Kotaku: Xbox 720 online required to start up and play games!?

[Rekkapryde]

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[GoldenGlove]

i got a huge backlog of games especially on the Playstation 3 there's be stuff to do. honestly i think some of you are complaining about this just for the sake of complaining. if the internet goes down for a couple days in the several years you own a console and can't play it those days are virtually nothing in comparison to the thousands of days it was up.

lets say it has a life span of 1800 days which is about 5 years if in that span it's down 5% of the time that's 90 days. you're still left with 1710 days of up time but you're basically saying those 90 days of the potential for them to happen mean more than the 1710 days.

for a good chunk of us our consoles are on our wifi networks and connect to PSN and Xbox live upon boot. we already play them as if they're always online right now. that's why it doesn't bother me because that's how it is for me now.

Pretty much.

People are complaining about something that will only happen sparingly. People keep bringing up people who don't have internet who live in rural areas. No one in this thread lives where only dial-up is available.

I think it's dumb but it's not like it's the end of MS or the world if it's always online.

 

[MightyHealthy]

 

[King Sun]

Pretty much.

People are complaining about something that will only happen sparingly. People keep bringing up people who don't have internet who live in rural areas. No one in this thread lives where only dial-up is available.

I think it's dumb but it's not like it's the end of MS or the world if it's always online.

 

[daze23]

i got a huge backlog of games especially on the Playstation 3 there's be stuff to do. honestly i think some of you are complaining about this just for the sake of complaining. if the internet goes down for a couple days in the several years you own a console and can't play it those days are virtually nothing in comparison to the thousands of days it was up.

lets say it has a life span of 1800 days which is about 5 years if in that span it's down 5% of the time that's 90 days. you're still left with 1710 days of up time but you're basically saying those 90 days of the potential for them to happen mean more than the 1710 days.

for a good chunk of us our consoles are on our wifi networks and connect to PSN and Xbox live upon boot. we already play them as if they're always online right now. that's why it doesn't bother me because that's how it is for me now.

what if the competitor's console will play games 100% of the time?

there's just no reason for it. I paid $60 for your 6hr game. why are you treating me like a thief?

I'm not complaining for the sake of complaining. I'm complaining because this shyt is wack. I think most people here know that I usually defend the xbox. PC gamers have already been through this, and it's why we have 'offline mode'. even with BF3, which requires Origin and a browser open for multiplayer, you can play the campaign offline

 

[MightyHealthy]

This guy has long been a prick.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This guy has long been a prick.

Looks like he's gotten fired by Microsoft too
[ame]https://twitter.com/aarongreenberg/status/320008254841311232[/ame]

 

[MightyHealthy]

 

[winb83]

what if the competitor's console will play games 100% of the time?

there's just no reason for it. I paid $60 for your 6hr game. why are you treating me like a thief?

if they come out with an always online console and you don't like it don't buy it. i'm not gonna deprive myself of games i wanna play out of a principal that doesn't even really effect me or because a service could go down. that's all hypothetical. i'd rather be playing my game of choice and if it goes down it goes down.

DRM treats all legitimate customers as thieves. pirates typically defeat it on the first day to first week and anybody that wants to pirate will.

 

[Mowgli]

Its over for xbox. So over. They're gonna have to release an update to make games playable offline otherwise, again, they're over. Beyond over.

 

[VladTheImpaler]

if they come out with an always online console and you don't like it don't buy it. i'm not gonna deprive myself of games i wanna play out of a principal that doesn't even really effect me or because a service could go down. that's all hypothetical. i'd rather be playing my game of choice and if it goes down it goes down.

DRM treats all legitimate customers as thieves. pirates typically defeat it on the first day to first week and anybody that wants to pirate will.

so you are ok with the cameras monitoring who comes in and out of the room too?

 

[Mowgli]

They basically said fukk a large portion of America, the trailer parks that love calling people ******s in call of duty. Sad. Microsoft basically said fukk their userbase and bytch i love it.


Xbots just ate the shotty. @Loose you ok buddy. You know there is always a place for you in our Kingdom. Heaven is real and heaven is, ps4.

 

[winb83]

so you are ok with the cameras monitoring who comes in and out of the room too?

i'll point my kinect at the wall if that's what you're talking about. i don't really like the kinect and have no interest in using it.

what i'm saying is if the next Halo or Microsoft title comes out and its a game you want to play you gonna skip it because of an always online requirement that likely doesn't effect you? its like a kid who his parents won't let him go outside and play so he goes on a hunger strike. now he's not eating and he can't play and he's really accomplished nothing. i'm willing to bet enough gamers but the console to drown out the people who refuse to purchase.

i'm also willing to bet if Microsoft does do this publishers will shower them with favor.

 

[Typical Knicks Fan]

Xbox is for the elites.

 

[daze23]

if they come out with an always online console and you don't like it don't buy it. i'm not gonna deprive myself of games i wanna play out of a principal that doesn't even really effect me or because a service could go down. that's all hypothetical. i'd rather be playing my game of choice and if it goes down it goes down.

DRM treats all legitimate customers as thieves. pirates typically defeat it on the first day to first week and anybody that wants to pirate will.

the shyt's wack, and I'm not gonna be complacent about it