A Microsoft employee complained about the company's recent decision to reverse its policy on Xbox One game sharing, raising claims from critics of the changes that the move was a step backward, saying the new console is just an upgraded Xbox 360.

The employee, who posted anonymously on Pastebin, proclaimed himself a "heartbroken MS employee" and vented on Microsoft's decision to remove at least two of the more controversial features in the Xbox One, CNET reports.

Microsoft announced that it would eliminate the requirement for the Xbox One console to check-in online daily and that it would slacken restrictions on used game sales.

But the Microsoft employee focused on the company's game sharing policies and its future effect on the gaming development industry.

"This allowed the person to play the game, get familiar with it, then make a purchase if they wanted to. When the time limit was up they would automatically be prompted to the Marketplace so that they may order it if liked the game. The difference between the family sharing and the typical store demo is that your progress is saved as if it was the full game, and the data that was installed for that shared game doesn't need to be erased when they purchase the full game," the employee posted on Pastebin.

"Video game development is a loss leader by definition and unlike other forms of media video games only have one revenue stream and that is selling to you the gamer. So when you buy a game used you're hurting developers much more than say a movie studio. Many gamers fail to realize this when they purchase these preowned games."

While it is still uncertain whether the person posting the comments was an actual Microsoft employee, a few Xbox One fans have recently complained about the company's backtracking and new policy on digital games.