Comments on: Microsoft – Damage control

By: windsorr

windsorr — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:31:37 +0000

Its the trading if used games that is by FAR the biggest issue and this comment specifically mentions disc based games., This will prevent the BIG games from being downloaded if they are not treated equally to disc based versions.,

By: tatilsever

tatilsever — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:28:05 +0000

By the way, why do you think this is an “embarrassing climb down”? They proposed something, some vocal customers complained, they changed their minds. Would it be better if they anticipated the push back, yes, but it is not healthy for businessmen (and their companies) to consider changing directions embarrassing. I don’t see anything wrong with being responsive to customers.

By: tatilsever

tatilsever — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:23:43 +0000

It seems offline games not requiring online checks apply to disc based and online versions, I don’t see a statement singling out disc based games specifically. MS has announced that downloaded games cannot be shared or transferred to others, which is a pity, but this is par for the course for anything downloadable: movies, books, apps… For renting movies this is not a big deal, but for many people who want to own such media, it is a deal breaker.