Former Microsoft man and founder of 22Cans, Peter Molyneux, has stated his belief that the backlash against the DRM for Xbox One was "unfair."
In an interview with TechRadar, Molyneux said, “It’s quite an unfair thought that Microsoft are trying to control our gaming, they’re trying to force us to be online all the time. [People] didn’t really think that through.”
Molyneux suggests that what Microsoft was doing was simply establishing a long-term strategy for the console, but that few mistakes allowed the public to savage the company.
“I know Microsoft,” he continued. “I know they were only doing things because they thought they were long-reaching and long-thinking. But the world we live in now is that we have to realise, especially if you’re a big corporation, if you make one step wrong, the world will leap on you, and unfairly, very unfairly, they will judge you.”
“Like everything else in our world, when something turns slightly bad it goes very bad and you have to make big correctional steps to get yourself back on track,” he said.
“Microsoft did the reversal and we should have all turned round and said ‘fantastic, you’ve really listened to what we’re said’. But you have to over-correct to get back on line.”
Was Microsoft right to give in to the public's demands? Or should they have stuck to their guns?
