Xbox One has taken a lot of heat in the last few weeks over their DRM/Always On (well not always on but frequently connected)/Lend the disc once/etc policy. I'm not a real big fan of that but I want to be clear on the reason that I'm not going to get this console in the near future. And they aren't handling the messaging very well:
As a collector, I tend to take a long term view of a game/console. When investing, I want to know that I will have access to a particular game and the content long term.
For example, with games like Borderlands, Fallout 3, Batman Arkham City, Skyrim and many others, I always get the GOTY editions that have all the DLC on the disc. In 5 or 10 or 20 years when I am on my 4 console for that generation, I will still be able to play those games with all the additional content. When PSN/XBL have gone away (or if they just don't have the content online anymore) I will still be able to play those games.
And that is my biggest issue with Xbox One. What happens in 20-30 years? Will all the games I've purchased be available? There's no way to guarantee that service will still be available for me to authenticate my game with. I would have a $500 dollar paperweight with discs on the self that I can't play because there is no way to authenticate to a server because it no longer exists.
For that reason and that reason alone, the XBox One will need to be steeply discounted before I buy the console (or they need a policy change) and I would never pay full retail value for an Xbox One game.
As of right now, the only home consoles I will be looking to get are the PS4 and the WiiU.
