Xbox One's Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital
kotaku.com
The Xbox One's pitch for an all-digital, always-online future went down in flames so its disc-to-digital initiative could be born from the ashes
  • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
    19 days

    All to trap people in their digital ecosystem. They could have easily offered an optional optical drive on their next system.

    MS sucks.

      • NekoKoneko@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18 days

        I don’t think so, but I think pessimism has merged with realism. Perhaps we all just agree that for 2026 tech companies, whatever the question is, the correct answer will be whatever’s the worst decision for the public.

        Edit: Dude, just FYI since maybe you don’t realize we can see downvotes: if you downvote everyone responding to you even in good faith, nobody will want to respond to you.

      • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
        18 days

        Is there any reason why you or anyone would give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt?

        Expect the worst from MS and you’ll never be disappointed.

        • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
          18 days

          If they haven’t announced drives being removed, then there isn’t any proof that they are planning to do it. There is no benefit of doubt, nor is there evidence to support your claim.

          • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
            18 days

            Why would they create the optical to digital DRM program if they were keeping optical drives in the next system?

            MS wanted to kill the secondary market since the start of the 8th generation in 2014. Their DRM rules are a big reason why a lot of people dropped Xbox to switch to PlayStation.