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Re: Creative Director of Microsoft wants you to love Always-

Postby Genowhirl910 » April 12th, 2013, 6:37 am

Well, in fairness. Even if Orthy didn't mean what he said (which it seemed like he totally did.) He should have known making fun of Microsoft fans for not having 100% internet always would've gotten him in trouble.
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Re: Creative Director of Microsoft wants you to love Always-

Postby Raz » May 6th, 2013, 11:16 am

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Disclaimer: none of these messages have been edited, context can be provided if needed (thanks discord!) but absolutely does not change anything about these messages and that he's too overly defensive and cocky to make situations better

Karyete: I don't have anything to say to you, I've been deliberately trying to not offend you for years, actually, but apparently everything I say to you is wrong. You come across as so aggressive that you successfully intimidated me into not wanting to talk to you
Karyete: Seriously, what is your problem? And not only that, you fail to even acknowledge you might be in some wrong here.
Karyete: Oooh it's you? Hello. Feel free to drop this right now. You're going to make yourself look like an idiot.
Karyete: We don't want to hear your opinion at this stage.
Karyete: You're not getting any apology, especially after now.
Karyete: You can stay up on your high horse, continue to twist the truth and act like an absolute child all you want. I refuse to give respect to a man who right now is picking up a dropped argument because he simply cannot fathom the idea that he might be in the wrong.
Karyete: How pathetic
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Re: Creative Director of Microsoft wants you to love Always-

Postby darthbrowser » June 2nd, 2013, 2:02 pm

If they retain the technology originally installed in the console - the DRM software - it is possible they may indeed follow Steam's path: that is, allowing game publishers to opt for DRM software on their games. Thus, while the console will not require DRM, some games may employ it nontheless.

Based on Microsoft's actions, it seems unlikely they would remove the technology from the console all together this close to release.

As far as predicting which games, if any, will have DRM if the new Xbox does indeed imitate Steam, my best guess would be the usual employers of the software on Steam games, such as Electronic Arts.

Keep in mind that companies have undoubtably noted the wide-scale backlash against DRM. In some cases, consumers have attempted to make the DRM appear as counter-productive by pirating games equipped with DRM, when they otherwise would not have.

DRM may continue to be employed by certain publishers, but it is far from the "future of gaming," and I believe Microsoft will react to the current enviorment accordingly.
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