In a stunning example of the maxim, "you can't make everyone happy," a petition has begun at Change.org, asking for Microsoft to reverse its reversal on its controversial Xbox One online policies.
"This was to be the future of entertainment. A new wave of gaming where you could buy games digitally, then trade, share or sell those digital licenses," the petition states. "Essentially, it was Steam for Xbox. But consumers were uninformed, and railed [sic] against it, and it was taken away because Sony took advantage of consumers [sic] uncertainty."
"We want this back. It can't be all or nothing, there must be a compromise," it concluded.
In just a few hours, the petition has garnered 6,432 signatures, and probably just as many sarcastic eye rolls.
The policies the petition wants to see reinstated required Xbox One users to connect to the internet at least once every 24 hours to authenticate their account. It also restricted the sale and trading of used games, requiring that users only sell games to stores participating in Microsoft's program.
Last month, in perhaps one of the most surprising and strangest twists in gaming history, Microsoft pulled a full 180 on these policies. Instead of a connected system, Microsoft opted for a disc-based DRM strategy similar to what is currently being used by the Xbox 360.
While this was largely considered good news by the gaming user base, it did come with a few distinct disadvantages. Namely, the Xbox One's family sharing plan, which would have allowed users to share their digital games library and Xbox Live Gold features with up to 10 other people, was cancelled as part of the reversal.
It seems you can't please everyone though, and if this petition starts to gain some serious traction, Microsoft might just have one more headache on its plate before the console even launches.
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