Xbox One's Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital
kotaku.com
The Xbox One's pitch for an all-digital, always-online future went down in flames so its disc-to-digital initiative could be born from the ashes
  • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
    21·
    7 days ago

    Is there any reason why you or anyone would give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt?

    Expect the worst from MS and you’ll never be disappointed.

    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      If they haven’t announced drives being removed, then there isn’t any proof that they are planning to do it. There is no benefit of doubt, nor is there evidence to support your claim.

      • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Why would they create the optical to digital DRM program if they were keeping optical drives in the next system?

        MS wanted to kill the secondary market since the start of the 8th generation in 2014. Their DRM rules are a big reason why a lot of people dropped Xbox to switch to PlayStation.