Steam doesn't have a camera pointed at me 24/7. Also, the constant, crazy sales help curb the lack of resale.

That is an excellent point I think many are overlooking.

It is so stupid that people come out and say they don't trust MS for this online stuff. After 10 years of Xbox Live running pretty well, I just shake my head at that. And Valve saying they will let their games be played years after release? OK, first off, it is a PC, much more open ended. Hell MMOs still live on with private servers though one would think that when WoW one day gets killed, it will still live on. But how realistic is that idea? You think the rights holders to those games would be so keep on people getting their stuff DRM free? It might not matter after a while as the Copy Rights do expire but we are still a long ways from that.

Steam enticed users to DRM, xbox one forces it onto the consumer

- Someone from twitter

@thehbk: I think people believe microsoft, for the most part, has the infrastructure to keep the servers maintained but people don't trust microsoft with the always connected kinect and the privacy concerns that raises.

I posted this in my Xbox One DRM poll, so I might as well copy/paste it here.

As for this being "just like steam," that's simply not the case. XBLA is "just like steam," not Xbox One.

XBLA titles are sold digitally, have lower prices than retail titles, CAN BE PLAYED OFFLINE, and are purchased with the understanding that the game you purchase is not a physical product that can be resold, loaned, borrowed, or given.

Xbox One titles will be sold at retail, will come on physical discs, will have retail game prices, will NOT be able to be played offline, and at first will almost certainly be purchased by many people with the mistaken idea that they are purchasing a physical product that can be resold, loaned, borrowed, or given.

All rather large differences.

@nights: charging for 'GAMURPICS' is pretty shitty but i like how xbox handles usernames when compared to steam