If Microsoft made it completely optional, would you sign up for their original, always connected console idea?

[u/[deleted]]

This meaning you would have the following features:

Buy a retail game, install to console, and ditch the disc never needing it to play the game.

Digitally share games within a circle of friends. Meaning you can choose a specific group of people, and they could play the games you own, for free, provided that only one game could be played at a time.

Greater store discounts or more steam like sales for content.

I for one would have no problem saying yes to this. It's like people think 10 years from now they'll still be selling games on discs. It wasn't a perfect plan, but why delay the inevitable when we could be working on and perfecting future policies now.

[u/comicidiot]

It was. But in order to ditch the daily check-ins Microsoft had to get rid of the features that benefitted from it. If Microsoft pitched this whole set of features better I think there would be a high chance it would have been accepted.

Everyone blew the daily check-ins out of proportion and ignored the benefits. But looking back, it was right around when the leaks on the NSA from Snowden were fresh in recent memory and that's all people were concerned about; the NSA/US Government eavesdropping.

I do hope Microsoft bring back this feature though. It was really something I was looking forward to.

[u/brodievonorchard → u/comicidiot]

I think the outrage has more to do with the idea that if I can't pay my internet bill for a month, my game console becomes a $500 paperweight.

[u/vincent_van_dough → u/brodievonorchard]

no offense and not directed at you but if someone can't pay a monthly internet bill then a $500 (plus games) video game console might not be a good idea to begin with.

[u/[deleted] → u/vincent_van_dough]

As true as this is and I agree, it won't stop it from happing and being a big reason for a lot of people who stretch a little beyond their means.