So apparently they are realising its a terrible idea Link 1 Link 2 as website crashed, I wonder if this is a little too late. Edit: Their FAQ has just changed, its official. Edit: Here is an Official announcement

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Am I the only one interested in this? :P

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no =)

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Too little, too late buddy. They took a giant shitdump on their customers and are now getting out their wet napkins to try and clean it off and salvage what little trustability they have lost to PS4.

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haha, exactly how I feel.

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+1

Also I think that those "fixes" are coming too early, the console is not even in the stores, are the preorders so low/bad? D:

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So they finally listen to to customers and people still bitch, stay classy people.

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Xbox 180 :D

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Lolololololol! Microsoft is so funny dummy, still not gonna buy one...

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Until the consoles are out, I don't believe them! Even then I don't care until they make one without a camera/microphone.

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+1

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+1 bad enough my laptop and phone are always watching me masterb-...err....gaming(..uhh..fortix, yeah, thats it. watching me play fortix), so obama can personally review all the files. don't need an xbox doing it too.

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I keep tape on my webcam and have an old phone. Yes I am paranoid.

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Seems to be coming from multiple sources, Im guessing this is true. The kinect requirement does seem to still be there though which sucks.

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People are always copying from one another without asking. Happens in the media all the time :)

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That's sucks... For me the idea of DRM on xbox was great, and something new on consoles

[edit] You have nothing to DRM on steam, but when someone get nothing to DRM on xbox you RAGE... WTF?!? With you people...

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said no one ever.

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I WANTED TO POST THAT.

high-five

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Cause everyone is a bunch of whiny little children with no sense.

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DRM is not good. Ever. Fucking say 1 advantage of DRM.

Also, did you just called everyone at GOG.com a bunch of "whiny little children"? Lulz.

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Lol best comment I've read by far!

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Trolling barely successful.

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Fanboy detected, no wonder you posted on my other thread with such a butthurt reaction.

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You are mental, you call me a fanboy because i don't see nothing bad in DRM and 24h online check in? aaaa go to hell...

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Sir,I'll try to keep this as politely as possible:

U go to hell!

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Did i was talking to you? did you call me a fanboy? No, I don't think so.

Here on side about DRM all most people have butthurt about DRM, sorry i just don't get it. I've got my own opinion, i'm not saying that everybody has to have the same opinion, but calling me fanboy or troll becouse that i like how DRM works on Steam and i don't see nothing bad in the future on consoles? This is ridiculous.

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you should work for EA!

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That was one of the most retarded sentences I ever read in my whole life.

DRM IS NEVER, EVER, GOOD. ITS A FUCKING PLAGUE AND NOTHING MORE THAN THAT.

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I don't say that DRM it's greate but it gives you something in return. With out DRM you don't get option play-your-games-from-anywhere and "family share". For me that option was great, and not only from me.
One quote from kotaku:

"With the family feature, I could buy a game in Dallas. I could then play it with my brother who lives in Oklahoma City even though he hasn't even bought the game. Or he could play it by himself without me. That's so far beyond the capabilities of sharing a disc with someone in my immediate area that the two aren't even comparable."

Not all my firends live near me, so a can't share with them games i have...

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You can still have the family feature without a 24 hour DRM check.

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Yes, that was bad. That was the worst idea in this whole thing, there should be a on line activation after you buy game, like on steam. But still i don't have problem with internet, i've got broadband from 10 years, I'm using internet on my smartphone, so form my point of view i don;t see the problem but i know there's many place where internet connection is a problem so i can undestand how bad idea was 24h check in.

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You very clearly have no idea what you talk about. DRM doesn't give you ANYTHING - its a fancy words for setting restriction rules on customers' software purchases. Once upon a time DRM was called copy-protection - the difference is that DRM can restrict you in other ways than just copying. You can think of it as Extended copy protection.

DRM-Free means technically you can do every single thing you please with the games you bought including sharing/selling/loaning/etc. physically and/or digitally. Its all on what the license allows you, but to repeat it again - technically you can do anything with DRM-Free soft.

Pro tip: Do your homework before commenting if you don't like ppl laughing at you.

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+1 , damn right .

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Please, hide yourself quick! Otherwise the rape train might go choo-choo soon, and i bet you don't like rape, am i right?

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Yep... Are you really sure that you want the 21-countries restriction? THAT is a total bummer as well as the region locked consoles.

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Ok that was bad... but i'm talking about DRM and "family share" that now will be cut off the system, for me this option to share your games with friends that live far awey from you was great.

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yes always-on is great and steam doesnt have offline mode... now back to your cave!

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I don't have cave, but i see that for you cave=home, now i understand why you are so afraid of always-on, and you need offline mode, in cave there is no internet connection. I hope that in the end you will find a real home and you will be able to leave that filthy cave.

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Sarcasm is either a dying art form, or doesn't translate very well onto internet forums judging by some of these replies :)

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lol

+1 for obvious that people apparently missed

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Umm.. I think, from reading what you say, that you don't understand what DRM is, or you mean something entirely different from DRM. What the hell does "you have nothing to DRM on Steam" and "nothing to DRM on Xbox" mean? You can't "DRM" something. It's not a verb. It's not something you do..

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As someone who never wanted a ps4 or Wii-U until the XB1 announcement, I still dont believe that this isnt going to come about eventually.

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Good for them? It's only because they've been lambasted from just about every corner of the gaming community and press.

