Pachter Next Box Always Online!?!?!

So according to Michael Pachter there are credible rumors going around that the Nextbox will require you to be always online.  Now granted Pachter's track record isn't the greatest, but even a broken clock is right twice a day.

So this is my Question if it's true and the Next Box will require you to be always online or at least require you to activate your games online will it affect you decision to buy one?

Last source I would trust

So according to Michael PachterShielder7

Michael PachterShielder7

PachterShielder7

Uhh, proof/link? Pachter may be a d-bag, but I highly doubt he knows about the next Xbox already.

ba forgot to link the video here it is if anyone wants it. source. http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/0wy5qg/pach-attack--------will-absolutely-have-a-blu-ray-drive----

Edit: Just an FYI he also says for sure that the Next Box will have a Blu-ray drive.

lol @pachter

if next box is always online  thats loss of sales , theres countries and citys with not much for internet still ,   so ya have fun with that microsoft

You can always tell when Pachter is lying. His lips move. :lol:

Was Patcher true once?MonsieurX

Obvious and complete dealbreaker

Microsoft is all about Kinect! Kinect! Kinect!

Of course, how will they upload the data from Kinect otherwise?

Obvious and complete dealbreaker

Basinboy

lol Patcher...

Poor lems :(Heil68

Sony caught MS off guard at first with their PS4 announcement. If MS doesn't make you have an always online connection it's most likely due to Sony not making the PS4 that way. MS's intentions were to do it, but they may not now due to Sony announcing PS4 that doesn't require it. 

Sony will be giving publishers the right to block used games. So how they going that?

1. require you active it online first = most likly
2. build single code right into the disc

going be same for 720

I'm inclined to believe this is true. The PS4 event showed that Edge was spot on with their predictions (with the exception of the 8 GBs of GDDR5, which was likely a last minute change made by Sony). Edge has also said that the next Xbox will require an always online connection, so I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft goes this route. I won't be happy about it though. 

Anyway, I'm ok with online activation, but always online? No. I don't want to be getting kicked out of games when my wireless connection drops for a couple of seconds or something goes haywire. 

This is just such a stupid decision, and I'm seriously hoping Edge is wrong (but not counting on it).

I don't know why anyone is questioning this rumour. It's 2013: virtually everyone and their dog has broadband internet and wi-fi, virtually everything you'd ever want to do with a console requires an internet connection anyway, all the cool new features for next-gen consoles are going to be cloud/social-based, and so long as MS throws in a common-sense offline mode (or even a sh*tty, broken, Steam-esque offline mode) for when your ISP inevitably sh*ts the bed it'll be a total non-issue. 

Sony will be giving publishers the right to block used games. So how they going that?

1. require you active it online first = most likly
2. build single code right into the disc

 

going be same for 720

 

 

k2theswiss

2nd one. They will make the disc put out a code stamped to a particular system or tie it in some other way to your system. That is the only real way to do it since PS4 isn't required to always be online. 

Why do so many people keep calling the 3rd Xbox the 720? It has not been stated anywhere that MS is naming the 3rd Xbox the Xbox 720. MS stated they named the 360 because they meant that gaming was all encompasing. Therefore the 720 makes no sense. 

pachter said it?

shyt, that means the nextbox won't have any online.

[QUOTE="Basinboy"]

Obvious and complete dealbreaker

Shielder7

Was Patcher true once?MonsieurX

Why do so many people keep calling the 3rd Xbox the 720? It has not been stated anywhere that MS is naming the 3rd Xbox the Xbox 720. MS stated they named the 360 because they meant that gaming was all encompasing. Therefore the 720 makes no sense. 

clr84651

720 is the name the community has given it. Until Microsoft releases official name for it then the community will change by calling it by it;s official name.

UNLESS they just call it xbox. then we will keep calling it that. WHY? look at stupid ipad 3. people call it that but the apple insist it's called the "new ipad"

Sony will be giving publishers the right to block used games. So how they going that?

1. require you active it online first = most likly
2. build single code right into the disc

 

going be same for 720

 

 

k2theswiss

They already have the right to block used games. Nothing has changed.

Mandatory online and online activation are both stupid! Those without online connection sould be able to play the singleplayer games.

I don't know why anyone is questioning this rumour. It's 2013: virtually everyone and their dog has broadband internet and wi-fi, virtually everything you'd ever want to do with a console requires an internet connection anyway, all the cool new features for next-gen consoles are going to be cloud/social-based, and so long as MS throws in a common-sense offline mode (or even a sh*tty, broken, Steam-esque offline mode) for when your ISP inevitably sh*ts the bed it'll be a total non-issue. 

Slow_Show

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]

Sony will be giving publishers the right to block used games. So how they going that?

1. require you active it online first = most likly
2. build single code right into the disc

 

going be same for 720

 

 

Obviously_Right

They already have the right to block used games. Nothing has changed.

Was this debunked already?

http://au.gamespot.com/news/next-xbox-requires-constant-internet-connection-report-6369346

If not, then what Pachter is saying might be true. Also to those who didn't actually watch the video of him saying all of this - I think it's the first time he hasn't actually said random **** (though most of what he said was a 'review' on the PS4 reveal, and his thoughts on it. Which I agree to when it comes to some stuff).

Was this debunked already?

http://au.gamespot.com/news/next-xbox-requires-constant-internet-connection-report-6369346

If not, then what Pachter is saying might be true. Also to those who didn't actually watch the video of him saying all of this - I think it's the first time he hasn't actually said random **** (though most of what he said was a 'review' on the PS4 reveal, and his thoughts on it. Which I agree to when it comes to some stuff).

mgs_freak91

To sum the next box up:

*Always online DRM
*Kinect v2.0 casual focus
*Exclusive 1st party studios like RARE to work on Avatars and clothing
*Gimped hardware to accomodate Kinect v2.0
*XNA is trashed to kill off indie titles support
*The promise of more ads and interactive ads
*More apps and social features to justify paying $100 yearly for XBL
*New ADIDAS partnership

Microsoft Abomination Continuation. :cool:

So it is going to be never online?

Why do so many people keep calling the 3rd Xbox the 720? It has not been stated anywhere that MS is naming the 3rd Xbox the Xbox 720. MS stated they named the 360 because they meant that gaming was all encompasing. Therefore the 720 makes no sense. 

clr84651

Actually they named it the 360 bcause they didn't want to name it the xbox 2 with the PS3 coming out. 

[QUOTE="Basinboy"]

Obvious and complete dealbreaker

Shielder7