View original postI don't see how that could work, though. The DRM in question is pretty binary. Either you can play offline, or you can't. Either the disc you give your friend works on his machine, or it doesn't.
View original postEven if you can sneak it in somehow, there's nothing preventing Sony from doing the exact same thing. Right now both companies have made a commitment not to include this kind of DRM. They're on equal footing. The fact that Microsoft was going to try to include it, while Sony wasn't, really doesn't tell you much. They jumped the gun a bit is all. They're no more evil or anti-consumer than Sony is.
Just in general issues like the always on Kinect. Facebook within the last few years IIRC made it so that all profiles were set to public by default. Microsoft could do that with the Kinect down the line. Sneak it in and have it watching those people that don't read the terms of use and don't keep up with the news about stuff like that. With the PS$ you aren't required to have a Kinect like device to play, but as far as I'm aware the XB1 still requires it so that would prevent Sony from doing that to their customers who opt to not have a sensor.
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Spock: I find that remark…insulting.
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Aaaaaaand Microsoft does a 180. No more phone-home, used game restrictions, etc.
- 19/06/2013 10:26:37 PM
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The technology is still there...
- 19/06/2013 10:51:53 PM
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It's just software, of course it's still there.
- 20/06/2013 02:03:35 AM
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They'll sneak it in little by little.
- 20/06/2013 04:21:26 PM
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Fair enough.
- 20/06/2013 06:24:33 PM
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Not necessarily the DRM issue.
- 21/06/2013 01:34:44 AM
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I'll not reward Microsoft for coming to its senses and covering its ass
- 20/06/2013 10:15:09 AM
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Why not? That's exactly what's supposed to happen.
- 20/06/2013 04:02:30 PM
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Re: Why not? That's exactly what's supposed to happen.
- 20/06/2013 07:11:15 PM
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I also hope this happens.
- 20/06/2013 10:55:06 PM
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You do realise the PS3 has outsold the 360? *NM*
- 20/06/2013 11:52:59 PM
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Since when? I highly doubt this since...
- 21/06/2013 06:31:33 PM
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The IDC report that accompanies those figures provides more recent (if not official) numbers.
- 21/06/2013 08:55:40 PM
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That's a good point, which makes me wonder how the next generation will pan out.
- 21/06/2013 09:26:23 PM
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Ok, makes more sense with the body of the message.
- 20/06/2013 07:00:36 PM
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The Xbox One was in the running as a potential console before its policies were announced
- 20/06/2013 07:17:09 PM
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