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German government might ban Xbox One

With all the things going around about the X1 I thought I might post this.

 

"Under the heading, game device 'Microsoft pushes a monitoring device in the market. The Xbox continuously records all sorts of personal information about me. Reaction rates, my learning or emotional states. The are then processed on an external server, and possibly even passed on to third parties. Whether they will ever deleted, the person can not influence".

 

http://tweaktown.com/news/30610/german-government-says-the-xbox-one-is-a-monitoring-device/index.html#Bhm1xzBCPxHGKJD0.99

 

 

What would you guys think if they banned the Xbox One?

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I would think it was hysterically funny.  :lol: :ph34r:

 

I'd HOPE that it might teach Microsoft something.

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Go ps4 and pc maybe..... but i do agree with concerns about it my xbox 360's kinect has been in a drawr in my desk almost since i got the thing and it would be creepy to have a camera always watching you because it never turns off

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Oh, the germans actually made a good decision for once [fu merkel :D ]

So in all the banning and cutting of games and movies, they actually found a decent thing to do fore ONCE!

Almost makes me happy.

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Microsoft needs to sort their priorities out pronto, I hope it gets banned purely to teach them a lesson, that lesson being stop forcing gimmicky crap that isn't really needed and or that monitors you at all times -.-

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It will happen in Norway too. But the consumer advisory board will probably take action to force Microsoft to physically remove the "feature" instead, first. Just like they did with the Internet Explorer monopoly attempts Microsoft tried before.

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I was thinking that either the console would be banned in certain countries or Microsoft would have to change the way Kinect works in certain countries... This new console just seems like a huge mess.

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I think you guys don't know that the Xbox 360 is currently banned in Germany, every time I go in Germany (the border is 30 minutes away from my home) I don't see an Xbox in any store.

I think that if it gets banned, German people arent even going to complain, most of them play on PC anyways.

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Germany not buying those Xbox One's does mean a big deal to Microsoft, I live in the Netherlands and I can tell you that 80% of my friends have the Xbox 360 - Germany is a lot bigger and doesn't differ from us that much. It'll be that few million less for Microsoft to profit that might hurt their company quite a bit.

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They tried to ban X360 and Windows 7 but they failed. Dunno why so much hate in Germany on Microsoft.

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Haha thats brilliant

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another reason why xbox one will probably fail miserably, at least this will mean more people will come over to pc gaming.

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Waiting for the memes that join Xbox One and the swastika and references to the Führer.

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I really hope they ban that stalker xbox.

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With all the things going around about the X1 I thought I might post this.

 

"Under the heading, game device 'Microsoft pushes a monitoring device in the market. The Xbox continuously records all sorts of personal information about me. Reaction rates, my learning or emotional states. The are then processed on an external server, and possibly even passed on to third parties. Whether they will ever deleted, the person can not influence".

 

http://tweaktown.com/news/30610/german-government-says-the-xbox-one-is-a-monitoring-device/index.html#Bhm1xzBCPxHGKJD0.99

 

 

What would you guys think if they banned the Xbox One?

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I wouldn't be bothered if they banned it, and if it is a monitoring device I hope they do.

 

I don't want to be monitored when playing games, I have nothing to hide but I still don't want monitoring

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I think you guys don't know that the Xbox 360 is currently banned in Germany, every time I go in Germany (the border is 30 minutes away from my home) I don't see an Xbox in any store.

I think that if it gets banned, German people arent even going to complain, most of them play on PC anyways.

What the hell are you talking about... The Xbox 360 is being sold as any other console. 

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gunna have to quit smoking weed... in front of my console.. or it might call the cops on me!

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I hope it is banned I dont live there but I think its a kick in the butt microsoft needs.

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if the sales go that bad and prices really go down(like to 300$ or 250$ for base pack) i might buy one instead of an another graphics card

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