Podcast on the XBOX One reversal with Podtacular!

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I had the privilege to once again be on Podtacular. This time talking about the just announced reversal of the DRM policies that would have come with the XBOX One.

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I for one am happy about this, though through the course of the Podcast both Dust Storm and Drax were able to educate me on some of the finer points of what DRM would have meant for us. Now only if Microsoft would have been so forthcoming about this before it became a firestorm for them…

It’s worth noting I had a couple of “old age” moments here when I completely lost my train of thought. My brain was racing with so many thoughts about this news that when I wanted to talk about a couple of things, my mind just didn’t process what specifically I wanted to say….Ugh….call me “MAG” (middle-aged gamer) And yes, I fully expect some of you to pervert that into Maggie…LOL.

Anyway, through this discussion, we all pretty much agreed that Microsoft screwed up royally with PR through both the initial reveal some weeks ago, as well as some of their presentation at E3. We also seem to agree that there could be room for a compromise where DRM can still exist. How? Well that’s up for MS to decide.

I think it should be something like a service that YOU the consumer have the choice to opt into. However, once you do that, you’re then locked into it. This way, for those who want DRM, they can have it, and those that don’t or can’t have DRM due to internet limitations dont’ have to be forced into it.

All in all I think it was a good Podcast. I did tend to talk a bit in this one as I had some pretty strong opinions. However, I did also keep an open mind and was willing to allow myself to change my position if the other fellows could explain DRM better to me.

That said have I changed my position from earlier today? Partially. As I said, I can now see some of the benefits of what DRM would have brought. But I still see the limitations it would have brought to others. So yeah, if MS can figure out a good way to bring DRM in as an optional service, then just about everyone can be happy with the XBOX One.

Enjoy the show and let me know your thoughts on it. Reply below and if you’re not registered yet, shoot me an e-mail at [email protected] with what you want your user name and password to be and I’ll get you set up pronto.

-Sal

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2 thoughts on “Podcast on the XBOX One reversal with Podtacular!”

  1. Listened to podcast , totally agree with you and your point of view. You sounded like you spoke for the majority of consumers, not the minority of hardcore who would have adapted the Drm tech. Heres to a win for the old guys like us. Keep up awesome work mate I use your site for Halo information more than any other now. Cheers mate , your follower from the land down under

    • Ah thanks. This is a great message to start off my day with. Much appreciated, your mate from “up over.”

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