X-Box one: A comedy of (t)errors

[Brian]

Well, they can't have unmitigated feature-reintroduction strategies, simply because you can choose to never update.  This may block you in to games that are compatible with x version (which is pre-lockout, or whatever), but at least in theory, you can keep your console and some games from being taken away from you.  Well ... other than the onetime activation.  That would prevent rolling back, actually.

[Dracos]

Also, waffling back and forth like that in a non-optional manner with legal forms backing it will be complete lawsuit bait.  It wouldn't even be a hard one I suspect as the documentation from Microsoft's press release's would indicate that they were advertising certain realities, and EULAs saying the opposite would basically leave a lawyer to just point at the two and slam dunk their fraud case.  There's no way they wouldn't get sued for that.