Microsoft came out this week to quash rumours in the lead up to E3 and reassure their fans about the more concerning stories regarding the Xbox One. Wait, did I say reassure? I meant outrage further.
The main bone of contention for the Xbone is the fact it will need to connect to the internet and phone home once a day to report, umm, whatever it feels is necessary to report. If you don't have it plugged in (or have a particularly dodgy connection that drops out at the crucial time) then your single player games won't work. That's right, Microsoft will punish you for not connecting your console to the internet by blocking your access to games that don't actually need to be online.
This was closely followed by confirmation that you can trade games as long as the game publisher allows it. Essentially they have announced that any remaining illusion of game ownership is gone.
But hey, at least you can turn of the Kinect if you feel creeped our by it watching you, all the time, like when you're sleeping.
So Microsoft, by alienating your core audience by offering a games console that focuses on features that offer more advantages to game publishers than actual gamers I hereby pronounce you 'Clever Geek of the Week'.
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