EA: "We had nothing to do with Xbox One's DRM policy"

[daze23]

I wish you'd list some points on why you think that because right now you have me like :ANYWORD:

Companies want to make that guap they have to try to cater to the wants of the majority or bring forth a plan that will turn the customers from their competition, they can't afford to have their own preferences that would alienate the consumers. The consumers preference is the priority...

the question is how do you get consumers, that are stuck in their ways, to try new (and possibly better) things? whatever the answer to that is, M$ half-assed it, and ended up in an even more awkward place. they have this device, with all the trappings of a pure digital download machine ('always online', games play off HDD, etc), but they still have to fandangle some way to make it still act like a physical media device (trading/sharing/used games)

I understand these bottom-line arguments about the overall success of the product, and how that can influence the amount of games and support the console gets. but as a consumer, I feel like that's a little too far outside the box. I already made a conscious decision to support a less popular gaming platform (PC)

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

Basically you get to install your discs and play them directly from the hardrive. So the os will work more like a smart phone. You can be running multiple games/apps at the same time and switch between them instantly. Also you will be able to access your entire games library/profile from any Xbox without the need for discs. And lastly you can gift and share games with friends and family remotely over the Internet without the need to exchange discs.

Thank you for clearly explaining this
It's the first time I've seen this spelled out in a way I understand

I can definitely see positives in this however





I am very much against any company putting restrictions on what I can do with it in this manner




I'll choose the other option to make my voice heard because they only care about my money anyway so they'll never see it.

*edit*

Oh... and LMMFAO at EA taking two steps back like



"I don't know this b.tch"

"Toss her ass in the bushes"

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Definitely agree EA trying to distance themselves from this fiasco... Why wouldn't they?

The ps4 preoorders are slaughtering xb1. They only see dollar signs. Taking MS payola, letting MS get beat up PR wise even though EA benefits, AND eating good off PS4 sales... EA aint shyt for that

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They really really had it in their demonically rabid minds that xDung was the future of gaming this gen. Now they gonna act like they dont know who their friends are. Straight extorted Microsoft and get to distance themselves and try to look like heroes again. Microsoft forgot where their bread was buttered and its not with devs. Devs come and go. Gamers are eternal.

 

[Rekkapryde]

it hinders innovation by making things unnecessarily complicated. they don't even play the game off the disc anymore, so it really it just a 'middleman'. and personally I think that the network needed for distributing physical discs drives the price of games up

as a PC gamer, I don't even think about used games (or trading/lending games), because shyt is cheap and convenient

All MS had to do was allow nikkaz to play at least single player offline with no DRM check. Just that little simple thing would help fam ease the PR whipping they are taking.

 

[TheGodling]

I think they all expected Sony to go along with it and when Sony didn't, realized how fukked they would be still supporting this shyt.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

EA destroys microsoft and is like, oops, sorry friends, at least we have ps4.

 

[Rekkapryde]

I think they all expected Sony to go along with it and when Sony didn't, realized how fukked they would be still supporting this shyt.

Sony never planned on doing it. Why you think they've been trolling and talking about "we hear your concerns" these last few weeks when MS announced their DRM plans were true. They've been saying this shyt for months, but no one wanted to believe them because they were butthurt about it being rumored and ultimately true on the XB1. Sony execs were all giddy and shyt the whole time because they never planned on doing it, but wanted to keep quiet to use the shyt as ammo for E3 (even though multiple Sony reps said it over and over)

http://www.the-coli.com/4374935-post338.html

 

[daze23]

All MS had to do was allow nikkaz to play at least single player offline with no DRM check. Just that little simple thing would help fam ease the PR whipping they are taking.

the games need the cloud

all jokes aside, it would make things even more complicated as far as which games work offline. but I'm sure people would still prefer the option to do that with their strictly client side single player games

the question of how you prevent people from just installing the game on multiple consoles is still there. I saw someone suggest it could still work like the 360 with installed games, and require the disc in the drive. there would have to be a clear distinction that this would not be an option with DD games (and much raging by people that didn't understand that). again a more complicated system, but maybe something they should look into

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Companies want to make that guap they have to try to cater to the wants of the majority or bring forth a plan that will turn the customers from their competition, they can't afford to have their own preferences that would alienate the consumers. The consumers preference is the priority...

