Microsoft Creative Director Comments on Always-Online

[BORTZ]

Always on? Sounds like me and your mom.

 

[3bbb7]

Haha good, he got fired
http://kotaku.com/microsofts-adam-orth-the-always-on-tweeter-no-long-472244698

 

[Deleted_171835]

Haha good, he got fired
http://kotaku.com/microsofts-adam-orth-the-always-on-tweeter-no-long-472244698

That's a little harsh for a couple off-hand comments on Twitter.

 

[TheCasketMan]

Haha good, he got fired
http://kotaku.com/microsofts-adam-orth-the-always-on-tweeter-no-long-472244698

 

[Deleted member 194275]

Haha good, he got fired
http://kotaku.com/microsofts-adam-orth-the-always-on-tweeter-no-long-472244698

So now he is not "on" anymore, and he will have some trouble to pay for an aways on data plan without a job. By the way, 2,4 billion uses internet and we live in a 7 billion world.

 

[Bobbyloujo]

I won't get it if it really is always online. I don't see a point to that other than obsessive DRM.

 

[AngryGeek416]

PS4.

 

[Gahars]

PS4.

Huh. You know, I've never really thought of it like that, but you make a very compelling argument.

I'll have to mull that over a bit.

 

[Chary]

If there's always online DRM, then Microsoft is going to have to have some pretty super-ultra-mega-epic amazing exclusives to make me want the "durango"

 

[AngryGeek416]

Huh. You know, I've never really thought of it like that, but you make a very compelling argument.

I'll have to mull that over a bit.

That's the point. There is nothing to think about.

 

[retKHAAAN]

I'll just drop this here...

http://www.vgleaks.com/microsoft-xbox-roadmap-2013/

A new rumour explaining how local play can be played offliine, interesting..

 

[Snailface]

That's a little harsh for a couple off-hand comments on Twitter.

The comments went viral and did an enormous amount of damage to the Xbox brand. Bad publicity is an expensive thing to fix.

He unknowingly did a service to gamers though -- possibly forcing MS to reconsider always-online or tone it down somewhat.

 

[Wombo Combo]

Haha good, he got fired
http://kotaku.com/microsofts-adam-orth-the-always-on-tweeter-no-long-472244698

Actually it says he quit

A source close to Orth tells Kotaku that Orth resigned from the company and was not fired.

 

[3bbb7]

Actually it says he quit

Ah I read it over too fast, or they edited it? I'm not sure how I missed that part haha

 

[Ergo]

I have a simple question: why is anyone on this thread defending something that, allegedly, makes it more difficult to do the thing the machine was designed to do? How is that, in any way, defensible or desirable, from the consumer's pov? I can see where it might be wonderful for MS and, perhaps, third parties, but certainly, from a gamer's perspective, making these things mandatory is, in no way, a positive, right?

 

[Snailface]

Actually it says he quit

Forced resignation is being fired. Its simply an arrangement where both sides come out looking better -- MS doesn't look cruel, Orthy doesn't look like an incompetent.

 

[Bladexdsl]

bwahahaha they fired him for LEAKING info that pretty much confirms the rumor now

 

[Deleted_171835]

The comments went viral and did an enormous amount of damage to the Xbox brand. Bad publicity is an expensive thing to fix.

He unknowingly did a service to gamers though -- possibly forcing MS to reconsider always-online or tone it down somewhat.

Enormous amount of damage to the Xbox brand? The amount of people who have even heard about this whole situation probably represent a very small minority of the Xbox userbase.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

bwahahaha they fired him for LEAKING info that pretty much confirms the rumor now

It wasn't really "info" at all so this confirms nothing.

 

[retKHAAAN]

I bet if we ignore the link wrettcaughn quoted above we can continue talking out of our asses and making assumptions.