[DarkHoodness]

I don't plan on buying a console, but have been watching "the battle for the living room" from the sidelines, 'cause it's funny.

Thing about comparing the Xbone to Steam is that Steam is free software which can be accessed via your existing PC. You don't have to buy a very expensive games console in order to be able to use it. Your 'net fails, you can use your PC for other things... And Steam has an offline mode to play offline games once downloaded, without needing to sign in to play them every 24 hours...

If MS wanted to cater for digital distribution and move away from physical media for a games console, which people are also familiar with, then they should've done it differently, such as giving customers the choice of how they got their media - And their behaviour still proves that they put their profits of themselves and their affiliates over the satisfaction of their customers. The U-turn was probably caused by people voting with their wallets and the lack of pre-orders...