Petition wants Microsoft to bring back Xbox One's DRM

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A petition on Change.org wants Microsoft to bring back the original DRM policies for the Xbox One, saying to "give us back the Xbox One we were promised at E3". The petition cites how the original policies would have made the Xbox One's game store and library like "Steam for Xbox", but "consumers were uninformed" which eventually lead to the DRM policies being reversed.

"This was to be the future of entertainment. A new wave of gaming where you could buy games digitally, then trade, share or sell those digital licenses. Essentially, it was Steam for Xbox. But consumers were uninformed, and railed against it, and it was taken away because Sony took advantage of consumers uncertainty.

We want this back. It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise."

This petition follows Microsoft's reversal of their original DRM policies for the Xbox One. Controversially, the Xbox One originally needed to connect to the internet every 24 hours to verify that multiple users weren't accessing the one copy of a game; games that would have been permanently linked to your account, stored on your console or in the cloud, and shareable with up to 10 other people.

Following Sony's announcement that the PS4 wouldn't have always-online or game sharing restrictions at E3, and a public outcry from "uninformed" members of the public, Microsoft reversed these policies. This means that the console essentially operates the same as the Xbox 360, where games are not linked to your account and still require the physical disc to play.

Currently the petition has around 6,000 supporters out of a needed 7,500.

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CabooseSayzWTFPosted:

omfg here we go again, people who sign this is stupid in my own damn opinion, seriously, 1. again offline gamers couldnt have xbox one for this policy
2. i rather have a sell and trade deal with physical disk not some digital cloud bs
3. again now if it reached that full petition signs, i am defiently not getting xbox one
4. ik nobody cares about my opinion, but all this so called *improve bs will lead to more hate and less profits
5. as soon as drm got cancelled i wanted xbox one, now if this passes through i will be sure to cancel my preorder for xbone.
6. fk it right

aimiami12Posted:

VictorZaitsev Lol. This is balls. Probably just PS4 fanboys raging because Microsoft is getting more pre-orders (on Amazon and all that) than Sony is.


people who are getting a ps4 probably dont care to be honest. They already have a console. And xbox doesnt have more pre orders then the ps4 at the moment either.

iJarH3adPosted:

Johnus
lel who the hell would sign this?


Me. Everyone is acting so childish about the DRM, and have since it's announcement. Now that all the policies are removed, you just have an Xbox 360 Part 2. All of the previous policies moved Console gaming forward, instead, without the policies we have nothing new. I'm not going to use 500$ on getting the same console I already have with newer games. The cloud, DRM policy, and all of those policies were HUGE improvements for consoles, to share a game with up to 10 people in your cloud? That sounded amazing. If they don't put the original policies back on, I won't be getting a new console this year.



I hope your kidding.

-LunaPosted:

ME0W Ok, so people cry about the DRM until Microsoft takes it out, then they instantly start crying about the lack of DRM, and demand that they bring it back? I can't brain this.


I can brain it. People here want a home enertainment system. On the console level, there's not much to do but make the old version with better hardware (and get rid of games with scaled up, garbage looking 1080p). For whatever reason, the master PC race is still superior, even though you could argue that consoles still destroy them in accessability.

SynybunPosted:

Ok, so people cry about the DRM until Microsoft takes it out, then they instantly start crying about the lack of DRM, and demand that they bring it back? I can't brain this.

-LivePosted:

This won't do anything. If Microsoft were to bring it back they would get worse backlash then when they originally announced the idea. That would be less sales and less money in there pocket. I don't understand why people are signing if it's not going to do anything smh.

FinancialChadPosted:

lel who the hell would sign this?


Me. Everyone is acting so childish about the DRM, and have since it's announcement. Now that all the policies are removed, you just have an Xbox 360 Part 2. All of the previous policies moved Console gaming forward, instead, without the policies we have nothing new. I'm not going to use 500$ on getting the same console I already have with newer games. The cloud, DRM policy, and all of those policies were HUGE improvements for consoles, to share a game with up to 10 people in your cloud? That sounded amazing. If they don't put the original policies back on, I won't be getting a new console this year.

General_RaamPosted:

We want discless playing from disc games.

We want family game sharing.

We want access to play our games on any Xbox One console.

We want a console of the future, not an Xbox 360 on steroids.

We don't care if we have to check-in online once every 24 hour.

But thanks for making it region free. We DON'T want to change that!

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General_RaamPosted:

The original idea was great. All of your ignorance caused by rumors bothered me. Barely any of the people who complained actually watched E3. The features were incredible.

FilmRiotPosted:

I'm sorry but I actually laughed at this.


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