Simple answer is no. Thanks for asking.
You know, come to think of it, Microsoft's original intentions before DRM backfired on it, were to created a console that's unfriendly as can be to the gamer.
Original Plans:
You can't loan or gift your friends YOUR OWN games.
2: You need a internet connection to play even offline titles,.
3: Console was region-blocked.
Now, with this revelation we realize that Microsoft was still is all about the...
Microsoft's backpedaling is insane. Their team has no idea which direction to go!
This is good news, yes, but it's not encouraging me to buy the console, because who knows what they'll announce next?
Yes they did. But it wasn't simply happenstance, it was arrogance mixed with overconfidence, and the insatiable lust to rip more monies from the already overspent gamer.
It backfired. It had to. Microsoft's vision for gaming is dismal, disappointing and saddening.
Thank goodness for Sony who had the balls to stay away from DRM,and the blocking of used games. It's the only reason MS backpedaled.
PS3 version for me. It's that simple.
Shots fired indeed. The wind is with Sony, and like I've always said, many Xbox 360 owners saw Microsoft's betrayal as justification to come back home to PlayStation.
Microsoft seems to forget that many of the folks who bought 360s where disgruntled PS2 owners who couldn't afford PS3 at $599, or couldn't wait one year late for the console.
They're coming home now.
I don't know what they can do man. The wind is already against them.
Lower the price of the box is one. Drop Kinect is two, and cry like babies for the love of gamers is three.
Sony is mad. Sony is utterly mad! This is too good to be true man! Keep them coming!
Why the dislikes? I say "Mad" in overly awesome! Get with it, folks!
Bring on the free games!
No. On the contrary, with Ballmer becoming boss of the Xbox division, things look more dismal than ever.
Something's terribly wrong at Microsoft's Entertainment (Xbox) division. Terribly.
"most importantly, we expanded Xbox to go beyond great gaming to deliver all the entertainment people want — sports, music, movies, live television and much more."
Wow, so Ballmer is now boss and the most important thing about Xbox One to him is sports, music, movies and live television.
Wow. Speechless.
The positive wind is with Sony, and as it stands now, Microsoft has no idea what it's doing.
This abomination of an article shouldn't be allowed to grace the front pages of N4G.
Battlefield 4 will never "dethrone" COD. BF4 will have its own "win", and so too will Call of Duty.
Yeah whatever.
Not hating on Battlefield at all, but there are shooters that do things Battlefield does not, so EA's point is moot.
This guy's "clarification" was actually more PR lies from Microsoft. Sony DID, in great detail, via Mark Cerny, describe PS4 innards. Microsoft hasn't and will not. It used Digital Foundry the order day to put out more fluster because it knows Xbox One is inferior to PS4.
Microsoft, thou hast failed.
Gamers are a smart bunch - they know quality when they see it. And they know when a company's trying to bite them in the behind as compared to giving them value.
Say what you will, but MS's arrogance as been appalling thus far.
Also, people seem to forget that about half of Xbox 360's install base are actually former PlayStation people, who owned PS2 back in the day... And when Sony pulled its own arrogance with a $599 console and releasing a yea...
More competition is good. The article says Apple is joining the ranks, too.
If Google and Apple go beyond just console android and app-based games, and include major offerings from massive publishers, this could be a real threat to Sony and M$.
Oh look at that Microsoft's official Xbox site claims Xbox won E3... So unbiased, I'm telling you!
Notice the sarcasm.
You're all about gamers and games.
Titanfall on at E3 was ran on a PC, not Xbox One... We will not know the game's true performance until it is released next year.
So I'm not buying the headline. Not yet.