Poll: Has Microsoft's changes to Xbox One DRM changed your decision on getting the console?

[80sboy]

I don't know, I still want Microsoft to continue being the villains.

Yeah!

 

[Flamespeak]

For even trying to implement such restrictive features on the console and claiming it was 'for the good of the consumer' and then bowing down because the same consumer told them they were full of it, I will not support the Xbox One. I have heard some people comment that this service would lower the price of games, heck even MS said it would, but not a single game of their launch titles are available for less than $60, so why should I trust them when they are even throwing early adopters a bone?

Then you have the whole spill about the 'cloud being necessary for a lot of games' and suddenly the cloud isn't necessary for any games. Seems like we were straight up lied to somewhere again. I understand why they wanted to control games on their systems, to get more money to the publishers (never the developers) and put a hurt on Gamestop, but the concept of making a game with high replay value to prevent people from trading it seems lost on them.

 

[erbi79]

I feel like this is a bad time to get all cuddly and cozy with Microsoft. They still tried to shaft us in the beginning.

Turning around and deciding to buy an Xbox One(eighty) now is like deciding to marry someone just because you were able to talk them out of raping you in an alley a half an hour ago.

Lots of talk about Microsoft's integrity... what about ours? Are we so easily swayed that we'll let a company get away with terrible business philosophy just because they cave when they realize they're about to lose a lot of potential revenue?

I'm not suggesting we put Microsoft out of business or anything, or even that you should miss out on the Xbone if you REALLY are looking forward to it... but they need to know that we won't stand for their type of thinking, period, and they're going to need to do more than simply formulate an emergency contingency plan to save their own asses and save face - they're going to need to overhaul their entire business philosophy before we, as a community of gamers and consumers, continue to line their wallets with our hard earned money.

Stand up for what's right, people... I'm not saying you have to buy a PS4, just... don't rush out to buy an Xbone. Not yet. Hold tight and let's make them sweat a bit.

Amen to that

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

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I disagree. Microsoft had plenty of chances to listen to us prior to E3 and chose to go ahead with their totalitarian vision of gaming anyway and only AFTER a shit storm of epic proportions commenced and headed their direction did they rescind their mind blowingly arrogant plan.

Sony didn't do that, Sony actually paid attention to what gamers wanted and didn't HAVE to ride it out until the last minute to make the right decision. They noticed gamers getting hot under the collar at the mere mention of RUMORS suggesting that PS4 wouldn't allow used games or might be always-online, and they opted to go ahead and make the console that gamers had been suggesting that they make.

I don't think it's rude or churlish as you put it to "not listen to Microsoft in return", I think it's wise both from a consumer stand point as well as based on principle.

Say the Government decided to impose a nation-wide curfew and anyone caught on the streets after 8pm would be shot dead... but after public outcry, went back on that plan and decided to allow people to stay out at late as they want (we'll just be watching you at all times). Do you just suddenly choose to trust that Government that so recently declared your life as fair game if you merely broke an arbitrary rule?

So why would you turn around and run into Microsoft's open arms just because they got tripped up in their plan to restrict and hamper free use of the Xbone? They didn't change their mind FOR YOU... they changed it for them. More specifically, for their wallets.

Don't be fooled, they still don't care about what gamers want.

I mean holy crap they couldn't have had this console generation more won if they had tried - all they had to do was take the Xbox 360, pump up the graphical power, throw in a bigger hard drive, add on all that social BS and redesign the controller and bam - GENERATION WON. Xbox WON is more like it. That's literally all they would have had to do and it would have sold like gang busters.

Instead... instead, they opted to view loyal customers as sheep who needed to be tagged and herded and monitored at all times lest we even THINK about making an attempt to use our Xbones for something that doesn't require paying Microsoft a fee.

You don't stop piracy by punishing the only people whom you don't have to worry about pirating. That should be common sense by now.

You have a fair point about Microsoft disregarding gamer's concerns in the run up to E3, I'm not going to even try and dispute that one.

