A little over a week ago at E3 2013 both Microsoft (Xbox One) and Sony (PS4) unveiled their new consoles and while hardware wise there might not be that much of a difference (apparently the PS4 is slightly better), the way each company approached how consumers could use their platforms was like night and day. Microsoft revealed their game plan first (no pun intended XD ) and it couldn't have gone down any worse with it's fan base; a hefty price tag for additional features that most gamers don't care for, a mandatory link up with Xbox servers at least once every 24hrs for all games to continue working (on or offline) and complex restrictions on how gamers could handle their game disks. Well, late last night, Microsoft posted an update on their Xbox website regarding the Xbox One, which was nothing short of an embarrassing U-turn on policies that they were stringently defending, not more than a few days ago. You can head over there to read the entire article in full (link at end of article) but if you just want a quick summary, basically out of the three points I mentioned above, the last two have now been scrapped/altered significantly. I've quoted the changes below for your convenience: