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End of an era? (discuss.online)
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[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Useful details, thanks.

I'll just point out that they/we did not have a system like that, but just promises of it from a tech giant. (except of course for whatever they had designed internally up until that time) So even as somebody who doesn't really sell games, I get why people weren't thrilled with the idea of microsoft being the ever-present broker in the transactions.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It was a new system, one never done before but not outlandish and easy to see how it would work. People just can’t understand and fear new things. Microsoft are, to their own detriment, too forward thinking. The Intended XB1 digital system was as close to a perfect one as you can get. benefits of both physical and digital wrapped in one.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago

It sounds like a lot of good thought and design went into it.

The biggest problem was/is always going to be consumers wary of trusting a tech company not to mess it up because of greed.