I used to install games on my external hard drive and had all my Guitar Hero/Rockband dlc on it before I upgraded to the bigger hard drive. They played straight from there without having to move it back and forth between the official one and the external one. I also had moves stored on there too.
@Slayer No. The article clearly states that it is "potential scenarios." It doesn't say we have occasional check-ins for DRM purposes. I got "wait till the concrete details are out as it seems policies are either being changed (due to negative feedback) or never solidified" from reading the article. Anything else on the issue is a waste of our time. There will be plenty of time to burn MS and or Sony to the ground between E3 and launch.
i didnt get that from the article at all - what i got, is simply ADDITIONAL DRM that could potentially be imposed on top of the DRM that microsoft is already imposing in the first place. microsoft has already confirmed that the games are tied to your xbox account - thats a pretty concrete detail. even if there arent occasional check ins(best case this will be left up to developers, not manditory) you STILL need an internet connection at time of install, which pretty much means the DRM will and always will be there whether you like it or not. unless they pull a 180 and reverse engineer how their console handles games, the system will never be DRM free either.
unless microsoft removes their DRM, i think now is as good a time as any to grab our torches. maybe it'll make them think about turning things around. we'll let our money do the talking. people have already done some talking through microsofts stocks - look at how they have dropped.
i dont think this is a waste of time at all. it's taking an honest critical look at what microsoft is doing, and calling them out on it, regardless of how they try to hide it. it additionally helps inform people so that they can make an educated decision. DRM is a very serious issue for gamers and developers alike, and sometime in the future, i hope you can see it for what it is, regardless of which side you choose to take in the end.
I used Dampierre as an example because you said you don't buy games off the marketplace otherwise I would've replaced him with Soulcalibur V and said good luck playing it altogether after a console ban. Either way I've been a member of XBL since 2007 and never been banned because I don't do anything wrong. The one simple thing you keep trying to overlook.
im not overlooking anything at all. regardless of whether you've been banned or not - i've been a member of xbox live for quite some time as well(at least 4 years by now) and i've never been banned for doing anything either. but you're still entitled to play the games you own - you just lose the privilage of accessing xbox live. take that right away however, and theres no point on buying the next console. DRM takes that right away, making your $60 purchase nothing more than an overrated rental. its not about justifications for getting banned its about using the product we rightfully purchased the way we want to use it, irregardless of the circumstances, because we have physical possession of said product, and we supported said console and company. we dont have the right to the service that we violated the terms of, but we have the right to continue to use the product that we purchased. DRM gives companies essentially the permission to violate your rights of ownership.
