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Microsoft’s Grand Plan Comes to Fruition

The Stranger Testing DepartmentJune 19, 2013 4:07 pmJune 3, 2022 2:55 am

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The XBone will be somewhat freer than initially advertised. MS either acquiesced to customer pressure by easing up on harsh DRM policies—or played us all for suckers in a short con designed to get their new machine more press than Sony got for the PS4. We’ll play along for now.

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