It's a good day for people that were on the fence about getting a Xbox One.

Microsoft is backing down from many of the restrictive software policies it had previously outlined for its next-generation console, the Xbox One. An update to the Xbox One website details the almost total reversal of restrictions related to online check-ins, the ability to play games offline, region locking and secondhand sales of games.

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This was bound to happen eventually. I'm sure Microsoft wasn't just sitting there saying "Huh, guess everyone hates us now. Oh well #yolo".

Originally Posted by Clearly

For anyone saying "They finally listened to the gamers!". False. They listened to their wallets. PS4 was DOMINATING on pre orders from various sites such as Gamestop and Amazon, being the biggest retailers to sell the consoles.

How can you say thats False? Because it's not false, and the reason why is the exact thing you posted. They did listen to the gamer's because the gamer's said they would not buy their console if it had these restrictions. They do want to sell their product and make money, so to do so they had to listen to what the people wanted and they made the change.

Originally Posted by Suricruise

How can you say thats False? Because it's not false, and the reason why is the exact thing you posted. They did listen to the gamer's because the gamer's said they would not buy their console if it had these restrictions. They do want to sell their product and make money, so to do so they had to listen to what the people wanted and they made the change.

Well you could say they listened to the gamers and sound all noble, because they care so much about our enjoyment! But that is bullshit, if they were only behind in pre-orders/ sales figures by a little bit, they would keep all the restrictions. It is only because PS4 was winning out 2 to 1 in some retailers that they changed it. If they sold, lets say 5-10% (probably even more) less than PS4 they would still make more money off of the restrictions because of people buying the games new as opposed to used or easily borrowing friends games.

Alternatively, I wish they both had a stance against used games. Being a PC gamer I suppose I can say this a bit easier, but I hate people's ridiculous self-entitlement to used games. When you buy a game you are buying the licence you should really have no right to sell that or trade it in, it hurts the industry just as much as piracy. While yes, game developers need to start putting incentives to bu new, the big two (Sony and Microsoft) need to start making a stance. But it's kind of like politics, nobody is ever going to do the right thing if it pisses most people off, all the competitor has to do is keep it how it is. But again, I'm saying this like either company did anything with the good of the industry on the top of the priority list.

But at the end of the day Microsoft got smart and changed it, hell this whole thing could have been a marketing scheme.

Originally Posted by El_Flaco_Gamer

Well you could say they listened to the gamers and sound all noble, because they care so much about our enjoyment! But that is bullshit, if they were only behind in pre-orders/ sales figures by a little bit, they would keep all the restrictions. It is only because PS4 was winning out 2 to 1 in some retailers that they changed it. If they sold, lets say 5-10% (probably even more) less than PS4 they would still make more money off of the restrictions because of people buying the games new as opposed to used or easily borrowing friends games.

Alternatively, I wish they both had a stance against used games. Being a PC gamer I suppose I can say this a bit easier, but I hate people's ridiculous self-entitlement to used games. When you buy a game you are buying the licence you should really have no right to sell that or trade it in, it hurts the industry just as much as piracy. While yes, game developers need to start putting incentives to bu new, the big two (Sony and Microsoft) need to start making a stance. But it's kind of like politics, nobody is ever going to do the right thing if it pisses most people off, all the competitor has to do is keep it how it is. But again, I'm saying this like either company did anything with the good of the industry on the top of the priority list.

But at the end of the day Microsoft got smart and changed it, hell this whole thing could have been a marketing scheme.

You can say that MS "listened" to gamers but in reality this was in response to the sales of each console. Like Flaco said, if XBox One was dominating in sales and still had these restrictions then there will be no way in hell that MS will change their policies.