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MS is saying we will get there first but to do that we have to do this.

The importance of getting there first (cheap game steam model) could be a deciding factor later in this gens life cyle of what system people are using. No way you can get there first without limiting used games in some way.

It's not a sprint for MS right now to just whore out hardware and they are OK with that.

Whoring out hardware. That's not at all what happened here. Microsoft alienated themselves. Not only that, but they completely futzed handling their supposed new direction and vision for gaming.

Sony, on the other hand, quietly sat there and let Microsoft fumble and flounder. And it worked. All the while, Sony hasn't alienated themselves and struck at the weakness of their competition. It was genius. It was well played. You can't argue that. Moreover, Sony has the means in place to adapt.

I'm not Sony homering. I will give Microsoft credit where it's due. But you are giving Microsoft WAY too much credit.

This post was edited on 6/14/13 at 9:52 am

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Posted on 6/14/13 at 9:57 am to The Sad Banana

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Microsoft alienated themselves

They know it will be a long road to get there and yes Sony is whoring out by playing to the lowest common denominator. It's not a bad thing at all and I will not knock them for doing it. A company in their weak financial position is smart to pander to the largest audience that will net them the most sales out of the gate. It's a lot like Dems buying votes with welfare.

I still think allowing used games hurts them in the long run though and if you understood what the Xbox engineer in the OP was saying you would see why.

Xbox is going to go to publishers after 6 months, a year, whatever and say look at used game sales on PS4 vs Xbox percentage wise. If it's less on Xbox then they are going to convince them they can afford to sale their games for less due to a non existent used games market on Xbox. Sony at this point will not have that luxury.

Xbox is also PROMISING publishers they will make something off of every license transfer including used games until they no longer exist.

You say adapt and that's fine but they can't go back on their promise to the consumer now and there is NO way to get to a steam model with a used games market. They simply can't co-exist.

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