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

[GoldenGlove]

never know breh. A storm, travel, etc

So yeah, really not that often or at all in general.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

Well I hope this isn't true because if it is, I doubt there will even be a competition any more.

So if my potna doesn't play his internet bill (or the person he steals the internet from isn't home) we can't even play NBA2k against each other with out the internet being connected...

 

[GoldenGlove]

Well I hope this isn't true because if it is, I doubt there will even be a competition any more.

So if my potna doesn't play his internet bill (or the person he steals the internet from isn't home) we can't even play NBA2k against each other with out the internet being connected...

If someone can't pay for their internet they need to reevaluate their situation. They shouldn't be playing a damn video game console if that's the case.

 

[Hip-Hop-Bulls]

If someone can't pay for their internet they need to reevaluate their situation. They shouldn't be playing a damn video game console if that's the case.

true

dont forget too though that not everybody has good internet(frequent disconnects)

 

[Anti-Anime]

If this is ends up true. Ain't gonna be no more xbots.

 

[Black_Jesus]

Every single one of these leaks comes for a person who read the same document as we did that said "Always on always connected"

Each time they write a new story about it, it's just a different person referring to that same document. For one the document didn't say the connection was required, that's speculation about what "always on always connected" really means. For two it explicitly states the Kinect would be REQUIRED for the use of the system, why wouldn't they use the word REQUIRED when talking about the Internet connection if it would actually be required to play games.

Oh ok, so basically you hoping and praying this info is false

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Oh ok, so basically you hoping and praying this info is false

Nope. Just saying that every "new" story is just a case of a new person repeating the same 2 year old story.

 

[winb83]

I believe it cause the 360 was easily the worst hacked system of the last generation. It's like how you can't really do jack shyt on a Vita without having the latest firmware.

 

[Heretic]

Not to sound like a dikk, but how often are you going to play a game without an active internet connection?

Internet service is unavailable in lots of places breh. Most us can't fathom that because the internet is a luxury that's readily available. But in rural areas you have people still on dialup which won't work with this. Plus many people simply use their phone for access. Ive dealt with this in many instances thru projects at my job to provide power for infrastructure to support high speed internet.

 

[GoldenGlove]

I'm not cosigning MS going this route, I'm just saying I imagine most enthusiasts will have their system connected online 99.9% of the time.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Oh ok, so basically you hoping and praying this info is false

Meanwhile they running with that 2 APU shyt like its gospel.

But with this its "wait and see"

At least Kotaku has a little credibility.

 

[Panther]

Not to sound like a dikk, but how often are you going to play a game without an active internet connection?

Not that it will happen often, but what if you move? Its usually a few days before you can get the internet in the new spot.

 

[MikelArteta]

Shakes head

People like me I like my offline gaming

This is just ploy to try nd curtail piracy

Sent from royalty using Tapatalk breh

 

[daze23]

I can't co-sign any hardware that just 'bricks' without an internet connection

 

[SuburbanPimp]

If someone can't pay for their internet they need to reevaluate their situation. They shouldn't be playing a damn video game console if that's the case.

Correction: They shouldn't be playing the new XBox

I got friends who aren't hard core gamers and just play Madden & NBA2k and have no interest in playing people online or all them other features.

You can shyt on people who don't have the interent all you want. But REQUIRING someone to be connected to the internet anytime they want to play a console they have paid more $300 for is a terrible move.

And then you gonna charge them again for XBox live to actually play online and use the feature like Netflix that they already pay a fee for?

But I honestly hope this isn't true though