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The damage is done though I feel.
Maybe in the short term, but people don't have long memories about these things. If XBone ends up having fun games then fans will be quick to forgive.

This was really the only logical move for MS.
Agreed on all counts. Sure MS is getting all the ridicule right now, and for good reason too, but if they can turn this around and come out with a boatload of great games next year then I imagine a great many of these hecklers will be very quick to forgive.

(Not saying they will do this, of course, but I'm not discounting the possibility.)
Aye, if they pull out all the stops and ship out some amazing exclusives, then the Xbone has a chance to make it through.

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I should state that I'm pretty sure I know why this was done.

A couple days ago, some deployed military personnel found out about all the restrictions, and they pretty much let MS have it, and complained about the region lock, and the fact that deployed troops in Afghanistan, Japan, and other places wouldn't be able to use the One to play games. After all that backlash, an MS rep said they'd look into possibly changing some of those policies just for the troops.
Eh. One of the many reasons, I'd think. The Xbone was getting slated from all corners, they needed to get back some positive reputation or else they were gonna get stomped on when it came to release. Amazon had a poll up and 97% of people said they were gonna get a PS4 over the XB1. They needed to turn this hate train around, and this was the only way to do it.