Apparently, Microsoft is paying attention.
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Glad to hear it! I may consider buying one now. Well, eventually (I only recently bought a PS3, and got the 360 not long before that).
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They decided to revert back to a tradional model of selling games[^] after all the backlash on their new system. Personally, I'm happy about it, and I might consider buying it. (On the other hand, I could give my PC a nice upgrade for $600 instead.)
Now if only they'd allow us to use Windows in "offline mode!" :-\
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I only recently bought a PS3
I'm planning on doing that soon, there are a bunch of games I've wanted to play that were PS3 exclusive. And, when the PS4 comes out, the price will probably drop.
I don't even remember why I bought mine. I think it was just on sale for a super cheap price and I thought "why not?" I mainly use it to play blu-rays. Though, I do like that I can play a bunch of old games on it (Sonic, Oddworld, Spyro, and so on). Not that I play them very often.
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They've already said you can disable it, so I don't see it as a negative. I don't plan to use it (I can barely leave a voice mail, not interested in talking to may game console - except swearing at it when things aren't going well of course ;P ), so I don't see it as a positive either.
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They decided to revert back to a tradional model of selling games[^] after all the backlash on their new system. Personally, I'm happy about it, and I might consider buying it. (On the other hand, I could give my PC a nice upgrade for $600 instead.)
Would help if they made some other changes. Need to go back and still support XP, they can drop Vista. Need to take Windows 8 and create a good desktop OS, better than Windows 7
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They decided to revert back to a tradional model of selling games[^] after all the backlash on their new system. Personally, I'm happy about it, and I might consider buying it. (On the other hand, I could give my PC a nice upgrade for $600 instead.)
I dunno. They've clearly stated the business model -they- want. This is damage control. I love my xbox360, but they've lost my trust here. I suspect as soon as they figure things have blown over, they'll just revert the terms. Throw out a "required" update to play new games, and oh darn sorry, because of "security" requirements your xbox1 must always be online now... tada. Right back to square one. I'd suggest extreme patience. Hold off buying a while. Months... Years... whatever. See how it plays out first. -- Ian
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It must really piss you off every time you start up Office then :laugh: Me I'm inured to it and no longer flinch when that bloody ribbon with all those useless features appears.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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They decided to revert back to a tradional model of selling games[^] after all the backlash on their new system. Personally, I'm happy about it, and I might consider buying it. (On the other hand, I could give my PC a nice upgrade for $600 instead.)
Great move by Sony. MS must be really pissed off with them.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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They decided to revert back to a tradional model of selling games[^] after all the backlash on their new system. Personally, I'm happy about it, and I might consider buying it. (On the other hand, I could give my PC a nice upgrade for $600 instead.)
They've stepped too far back. What they should've done was treat games on disc differently than digital purchases. Games on disc should have been treated as they are on the 360 (resellable, no check-in required, etc.) while digital games (yeah, I know, they're all digital but you know what I mean) would require the check-in, be loanable, etc. That way, if you live on a submarine and can't do the check-ins or don't want to deal with the "hassle" of the new DRM, you buy your games on disc and are good to go. But if you want the benefits of the new system, you go digital.
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They've stepped too far back. What they should've done was treat games on disc differently than digital purchases. Games on disc should have been treated as they are on the 360 (resellable, no check-in required, etc.) while digital games (yeah, I know, they're all digital but you know what I mean) would require the check-in, be loanable, etc. That way, if you live on a submarine and can't do the check-ins or don't want to deal with the "hassle" of the new DRM, you buy your games on disc and are good to go. But if you want the benefits of the new system, you go digital.
That's not a bad idea. I was a little disappointed they also pulled the benefits of the new system, e.g. sharing games with "family members". I think they missed a good chance to find a middle ground that could have given them a better model than the traditional console game model.
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That's not a bad idea. I was a little disappointed they also pulled the benefits of the new system, e.g. sharing games with "family members". I think they missed a good chance to find a middle ground that could have given them a better model than the traditional console game model.
lewax00 wrote:
I think they missed a good chance to find a middle ground that could have given them a better model than the traditional console game model.
Indeed they did. Now, as to the Kinect being a required component -- I'm happy with that design decision. And if I were someone who only wanted to buy my content digitally, I wouldn't expect them to rip the BluRay player out of the machine because I wasn't going to use it. :)
