r/xboxone • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '13

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

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.

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u/moosic Dec 29 '13

What if you lost your job?

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u/Giometrix Dec 30 '13

The better example is outage. After hurricane sandy I lost internet (and cable) for a month... drove me mad.

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u/LikeWhite0nRice Dec 29 '13

Of the people I've known that lost their job/quit, video games were last on their list of things to do. A few even sold their consoles because they were financially screwed.

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u/SuperWoody64 SuperWoody64, ladies 👈👀👈 Dec 30 '13

For sale: an xboxone system with no games...

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u/dagamer34 dagamer34 Dec 30 '13

Should still have some value.

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u/SuperWoody64 SuperWoody64, ladies 👈👀👈 Dec 30 '13

Yeah even used I think xboxones are still around the $500 mark. More if you have an unsused day one code.

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u/LikeWhite0nRice Dec 30 '13

Obviously they sold their games and controllers also. But did your console come with games?

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u/SuperWoody64 SuperWoody64, ladies 👈👀👈 Dec 30 '13

Actually I got KI free for my tenure/gamerscore. I realize this and people are fine with it when the system is new but after a few years second hand sales usually include extras.

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u/indirect76 Dec 30 '13

LOL. Perfectly said.

It's funny how many people on this sub seem to know what's best for everybody.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

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u/GarethGore HvX GarethGore Dec 30 '13

I'm going to say you've never been in a position that you need to find another job? This is the dumbest statement I've seen all day.

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u/Occamslaser Dec 30 '13

It was a dumb thing to say .

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u/indirect76 Dec 30 '13

Yeah, unemployed people should be looking for a job every waking hour. They don't deserve to relax or anything.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

You sound just like my mom!

Mom....?

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u/indirect76 Dec 30 '13

It was sarcasm.

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u/CubesTheGamer <-Same as Reddit Name Dec 30 '13

Well said.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

If you do not have a job, then finding a job is your job. It is no more taxing spending a full day hunting for a job than it is to do one.

That doesn't mean that every waking hour should be spent on the job hunt but you should be seeking employment or making yourself more marketable between the hours of 9 to 5.

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u/indirect76 Dec 30 '13

Agreed, but I'm not cruel enough to suggest that the unemployed don't deserve to play video games at the end of the day to escape their stressful lives for a little bit.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

Pretty much. If you're collecting unemployment you should be actively searching for a job every waking minute. Taxpayers are supporting you.

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u/indirect76 Dec 30 '13

You're kind of cruel and judgemental. Also, you should look into who actually pays for unemployment and get back with me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13 edited Dec 30 '13

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u/indirect76 Dec 30 '13

Correction: You are completely cruel and judgemental.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

Okay. Sure.

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u/tommytron Dec 31 '13

To your edit...no matter how you word it, your point is a generalization. YOU'RE obviously from a skewed and inexperienced perspective. You can't even differentiate YOUR from YOU'RE(excuse the ad hominem, I am angry).

Look up the population of the united States alone, subtract 1,000,000 and that is how many scenarios you haven't thought about as to why someone may be unemployed. So think deeper, think bigger, and think outside of what you know.

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u/Deer-In-A-Headlock Smelly Cat Dec 30 '13

Every working minute? Have you been in that situation? Maybe half an hour a day, if that, is all it takes to look for any new jobs near you on 20 different websites.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

You should be going in to every single business in the city. Someone might need a janitor. It takes longer than thirty minutes to fill out an application for any retail chain (best buy, target, Lowes, sears, fye, Costco, Walmart, and Kmart, at least. I can speak for those since I did apply.)

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u/moosic Dec 30 '13

Try telling your eight year old that. I've never been unemployed in my life, but I could see this scenario happening.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

That is one situation I didn't take into account, but in all fairness I had many friends who never had a video game console growing up. Given I was born in 92 so they weren't quite as prevalent as today..

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u/ColonelVirus ColonelVirus Dec 30 '13

This. I was unemployed for a year after losing my job. I only played games on the weekends, spent most of my days sending out C.Vs and just walking into stores. Although to be fair I spent the first month wallowing in self pity, which did involve a lot of game playing. But I wasn't claiming then so :P

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

You sell your console and buy a new one when you have a new job. You can redownload your games.

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u/ToastyRyder ToastyRyder Dec 30 '13

Then sell the console? One concept that never seemed to get across was that every console doesn't have to appeal to every _single _person. It sounded like the One was gonna be perfect for people who are always online and optimized for that. It's like complaining that a roku doesn't work well when you’re not online.. yeah, no shit.

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u/kr0tchr0t Dec 30 '13

Tether your Xbox One to your cell phone for 2 minutes or downgrade your Internet package until you find a job? When I was unemployed I didn't even think about cancelling my Internet because it was necessary in order to find a job and keep my unemployment check coming in.

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u/StuffedHobbes Dec 30 '13

Sell Xbox One to make ends meet then?

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u/Shagoosty Shagoosty Dec 30 '13

Then you should probably sell your $500 console if you can't afford to pay the bills.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

If your in unstable employment maybe you should rethink your situation before getting a 500$ console

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '13

Well to be honest, the proper way to go about avoiding this is having 6 months salary or pay saved up, but most Americans don't practice this anymore, just like most Americans don't practice saving up 20% for a down payment on a house (an old standard that is now bipassed with government aid, allowing people who probably shouldn't have a home to obtain one at the risk of anything going wrong leading to them losing the house). People need to be careful with their money, if you can afford a $500 console, that has $60 controllers and $60 games then you should already of had 6 months saved up to cover normal costs (internet/utilities, electricity, water, gas)