You should see my other post to the other guy who mentioned objective based game modes. I already addressed that.

Yeah man, I am definitely getting PayDay2 but I haven't played the first game. I am excited for 2 though, as the trailers look great and I love the idea of team-based heists.

Actually, I much prefer objective based game modes as they require a bit more coordination and effort. But even then, the bit I said about memorization and repetition is still a constant factor.

I stopped buying and playing shooters around 2010. Simply put, I've been playing them all my life and I am so bored with them. The part I enjoy about shooters most is the learning curve. I actually enjoy being bad at these games more than I enjoy being good at them. When I start, I am lucky to pull a 1:1 kd ratio, but…

Don't you already pay $60 for the annual sports game subscription? And every year you get a new disc. I mean, it seems like the kind of improvements that would happen in the digital space are pretty much in line with the kind of improvements that already occur annually in the physical space. Do you really think that…

Isn't this announcement evidence of exactly the opposite? I mean, its not like MS changed their policies for someone other than the free market today.

I don't understand the big deal about this service. I certainly don't have 9 family members who I can share this program with. I also don't have the patience to organize 9 of my gamer friends into some kind of cabal where we trade off buying and sharing games, like some kind of video game chore wheel.

"And competition between the console makers may once again concern itself with who is doing the most things that customers want, rather than the fewest things customers don't want."

Nothing is lost. The potential of the 300k server cloud, and cloud computing for next-gen games is not lost. Look, if I want to play an MMO on my PC, I have to connect to the internet and servers. But if I want to play Skyrim or any other single-player RPG, I don't have to do anything. There is no great benefit from…

Well, all companies stand to profit from selling customers the products they want to buy. Their greed is often dependent on our satisfaction, and that is what has happened today. So they offer a more competitive product that they will profit more from because more consumers are satisfied. Not to sound patronizing or…

Yeah, I couldn't be happier. The free market has spoken.

Well, this is exactly why the policy was reversed. It is all about profits and this DRM proved to be so unpopular that it became less profitable than just maintaining the status quo.

Wow, we did it, we, the angry "vocal minority", the "core", we exerted our influence over a billion dollar corporation. We have reshaped the future of the game industry.

To be fair, its really publishers who are losing. DRM benefits them most, and to remove it is at their expense. Obviously MS is a publisher too, but I expect Acti, Ubi and EA are the real losers here.

Good, it looks like the torches and pitchforks have been effective. I am willing to bet the real turning point was when all the big publishers threw Microsoft under the DRM bus.

PayDay 2 looks great. Thanks for the sale price!

Microsoft lost control of their messaging because their original message was such bullshit that they have been trying to twist and contort their policies into something that doesn't sound repulsive to consumers.

Great, now computer programs are going to be judging me too.

So incredibly easy to do this. Pokemon game where controller is the Pokedex. I really can't think of anything more obvious or awesome.