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Xbox 720 Permanent Internet Required
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Datura
Captain Faptastic
And when your line dies. Tough cookies, go play in the garden?
Chevron
Serial breaker of phones
So you've never taken your console with on holiday?
Or decided to take it to a friend?
My line is pretty stable... if it does go down temporarily then I have plenty to keep me busy.
I don't go on holiday to play console and I have online multiplayer to play with my friends.
I play online multiplayer games 99% of the time, all of which obviously require a constant internet connection... so nothing would change.
So basically the opposite of all other reports. They do this to pump up the hype, as long as the rumors keep changing the internet keeps talking about it...
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
If you are disconnected from the internet for longer than 3 minutes your console shuts down.
Pretty sure you'd need an internet connection to actually download anything onto the new device. Then go offline and play?
diabolus
Executive Member
Well what i think Microsoft is planning is more like what STEAM does. So i seriously doubt they will have this "3-minute game shutdown" nonsense. Chances are you will need to log into Xbox Live to verify or launch a game that is in digital format. I believe this is already the case on Xbox 360?? Alot of content i simply can't access if don't sign in, hell i sometimes can't even play my movies which is streamed to Xbox without signing in.
MS is probably going to have you link your physical disc to your Xbox Live account (like Steam does too) and then you can throw away your disc and you just need to verify with Xbox Live to play the game and get updates. This is probably also where the "ms is killing second hand" market rumour is coming from, because if MS is doing this, then it implies the physical disc is worthless after you linked it to your account, just like your boxed copy of Starcraft , WoW and Diablo is worthless after you've used the key on Battle.NET.
So this "add-on" aka "xbox 360 without a disc drive" implies you will buy a digital version of the game from the store and it will be a type of stand alone emulator , and again then we're back with the Steam model. Chances are, most people will simply opt to keep their Xbox 360s instead.
I am sure , just like Steam, you can play offline from a physical disc, or even verify your account once a week and play offline for the rest of the time.
Now as for the PS4 rumours, Sony already talked about the Gaikai Acquisition they made and what it is for. Gaikai is an online-only service (nevermind always-on) and chances are you will be playing Ps3 AND Ps4 games on there, but this is just an additional service, which i think is actually a great option to have. You pay a subscription fee per month and they "stream" games to you remotely. This might imply you never even buy any games, you "rent" them while you pay the sub etc etc. So i'm looking forward to seeing how this would work in SA.
So there's no reason for Sony to remove the offline games . They'll probably consider a Steam like setup too, but i got the impression Sony is trying to be more "open" with their next system, allowing developers more rights and thus consumers more options. Whereas Microsoft is sounding alot like Apple these days, i.e. locking down the Xbox Live store tight with alot of restrictions as to what we can do on our Xboxes (especially if you're in SA).
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True...
Stolen from the NeoGAF discussion - pretty accurate if the leak is true
Agreed, like all the other vendors, South Africa just does not feature in there oh ****, SA does not have decent bandwidth etc. If they lose our sales its just one of those things compared to the amount of people who are prepared to buy elsewhere. I myself bought PS3 simply because of the Blu ray which XBOX failed to put in. Was a little excited to hear that the new generation was definitely going to have Blu ray, however if it is the case, not a chance!
LCBXX
Honorary Master
Shockwave
Well-Known Member
I saw that they said that most games would not require always on. So I doubt they will go that route. although I'm sure they will implement features that would make you more obliged to stay online with the console.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/26/4268782/next-xbox-drm-achievements-live
Polygon only reports rumours it can confirm with at least 2 reliable sources, so I am taking the above report as as close to fact as we will get before it is made official.
Always online options are optional for devs - so the console itself will not be always online (but some features will require it), but it will allow for publishers to use always on DRM. I can't imagine Sony not making a similar concession (especially if there is a risk that the game won't release on their platform).
I am more worried about the all the entertainment features MS keeps hinting at - stuff like PVR functions and music/movies. Since MS South Africa are basically the worst at getting anything our side (see SA XBLA), this means half the features won't exist here.
Polygon only reports rumours it can confirm with at least 2 reliable sources, so I am taking the above report as as close to fact as we will get before it is made official.
Always online options are optional for devs - so the console itself will not be always online (but some features will require it), but it will allow for publishers to use always on DRM. I can't imagine Sony not making a similar concession (especially if there is a risk that the game won't release on their platform).
I am more worried about the all the entertainment features MS keeps hinting at - stuff like PVR functions and music/movies. Since MS South Africa are basically the worst at getting anything our side (see SA XBLA), this means half the features won't exist here.
Mike Hoxbig
Honorary Master
That makes more sense. I'm guessing that it's something devs asked for, but was turned into a big hoo-haa.
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
They are working on this thing that connects to the Kinect while you are playing a game or watching a movie and will stop it if some one else comes in the room.
You will have to pay for another license or ticket for them to watch\play as well.
Seriously... they can stuff that Xbox in their egg box