It was a ballbag move, and was treated with the contempt it deserved. It's shameful that they even considered pulling this stunt, and their U-turn is due less to them being "good guys" and more to the fact that that their accounts department staff have been going through several pairs of underpants a day.

They've been backed into a corner, and took the only commercially viable route out.

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I think PS4 was going to do same but after all that whining about XBOXONE they just saw opportunity for huge market share and decided that instant cash from selling consoles is better than long term small incomes through on-line games distribution (which will also occur).

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Or they just kept their mouth shut, waited till everyone was speculating and feared the worst, and made the "big suprise".

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But sony always takes a loss on launch console sales in order to keep the price lower

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Im sure Sony prolly was going to have similar restrictions .. But after hearing the rumors of MS they decided to wait it out ...

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If it is true, they will find another way to take more money.

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O really?

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What was that?

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a post, why u asking?

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Don't feed the kiddie trolls yo!

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Nothing like an internet-wide shitstorm to force a company's hand.

Still won't be buying a 'bone though...

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I have a pc, I won't buy a console either way.

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+1.

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+1

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+10

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have fun missing out on gears of war, halo, and dead rising 3. just bc i own a pimpin pc doesnt meen i dont want my console games

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gears of war, halo, and dead rising 3

I have enough generic shooters on the PC, what's your point?

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Bla Bla "pc master race" Bla. Some people like to play console games (exclusives) as well ;)

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From start i am interested to purchase one as it is the most interesting(in my opinion) and have the most interesting exclusives games.

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$100 More for a worse gaming system. Okay, waste your money and let these assholes think that you can scam them.

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Well, I hope it's too late for them. I never liked Microsoft. Because, you know, they did it only because they saw DRM won't give them enough money. They are not doing it for us, gamers.
And they still use dirty techniques like making fun of people playing Wii U at BestBuys. It would be nice if people just stopped supporting M$.

Oh, right, and it's still a spying device.

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I forgot about that wii u thing lol. thats my favorite thing they've[xbone] done so far, its so ridiculous.

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hm, what? did i miss someting? sry, not from the US

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wii u had demos at specific bestbuys.
xbox sent people to pitch the xbox to people in line for the wiiu
and i guess generally hijack the captive crowd for xbox(like spam in person, sit and listen or lose your place in line),
and some of those were allegedly recorded to be directly bashing on the wii or making fun of people playing it(but i could't find those) lol

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Anyone notice that final point on link 2? Region locks dropped? That's some pretty huge news there. Granted, it's not as great as if it were PS4 dropping region locks, but not having to worry about if America will see the next ___ is pretty good.

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Interesting. Will there be an alternative system in place to enforce differential regional pricing, or will we really see a truly open market for games?

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The alternative system will probably be something similar to what Steam does, just have different regional pricing on stores since they're planning to rely so heavily on digital sales this time around. It'd be really weird if a major console didn't have a region lock. Hell, even a bunch of PC games have some kind of lock (I've heard from sources that are totally not my own personal experience that most of Illusion soft's games have a lock)

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playstation 3 doesnt have an region-lock on games... just to let you know

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If this is true, it will be amazingly funny. All the talks about family sharing, a need for a always connect device, and the "power of the cloud"... all those things, backtracked. All their bullshit exposed. I dont know if they have the balls to this. But I hope they do.

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If they still keep that family sharing that will actually be a better service than PS4

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I can guarantee you with 100% certainty that it is simply not happening. No freaking chance in the world. PS3 had "family sharing" too, for 5 accounts, but thanks to publisher pressure it had to be limited to only 2. No way in hell they will let this pass without drm.

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well they already destroyed their reputation - i hope nobody will buy their shit, even the try to implement such a drm was a pity

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Waiting for actual confirm

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Their FAQ has just been changed, its official now

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The last time their FAQ changed they claimed you could turn off Kinect...

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you can
....just need a roll of painter's tape. Like I did with my cellphone's cameras.

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Naw man... Didn't you hear? It has X-Ray to detect bombs.

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meh, no matter. good americans have nothing to fear from being listened to anyway(and prism don't spy on foreigners, that'd be wrong). you'll quit your whining when you hear how many bombings and rampages were stopped by kenect mics when they thought the xbox was turned off..only traitors and terrorists complain about being monitored.

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unfortunately I cant access thier FAQ website now, its dying. I was trying to provide you with a link but its being overloaded.

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You don't need to do that.. I couldn't care any less wether Cbone has DRM or not. As long the PS4 doesn't.

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"we've been closely listening to consumer feedback" ahahahahahaha Microsoft is so cute.

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They can fuck off.

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Too little, too late.

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lol. Good news I guess. I still prefer the ps4.

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this, but ill get a xbox one for halo and gears just like i always do. huge zombie fan so dead rising 3 coop ftw

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I think it is funny, but also is a very good thing. Even if it took a major backlash to cause the policy changes, at least they are doing it. Not just good news for xbox fans, good news for everyone. Sends a message that just because you are a huge company you can't force shit on people they don't want or like.

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Sounds good , but still , not going to buy Xbox One , If I will buy next gen console , it will be PS4

Even though I owe xbox 360 and I really used to the xbox 360 controller , I played a little in friends house on PS3 and the controller feels really good , reminds the old ps2 I got :3

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No more power of the cloud?

:(

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its just optional now

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Too bad, I was hoping they'd fail even harder.

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that wouldnt have been possible^^

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Official announcement added

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TooLate

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MORE LIKE XBOX 180 AMIRITE?

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lol

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Jolly good show, sir/madam.

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