dystopiaINC said:
By the time any servers get shut down it would be years after the console has been significantly passed on by the next generation, and by then the DRM would not even be needed. if they can apparently take the whole thing offline before launch DRM included, then the could do so when they shut down severs. the feature that made the console look great was the ability to never need the disk again, share the game with people regardless of distance. and play my games on any xbox one console. I've had to many disks broken or lost by siblings, never returned when borrowed, or else get lost when moving to a new home. those feature were looking to be a game changer now it's a moot point since it was called off.
It doesn't matter if it's the same day as the next xbox came out or much later, if it can be killed at all by servers being turned off then it's not good enough to me personally. I still have my first PSX games (V-Rally and Abes Odysee) and every game and console since, I also go back and play them at times. With the way MS had it before the XBone was literally useless to me as I refuse to waste money on games and consoles that can be stolen from me at any time like that. Also in another threat I posted:
"I understand where your coming from and your right that some of the features are quite interesting and had promise, however, their PR showed they have little regard for their consumer. It's not the idea that's bad, it's the execution both with PR and the console. If they have those features as options, so people that want to use them, I have no issues with it. Theres no reason the game can't go into an offline mode, they wanted to force always online onto us which is a no go. You don't 'force' your consumer to accept illegal (in many countries) practices by locking out fair trading of games except at 'certain retailers'. That's called a monopoly, and a breach in free commerce.
Honestly I wish they could have had the nice features without being dicks and with a simple 'offline mode' for the licence holder, I can understand the family members/friends needing to be online to prevent people abusing the system, but the person with the disc should have had a simple offline mode that's verified by the disc itself."
So it's not the features I have an issue with, it's how Microsoft had planned to execute them and shit on their consumers.
Extragorey said:
As many others have said, too late, Microsoft. You've shown your true colours, and none shall trust you ever again.
Well, of course someone will, but it won't be me.
RicoADF said:
dystopiaINC said:
yeah I'm miffed by that too. the biggest, coolest, most interesting feature this whole console generation is gone. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. god damn it this in not a victory this is a loss. god fucking dammit I hate the internet sometimes. it's shit like this that makes me ashamed to be called gamer it really does.
So having Microsoft being able to turn off their server thus bricking your system and being able to take all your games away is a nice thing...... we have very different views on what 'nice' is. That's a bonehead feature and the customers told that to MS with their wallets.
I think this can apply to that guy's post:
I was wondering that, but to be fair some of the features offered were nice, just as stated above the execution was bad.
