Microsoft must high if they think this is going to fly with anyone, anywhere?
Truth be told, I don't buy used all to often, but I sell used games all the time through Ebay. Due to the recent economic situations, I have actually been borrowing more recent games from friends. At the end of the day, I will just wait for any and all games to drop down to the $20 dollar or less category like I do now.
So for the most part, this is pretty much Microsoft going all "digital", but squeezing it in through the back door right? So their telling everyone you can buy/sell used games, but not in any real beneficial way. I can tell they just want a HUGE piece of the Apple pie, but this aint the way to get it, and unless your actually Apple, dumbshit like this doesn't work unless your under their spell(I know millions are).
I know everyone, including Nintendo and Sony would rather go all digital if they could, and I know Microsoft is planning for this system to last at least 10+ years, but consumers aren't ready to make this leap, not yet. Forcing it down their throats just aint cutting it. Stuff like this was rumored early on and most industry insiders said it would only work if Sony & Microsoft did it together, otherwise consumers would just go with the one who didn't force the issue.
It's been reported, that the WiiU sales went up by 800+% on Amazon UK after the "One" reveal. I'm not sure how factual this news was, or if it had to do with other factors, but Nintendo's stock rose a few points as well. For me personally, I was uninterested in the WiiU currently due to lack of games, but after seeing this clusterfuck, I see myself getting a WiiU way sooner than I planned. The competition just isn't offering anything to make my PS3 and 360 obsolete. My Wii has long since been retired(online and graphics ran their course), but the WiiU would go nicely along side my current consoles, and I wouldn't be missing anything really.
I'm waiting for E3, to see what all 3 players pull out of their bag of tricks, but at this point, I can't see Microsoft doing anything to improve their situation(they can only spin the truth so many ways, before it blows up in their faces). If Sony is smart, and if they had any plans for any of this dumb shit, they will scrap it, and go forward as if it never happened. Nintendo is in the best position IMO, as they have no issues with used games, their console is BC, way cheap, and they have a year head start on software(and hopefully closer to a price drop). As long as they don't do something beyond stupid, I can already see them winning E3. At least Nintendo is still all about games.
Microsoft is clearly trying to get a piece of every other market expect for games, and clearly this is a HUGE fail to everyone except them. Oh well, they'll see it when "one" is the only system sitting on store shelves during the holidays.
Chris
