"Your feedback counts“, This is the name that Microsoft gave to the announcement it made yesterday in Xbox Wire, and the title could not be better. After thousands of criticisms against some of the more controversial details of the new Xbox and above all how Sony took advantage of these to almost razed the Xbox One, Bill Gates' company had to change its strategy and managed to turn part of the advertising disaster that was E3 into positive advertising:
Since we revealed our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from you, read your comments and listened to your feedbacks. I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you for your support as we help to restructure the future of Xbox One. ” Don Mattrick wrote in this article. " You told us how much you love the flexibility you have today with disc games. The ability to borrow, share and resell these games any way you want and the incredible importance it has for you. It is also important for you the freedom to be able to play offline, for any amount of time, anywhere in the world.
Briefly the Xbox One:
- You will not need to be connected online from 24 at 24 hours. After the initial installation, Xbox One will be able to play DVD games offline normally. The same will apply to digital games, after downloading and activating them
- Will accept the use of second-hand games. This means that we can “borrow, share and resell” Xbox One games at will. But this can only be done with DVD games since digital ones can only have one owner.
- Will accept games from other regions. Contrary to what was planned the new Xbox will accept games from any region, that is here in Angola we can play games bought in Dubai for example, which would not be possible if the plans had been maintained.
Although it is quite apparent that Xbox One would lose the battle against PS4 and could even be overtaken by Wii U, its creators seemed determined to stick to their strategy against everything and against everyone since it recently said that whoever wanted to play Xbox offline buying Xbox 360. The change of discourse in a few days is at least curious and it takes many to want it not so much with the voices of the players that have risen against the console but rather with the fact that PS4 has not also joined DRM ( Digital Rights Management ou Digital Rights Management in Portuguese), which practically brought down the plans of the game producers. Fortunately, the period when Microsoft sided with the producers when it comes to fighting second-hand game traffic seems to be over. Who wins with this are us the players who now have a strong competitor to PS4 on the market, which will only mean an increase in the quality of games and services on both consoles just as it happened when PS3 was launched to compete with Xbox 360 .
source: Xbox Wire
