Microsoft says it is listening to negative feedback about Xbox One DRM
In a comment on his blog, Larry Hryb, director of programming for Xbox Live, said Microsoft is "fully aware of what's going on." Hryb's response was in regard to a comment that said "the entire world is watching Twitter explode" and that "the campaign for no DRM is in full swing." The comment cited a campaign started by gaming website NeoGAF on Sunday that requested Twitter users use a variety of hashtags to inform Sony and Microsoft of negative user stances on DRM issues such as a persistent Internet requirement that has yet to be clarified.
"I am also working on a few things to address it," Hryb wrote in response to the user. "I can't say much more right now. But we are listening."
Microsoft has been fuzzy about what exact requirements users will face with the Xbox One in regards to an Internet connection and how the console will handle the purchase and sale of games. In a statement on an official website, the company has said the console "does not have to be always connected, but Xbox One does require a connection to the Internet." Comments from Microsoft executives when the console was announced indicated the device would need to periodically access the Internet as a kind of verification service.
Phil Harrison, a corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, told Kotaku the requirement may be as often as once per day, though Microsoft representatives later said that was a "potential scenario" and no specific time period requirement has been announced yet.
The backlash to Microsoft's DRM plans comes just two months after EA faced similar responses following the launch of "SimCity," which was plagued by server issues that left owners unable to connect to the Internet-required game. EA's chief executive resigned just two weeks after the game launched.
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ExoticWolfsPosted:
The name is fine. It is an all in one console/system. So it fits it just right. Glad they are listening to the users. :o)
INxURxHEADPosted:
Merkinsliamcole123MerkinsDeadMouse Good. they can start off by changing that horrible name
Nothing wrong with the name
For some reason I got so pissed off with the name, it makes no sense, it's the third console, I think Xbox 3 would have been a sexy name!
3 would seem so weird to say
Even the 720 would be weird
One just fits for me
The Xbox 3 is 360 without the 60, It would roll of the tongue a lot easier.. they already have an original Xbox, now and Xbox One.. still doesn't make sense.
MPAAPosted:
If they were listening to the community, they would let us disconnect the kinect, no point in having it plugged in in a non-kinect game like CoD or Halo other than to spy on us.
bdgrPosted:
Syn_v7 It's a good thing they're listening to the community.
Yeh because we can make a good console just we cant construct it :O
Julianoz1224Posted:
Vice All i want is for it to be backwards compatible....
Just use your 360 to play 360 games, wouldn't it be better if they invested money into great new things rather than adding all the old hardware so it can play old games? I mean what is actually the point in just using a new console to do what you were doing on the old one?
TippurPosted:
liamcole123MerkinsDeadMouse Good. they can start off by changing that horrible name
Nothing wrong with the name
For some reason I got so pissed off with the name, it makes no sense, it's the third console, I think Xbox 3 would have been a sexy name!
3 would seem so weird to say
Even the 720 would be weird
One just fits for me
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