Score one for consumer rights.

by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Thursday, June 20, 2013, 01:01 (4173 days ago) @ kapowaz

This attitude is infuriating. It's shallow, shortsighted and inaccurate. I think Jason Chen hit the nail on the head here: The Internet Just Made Microsoft Kill a Car for a Faster Horse.

How exactly is a disc-based system that behaves exactly like a digital distribution system but with weirdly added physical media a "car", and how does eliminating this system destroy the future of digital distribution?

Was the weird disc system meant as a means of easing more people toward digital distribution, in the hopes of turning it over entirely in the future to institute a Steam-like model and cut out the retailers?

Microsoft was very close to doing something that made sense, but the ways in which they were off were pretty meh. Plenty of what they wanted to do with it doesn't even have any reason to require an always-online system.

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Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 13:33
- OH SNAP! - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 13:34
  - . . . Xbox One80? XD I Hopes. I SO Hopes. - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 13:37
    - *snicker* New nickname for the console - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 13:43
    - . . . Xbox One80. Ha! Love it! - Oholiab, 2013-06-19, 22:56
- Confirmed... with a few downsides - JDQuackers, 2013-06-19, 13:51
  - Booo, those features were why I still liked the Xbox One - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 13:57
    - Booo, those features were why I still liked the Xbox One - ZackDark, 2013-06-19, 14:23
      - Booo, those features were why I still liked the Xbox One - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 14:26
  - Confirmed... with a few downsides - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 13:58
    - Confirmed... with a few downsides - Grizzlei, 2013-06-19, 14:06
      - Confirmed... with a few downsides - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 14:08
        
        Confirmed... with a few downsides - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 14:09
        
        Confirmed... with a few downsides - JDQuackers, 2013-06-19, 14:10
        
        Woooo! - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 14:13
      - Confirmed... with a few downsides - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 14:12
    - Confirmed... with a few downsides - Cody Miller, 2013-06-19, 15:18
      - Confirmed... with a few downsides - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 15:20
        
        Confirmed... with a few downsides - yakaman, 2013-06-19, 15:32
        
        Confirmed... with a few downsides - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 15:47
        
        Confirmed... with a few downsides - NsU Soldier, 2013-06-20, 18:39
        
        Confirmed... with a few downsides - yakaman, 2013-06-21, 15:18
      - Confirmed... with a few downsides - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 16:25
      - Confirmed... with a few downsides - marmot 1333, 2013-06-19, 18:09
      - The way it should have worked - narcogen, 2013-06-20, 22:46
    - Confirmed... with a few downsides - Cody Miller, 2013-06-20, 20:22
      - Confirmed... with a few downsides - ZackDark, 2013-06-20, 20:40
        
        Ditto - Jillybean, 2013-06-21, 02:06
  - Its a step. - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 13:59
    - Its a step. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2013-06-19, 18:12
  - Confirmed... with a few downsides - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2013-06-19, 17:51
- Bitch please... - Grizzlei, 2013-06-19, 13:52
  - Bitch please... - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 14:05
    - Totally! - Grizzlei, 2013-06-19, 14:09
      - Totally! - SigbiasSilva, 2013-06-19, 14:25
  - Bitch please... - Avateur, 2013-06-19, 18:31
    - Bitch please... - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 18:35
      - Bah. Ninja'd. - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 18:37
        
        :-D - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 18:38
      - Bitch please... - Avateur, 2013-06-19, 18:43
        
        Bitch please... - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 18:46
    - No Bitch - YOU PLEASE - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 18:37
      - Thanks INSANE - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 18:38
        
        Thanks INSANE - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 18:42
        
        The scariest kind! A PANTS MOOSE! - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 18:42
- Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - Kalamari, 2013-06-19, 14:11
  - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - JDQuackers, 2013-06-19, 14:14
  - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 14:15
    - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - JDQuackers, 2013-06-19, 14:18
  - Amazingly EA will not backtrack - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 18:56
- Saw this coming. - biggy, 2013-06-19, 14:13
  - Saw this coming. - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 14:18
    - Saw this coming. - biggy, 2013-06-19, 16:31
- Amazon pre-order - Grizzlei, 2013-06-19, 14:26
  - You will have to enable this new setup with a Day One Patch. - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 14:28
    - You will have to enable this new setup with a Day One Patch. - Jillybean, 2013-06-19, 14:33
      - Probably only for the first run consoles I'm sure - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 14:38
- I forgot about my one rule with Kotaku... - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 14:56
- Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - stabbim, 2013-06-19, 15:05
  - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 16:36
  - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 16:38
- You guys have money to pre-order consoles??? - Leviathan, 2013-06-19, 15:09
  - I hear Black Friday is pretty fun - Mr Daax, 2013-06-19, 15:13
  - Oh, heck, no... - TTL Demag0gue, 2013-06-19, 15:33
    - Oh, heck, no... - Ragashingo, 2013-06-19, 15:49
  - You guys have money to pre-order consoles??? - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 16:01
    - You guys have money to pre-order consoles??? - Grizzlei, 2013-06-19, 16:09
      - You guys have money to pre-order consoles??? - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 16:12
        
