we could be well past this(next gen consoles) already.. well past it.
we had sega saturn back on 1995 at a msrp of 400 dollars... thats right same price as ps4..... with inflation it makes it more expensive than xbox1.....
microsoft was not forcing drm on anyone. it openly stated it was up to the developers so blame the developers for wanting it.. microsoft just went with it.
im glad they took family sharing away... im glad you cant access your library or share with your friends you didn't want a digital check so you wernt swapping games with frinds and screwing the developers which is exactly what would have happned in the end. no gamer would pay for a game if they could openly share it and have it on their console... it would have been the prime target on hacking off the bat.
they did away with family plan because the xb1 can use the same console/live with mutiple accounts.
to me drm is a check/balance on used game market. if you were digital where games didn't need a cd what you keep you from selling/trading/borrowing the cd the next day or sharing or swapping and still playing.. would you delete the game off your system????? people dont complaine that xbox gold games dont have a cd do they? they can get on without a cd and play... the free games you get with gold are technically drm.. you recieced a product and the license on your gamertag to play the game.
people are liers and cheaters and would exploit that to the point that microsoft abandoned the console... its the same thing that happned to dreamcast... the consumer figured out how to rip/burn games and it was over within a year... you could buy any game for 5bux or trade it for a soda...
i would love digital gaming where i didnt have to get up to play a diffrent game.. im lazy and play my system in bed.. i would absolutly love a library of games at a click im not getting up to switch a cd just like no one is getting up to turn a channel on the tv why we have remotes.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology is used by content providers such as Xbox LIVE Marketplace to control how game and video files are used and distributed. Xbox LIVE Marketplace sells and rents DRM-protected videos, games, and add-in content that are covered by media usage rights that allow specific uses of that content.
When you purchase content, you receive a license to use that content. The license has two parts: the system license and the local license. The system license applies to the gamertag that purchases the content, and the local license applies to the console where you first downloaded the content.
hear is the quote about drm policies....
xbox One’s DRM policy clarified and it’s just as bad as we expected
today Microsoft detailed the Xbox One’s used game policies, and guess what, they’re as bad as we thought. Publishers want a slice of the used game pie, but are they biting the hand that feeds by trying to impose anti-consumer restrictions?
that is not microsoft that is the developers..
the 24hr check was a packet of info a ping if you will... this is stuff that happens in a milla second. consoles are now wifi or hardwire dsl connected. its not like we disconnect our wifi or unplug wirles routers or turn out internet off... its always their. if you didn't hve internet you could still play games you just were not sharing or multiplayer gaming anyway.. its really not a far cry. its not like they said you have no internet your system dosnt work. what they said is you wont get the same experiance with the cloud and match making games were still playabe.. if you lost internet you wern't playing multiplayer anyway so whats the big deal.
ive gone as far as useing my iphone as a hotspot on 3g to update a game ad played multiplayer.. so it can be done and i have horrible internet service at home. it has issues all the time but thats not microsoft thats my provider.
think of how big the internet is to gaming right now.. next gen.... titanfall is a dedicated miltiplayer internet game.. solo/story line is built into the game which is soley multiplayer. forza5 is relying on the cloud to compute ai which are the apponent your race against and thats a solo game. you can multiplayer or lobby play but the core game is based around solo play. its to the point that forza5 your racing against people multiplayer without every actually racing them in a lobby.