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So it would be semi-always onlineShadowriverUBNo, doesn't look like it accepts drops. "If the connection is interrupted then after a period of time--currently three minutes, if I remember correctly--the game/app is suspended and the network troubleshooter started."
"If there isn't a connection, no games or apps can be started," the source continued. "If the connection is interrupted then after a period of time--currently three minutes, if I remember correctly--the game/app is suspended and the network troubleshooter started."
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This wouldn't really affect me, my consoles are always hooked up to the internet anyways...but I can see why people would hate this if it's true.
Even though it would be god tier for SW's, no way MS is doing that. Heil68They would and would market it as a revolution in gaming. The article explains that the next xbox is going to be a cable box with gaming capabilities on the side. If your cablebox is connected 24/7, why not the next xbox? Did you hear about the dual-GPU in dev-kits? I bet it's a second videochip to function as a DVR.
[QUOTE="Heil68"]Even though it would be god tier for SW's, no way MS is doing that. DrTrafalgarLawThey would and would market it as a revolution in gaming. The article explains that the next xbox is going to be a cable box with gaming capabilities on the side. If your cablebox is connected 24/7, why not the next xbox? Did you hear about the dual-GPU in dev-kits? I bet it's a second videochip to function as a DVR. My cable box works just fine with no internet connection.
Even though it would be god tier for SW's, no way MS is doing that. Heil68This was my thought exactly when the rumors of an always online Sim City started circulating. I agree that it probably won't happen, but I wouldn't put anything past a company that charges people an annual fee to be able to access content they are already paying for from Netflix.
So just like PC games then.RR360DDMaybe if the only PC games you play are MMOs, Diablo 3, and Sim City 5.
Always online DRM is something that should never be...especially on a Console. On PC, it's due to rampant piracy. On a Console, it's just overkill for no reason. I literally own every console back to the NES but, if any of them go "always online", I will never buy it; And I own all the Consoles every generation by the end.
What? Very few PC games require a connection.[QUOTE="RR360DD"]So just like PC games then. My 360 is always connected anyway, but I wonder what their reasoning is behind it having to be connected always.bleehum
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I guess he's talking about Steam or something, even though there's an offline mode though.
Saying that the game will stop working after being disconnected for 3 minutes is hardly scaling back anything.Kotaku scaling back on their rumors that they made up?
deangallop
What? Very few PC games require a connection.Its heading that way. At least with the big publishers.[QUOTE="RR360DD"]So just like PC games then. My 360 is always connected anyway, but I wonder what their reasoning is behind it having to be connected always.bleehum
[QUOTE="bleehum"]What? Very few PC games require a connection.Its heading that way. At least with the big publishers. EA going full moron doesn't count[QUOTE="RR360DD"]So just like PC games then. My 360 is always connected anyway, but I wonder what their reasoning is behind it having to be connected always.RR360DD
The only reason for always online DRM on consoles would be if they were trying to eliminate used games. Based on the glowing review of the Xbox 720 by the Gamestop CEO, I really doubt Microsoft is going to do that, so I also really doubt these rumors are true.Always online DRM is something that should never be...especially on a Console. On PC, it's due to rampant piracy. On a Console, it's just overkill for no reason. I literally own every console back to the NES but, if any of them go "always online", I will never buy it; And I own all the Consoles every generation by the end.
Puckhog04
[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]The only reason for always online DRM on consoles would be if they were trying to eliminate used games. Based on the glowing review of the Xbox 720 by the Gamestop CEO, I really doubt Microsoft is going to do that, so I also really doubt these rumors are true.Always online DRM is something that should never be...especially on a Console. On PC, it's due to rampant piracy. On a Console, it's just overkill for no reason. I literally own every console back to the NES but, if any of them go "always online", I will never buy it; And I own all the Consoles every generation by the end.
PurpleMan5000
I hope they're false. It would be a shame, MS has some gems in terms of exclusives that came out over the 360's lifecycle. It would be a shame to miss them on their next Console.
[QUOTE="bleehum"][QUOTE="RR360DD"]Its heading that way. At least with the big publishers.RR360DDEA going full moron doesn't countAnd Activision. It's really just Blizzard. While it's unfortunate that you have to be online to play single player Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2, those games are really built around multiplayer, anyway.
[QUOTE="bleehum"][QUOTE="RR360DD"]Its heading that way. At least with the big publishers.RR360DDEA going full moron doesn't countAnd Activision.
so sim city (which bombed hard) and acti (mainly cod, which isnt that popular anymore on pc) is your argument? Do better
And Activision.[QUOTE="RR360DD"][QUOTE="bleehum"] EA going full moron doesn't countwis3boi
so sim city (which bombed hard) and acti (mainly cod, which isnt that popular anymore on pc) is your argument? Do better
So you're saying that always online DRM isn't the future? Really?[QUOTE="wis3boi"][QUOTE="RR360DD"]And Activision. RR360DD
so sim city (which bombed hard) and acti (mainly cod, which isnt that popular anymore on pc) is your argument? Do better
So you're saying that always online DRM isn't the future? Really? It's the future for companies that make poor decisions that are making them bleed money, like EA.I'm sure they would create digital copies of their most popular X720 games so you can buy them again.I could live with that but what after the the X1080 comes out and they drop support of the X720? We'll lose all of our games!Â
Gue1
[QUOTE="ShadowriverUB"]So it would be semi-always onlinebleehumNo, doesn't look like it accepts drops. "If the connection is interrupted then after a period of time--currently three minutes, if I remember correctly--the game/app is suspended and the network troubleshooter started." Well it's still a drop so it accepts... for specifc time :p
[QUOTE="wis3boi"][QUOTE="RR360DD"]And Activision. RR360DD
so sim city (which bombed hard) and acti (mainly cod, which isnt that popular anymore on pc) is your argument? Do better
So you're saying that always online DRM isn't the future? Really? When it causes games like sim city and diablo to have horrible horrible launches, and then causes EA to openly state "we were wrong about DRM", yes. Otherwise it's just corporate suicide. Smart developers have zero online/drm at all or offer ways to surpass it.[QUOTE="Puckhog04"]The only reason for always online DRM on consoles would be if they were trying to eliminate used games. Based on the glowing review of the Xbox 720 by the Gamestop CEO, I really doubt Microsoft is going to do that, so I also really doubt these rumors are true. Anti Used game can't be based around DRM or else medium they using have serial number, which with current standard manufacturing methods is impossible with optical discs (they could burn something small maybe?). Device won't able to distinguish copies without some sort of uniqueness, which with current method is serial number that you need to type manually. At that point it does not matter if you online or not as digital copy protection is pretty solid on sonsole, or else hackers will able able to crack whole console up This is just my speculation, but MS (and Sony as well) could simplify this process via QR Codes as both consoles suppose to have camera out of the boxAlways online DRM is something that should never be...especially on a Console. On PC, it's due to rampant piracy. On a Console, it's just overkill for no reason. I literally own every console back to the NES but, if any of them go "always online", I will never buy it; And I own all the Consoles every generation by the end.
PurpleMan5000
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