[citation][nom]kinggraves[/nom]Again, wishful thinking. If they can't justify spending $400 for a console to play games, they aren't going to spend $600 for a PC to play games. Even though a PC could handle other functions, the proliferation of internet enabled devices from smartphones, smart TVs, tablets, etc., make a PC unnecessary for casual use like Netflix and web browsing. Modern consoles, especially an MS branded one, are built to handle streaming services and internet browsing.[/citation]
If you are only getting a computer for casual use like basic internet usage and Netflix, get a $150 Chromebook.
[citation][nom]kinggraves[/nom]What happens when your games are tied to Steam and you get banned? Gone. One of the Sony rumors actually had the possibility of a password based game system where you could log to the game at a friend's house. A PC can break just as easily as an XBox. The very concept of always online and DRM measures are tactics that the PC sector employed LONG beforehand and still employ, so I don't see anyone running to the PC to escape from it. If anything they'll run to the Wii U, which isn't barring used games or -forcing- always online connections. Nintendo caters primarily to their Japanese market, and the Japanese market isn't as supportive of these capitalist money grabs. They also dont like online purchasing, so forcing a license based situation would never happen on a Nintendo system.[/citation]
Last I checked, no one ever likes online-only DRM, not just the Japanese market. The difference is in Japan they seem to be louder about the issue, or maybe companies in Japan actually listen to their consumers. In America, it is always about the money, and customer satisfaction isn't even a close second.
[citation][nom]kinggraves[/nom]D3 sold over 10 million copies, worked pretty well the last I checked. EA and Activision consider gamers to be complete tools that will give them money so long as they use established franchises like WoW, Diablo, CoD, Warcraft, etc. So far gamers are proving them right. Get it through your heads and realize that you cannot buy games from companies like this. You can't even pirate them because they consider pirated copies to be "lost sales". I'd like to play the new SimCity, but I'm not going to give EA a single dime. I can play something else from a company with morals I support, like PoE.[/citation]
Sure, D3 broke sales records on its opening weekend. So? The only reason people got that was because of brand loyalty. D2 was an amazing game, and people wanted more. But D3 has revealed itself to be nothing more than a money-grabbing shadow of its former self. How many people who got the game are still playing it now? How many people would by a D3 expansion, or even D4? Activision Blizzard lost a lot of fans with their move, so congrats on them for making a killing in the short term, because in the long term they signed a death sentence for that franchise and earned a black mark on the entire company.