Now that DRM is gone on the X1, people can do what they want with their Physical discs, if you had a chance to change the DRM mess on the Xbox One, how would you do it ?
This is not to start a battle on what is better or why the PS4 is better than the X1 on DRM, this is about after seeing the PR nightmare MS caused by giving only tidbits of info here, how it could be done wile still moving forward going to a "steam" type model.
As most of us agree that going to a DRM model would be nice (Not needing a disc to play, family share, etc) a lot of us think of the DRM nightmare sides of it (No internet cant use system, cant give a game to someone not on my friends list, etc). After reading the front page on this annoucement, and people calling "Non-DRM supporters " aholes, Friggin crying morons, f##king cry babies, idiots, jerks (copied right from the main page and there was some worse ones). If your so smart, how would you do it ?
Rules: You must do it in a way to try to keep everyone happy, all the flaws with the past DRM should be resolved in a way so moving forward with a digital age could happen. Going back to the "old" way does not work for everyone so you cant use that. You have to make it easy too, using discs with some DRM and others not would not work here, it would confuse the consumer. And yes, the Kinect is part of the package and that will not change.
My thoughts...
1. Physical discs would stay like they are now like 360 discs treated like Phsyical discs, totaly different than digital downloads.
2. Digital downloads would have the same feature set as the "old" DRM model, Share games, no disk needed, etc. Allow sales via a MS marketplace.
The key thing is to treat digital and phsical as 2 different things, even if it's the same game.
No 24 hour call backs on the primary X1 that the games where installed from on digital or phsical (You need to be logged into the system under your Live account to play the games unless online). Shared sites(even in the same home, family share, etc) would need a call back once the game is attempted to be played (just for shared games) to confirm they are still on your account or a 24 hour check on this, unless you are logged in. If there is no internet connection, you cant play the shared games, simple. Physical discs would work just like now.
This model will show, if you want the flexablity of Physical disc, buy them and you can do what you want BUT, if you buy the digital version for the same price, you can get all these EXTRA features that you cant get with the disc. This will make people WANT to go to a digital model if they want to do the extra things to help move forward to a "digital age".
Microsoft to offer a buyback type of program, for a fee (say $10-15) you can take your phsical disc and convert it into a digital licence (90 day old or newer games). So you have a option if you change your mind (install it to your hard drive then mail in your disc, you dont have to re-download the game). These used games would be refurbed and sold to used game stores to make more money for Microsoft and the publishers of the game at a reasonable discount over the cost of a new game.
This sounds like a good work-around for the past digital "DRM" while keeping people happy to keep with moving forward to a digital world. Even the Devs and MS could make more money off this model.
Do you have a better plan ? Lets see what you have ?
As we know the louder you are, MS seems to listen, maybe there could be a 1/2 way point that MS could possably do.
Thoughts ?
This is not to start a battle on what is better or why the PS4 is better than the X1 on DRM, this is about after seeing the PR nightmare MS caused by giving only tidbits of info here, how it could be done wile still moving forward going to a "steam" type model.
As most of us agree that going to a DRM model would be nice (Not needing a disc to play, family share, etc) a lot of us think of the DRM nightmare sides of it (No internet cant use system, cant give a game to someone not on my friends list, etc). After reading the front page on this annoucement, and people calling "Non-DRM supporters " aholes, Friggin crying morons, f##king cry babies, idiots, jerks (copied right from the main page and there was some worse ones). If your so smart, how would you do it ?
Rules: You must do it in a way to try to keep everyone happy, all the flaws with the past DRM should be resolved in a way so moving forward with a digital age could happen. Going back to the "old" way does not work for everyone so you cant use that. You have to make it easy too, using discs with some DRM and others not would not work here, it would confuse the consumer. And yes, the Kinect is part of the package and that will not change.
My thoughts...
1. Physical discs would stay like they are now like 360 discs treated like Phsyical discs, totaly different than digital downloads.
2. Digital downloads would have the same feature set as the "old" DRM model, Share games, no disk needed, etc. Allow sales via a MS marketplace.
The key thing is to treat digital and phsical as 2 different things, even if it's the same game.
No 24 hour call backs on the primary X1 that the games where installed from on digital or phsical (You need to be logged into the system under your Live account to play the games unless online). Shared sites(even in the same home, family share, etc) would need a call back once the game is attempted to be played (just for shared games) to confirm they are still on your account or a 24 hour check on this, unless you are logged in. If there is no internet connection, you cant play the shared games, simple. Physical discs would work just like now.
This model will show, if you want the flexablity of Physical disc, buy them and you can do what you want BUT, if you buy the digital version for the same price, you can get all these EXTRA features that you cant get with the disc. This will make people WANT to go to a digital model if they want to do the extra things to help move forward to a "digital age".
Microsoft to offer a buyback type of program, for a fee (say $10-15) you can take your phsical disc and convert it into a digital licence (90 day old or newer games). So you have a option if you change your mind (install it to your hard drive then mail in your disc, you dont have to re-download the game). These used games would be refurbed and sold to used game stores to make more money for Microsoft and the publishers of the game at a reasonable discount over the cost of a new game.
This sounds like a good work-around for the past digital "DRM" while keeping people happy to keep with moving forward to a digital world. Even the Devs and MS could make more money off this model.
Do you have a better plan ? Lets see what you have ?
As we know the louder you are, MS seems to listen, maybe there could be a 1/2 way point that MS could possably do.
Thoughts ?