Dear Microsoft,
We have had enough. With the announcement of the Xbox One and the confirmation of a fee that must be paid in order to play used or pre-owned games, it has become obvious that you have lost touch with reality. This aggressive tactic, along with several other choices made by your company concerning the Xbox One, shows a complete disregard and lack of respect for your audience. The choice to charge fees for pre-owned games proves our suspicions that you do not care or believe in the rights of your paying customers. Your fee is nothing more than an exercise in greed and a lust for control over the property that we, as your customers, purchase with our hard-earned money. Nothing else demonstrates this fact more than the words of your very own vice president, Phil Harrison: "It sits on your harddrive and you have permission to play that game as long as you’d like."
Permission. According to your mindset, we do not own the games we pay for. We merely have the permission to play them. And why should we complain? It's not like we own the cars we pay for. Or the computers. Or the houses. Or any other number of valuable things we buy. We merely have the permission to use them, right?
Here's the truth: We do own the games we buy. We can do whatever we wish with them because we paid for them. The only right we do not have is to reproduce them. That right is reserved for you. All else stops once we purchase them. What you are trying to do is commandeer our basic rights as consumers and take away what we already own. You want a monopoly on our rights to do what we wish with our property
Therefore, we, the signers of this petition, refuse to purchase the Xbox One or any games, peripherals or services related to it until the decision to charge fees for used and pre-owned games is lifted and eliminated.
With all due respect,
The Gaming Community
I have spent the last few days reading your stories about what it means to actually own the things you pay for. It is clear that this fight is about much more than just a piece of plastic or a digital license.
May 26, 2013
Seeing this level of support reminds me that I am not alone in feeling like my ownership of the games I buy is being treated as a privilege. It is validating to know that so many people refuse to accept this shift in how we are allowed to treat our property.
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Jason Thompson
13 years ago
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MICROSOFT ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I work for my money and I expect to own the disc when I pay sixty bucks for it!!!!
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Brian Foster
13 years ago
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So basically we are just renting games now even though we pay full price? No thanks.
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Kevin Vargas
13 years ago
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greedy. you guys just lost a day one customer.
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David Klein
13 years ago
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If I buy a game I should be able to sell it or lend it to my brother whenever I want. This is anti-consumer trash.
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Mike Owens
13 years ago
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Done. Switching to PlayStation if they keep this up. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Sarah Guerrero
13 years ago
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My husband and I buy all our games used because we are on a budget. This is just a cash grab pure and simple.
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Dear Microsoft,
We have had enough. With the announcement of the Xbox One and the confirmation of a fee that must be paid in order to play used or pre-owned games, it has become obvious that you have lost touch with reality. This aggressive tactic, along with several other choices made by your company concerning the Xbox One, shows a complete disregard and lack of respect for your audience. The choice to charge fees for pre-owned games proves our suspicions that you do not care or believe in the rights of your paying customers. Your fee is nothing more than an exercise in greed and a lust for control over the property that we, as your customers, purchase with our hard-earned money. Nothing else demonstrates this fact more than the words of your very own vice president, Phil Harrison: "It sits on your harddrive and you have permission to play that game as long as you’d like."
Permission. According to your mindset, we do not own the games we pay for. We merely have the permission to play them. And why should we complain? It's not like we own the cars we pay for. Or the computers. Or the houses. Or any other number of valuable things we buy. We merely have the permission to use them, right?
Here's the truth: We do own the games we buy. We can do whatever we wish with them because we paid for them. The only right we do not have is to reproduce them. That right is reserved for you. All else stops once we purchase them. What you are trying to do is commandeer our basic rights as consumers and take away what we already own. You want a monopoly on our rights to do what we wish with our property
Therefore, we, the signers of this petition, refuse to purchase the Xbox One or any games, peripherals or services related to it until the decision to charge fees for used and pre-owned games is lifted and eliminated.
With all due respect,
The Gaming Community
I have spent the last few days reading your stories about what it means to actually own the things you pay for. It is clear that this fight is about much more than just a piece of plastic or a digital license.
May 26, 2013
Seeing this level of support reminds me that I am not alone in feeling like my ownership of the games I buy is being treated as a privilege. It is validating to know that so many people refuse to accept this shift in how we are allowed to treat our property.
6 Comments
J
Jason Thompson
13 years ago
Featured
MICROSOFT ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I work for my money and I expect to own the disc when I pay sixty bucks for it!!!!
B
Brian Foster
13 years ago
Featured
So basically we are just renting games now even though we pay full price? No thanks.
K
Kevin Vargas
13 years ago
Featured
greedy. you guys just lost a day one customer.
D
David Klein
13 years ago
Featured
If I buy a game I should be able to sell it or lend it to my brother whenever I want. This is anti-consumer trash.
M
Mike Owens
13 years ago
Featured
Done. Switching to PlayStation if they keep this up. Absolutely ridiculous.
S
Sarah Guerrero
13 years ago
Featured
My husband and I buy all our games used because we are on a budget. This is just a cash grab pure and simple.
MICROSOFT ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I work for my money and I expect to own the disc when I pay sixty bucks for it!!!!