bob simply never connects to the net and is able to play them indefinitely)

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

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Post by jlgreco »

rocky1138 wrote: post #14
eridius wrote: post #2

The page is loading really slowly, so here's the text: Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience. For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in orde…

So much text for so little info. They should have just given us a TL;DR.

Unless I am missing something, the TL;DR seems to be "it will work like the 360".

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

#18

Post by eclipxe »

jacquesc wrote: post #10
gfodor wrote: post #7

I'm pretty sure short-sighted consumers/gamers shot themselves in the foot on this one, big time. I would have liked to have seen if Microsoft's move would have led to cheaper per game pricing like we see on PC. I guess we'll never know. I actually respected them for making a ballsy change like this that may have brought the console gaming industry into the Steam era. Also, it now looks like you can no longer share/l…

I think the hidden gem there is that all games will be available digitally. Once they figure out how lucrative their equivalent of Steam sales can be, that should start driving the cost of games down and also really hurt the used game market (which Microsoft and publishers are still eager to kill). When you download a game, you can't lend it. You can resell it. Yet no one seems to care (status quo and all). But I thi…

Originally, you WOULD be able to lend it...now you can't

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

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Post by cobrausn »

jacquesc wrote: post #10
gfodor wrote: post #7

I'm pretty sure short-sighted consumers/gamers shot themselves in the foot on this one, big time. I would have liked to have seen if Microsoft's move would have led to cheaper per game pricing like we see on PC. I guess we'll never know. I actually respected them for making a ballsy change like this that may have brought the console gaming industry into the Steam era. Also, it now looks like you can no longer share/l…

I think the hidden gem there is that all games will be available digitally. Once they figure out how lucrative their equivalent of Steam sales can be, that should start driving the cost of games down and also really hurt the used game market (which Microsoft and publishers are still eager to kill). When you download a game, you can't lend it. You can resell it. Yet no one seems to care (status quo and all). But I thi…

Steam actually may enable digital game sharing - if you aren't playing your game, you would be able to share it with a friend who could play it while you are not (similar to how a physical game copy would work). But you would have to be 'always on' to verify that you are not playing at the same time they are.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/steam-may-allow-game-sharing-re...

Re: Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox One

#20

Post by tpetrina »

Finally! Let's hope that there is no firmware or update that will reverse this policy. The only issue that now remains is that the console is limited to 21 countries.

This region-lock limitation prevents me from giving money to Microsoft, which is something they should want actually, and from developing for the console.

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