AHC: Microsoft sticks to their guns with the Xbox One

[IanS]

What if Microsoft didn't backtrack on always online and DRM? Would Xbox Game Pass still happen?

 

[BrockSampson]

More than likely, although maybe Game Pass would happen a little sooner as a way to try and make amends with consumers. It’s really a matter of having the patience to weather the PR storm and to have a willingness to completely disregard what your audience is getting pissed off over. It sadly has worked for EA after all…

 

[racevedo88]

Xbox would’ve have tanked even more than in our timeline. The main reason being that not every one in the us had access to high speed internet required ( or to internet at all) and the fact that the US Military also did not have access to internet all the time.( lots of 18 to 25 year old with income) … that’s not including the lack of sharing and loaning games .. even with the backtrack the percived bad faith was enough to affect its sales.