What's darkly amusing is that everyone also remembers the 'always online' focus from this and subsequently praised Sony.
It was a smart move sure, but this gen saw the real push of pretty much mandatory, regular and huge patches - not to mention some physical discs just being a gateway to a download.
Sure you can in theory use your PS4 offline whenever you want, but in practice if you want Day 1 patches et al, you're pretty fucked. It was such an unforced error by MS to push this when I imagine a high percentage of their (and Sony's) user base are always online by choice anyway
The 'always online' requirement was in service of the DRM for control of the secondary market - something that would on its own have caused a ruckus, irrespective of how 'online' people already were or not. The DRM aspect with regard to used games was the real core of the backlash.
For some reason, rhe moment where Don Mattrick introduced Xbox One left a print in my mind.Perhaps because for some reason, it seems tha the way the console was shown, It was less about video games than aboutsomething else, like sports and TV.
I felt in some way, the first times of Xbox One introduction felt comedical in some sort of bizarre way, because it felt like the strategy topromote Xbox was self damaging and out of touch in some sort of bizarre way.
For several months I believed the console would explode while flying, until many things were changed. Nowdays Xbox One isn't doing too bad, but I remember, the introduction felt so weird.
More gold. (Old GAF mentioned too)
https://thenextweb.com/microsoft/20...line-tweets-claims-customer-centric-approach/
Absolutely. Fully appreciate this and the difference, and it was one of the things that persuaded me to go from 360 > PS4
Its just in theory, the 'always online' user base isn't too far off these days. They just waved a red flag at a bull wording wise and went about it way too aggressively
This hilarious video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOxdMQhDMIU
6 years and people still saying this fake shitAnd the best part. None of that shit was available on sony's end either. Because both had opted into doing this, but sony cut out the entire thing from their system, and presentation after Xbox's Conference
Tell you what, if you don't like the thread, you don't have to reply.What is the point of this post? I am asking seriously. It was a cluster, everyone knows that.
Why rehash it?
And that man's name was Albert Einstein.I remember a man who dared to show new actual hardware on stage when Sony was too scared to do so.
The Giant Bomb gaslighting machine sure was powerful back then.And the best part. None of that shit was available on sony's end either. Because both had opted into doing this, but sony cut out the entire thing from their system, and presentation after Xbox's Conference
I know the poster you're replying to is dead wrong, but what does Giant Bomb have to do with this? Real question, I don't know lolThe Giant Bomb gaslighting machine sure was powerful back then.
Yep. "Xbox, Commit Hara Kiri"."We have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity, it's called Xbox 360"
The always on DRM and not being able to (at that time) trade games and play used games rubbed me the wrong way.
I will never forget the Sony response to this.