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Good of them to own up and reverse the policy. A good day for consumers.

However I still feel as if Xbox One will suffer the consequences for all of this fiasco for a while to come. I for one will not be an early adapter of the console, and likely will be of the Playstation 4. Which is odd because last generation I bought neither early.

However if I learned anything by all these issues it is how wrong I was to have neglected my Playstation 3 for so long, as well as Playstation itself. Xbox One may assume that position of the 'Present but mostly neglected' system in the next generation in my home.

I own two xboxes and had both the first xbox at launch and the 360.... First off I am not getting the new xbox this time and will most likely get a ps4.. I don't like the whole no used games thing and the price tag. Ms is pulling what Sony did last round.

I dont like the fact also that MS allowed FFXI on the xbox because they need SE and now they don't need them so much anymore they told them to take a hike on FFXIV.

I just bought a ps3 for FFXIV and if it continues as good as it seems the xboxes go up on ebay and wont buy another xbox till MS changes its attitude.. I am tired of fps/3rd ps and sports titles and I am sick of MS telling me what I want to play and not giving me what I want to play.

Final Fantasy comes to both systems, Kingdom Hearts probably comes to both systems...

...but Tales series will more than likely be PS4 ONRY. That seals my decision aside from the bad business practices I see MS engaging in with XBONE. Between Tales on the PS4 and X-series on the WiiU I've got my two systems for this generation.

I'm excited to hear about that news.

Not really because I'm that interested in the Xbox now, but it's good that consumers voted with their wallets, people were not pre-ordering the console, and they backed Microsoft into a corner.

A big victory. It's nice to know that the customers can band together and have their voices heard and get what they want.

I'll still be using a PS4 for multiplatform games, but I might buy an Xbox One at some point if it gets some exclusives that interest me.

I'm sure I'll get an XBONEEIGHTY eventually, but for now the PS4 will be my only launch console I've ever preordered.

Really I think nobody should ever call this device anything but the Xbox 180, so that MS does not forget what they had to pull in order to survive the anger they incited from betraying their consumers.

And that Consumers never forget what Microsoft tried to pull this generation.

What's all this about disappointment and betrayal I keep hearing about?

Ok so I googled 'Xbox one betrayal' and the article I found said that MS was betraying gamers for 4 reasons:

1) It's not backward compatible.
2) An internet connection is required.
3) You can't rent or borrow games.
4) Gaming is not the selling point.


So let's go ahead and scratch 4 off the list. I really don't see how this is a let down. They may as well have said "It's going to do what PS4 does, but it will let you interact with web content and applications as well as TV via kinect and voice commands". Regardless of what the perks are, it's still going to play games.

So starting from the top...

It's not backward compatible. Well I already have an Xbox 360 that works perfectly well. The only con is that you have to get your lazy *** up off the couch, rocker, office chair or whatever the hell it's firmly planted in to insert or remove a disc. This is nothing new. A 360 is not massive by any means so having an extra component on your desk or in your entertainment center shouldn't phase you.

An internet connection is required. I've had internet service since it was dial-up 14.4k powering my mighty 386 DX Packard Bell circa... well I don't want to date myself, but you get the point. I equate this to being betrayed by Sony because your PS4 requires an electrical socket. This reason is probably more of a joke than the 4th reason. Moving on...

You can't rent or borrow games. Finally a valid beef. Personally, I am a PC gamer before anything else and I spend the vast majority of my time playing games on my PC. You can't rent PC games and it's hit or miss whether or not you can borrow them. I will say that I do understand that a lot of people out there play games that they're through with in hours, days or a few weeks so I can completely see why this would put people off.

I only really play multiplayer games, either online or with friends in person, so most of the time they also own the game or we're at each other's houses playing so it's not an issue for me. The other thing about this is that I like to support companies for developing games I like with dollars. I don't rent games to get an impression or make a decision to buy because almost every game has a free, downloadable demo for that purpose.


I skimmed through the thread for other reasons, but couldn't find anything else of note other than the following for lulz:

1) The NSA spying on me through my kinect camera.

Because terrorists all train on CoD amirite? Honestly, I would spy on people too. Watching white people getting down to Dance Central is far more entertaining than XIV to me


2) Why are you forcing me to connect to the internet once a day?

I don't generally answer questions with questions, but... are you @#%^ing kidding me?


If anyone has any more reasonable ideas about why the language is so pointed, please feel free to chime in. I don't see what the fuss is about though.

Edited, Jun 20th 2013 3:20am by FilthMcNasty

You're right, I don't think the average Joe should really be 'trusting' giant companies like Sony or Microsoft to begin with.

I doubt they will just scream 'gotcha!' and turn those restrictions back on after they sell some units, if that's your worry. There would be rioting in the streets! (just kidding gamers are too lazy)

Btw, I think your information is wrong that you need to log in every time you buy a game on the Xbone. You just need to connect once to patch your console, according to Microsoft.

Easy on the fanboyism there. A required 24 hour connection means that if your internet goes down (which will likely leave you quite bored), so does your Xbox (leaving you extra bored!). It means people who don't have access at all are screwed. It's a legitimate complaint considering there is no value to you as the consumer for the feature. As for the DRM, you can't look at it from the perspective of "PCs already don't do that" because the point of consoles is that they are made for accessible gaming--not gaming on lockdown. And really, if the main selling point for your console has nothing to do with playing video games, then yeah, that shows a colossal @#%^up in the way you think about your customers.

Basically, they very willfully and brazenly told players how they were going to take more of their money and make it harder to play games, and how they should just like it. "We have a system for people without an internet connection. It's called the 360." And paid people to pose as players and try to put a positive spin on it as damage control.

And in the end, it was clear that they were going to be crushed on the market based on these decisions, so they had to backpedal. Really, it doesn't get more telling than that.

Honestly you're like the only person I've heard defending/downplaying it.
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Personally, I have no loyalty to any console--I want Nintendo to remain successful because they continue to innovate and produce quality first-party titles. But a console is just a machine, and honestly, my preference would be that there were no third console of any real merit. Console wars are NOT good for the gamer. They mean development studios spend more money developing and marketing their games for multiple platform releases instead of using that money to make games. Most of the tech that's moving consoles forward isn't even championed by the manufacturing company, but outside tech companies (Kinect being a possible exception). Where the money should be going is towards developing better games, but as history has always shown in tech, splitting the efforts both ways usually makes it harder for developers to do their work. So for one of the consoles to bomb badly would actually make me happy.

Edited, Jun 20th 2013 6:05am by Kachi

Yes, I am clearly a rabid fanboy... of both consoles?


An internet connection that is required once every 24 hours means that if your reading comprehension goes up, your Xbox stays up for 24 hours. My head already hurts so you'll forgive me for taking a break and coming back to address the rest of your post at a later time...




Edited, Jun 20th 2013 11:09am by FilthMcNasty

Where i live it would take 15 days for a new internet connection if you move to a new house. So yea if i had a console that needed internet i would have been unable to play for 15 days yay me.

You could call the provider in advance.