Microsoft has responded to the criticism the company gets on its Xbox One policies, such as mandatory connection to the internet and the restrictions on the area of tweedehandsgames. Those without internet access, the Xbox 360 buy, said Microsoft in further.
Microsoft has, by the mouth of Yusuf Mehdi, marketingtopman of the Xbox division, responded to the criticism on the Xbox One. He gives in an interview with ArsTechnica that Microsoft is the criticism had expected. People should, according to him, to get used to the changes that the Xbox One brings with it, but will eventually appreciate.
Mehdi says that the step to the ‘digital world’ many advantages, such as the opportunity for new licensing models for publishers, and that on the other hand, the consumers will desire that games on other ways of value to offer, and now the games can not resell. According to Mehdi, Microsoft has with the Xbox One is a good balance to find between the interests of consumers, publishers, retailers and Microsoft itself. Microsoft does not support the resale of tweedehandsgames, however, imposes certain restrictions on the resale.
He also reacts on the sales price, which is hundreds of dollars higher than that of the PS4. The consumer gets, according to him, the most value for money with the Xbox One, not only because of the game titles and content, but also because of the standard included Kinect, and the 300,000 Microsoft servers that contribute to a good gaming experience.
The criticism on the Xbox One focuses more on the fact that the console every 24 hours at least once to connect to the internet, and if someone is on someone else’s Xbox One wants to play that at least once per hour. People without an internet connection or an unstable connection this is a problem if they are on the Xbox One want to play. “Fortunately we have a product for people who for whatever reason do not have internet connectivity; it’s called the Xbox 360”, according to the president of the Interactive Entertainment Business division of Microsoft, Don Mattrick, during an interview with Spike TV.
Microsoft gave during the introduction of the Xbox One that it is planning to get the Xbox 360 is still a long time to continue to support. So Monday was a new model of the Xbox 360 and a number of new games for the ‘old’ console announced. According to Microsoft, there will still be hundreds of games to follow.
