No one can deny that the internet has been quite crazy when it comes to the Xbox One. A large part of that has been due to Microsoft's poor PR, but also because fans are just very passionate. Now that Microsoft has chosen to break away from its previous position on DRM and Online Requirements, there's a storm brewing that many do not see. Perhaps it was already upon us, but developers are going to start taking matters into their own hands.
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Gaming has been great. The industry however has been taking hits here and there. Nintendo is prepping for next gen, Sony has no first party, and mcsft has...who knows? I guess that's why it seems like gaming is in a rut for some. 3rd party and indies has been amazing though.
Personally I'm enjoying the sh out of gaming these last few years. All these great games, it takes me back to snes ps1 days where there was so much variety. In all my gaming years I think the ps3/360 was the worst of it. It was first person shooter after first person shooter, variety went out the window because that's when development really started rising for most devs even indies. I think all 3 console makers have done well with helping indies out lately to an extent. The variety started coming back during ps4 Era and now it's full blown. I just picked up eiyuden 100 heroes and man this sh takes me back. An actual jrpg releasing these day. I thought it was the end after only like 10 of them released for ps3 and 360(not literally but it was slim pickings)
we had a few hits this year alreadyz so im not sure where this "gaming is in trouble" comes from lol
and theres still alot more to come
Not true at all. This article is about 1 day too late. Sony and MS BOTH claimed that neither were pressured by 3rd party companies to develop DRM consoles. It was 100% the evil of idea of wicked satanic brain child known as Microsoft.
3rd parties can use online passes (even if sony themselves quit using it for their own 1st party games).
That's a fair enough deal. If they want.
That would be true if the article was talking about developers pressuring Sony or Microsoft about their DRM policies.
However, it's more talking about how publishers/developers are starting to take things more into their own hands, especially with CliffyB stating that he expects publishers to start offering incentives for people to purchase digitally.
No they won't. Devs were (as far as I know) happy that Ms reversed their decision. And it'll be hard to implement DRM when the console can be used entirely I offline.
So who is still pushing DRM then? If you're saying devs are not going to push it, then why is there a noticeable push to get DRM out there? Despite what happened with Xbox One? This is what is interesting and I'm glad this article pointed that out. There's still a buzz generating about DRM. And I'm not talking about the forum negative posting either. The industry wants DRM in your home and they are going to figure out a way to slip it in there.
These days it's super cool to be a good guy developer, and being cool means selling more games. I'm sure this won't be the last we see of DRM, but for now I think we're safe.