You know, I've about had it with the hypocrisy of the vocal minority of gamers. I'm well aware it's a running joke of sorts, and one of the fundamentals of the internet (much like cat pictures) but it's still bullshit and it needs to stop.
Three months ago Microsoft tried to revolutionize the concept of digital distribution and content ownership by allowing unprecedented capabilities to share your digital downloads with family and friends. It was ground breaking and a huge step forward for moving towards an all digital model. The underpinnings of the digital rights management that were, for all intents and purposes required, to power this caused a completely RIDICULOUS amount of backlash. So much so, Microsoft reversed their position and removed said DRM, and a major casualty of that being we now LOST all that ground breaking functionality that would not work without the associated rights management.
Fast forward 3 months to now, and Valve announces the SAME functionality, and powers it with the SAME type of content control underpinnings, and they are hailed as the heroes of the industry and placed on a golden pedestal by the same people!
I love Valve, I love their products and I have great friends there who make great things, but this deification of them needs to bloody stop! So too does the knee jerk reactions towards any "big company" trying to do anything new and exciting. It used to be that the vocal minority was annoying but harmless, but with the Xbox One it's been proven that they are bad for the rest of us consumers, and are now holding back the industry from progress.
Thoughts?
Three months ago Microsoft tried to revolutionize the concept of digital distribution and content ownership by allowing unprecedented capabilities to share your digital downloads with family and friends. It was ground breaking and a huge step forward for moving towards an all digital model. The underpinnings of the digital rights management that were, for all intents and purposes required, to power this caused a completely RIDICULOUS amount of backlash. So much so, Microsoft reversed their position and removed said DRM, and a major casualty of that being we now LOST all that ground breaking functionality that would not work without the associated rights management.
Fast forward 3 months to now, and Valve announces the SAME functionality, and powers it with the SAME type of content control underpinnings, and they are hailed as the heroes of the industry and placed on a golden pedestal by the same people!
I love Valve, I love their products and I have great friends there who make great things, but this deification of them needs to bloody stop! So too does the knee jerk reactions towards any "big company" trying to do anything new and exciting. It used to be that the vocal minority was annoying but harmless, but with the Xbox One it's been proven that they are bad for the rest of us consumers, and are now holding back the industry from progress.
Thoughts?