Microsoft are removing XBOX ONE DRM

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Cliffy B has been unemployed for quite a while now, but he has always been a complete tool.
It was the customers that made Sony not do what Microsoft was in the first place, you twit.

Gizmodo believes DRM will magically make games cheaper, that's pretty much all you need to know about them.

I recently tuned into the Giantbomb E3 coverage podcasts, and Cliffy B was a guest on one of them. He had suggested that he isn't working on anything just now based soley on the fact that he is at the turn of a new generation he wants to keep himself open until the one or the other system comes out on top, and then work on that console. Which is fair enough, aiming for that which makes the most money also makes him the most money.

I still believe he's wrong as hell though. Sony doing nothing differently from last generation was what encouraged microsoft to change the policies.


Personally, I disagred with the new policies, but I would have been willing to see how their change in polices affected the industry. The "all digital" future is inevitable as digital sales are ever increasing, and it costs less for publishers. I think microsoft, while were being too draconian in their approach were aiming to set the path for this future. They backed down too easily, and that was worse than these new polices. Shows they had no resolve.

So you think resolve is more important than intelligence or ability to respond to market demands?

Personally, I wish Microsoft had stuck with it just so the XBone would have crashed and burned. Until we get a serious example of how screwing your customers can destroy your business, it's going to continue. This has only delayed it.

And, frankly, none of Microsoft's hated policies had anything to do with digital distribution.