Microsoft: Who needs blu-ray? (Dtoid Article)

[Reverber]

Im not batting for any ones side, but didnt the playstation move just rip off the wii mote where as kinect in future could be useful for home security and sign language (i believe that they are some of the patents that have been files for future development to the kinect. That having been said im reminded of an old internet joke about arguing on the internet and the special olympics.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Holy fuck, did this guy go to the Bobby Kotick school of PR? The hell is up with Microsoft lately?

 

[LightOfDarkness]

Blu-ray may be the next disc format, but only because of it's sheer storage size, not because of slightly bigger resolution.

 

[TPiddy]

Well, if you have two 360's then you would want to freely transfer DLC between them lest you prefer to buy the DLC twice. Given that the 360 is the least dependable console this gen, a second 360 is entirely plausible.

You can transfer your account to another 360 only once per year. If you got the RROD twice or more in one year (which seems to happen alot) then you would need to be online to use your DLC.

BTW, save files are usually dependant on DLC so if you have a save file with the Stone Prisoner DLC, then try to take your disc and save file (mem unit) to another 360, it will likely not load without that DLC present.

Now, I don't care if you approve of this type of DRM or not, but rest assured, IT IS DRM and you claimed DA had no DRM. It does, the devil is in the details.

BTW, on the 360 the DRM is in the console. So every 360 game has DRM, you just can't see it that well. Try to make a backup of a 360 game and then try to play it on your 360.

At the end of the day, your 'DRM' didn't hinder my enjoyment of the product. At all. I didn't even know it existed. And you know what? I'm the majority. The vast majority of 360 users. And you do know that when you get a 360 repaired you don't send in the HDD right? That's where your DLC and save files are stored. So yeah, not as restrictive as you're making it out to be.

The LIVE marketplace also gives you the option of re-downloading any paid or free DLC content anyways, so you CAN get it on multiple boxes. Nice try.