This is a very important post you have made – thanks for this. It really breaks my heart to see the attitude gamers have towards DRM, always online, etc. Why? Because of the developers. These are hardworking people with families to feed that spend hours making these games for us. If we buy a used copy of a game, that’s one less sale they make. If there is no DRM, then people will pirate the game – more loss in sales.
As complexity and quality in games go up, so do developer costs. People seem to think Microsoft (or any other company like this) is just being evil and bad for consumers when it’s just the opposite. Microsoft is trying to cater to developers so they can make more and better games.
If you can’t respect the developers, then you shouldn’t be playing the games – and note – Developers =/ publishers – that’s a whole different beast.
It’s not that surprising, this is probably integrated into the hardware – Doesn’t the Snapdragon 800 soc have a feature that lets the phone listen for certain commands in a low power state?
Let the Xbox One listen to me – because my girlfriend doesn’t seem to! ZING!
I can’t wait to see the Glass VS Smart Watch wars start.
The winner: Consumers…well maybe…I really hope it doesn’t share the same fate that something like cross platform messaging apps suffer: Too many developers trying, nothing completely mainstream enough to make it a unified experience.
1. Alienware x51 upgraded with a GTX670
2. Alesus Multimix 8 USB mixer
3. M-Audio Monitors
4. Dell Latitude E6410 – work laptop
5. Galaxy Note 8.0
6. Droid DNA
7. Galaxy Nexus
8. Original iPad
9. Wireless link + 2 of the rear speakers for my entertainment center (It would make sense if you saw how the room is laid out )
10. Roku Headphones
11. Roku Remote
12. Harmony 650 remote
13. JVC over the ear headphones
14. Prescription Gunnar glasses
15. 27inch AOC bezeless display
16. 24 inch Asus IPSLED display
17. Nokia wireless charger
18. Small divider that holds my mail
19. Basket for keys/wallet/glasses etc
20. 2 Car mounts (to hold my tablets phones when I am developing on them)
