Poll: Has Microsoft's changes to Xbox One DRM changed your decision on getting the console?

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Sarge034

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ChanTheNoob said:
If you haven't yet heard, Microsoft has decided on doing a full 180 on their whole policy on used games and DRM, meaning that there will no longer be a need to sign in every 24 hours, and you can share and sell your games as you wish. Here are the full details if you're interested: http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update So, has this changed you're decision on whether or not you're getting the Xbox One?
You need a better poll. This announcement moved the Xbone out of the "shove it up your collective ass MS" territory to "I'll see how this plays out in the months after release" territory. Unless MS went all chaotic good, fixed everything, and cut the pompous assholes that abused and berated the consumers this is about the best they're gonna get outta me. And they better be happy because of it.
 

ShipofFools

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I don't care what it does, have you any idea how expensive console gaming has become? Aint nobody got cash for that!
 

Gameguy20100

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Na Im a PC gamer now.

However I am proud of Microsoft for reversing this line of bolox drm yes they shouldn't have done it in the first place but no sense dwelling on the past right?
 

Adam Jensen_v1legacy

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It's still a less powerful and more expensive system. Not to mention that it is freakin' huge and Kinect is still an issue. No purchase.
 

AlbertoDeSanta

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Nope. Didn't want it in the first place, since I refuse to pay for a feature I already pay for (The Fucking Internet). Plus, I don't think the transition back to Console from PC is as smooth as the transition to PC, so I'll stick with my very crappy PC for now.
 
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Nope.

I buy a console to play games I can't get anywhere else

I already have a device that does everything that the Xbone does, and better.

It's called a PC, also Steam :D
 

CaptQuakers

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People complained about them not showing games at their console reveal so at E3 they showed tons of games, People complained about the DRM and they got rid of it, And now people say they are still not happy with Microsoft ? I find this quite funny. I guess it shows even if you try to please us gamers we will still be dicks to you.
 

Nazulu

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Well I liked the way they worded their reply with the change (even though could apologies they let it get out of hand). I just want to know if the ever watching Kinnect is still part of 180.
 

Killclaw Kilrathi

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I actually haven't ever been less enthused about a console generation before. Admittedly I'm one of those infamous PC gamers, but I HAVE bought consoles in the past. I was literally first in line for a 360 in Australia, which promptly sat collecting dust in the lounge room, but still! Ok, to be fair the only console I actually got enough use out of to be monetarily worthwhile was the Dreamcast and even then only because I got it at a discount.

I'm not some arrogant prick, I really WANT to have a good gaming console. I just see absolutely nothing worth buying in the current or upcoming gen. Everything worthwhile is going to be ported to PC anyway, and I already have one of those with good enough specs to run everything. Give me something unique that appeals to me and I'll probably buy it. The only appealing possibility so far is the Ouya, purely out of the novelty of a console that isn't chained down by usage agreements and is openly moddable.
 

MrHide-Patten

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Tempted to make a poll thread on this topic myself, just to see the numbers. Because whilst the DRM certainly turned people off, I was actually hearing people list off the lower price tag as reason for getting the PS4.

I myself was always going to get the PS4 and I was worried they were going to put their foot in their mouth at E3, but I was pleasantly surprised by the price because I was expecting it to cost around $800 dollars here in Australia. I can make up 549 dollars easy in a month.
 
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All the decision has done is make the console worth considering.

With all the anti-consumer restrictions on it, buying it wasn't even an option. It was either PS4, or no next gen console at all. Now that the Xbox 3 will behave as a console should, without shafting us, it is worth considering on its merits as a gaming console. The foremost question would now likely be one of price/Kinect/previous gamerscore/trophies/exclusives. In other words, we can now judge it based on things that matter.

The fact that Sony didn't go down a similar route ultimately forced their hand. The U-Turn illustrates that these restrictions were never crucial to the console's functionality, but rather a concious choice by MS to control what we can and cannot do with our consoles and games as well as forcefully take money from second hand sales (that isn't theirs or publishers to take).
 

Quellist

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Yes, provisionally.

Originally i intended to get a PS4 (new) and a Wii U (used) and not bother with the Xbone at all. Now i'll probably end up getting it at some point when some killer exclusive game makes me want it. But it will be used not new. In fact if Final Fantasy XV isnt a launch game i doubt i'll get a PS4 right away.
 

Darks63

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No, But I do love how Sony leaving them hanging on the DRM and used game issues had alot more to do with this 180 than consumer outrage
 

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MichiganMuscle77 said:
I feel like this is a bad time to get all cuddly and cozy with Microsoft. They still tried to shaft us in the beginning.

Turning around and deciding to buy an Xbox One(eighty) now is like deciding to marry someone just because you were able to talk them out of raping you in an alley a half an hour ago.

Lots of talk about Microsoft's integrity... what about ours? Are we so easily swayed that we'll let a company get away with terrible business philosophy just because they cave when they realize they're about to lose a lot of potential revenue?

I'm not suggesting we put Microsoft out of business or anything, or even that you should miss out on the Xbone if you REALLY are looking forward to it... but they need to know that we won't stand for their type of thinking, period, and they're going to need to do more than simply formulate an emergency contingency plan to save their own asses and save face - they're going to need to overhaul their entire business philosophy before we, as a community of gamers and consumers, continue to line their wallets with our hard earned money.

Stand up for what's right, people... I'm not saying you have to buy a PS4, just... don't rush out to buy an Xbone. Not yet. Hold tight and let's make them sweat a bit.
Amen, brother!

Seriously, Microsoft, what happened to 'THE FUTURE!'

By going back on all this shit, they effectively proved that everything they said regarding these 'features' and their necessity was an utter bare-faced lie.
 

Sonicron

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M$ can eat me. They're trying to salvage the spectacular mess they made, and even disregarding they did it for the moneyz rather than treating customers with common decency, all I can say is too little too late. I won't forget what they tried to do. They went too far, and they can just go and shove it.
Besides, even if I were to forgive them, the damn thing still has the mandatory Kinect, and I don't want Orwell's nightmare child anywhere near my house.
 

008Zulu_v1legacy

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BlackMageBob said:
Sony bricked my console with the latest software patch. I suppose I honestly don't use it for anything other than niche JRPGS, but I am slightly annoyed.

The XBone's DRM had some damned good tools added, and we lost them now.

Sony is not your friend. Rootkit anyone?
I thought I was the only person who remembered Sony intentionally infecting peoples computers with a virus and getting away with it.

Back on topic; My position has changed, somewhat. I will need to see what, if anything, is going to be done about the Kinect.
 

zf6hellion

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Jmp_man said:
MichiganMuscle77 said:
I feel like this is a bad time to get all cuddly and cozy with Microsoft. They still tried to shaft us in the beginning.

Turning around and deciding to buy an Xbox One(eighty) now is like deciding to marry someone just because you were able to talk them out of raping you in an alley a half an hour ago.
Looks like our old friend Mr. Stockholm Syndrome is back again...

Wikipedia-Stockholm syndrome said:
Stockholm syndrome, or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors or abusers, sometimes to the point of defending them, and sometimes the feeling of love for the captor shows. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of abuse from their captors for an act of kindness.
Ergo: Microsoft reversed their policies, but this does not mean that they are the good guys. All it means is that they have been screwing us over so long it seems like they are doing something nice by NOT screwing us. (Chew on that for a second)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
Pretty much this. I'm not getting a One just because they think they're doing me a favour by getting rid of crap that shouldn't have been there in the first place.