Paul Thurrott:
Faced with mounting criticism, Microsoft today quickly reversed course on some of the more draconian aspects of its coming Xbox One entertainment console. The firm will no longer require an always-on Internet connection and using and sharing games will work just as it does today on the Xbox 360.
That’s good news.
“That’s good news”.
No it isn’t. It means for each game we get to choose between the 1997 PS1 model or the Steam model. The innovation of a shareable, digital library is gone.
And now we can look forward to weeks of, “You killed innovation! Are you happy now?” commentary from the peanut gallery.
They Must obey.
I’m trying to get it all out of my system today so I can go back to being the silent observer.
Yeah and now I’m going to have to keep changing the fucking disc every time I want to play a different game. Their original feature was much more convenient for me and I’m sure a lot of other people – who doesn’t love the convenience of Netflix vs. renting physical discs at Redbox or Blockbuster?
It’s a shame that they couldn’t come to a compromise & merge the new functionality – disc not required to play & home sharing – with the current status quo of disc-based sharing.
I agree.
Yes, a compromise would have been much better.
even if they change it back, you can see eventually where they’re headed so by giving them your money and support you will still be helping them towards their draconian goal. simply out of principle now I will never buy an x box one.
Sometimes I wonder if companies intentional go a step too far with product announcements, just so they can later “dial back the crazy” to look like they’re responsive to the customer.