PS4 vs. XBOX One

[Tony]

what developers were against the policy? everything i have seen said the new policies would ultimately benefit the developers while shafting the retailers... maybe you have read something i haven't, but the people who have mostly been against this were journalists and consumers

Well CD Projekt Red for one. They said they were totally against DRM but because they want everyone to be able to play The Witcher 3, they can't not release it on the Xbox One.

We couldn't simply not release The Witcher 3 on Xbox One. We want to make sure that every single player will have access to our game and thus decided to deliver for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

There are people who don't mind the DRM protection and will pick Xbox One as their platform of choice. We can't punish them. Again, we always stress the fact that we're against DRM, but in the market system it's the clients who make the final decision. As developers, we need to create best content we can and make it available for as many players as possible.

can be done entirely digitally.

Hmmm, I'm almost positive you can't put a game inside a disc-tray digitally.

 

[scootsy]

Well CD Projekt Red for one. They said they were totally against DRM but because they want everyone to be able to play The Witcher 3, they can't not release it on the Xbox One.




Hmmm, I'm almost positive you can't put a game inside a disc-tray digitally.

figured there were some developers, but i think its a minority of developers who are against it. and what i meant is that you wouldn't need a disc at all. i currently buy games from the xbox store and the game is on my console entirely. i never take halo 4 out of the tray, but i am constantly playing mlb 2k12, fable 3, halo and cod:bo2

 

[Tony]

figured there were some developers, but i think its a minority of developers who are against it. and what i meant is that you wouldn't need a disc at all. i currently buy games from the xbox store and the game is on my console entirely. i never take halo 4 out of the tray, but i am constantly playing mlb 2k12, fable 3, halo and cod:bo2

Well really, I don't see why Microsoft or Sony wouldn't be able to implement digital sharing for those people who buy games digitally.

 

[scootsy]

Well really, I don't see why Microsoft or Sony wouldn't be able to do digital sharing for those people who buy games digitally.

well from what i understood, that was the whole point. a game is tied to your account, and so to have access to a game, a person simply needs to activate that account on their console.

 

[Tony]

well from what i understood, that was the whole point. a game is tied to your account, and so to have access to a game, a person simply needs to activate that account on their console.

Ya but digitally where a game is tied to your account anyway? They could easily make them sharable. Just lend a game to your friend for x amount of minutes or x amount of days and have it deactivated on your account until that time you set is up. This wouldn't be able to work with physical games of course but with the ones you buy digitally. You know?

edit: I understand where Microsoft was trying to go but one of the main selling points of a console is being able to do whatever you want with the physical copies of games that you bought. If they try to move in the direction of Steam, why not just buy a PC?

 

[Archie Moses]

I reserved a Xbox One today at Gamestop.

 

[Tony]

I reserved a Xbox One today at Gamestop.

 

[HipHopAnonymous]

I reserved a Xbox One today at Gamestop.

How much?