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chemgear · 09-06-2013, 09:37 PM

"Apology tour?" Seems a bit much but interesting to see it in the Herald.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technol...663/story.html

The presentation was apparently the first stop of an apology tour for Microsoft, which originally said the successor to the Xbox 360 would be required to go online every 24 hours and limit how users could access previously purchased games. A month later, citing feedback from consumers, Microsoft Corp. announced it decided not to implement such restrictions.

Microsoft’s atypical about-face continued last month when the Redmond, Wash., company declared that an updated version of its Kinect sensor, which detects motion and voice, would no longer be required to operate the Xbox One. That turnabout came after the company, at events like the Electronic Entertainment Expo, defended how integral Kinect was to the Xbox One.

“I’ve pretty much made up my mind that I’m getting a PS4 and not an Xbox,” said Jeff Lane, a gamer from Reno, Nev., who paid $100 for VIP access to the GameStop Expo. “I know Microsoft has changed course on a lot of their unfounded policies since they announced the Xbox One, but what’s to stop them from just implementing them next year after the console is out?”

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chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	"Apology tour?" Seems a bit much but interesting to see it in the Herald. http://www.calgaryherald.com/technol...663/story.html The presentation was apparently the first stop of an apology tour for Microsoft, which originally said the successor to the Xbox 360 would be required to go online every 24 hours and limit how users could access previously purchased games. A month later, citing feedback from consumers, Microsoft Corp. announced it decided not to implement such restrictions. Microsoft’s atypical about-face continued last month when the Redmond, Wash., company declared that an updated version of its Kinect sensor, which detects motion and voice, would no longer be required to operate the Xbox One. That turnabout came after the company, at events like the Electronic Entertainment Expo, defended how integral Kinect was to the Xbox One. “I’ve pretty much made up my mind that I’m getting a PS4 and not an Xbox,” said Jeff Lane, a gamer from Reno, Nev., who paid $100 for VIP access to the GameStop Expo. “I know Microsoft has changed course on a lot of their unfounded policies since they announced the Xbox One, but what’s to stop them from just implementing them next year after the console is out?”