No. Just speculation.
Which brings up a good point. What if you don't want to pay for Xbox Live (If there is still a fee)?
You just don't get to play at all?
No. Just speculation.
Which brings up a good point. What if you don't want to pay for Xbox Live (If there is still a fee)?
You just don't get to play at all?
Because having the ability to access the internet at all means a stable landline connection at home 24/7, right?
I don't give a damn whether or not I need an Internet connection. I have one, so do all my friends (as does everyone posting on this board). Sure, I can come up with some lame scenarios like "What if I want to game on my hike to Mt. Everest????", but the fact is that the vast majority of potential XBONE owners have internet access, so no problems.
The fact is that soon even your washing machine will require an internet connection, so get over it.
What I need to see is the quality of the gaming experience. If there are great games, then I will but it. Otherwise, I won't.
Real simple.
I don't give a damn whether or not I need an Internet connection. I have one, so do all my friends (as does everyone posting on this board). Sure, I can come up with some lame scenarios like "What if I want to game on my hike to Mt. Everest????", but the fact is that the vast majority of potential XBONE owners have internet access, so no problems.
The fact is that soon even your washing machine will require an internet connection, so get over it.
What I need to see is the quality of the gaming experience. If there are great games, then I will but it. Otherwise, I won't.
Real simple.
It's not about being able to afford it or not or if it's a luxury or not. It's about not being screw over as a customer and not supporting being shoved down these bad business practices.Nope, I am criticising buying and keeping it in box for 50 years. Obviously if a console is no longer functional, I'm not going to buy it at the end of it's life.
I was saying in this instance, I could buy a 360 or PS3 right now and play a load of great games. If the Xbox One doesn't work out the same, no big deal.
It doesn't matter if it's 50 seconds or 50 years, you still thinking about getting a console after its generation.
What makes you think others wouldn't?
Although I would say it is unlikely to be the case; as technology advances, it will become less and less burdensome for Microsoft to continue hosting petabytes of old content, which will most likely be compatible with at least the next few generations of their Xbox line (they'll probably stick to x86 for the next few iterations I reckon, so content should be mostly compatible). So it's no real issue for them to continue to support the Xbox One when the next Xbox comes out, and so on. I don't think this will be a massive issue. If some day MS do decide the Xbox One is dead, I am confident they will (whether willingly or under pressure, either from consumers or legally) release a software update to allow the console to continue to function without access to servers.
There is no guarantee that they will release a patch or hold the data.
As said, they shouldn't have to release a patch in the first place.
Anyhow, I am not thinking of doing what I am criticizing, there is a big difference between waiting a few years to get stuff cheaper and waiting 50 years until stuff is a collector's item and then...opening it and playing it (instantly depreciating the value enormously, btw).
Look above.
I hate to say this, but if they can't afford it, they shouldn't be getting games. I know it seems unfair and such, but there are definitely things to prioritise over video games for these families. (e.g. food, clothing, education, paying bills and debts). Obviously I don't think kids should be deprived of stuff, but there are more important things to sort out first. Gaming is a luxury, the same as films and music, and shouldn't be prioritised over essentials. Although I do realise plenty of people don't see things this way (unfortunately).
As well as used games.This is just Microsoft giving the finger to everybody. This is just to prevent it so nobody steals their stuff and pirates their games, and in the end it's hurting everybody. They screwed up, real simple.
I don't give a damn whether or not I need an Internet connection. I have one, so do all my friends (as does everyone posting on this board). Sure, I can come up with some lame scenarios like "What if I want to game on my hike to Mt. Everest????", but the fact is that the vast majority of potential XBONE owners have internet access, so no problems.
The fact is that soon even your washing machine will require an internet connection, so get over it.
What I need to see is the quality of the gaming experience. If there are great games, then I will but it. Otherwise, I won't.
Real simple.
While Japan does have one of the best infrastructures in the world, it has 2 glaring problems
1. Most of the superior network infrastructure is mostly in specific cities (Tokyo and Osaka especially)
2. Few people think of this, but Japan does have bandwidth limits with some ISPs limiting bandwidth to 30 GB/day, sounds like a lot until you realize that next gen games can exceed 30 GB now.
And off topic rant: I HATE the use of "XBone, xbone, Xbone"! I just read "x bone" every time! Why isn't it at the very least "XbOne"!? I prefer X1 myself.
It's used as a derogatory term.
Plus, it will make a catchy name for the first piracy app - Crossbones, or Xbones.
My friend told me that the XBone ideally needs 1.5mbps connection to do it's daily check etc. Sorry Alaska. No XBone for you.