Quote Originally Posted by Bojay1997 View Post
Not really. Consumers are all about the service/license model today which is why premium digital cable and streaming pay services like Netflix are super successful. Like I said, if Microsoft can simply duplicate the Gamestop model and give people used games for $5-$10 below new and allow them to trade them in, the complaints will disappear from all but the few of us old-time collectors and gamers.
I don't know man, I'm about as pro-digital on consoles as you'll find here, I barely ever buy used games and even I'm REALLY shocked and concerned as to how they're going to change the intent of physical media all in one fell swoop, effectively changing what we buy at brick/mortar and why we buy it.

If you told me that the XBOX ONE would be a digital-download-only system I'd be LESS concerned than I am about the reaction of the non-core-gamer general public once this process is really and truly explained to them.

Now, I'm not saying that the ONE doesn't have a chance of survival IN SPITE of this, but I think this will be the single biggest growing pain for consumers to get over if they ever manage to come to terms with it.

And yes, license-locked content is nothing new on PCs and tablet/touch devices but we've never ever seen this on discs on consoles.

I don't want to see any of these companies fail in this next generation because when they succeed and flourish we all win ... but this, this has me very concerned.