        You guys have money to pre-order consoles??? - Grizzlei, 2013-06-19, 16:15
        
        You guys have money to pre-order consoles??? - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 16:16
        
        You guys have money to pre-order consoles??? - Grizzlei, 2013-06-19, 16:33
- Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - Cody Miller, 2013-06-19, 15:13
  - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 16:05
  - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - bluerunner, 2013-06-19, 16:31
- Huh. *NM* - Ragashingo, 2013-06-19, 15:46
  - Huh. *NM* - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 16:10
    - Huh. *NM* - Ragashingo, 2013-06-19, 17:14
      - Huh. *NM* - Xenos, 2013-06-19, 17:15
        
        Huh. - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 17:19
- Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-06-19, 16:27
  - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - Avateur, 2013-06-19, 18:48
    - Cancel your PS4 preorders bitches - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-06-20, 09:26
- I suggest everyone waits for the "Destiny Edition". . . - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 16:41
- Score one for consumer rights. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2013-06-19, 18:06
  - Score one for consumer rights. - kapowaz, 2013-06-19, 23:52
    - I disagree. - Ragashingo, 2013-06-20, 00:30
      - I disagree. - kapowaz, 2013-06-20, 02:01
      - I disagree. - biggy, 2013-06-20, 04:10
      - I agree there. - ZackDark, 2013-06-20, 07:50
        
        DMR? - Xenos, 2013-06-20, 08:14
        
        Haha, sorry. - ZackDark, 2013-06-20, 08:16
        
        DMR? - Ragashingo, 2013-06-20, 09:04
      - +1 - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-20, 07:55
    - Score one for consumer rights. - uberfoop, 2013-06-20, 01:01
    - Score one for consumer rights. - Leviathan, 2013-06-20, 09:58
      - Score one for consumer rights. - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-06-20, 10:32
      - "Horses are way cooler than cars" - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-20, 10:58
      - Score one for consumer rights. - Ragashingo, 2013-06-20, 10:59
    - Score one for consumer rights. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2013-06-21, 12:55
      - Score one for consumer rights. - MrPadraig08, 2013-06-21, 13:00
        
        Score one for consumer rights. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2013-06-21, 13:36
- Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-19, 18:25
  - Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - biggy, 2013-06-19, 22:27
    - Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - kapowaz, 2013-06-19, 23:57
      - Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - biggy, 2013-06-20, 00:17
        
        Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - kapowaz, 2013-06-20, 00:29
        
        Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - Mr Daax, 2013-06-20, 09:44
        
        Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - kapowaz, 2013-06-20, 09:58
        
        Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - Mr Daax, 2013-06-20, 10:11
        
        Its been very interesting reading the reactions online . . . - Kalamari, 2013-06-20, 18:00
  - Dorkly said it best. - INSANEdrive, 2013-06-20, 08:08
    - +1 (minus the gratuitous insulting) - ZackDark, 2013-06-20, 08:16
    - What's reallly funny is people actually believe this. - NsU Soldier, 2013-06-20, 08:39
      - Well at least part of it was true... - Xenos, 2013-06-20, 09:02
    - Dorkly said it best. - Leviathan, 2013-06-20, 10:06
    - Yup - Grizzlei, 2013-06-20, 10:42
    - What a load of crap. - ShadowOfTheVoid, 2013-06-21, 13:24
- Yea! Um...I don't know... - Kermit, 2013-06-19, 20:49
  - Yea! Um...I don't know... - Mr Daax, 2013-06-19, 21:37
    - Yea! Um...I don't know... - Kermit, 2013-06-20, 04:04
      - Yea! Um...I don't know... - bluerunner, 2013-06-20, 04:20
      - Yea! Um...I don't know... - Mr Daax, 2013-06-20, 09:28
- But I don't want to - irishfreak, 2013-06-20, 01:39
- Apparently family sharing wasn't really sharing... - biggy, 2013-06-20, 17:07
  - Apparently family sharing wasn't really sharing... - Kalamari, 2013-06-20, 17:49
- Thank Goodness, I'm about to move - Schedonnardus, 2013-06-21, 08:10

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