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After being criticized heavily for the choices it made with regards to its upcoming console, the Xbox One, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has done a complete 180 and revised its policy.
Now, Microsoft will no longer require Xbox One consoles to be connected to the Internet every 24 hours. Games will remain on the disc, rather than being installed and activated, and gamers are free to resell their games and lend them to their friends.
Ultimately, this could really benefit GameStop (NYSE: GME), while Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 could face more competition this fall.
After the Xbox One’s policies were laid out, gamers across the Internet were overwhelmingly united in their opposition to Microsoft’s next console. The Windows-maker was seen as being anti-consumer, as the rights gamers once enjoyed were going to be taken away from them.
Specifically, gamers would no longer be able to resell their games, or pass them among their friends. And those gamers without reliable Internet connections would be left in the cold.
Microsoft’s chief console rival, Sony, took advantage of the backlash with a short online video poking fun at the Xbox One’s restrictive policies.
Now, Microsoft will no longer require Xbox One consoles to be connected to the Internet every 24 hours. Games will remain on the disc, rather than being installed and activated, and gamers are free to resell their games and lend them to their friends.
Ultimately, this could really benefit GameStop (NYSE: GME), while Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 could face more competition this fall.
After the Xbox One’s policies were laid out, gamers across the Internet were overwhelmingly united in their opposition to Microsoft’s next console. The Windows-maker was seen as being anti-consumer, as the rights gamers once enjoyed were going to be taken away from them.
Specifically, gamers would no longer be able to resell their games, or pass them among their friends. And those gamers without reliable Internet connections would be left in the cold.
Microsoft’s chief console rival, Sony, took advantage of the backlash with a short online video poking fun at the Xbox One’s restrictive policies.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Completely Changed Its Xbox One Strategy
Now, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will no longer require Xbox One consoles to be connected to the Internet every 24 hours. - All Parts
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