Indeed. Welcome to the cyberpunk dystopia.Welcome to the 21st century, dear dinosaurs.
Plug my consoles into a UPS
Question is, what's their winnings with all this when they'll most likely only end up with a small group of butthurt consumers and some bad reputation?Welcome to the 21st century, dear dinosaurs.
By not having an Internet connection or having an unstable one, you're already missing out on tons of content. A lot of people out there actually own consoles for the sole purpose of competitive multiplayer and with Stand-by Mode and whatnot you're practically already Online non-stop - this only makes it "official". Sure, if you live in a rural village, sucks but we're already adapting to 4G technology world-wide, we're laying fiber optics all around the place and broadband prices are only getting lower as more providers enter the scene - pretty sure you'll find at least one even if you live in the middle of nowhere. Oh, and did I mention Streaming and other such services? Consoles these days are Media Centers, you really want them connected at all times.
...and what if they don't? What if the service is so exceptional that it's worth it?
We're talking video games here buddy.
3G/4G stops working during a power outage, and by the time the Durango comes out, all the satellites will have been shot down by North KoreaSatellite Internetz, 3G/4G Modems and whatnot.
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2. Again, games can and should have these options. But thats just what they should be, options. You want to have all that shit, go ahead, but why on earth can't it be an option to play without all that stuff? Video games have been fun for ages without all of that, just as they've been fun with all of it. Its the fact that this shit is required thats fucked. //I too think it should be optional since we're not on that level of technological advancement to enforce "Online-Non-Stop" but at the same time I understand the concept and the benefits of being Online at all times - I think it opens a lot of doors, it's not all negatives. There's a lot of cool stuff you can do server-side y'know.
3. Well I can see where he's coming from too, but I don't agree with it. If I want to play a game offline, if I'm visiting my grandparents who never bothered to get internet and bring my console with me, I should be able to play the damn thing. //One of those days you won't have to worry about - you'll just pull out your cell and tether a connection to your console and... oh, wait, we're already there.
We can disregard Sim City, I'll agree with you there, but the point still stands, this should not be a requirement, there is no reason Microsoft shouldn't continue doing what its doing with the 360, online and offline both options, to take away one of those would not be an improvement at all. //If they include some fun stuff for those who are Online, I think I'd like to see where this takes us but yes, it should be optional.
Let's hope they'll also shoot down the natural ones, including the moon.(...) all the satellites will have been shot down by North Korea
I'm not judging it or saying it will be like this, I'm only thinking about what the reasoning (from any company for that matter) would be behind such a mandatory online system? Of course it could be used nicely for things you already mentioned, but there would only be a handful of games that will make good use of it. Why make it a mandatory feature for every title on the platform? It's not like they win anything by doing so....and what if they don't? What if the service is so exceptional that it's worth it?
Shouldn't we wait for a confirmation, not to mention a presentation before we judge it?
Online-All-The-Time is not a concept that appeard out of nowhere - it's the goal Internet connections have been progressing towards for a long, long time.
Let's hope they'll also shoot down the natural ones, including the moon.
...also, local 3G/4G stations have backup power supply around here - I'm pretty sure about that. I've always had great reception during power outages.
There is a difference between needing something to make something else work then putting something there just for sake of it. Unnecessarily.
)Except the part when you was arguing the reason or at least the justification for it?
Honestly, this kind of move gives hackers a reason to break the system. It's not like they have trouble breaking all the DRM on PC games, and with how popular the Microsoft brand is (and how hacked the 360 was), it'll only be a matter of time. That's not to say it'll be easy, but even the PS3 was broken after enough time.
Welcome to the 21st century, dear dinosaurs.
By not having an Internet connection or having an unstable one, you're already missing out on tons of content. A lot of people out there actually own consoles for the sole purpose of competitive multiplayer and with Stand-by Mode and whatnot you're practically already Online non-stop - this only makes it "official". Sure, if you live in a rural village, sucks but we're already adapting to 4G technology world-wide, we're laying fiber optics all around the place and broadband prices are only getting lower as more providers enter the scene - pretty sure you'll find at least one even if you live in the middle of nowhere. Oh, and did I mention Streaming and other such services? Consoles these days are Media Centers, you really want them connected at all times.
I don't use my 360 as a media center. I use it to play Forza 4. I don't even play online and couldn't care less. My brother used to play Halo 4 online but just recently the game series has died according to him. I don't care for streaming on my 360 either. I also do not want my console connected at all times.Welcome to the 21st century, dear dinosaurs.
By not having an Internet connection or having an unstable one, you're already missing out on tons of content. A lot of people out there actually own consoles for the sole purpose of competitive multiplayer and with Stand-by Mode and whatnot you're practically already Online non-stop - this only makes it "official". Sure, if you live in a rural village, sucks but we're already adapting to 4G technology world-wide, we're laying fiber optics all around the place and broadband prices are only getting lower as more providers enter the scene - pretty sure you'll find at least one even if you live in the middle of nowhere. Oh, and did I mention Streaming and other such services? Consoles these days are Media Centers, you really want them connected at all times.
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