[The E]

More XBone hilarity:

Don Mattrick, head of the XBox division, is leaving for .... (drumroll) Zynga, to take over the role of CEO there.

I wonder why that happened.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Oh, the comments on that page are so unkind to him.

[The E]

I am thoroughly confused now.

The petition on Change.org for Microsoft to "Give us back the Xbox One we were promised at E3" notes that the system as originally envisioned would let users "buy games digitally, then trade, share, or sell those digital licenses." Unfortunately, as the petition puts it, "uninformed [consumers]… railed against it… because Sony took advantage of consumers' uncertainty."

"It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise," the petition goes on, suggesting that the creator wants the option for these new digital sharing options to sit alongside more traditional disc-based sale and resale.

The petition was started 20 days ago—just after Microsoft's initial reversal—but it seems to have gained steam more recently, acquiring hundreds of supporters this morning as the wider Internet has slowly become aware of its existence. As of this writing, the petition has passed what was an initial goal of over 1,500 signatures, but it now shows that 2,500 total are "needed." It's unclear what, if anything, will happen when that seemingly arbitrary goal is reached.

[Luis Dias]

Why are you confused? This is the usual MS drama.

[Spoon]

the petition has passed what was an initial goal of over 1,500 signatures, but it now shows that 2,500 total are "needed." It's unclear what, if anything, will happen when that seemingly arbitrary goal is reached.

[Lorric]

Indeed.

The petition has already been conducted. On a global basis, when the World told Microsoft where they can stick all the control-freak changes they made.

This will have no impact. And if it does, then the World taught Microsoft the error of their ways once, and the World will do it again if necessary.

[The E]

Wasn't MS revising their strategy a good thing a few weeks back? It's still a good thing now, of course, and I do realize that this petition is fundamentally worthless (A change.org petition for MS to do something? Like that's gonna do anything) due to low interest and massive trolling, but I still am confused as to why anyone would believe that mandatory online connections are a good thing.

[Luis Dias]

You'd be amazed at what people believe.

[JCDNWarrior]

You'd be amazed at what people believe.

You're really setting the table for a easy slam dunk there.

Anyhow, personally, I'm still very hesitant about trusting MS' honesty and that they won't return to the restrictive DRM nonsense down the line. It's rather silly that there are a few people out there that are so blindly in love with 'innovative features' and 'the future!' that they would want MS to go back to it right after changing once.

Unless they're just clever trolls trying to make MS make -another- 180 in order to further discredit MS to more consumers and perhaps even investors.

[Fury]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-the-xbox-one-architects

MS defending "poorer specs". I can't say how much truth there is in there, but well worth reading in any case.