Owned a Ps2 and Xbox 1. Had a huge library for the Ps2 and a smaller one for the Xbox, but I liked my Xbox more overall. Hense, I bought a 360. A wise decision, I think. I love my 360, it has great games and great experiences on it. I was fully prepared to watch the conference and pre-order an Xbox Infinity right afterwards.
Okay, I didn't do that. But the conference was interesting. I liked that it could do because I don't already own a Smart TV and such, so it was like when my Ps2 happened to have a DVD player and I'd thus far still been buying VHS tapes. Nice bonus.
And then the day after they reveal what the software is designed to do.
I don't think I've ever been so depressed as a gamer. You must log in once a day? you can't borrow games from a friend or lend them out? Can't buy a second hand, out of print game? While none of these *really* affect me since I'm connected 99% of the year, don't rent, rarely lend games or borrow them and don't tend to buy used, I absolutely object to buying a console that considers this practise a good thing for the industry.
The Xbox One went from a "I'll see what the games will be at E3" to a "Oh god...I don't even care any more...!"
Halo's a long standing franchise for me, I love the gameplay and the lore, I have many happy memories with it. But I'm not buying a console just to see the continuation.
I hope to god the PS4 does none of this draconian DRM bullshit. I don't *want* to jump ship, I want to stay on the platform that has my favourite franchises on it. But I absolutely cannot support this DRM crap they're pushing.
I fundamentally disagree with DRM. Steam is perhaps the only video game related thing that uses DRM well. Everyone else uses it as a method of control. It certainly isn't for preventing piracy, because God knows it fails at that. Anti-consumer controling DRM should be shunned at all costs.
If the Ps4 also goes this way, I'm not getting a Wii U. I might have to start hoarding wired Xbox 360 controllers to keep my new PC gaming trend going.
Thank you, Microsoft. Thanks so much for turning me from an avid supporter of the Xbox brand into someone who rejects it utterly in just 48 hours. Thanks for making me question my future as a gamer. Thanks for potentially ruining my hobby.