Summary: Microsoft is showing off its kill switches, kills consoles of people whom it doesn't like

SEVERAL days ago interesting reports surfaced about Microsoft remotely bricking people's consoles, not just Microsoft having the capability to do so. "It turns out," says one article, "that Microsoft not only has the power to ban you from Xbox Live permanently, but it can also turn your Xbox One console in to a useless brick, as the beta testers behind the Gears of War Remastered leak have found out."

The lesson is clear; Microsoft claims ownership of what people buy (consoles), sabotages their consoles. Xbox One is not only an Orwellian surveillance device as we have explained before; it also has the capability to self-destruct at Microsoft's orders. This isn't going to be good for business. Microsoft has already lost a lot in this business. ⬆