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Re: Why not? That's exactly what's supposed to happen. Fox and Ravens Send a noteboard - 20/06/2013 09:10:25 PM

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View original postThat's fine, but keep in mind that many of the anti-consumer features that Microsoft was trying to implement have been part of the PC market for quite some time. Hard disk installs are required, games (in most cases) can't be loaned, traded, resold, etc.


View original postFalse. Or rather, true, perhaps, in the case of Origin, but that is another service that I do not use and will not use, even though there are a couple games that interest me on it. But when it comes to Steam, the major difference is that even though games can't be traded, they are as cheap or cheaper than anything that can be bought used. According to the latest update, it might be getting share functionality anyway, it has always permitted offline play, certainly has no Kinect, and hasn't made a string of ludicrous statements. And all of that is more than enough to make me forgive it for being a form of DRM, or not allowing a used game market. If anything, Steam makes me think even less of Microsoft, because it means that Microsoft was not trailblazing a new method of doing things, simply fucking up an already well established and successful one.

Wait a minute. He's absolutely right. In the points that Aemon makes, Steam is just as bad as Origin. 100%. With steam, there is a mandatory hard disk install and you can't trade, loan, or resell games. Period. So what if you can play offline? All those things are still very true. Nothing else, including price, makes a difference when it comes to those facts.

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Aaaaaaand Microsoft does a 180. No more phone-home, used game restrictions, etc. - 19/06/2013 10:26:37 PM 1492 Views
No, it's cool...we didn't really mean it. - 19/06/2013 10:38:56 PM 959 Views
The technology is still there... - 19/06/2013 10:51:53 PM 792 Views
It's just software, of course it's still there. - 20/06/2013 02:03:35 AM 1039 Views
They'll sneak it in little by little. - 20/06/2013 04:21:26 PM 987 Views
Fair enough. - 20/06/2013 06:24:33 PM 965 Views
Not necessarily the DRM issue. - 21/06/2013 01:34:44 AM 856 Views
This is a win. - 20/06/2013 02:42:47 AM 842 Views
I'll not reward Microsoft for coming to its senses and covering its ass - 20/06/2013 10:15:09 AM 852 Views
Why not? That's exactly what's supposed to happen. - 20/06/2013 04:02:30 PM 1025 Views
Re: Why not? That's exactly what's supposed to happen. - 20/06/2013 07:11:15 PM 818 Views
Re: Why not? That's exactly what's supposed to happen. - 20/06/2013 09:10:25 PM 761 Views
I also hope this happens. - 20/06/2013 10:55:06 PM 744 Views
Ok, makes more sense with the body of the message. - 20/06/2013 07:00:36 PM 841 Views

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