That's not how inovation works. If every company took this stance we'd never have new products/services. Especially in the game and tech world stagnant products are shunned. Look how much hate EA and Activisions get for releasing the same games every year.

They could have just released a Xbox 360 with a faster processor which would have satisfied gamers in the short term, but where would that lead gaming? The industry has been going downhill for a long time. Companies are loosing money and closing their doors. Something has to change. Maybe this is it maybe not, but as gamer and techie I applaud the risk they are taking by trying to drag us into the future.

 

[Rekkapryde]

the games need the cloud

all jokes aside, it would make things even more complicated as far as which games work offline. but I'm sure people would still prefer the option to do that with their strictly client side single player games

the question of how you prevent people from just installing the game on multiple consoles is still there. I saw someone suggest it could still work like the 360 with installed games, and require the disc in the drive. there would have to be a clear distinction that this would not be an option with DD games (and much raging by people that didn't understand that). again a more complicated system, but maybe something they should look into

This is all they had to do fam. PS4 games will be the same where you can install to the HD (optionally) or play from the disc directly, but you still need the disc in the drive or else you would just be able to copy to multiple PS4s with no fukks given.

 

[Fury616]

EA did not lobby for Xbox One’s used game DRM | VG247

B-b-but its the publishers doing this...not M$. The mass exodus is already starting. Devs liike Respawn that M$ already threw millions at have to sit tight for now. LMAO

 

[Dr.HannibalLecter]

 

[Rekkapryde]

That's not how inovation works. If every company took this stance we'd never have new products/services. Especially in the game and tech world stagnant products are shunned. Look how much hate EA and Activisions get for releasing the same games every year.

They could have just released a Xbox 360 with a faster processor which would have satisfied gamers in the short term, but where would that lead gaming? The industry has been going downhill for a long time. Companies are loosing money and closing their doors. Something has to change. Maybe this is it maybe not, but as gamer and techie I applaud the risk they are taking by trying to drag us into the future.

They just need to stop trying to create fukkin AAA blockbuster games all the damn time with bloated ass budgets, that's their problem.That and indie devs need to rise up. Corporations have so much overhead that and indie doesn't have which allows them to put out games cheaper. For tomb raider to sell damn near 4 million and not meet it's expectation if flat out stupid.

MS isn't dragging nikkaz into the future on some ole save gaming shyt, they are being greedy period point blank. They aint foolin no one. They want to try and control shyt and dictate policy on some ole console steam shyt. You gotta take baby steps and not alienate people which is exactly what they are doing with this DRM shyt. Let nikkaz eat offline with no check in at least! If you have to be online, I have no problem with what they are doing. People like ownership of what they have, not "lease" gaming like MS is trying to institute.

I was talking to one of my college friends last night here in Portland who is a Software Engineer and he just shook his head at the shyt. He understands that DD is the future and having the "option" is good right now. But to force people to do that shyt and giving no option for offline play without a check in is stupid. People aren't ready for that shyt yet and even moreso, the infrustructure just isn't there yet. You're telling people that "well just get a 360", that is retarded. Every game isn't an online game. People want to play the latest and best games graphically even if they don't have viable internet for online play.

MS could have done this shyt way better and they blew it.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Sony never planned on doing it. Why you think they've been trolling and talking about "we hear your concerns" these last few weeks when MS announced their DRM plans were true. They've been saying this shyt for months, but no one wanted to believe them because they were butthurt about it being rumored and ultimately true on the XB1. Sony execs were all giddy and shyt the whole time because they never planned on doing it, but wanted to keep quiet to use the shyt as ammo for E3 (even though multiple Sony reps said it over and over)

http://www.the-coli.com/4374935-post338.html

"bu bu but if MS does it you KNOW sony going to do it too"

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Microsoft thought they had an opportunity to take billions from gamestop but you cant just steal a racket with a console, friends. Xbox one doesnt have the muscle to do that with its inferior specs and anti consumer policies.