I have no intentions of "running into Microsoft's arms" as you put it, but this latest recall by them has at least turned my stance from "No way in Hell" to "Let's wait and see". And no, they're not listening to us, they're listening to their developers and their investors - that's also true enough. But I very much doubt that Sony are listening to gamers either, they're simply steering clear of the shit-storms that Microsoft are raising. Sony isn't the most gamer friendly company out there - remember a few years ago when hackers hit the Sony servers making off with the account and credit card details of over 100 million gamers? Three months it took them to tell users that their bank details had been hacked. Sony are in no way the good guys, they just look like it when stood next to Microsoft.

By no means does this U-turn undo all of the shit that MS has tried to pull, but demanding change and then ignoring it when it happens is only going to ensure no more change.

 

[Benpasko]

I'm not getting one. They may have changed their tune, but that's all they did. They're not sorry, they didn't suddenly start caring about gamers. They were worried about their wallet, and they know that people will buy it if they do this change. That's all this is.

 

[DirgeNovak]

I now might get one around 2016-17, when they've had a few price drops, to play the exclusives (if enough end up interesting me). I wouldn't have approached one with an eight-foot pole before.

 

[superline51]

I'm at a probably, but further along down the line. The whole garbage with the ghost discs is what really put me off to begin with, but now that its taken care of, we can talk. Though I am still getting a PS4 first, I'm liking their exclusives more this time around.

 

[TheCommanders]

Most of the time I don't support the idea that gamers are simply contrarians who hate everything, but on occasion, I'm made to wonder. So many people here are saying that it's worse now that they've changed it. What the hell did you want them to do, keep being terrible? And don't feed me some line about... businesstic integrity. Yeah it's still got a few things wrong with it, and yeah, they made these changes only under extreme duress, but what was the point of all the complaining if not to make them make changes for the better. To complain about them changing something because of complaining is just stupid. You don't need to buy the console if you don't support it, but don't be hypocritical.

 

[The_Tron]

Apparently pre-orders for the xbox one have now surpassed those of the PS4 via amazon. If that means anything remains to be seen.

 

[Weaver]

Well, it changed it from "Will never get one" to "Might get one".
For consoles, I never like to jump aboard early. I'll let others feel out all the RROD problems and disc drive failures while I wait for the console to build up some exclusives.

 

[Krantos]

Probably not, my PC satisfies my gaming needs.

However, the Xbox One has, thanks to MS's change of direction, been upgraded from "Will NEVER buy" to "May buy in the future, depending on my needs."

That's a definite step up.

 

[krazykidd]

While i'n glad they decided to remove the DRM . Microsoft has lost my trust and respect . I will not buy the xbone out of principle . Sure i'll miss some exclusives , but i cannot support a company that tried to do something so low . I am happy for those who will now get a xbone because of the change though .

 

[phoenixclaws]

Mine went from 'Never buy' to.. 'Hesitant to buy' based on track record of Microsoft with their stances on the XBox One.
If there has ever been any ridiculously confusing messages before they would be likened to the government's track record of communication.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Never planned to get a next-gen console from the beginning, at least for a few years. For now, my laptop and I are quite happy together.

 

[Rinshan Kaihou]

Nope. No reason to buy it over the PS4 in my opinion. $100 cheaper, more powerful, none of this shit I even have to worry about. Microsoft screwed the proverbial pooch. No thanks. Sony, you won me over for this generation. As much as we are console gamers, anyway. 85% of my gaming is done on the PC anyway.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Nope, PC gaming, wasn't going to get the Xbone even if there wasn't any controversy from the beginning. No PS4 either. Probably getting a WiiU

 

[Mikeyfell]

It changed from
"Worst idea ever"
to
"Just bad"

Get rid of the Kinnect, then we'll talk.

 

[Able Seacat]

I'm certainly considering it more than I was when the DRM policies were in place. But I still plan on waiting a while before stepping into the next gen. It'll probably come down to which platform has the most games that I'm interested in.