Why couldnt MS just compromise?

[el_oh_el]

I believe that MS policies might have actually been a glimpse into the future, but their policies were too rigid, and seems to have tried to push consumers too far, too fast.

What I wonder is why they couldnt have instead given the best of both worlds?
Playing games with no disc is a pretty nifty feature, as is the sharing feature.

What im wondering is, why couldnt they have required the online checks for those that wanted the disc-less system and the sharing system? Then those that are offline would require the disc be in the tray, old school style. Whats so hard about this?

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Because those "compromises" weren't gonna help their abysmal preorder numbers.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Because those "compromises" weren't gonna help their abysmal preorder numbers.

/thread

 

[Smooth3d]

I agree, You have to ease the public into it. As was said before, 10 yrs people still bought cd's. Now most cd selling stores have closed down.

 

[Kemyran]

They were too bullheaded about it. Ducked questions about it. Got themselves knee deep in their own shyt. Trying to be nuanced and changing small parts of it would have been more confusing than doing a complete about face.

Or.....long story short:

..... those "compromises" weren't gonna help their abysmal preorder numbers.

THIS

 

[The_Sheff]

I believe that MS policies might have actually been a glimpse into the future, but their policies were too rigid, and seems to have tried to push consumers too far, too fast.

What I wonder is why they couldnt have instead given the best of both worlds?
Playing games with no disc is a pretty nifty feature, as is the sharing feature.

What im wondering is, why couldnt they have required the online checks for those that wanted the disc-less system and the sharing system? Then those that are offline would require the disc be in the tray, old school style. Whats so hard about this?

Because person A could opt into online checks then give their copy to person B who opted out.

 

[Heretic]

People hate change. It reminds me of how steam operated at first, people absolutely bashed it.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

IT'S CALLED THE "FIRST TIME ANAL" METHOD


GIVE THEM THE WHOLE THANG UP FRONT NO LUBE. THEY CRY AND MOAN.

THEN YOU PULL OUT AND LUBE IT UP AND GIVE HIM JUST THE TIP UNTIL THEY CALM DOWN. THEN YOU KISS EM A LIL UNTIL THEY RELAX AND THEY START MOANING. THEN YOU GIVE THEM A BIT MORE UNTIL THEY CALL YOU DADDY AND BEG FOR MORE.

 

[StatUS]

Can't run two different systems, it's either or.

 

[el_oh_el]

Because person A could opt into online checks then give their copy to person B who opted out.

This doesn't make sense. If you wanna share games or receive a game, then you opt in. Is that too hard?

 

[daze23]

I haven't really thought it out, but it would probably be pretty complicated. plus the publishers might have wanted all that DRM if they were gonna allow sharing

I don't think it's completely off the table though. this is all very new, and I think there's parts of it they still have to figure out

 

[el_oh_el]

I haven't really thought it out, but it would probably be pretty complicated. plus the publishers might have wanted all that DRM if they were gonna allow sharing

I don't think it's completely off the table though. this is all very new, and I think there's parts of it they still have to figure out

I agree. I also believe that had everybody been taking advantage of the 10 sharing deal, publishers would have blocked that

 

[daze23]

I agree. I also believe that had everybody been taking advantage of the 10 sharing deal, publishers would have blocked that

idk. it could have sold some games too. it would give people a chance to try-before-you-buy. it wouldn't be an unlimited free-4-all, and the minute you can't play that game you've been thinking about playing all day, you'll be very tempted to just buy it yourself. and that would be very easy with a digital-download system with all your cc info on file. not to mention, if you already played it as a shared game, you might already have d/l'ed most of the data, and just need to 'unlock' it. it would be a temptation that I'm sure would get a lot of people

but now we may never know

 

[Ill-Mind]

They saw an impending flop coming, they had to save their launch

 

[spliz]

People hate change. It reminds me of how steam operated at first, people absolutely bashed it.

With that said...people fukk wit steam now...so it's not even a completely new idea...if they wasnt so fukkin greedy and restrictive it could've worked...all they had to do was change a few of their policies...steam is nowhere near as restrictive...