I don't think the no-DRM has changed much, there's still massive negativity towards the Xbone.
100% agreed. Dropping DRM and the 24 hour connection didn't do jack shit to make this a purchase for me. Now, quickly respond to the market with Marketplace sales, give Xbox Live the same value PS PLus does, and drop the retarded paywall on Xbox Live to "allow" you to use applications you already pay a fucking subscription for and every other device lets you use for free with the device, drop the idiotic kinect requirement, and I would consider a day one at $399.
Is there anyone that is really going to buy a PS4 just to watch netflix on without using multiplayer? Since you need PS+ to play multiplayer I don't see this being an issue to hardly anyone.
I can definitely see it being banned at workplaces and all deployed locations. Didn't they ban the Furby in the past too?
No, you are absolutely correct. But it still adds to the pile of shit they are placing on everything to make this the most unfriendly consumer console to hit the market yet. There is a huge difference between PS Plus and Xbox Live by the way in terms of value provided to the customer. Microsoft charges you for Xbox Live to access subscription content and play multiplayer. There is really only one value point there for the service and it isn't either of those, it's a more user friendly UI. PS Plus offers Multiplayer, accessible full hour game trials (Xbone is supposed to do this right? Or did they take that ability away yet?), actual deals and sales rather than selling 6 month old games at full retail when everyone else has them for $29, and six free games a month which also spreads to a VITA account and you can share the two devices on the same account. There is a huge difference between the two services.
That was their bullshit "Family Plan" which they killed when they dropped DRM.
I sold my PS3 a long time ago and honestly had no idea PS+ existed. Everything I have read thanks to this thread makes it seem like a superior service. I just find the whole paywall for netflix to be a non issue for most people. I think the bigger gripe against live is how much they charge for patches. That to me is something that is a hell of a lot more important then the netflix thing.
Same on both, opposite on cross platform. All my friends are Xbox and they don't care about the Kinect, the price, or the lower power.
Maybe I'm an outlier, but I haven't had an XBL subscription in years but every once in a while when I'm done playing whatever game on the 360 I go try to switch on Netflix and remember I can't. So I have to go plug in my laptop to the TV instead. It's a fucking dumb, pointless restriction that just makes them look dumb and restrictive. If XBL came with a FREE Netflix/Hulu/whatever subscription, then sure that'd be great, but all it does is allow you to use your already paid for service.
