> Halo CEA had Kinect features, so 343i alienated us? Kinect is an alternative way to play games/use features. I can use a gun by looking stupid, or by using a controller. Both will work, one just leaves you with a bit more dignity.
But the Kinect had little role to play in Halo CEA, I’m talking about for instance Dead Rising 3, how if you speak too loudly you will alert Zombies. Only people with Kinect would be allowed this option, if DR3 was on the Xbox 360 it would be alienating people.
> What? Steam is horrible. Why should we care if steam can do something or not? Who says we even use steam? This is like defending -Yoink!- in America, because France legalized it.
How exactly is Steam horrible? You get games massively discounted, constant sales, free weekends for games, etc. Steam is amazing, if you can’t see that then I’m sorry for you.
As for your example, that is a poor one. It’s like defending gay marriage in America because France legalised it. It is the right thing to do, whether you like it or not. Steam isn’t massively popular/successful for no reason.
> Then it shouldn’t be mandatory.
Again, it allows developers more space to work with, they have wider possibilities with the Kinect being mandatory. Like it or not, that is the case.
> http://www.cracked.com/article_20482_5-hilarious-ways-game-designers-are-messing-with-pirates.html
I read the article, and these were all PC versions of the game. Piracy on console is another thing all together. Another thing you failed to realise is that most of these “hilarious” ways, do not make the game unplayable.
> Of course it is a consumer console! Developers can’t buy 1 billion consoles (lol), can they? We the consumers buy their products, so we the consumers have the right to complain, or “cry” as you put it, about it.
I shall elaborate. The Xbox One isn’t just a consumer console, it isn’t like previous generations where the consumer comes first. Microsoft have made the Xbox One with everyone in mind, Devs, Publishers, Consumers and themselves. The PS4 is more of a consumer console, and the Wii U is the most consumer friendly console I know.
> Why the heck should I care about steam? You can’t refer to another product that does exactly the same thing, and expect us to stop complaining. So what if companies use child labour, does that mean your local supermarket should be allowed to do the same?
You should care about Steam because it is the future of gaming. Your examples make no sense because Steam isn’t a bad thing, it is a good thing.
> Microsoft can allow digital sales if they want to. Heck, they can make Halo 5 $40 on their digital sales with all these restrictions, and Halo 5 as $60 at my local shop, and I’ll be happy. Microsoft is completely disregarding consumer rights.
Microsoft have allowed digital sales, but they can’t lower prices because of the used-game market. That is why Steam is so successful, there is no used-game market, so they don’t have to worry about charging more because only one person owns the right to the game and once bought it can’t be sold back. They can afford constant sales because of this.
If you knew how Steam worked then you would realise the Xbox One really is a good thing. They just need to wriggle out a few issues.
