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Backlash Makes Microsoft Back Down
- San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, June 21, 2013 9:55 AM
Huge backlash by gamers against Microsoft’s XBox One polices has worked. Microsoft today reversed course and said the next-gen console won’t restrict used games and won’t require Internet access to work. “Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from many of you, read your comments and listened to your feedback,” Don Mattrick, Microsoft’s president for interactive entertainment business, wrote in an Xbox blog post.
