Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One

Tackhead writes "E3 is turning into Bizarro World this year. Sony has not only promised that the PS4 will support used games without an online connection, they trolled the Xbox folks hard with this Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video. Compounding the silliness, and hot on the heels of the political firestorm surrounding Donglegate, Microsoft went for rape jokes during their Xbox presentation." Similarly, onyxruby writes "The Verge covers how Sony has crafted policies explicitly to make the PS4 consumer friendly to the public. They make the case that the PS4 will be superior in nearly every way [to the Xbox Next] by not requiring an Internet connection, not restricting used games, supporting indie developers and selling for $100 cheaper than the Xbox One." And if you're interested in the guts rather than the policies or the politics, Hot Hardware has a comparison of the internals of both of these new offerings.

Re:It is all software, really

[Opportunist]

...without asking you whether you want them installed, or telling you beforehand that they'll do so.

What? You don't want the latest firmware? Why, trying to hide something? Are you one of those pesky pirates? Because there is no other reason not to obey your Sony Overlord.

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DRM aside...

[mcalchera]

I had to look at it this way: With the PS4, you get one more. With the Xbox One, you get 359 less. It's a no-brainer!