@DeViLzzz worthy comments. yes stealing is stealing. But another thing that is against the law in my nation is selling goods not fit for purpose. Advertising this new console and not telling people very clearly on the point of sale where they buy it, that it will not function if the internet connection goes down, falls foul of the law, just like stealing does.
If you pay money for the console, and money for the game, and it is not your fault your connection fails, they have no legal right to stop it working for you.
well, it is looking like microsoft have taken EA's nasty business ideas and made them into a console. Guessing right now who next years winner will be, and it won't be EA.
@darlofc67 true, but amongst most women, the xbox brand is toxic. They associate it with freaky rumble sounds behind the couch and foul mouths online. Good luck trying to get them to buy one.
@Lindino08 remember, the patents for a lot of this nastyness are in the bag (Kinect upping your movie charge if it sees more people than you watching it) and the always online *must* have a hardware component or the close-to-PC architecture will mean hackers will destroy the code controlling it.
For them to launch this in November, all the hardware parts must be in production right now, as we read this.
My point, take the articles seriously, and if MS reveals a console that suddenly doesn't need always online, I bet real money hackers will find that always online chip on the motherboard, they cant throw it out the window now, it's too late.
lets not forget this bombshell people, the mandatory kinect will track the number of people in your room, 3 of you watching that movie from live? price goes up triple. No this is not an april fool.
ok this seals it for me, any playstation owners want to give us xbox owners a guide to the playstation world? I know you have GT instead of Forza, fill me in on the rest. Sony gets my cash from now
a Microsoft spokesperson said "no further comment on this matter.". I work in design and marketing, and this is standard media training dating back to the golden age, the 1960's. Back then, is a customer had a complaint, no matter how legit it was, he only had 3 choices; he could complain to the dealer, complain to his friends and co workers, or write to the newspaper. A confident and calm message from a big company would overshadow his complaint.
This strategy does not work in 2013 where disgruntled customers can find each other in a nano second online and focus their anger like a laser beam.
If Microsoft stay quiet until mid May, their reputation is going to be shredded beyond repair.
They have had a really bad coupe of years already. First they updated the 360 to the metro interface which spammed everybody non stop with ads, google docs with free collaborative working on single docs is eating into office so fast it isnt funny, then their mobile phone died when compared to samsung and apples, and windows 8 can only be described as a train wreck.
Now the only golden goose they have left, the xbox, is about to be completely destroyed by their stupidity.
@sidzero the error you have made, is comparing devices that use the internet constantly, with a device that simply will not function if the connection goes. There is a massive, massive difference. If your iPad loses the net, you don't see your apps freeze, but that is exactly what Microsoft are going to serve you on a plate.
"Unless something has changed recently, potential Durango customers must have an *optional* Internet connection before giving any cash to these bloodsuckers," said the source about the next Xbox.
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