I know what you're all saying about the having to always be online, in which I agree is fucking stupid. But Microsoft has to have something else in mind for the people where that's not possible. They wouldnt just say fuck you to all those other customers. That's a lot of lost $$$.
Death is not the worst of evils.
You can't be down, when you're always high.
the last 2 game that required always online for offline single player, Diablo 3 and sim city, had absolutely disastrous launches with servers crashing left and right and people not being able to play offline single player at all. now imagine that for every single game put out... it brings all the problems of online gaming to the offline single player experience. People will flock to Playstation in droves if Xbox does this, myself included.
Another example, that month that PSN was down from hacking, just imagine not being able to use your console AT ALL.
This whole conversation is stupid. I'd be willing to bet money this online only thing doesn't even happen. I've yet to see anything other than internet rumors about it anyway.
one thing that has been confirmed is that the new xbox will ship with and require the Kinect to be hooked up to operate. Microsoft has also filed a patent for a system that could potentially use a camera to determine whether you're breaking its content-viewing rules or not.
The wording filed with the US patent office is
“A method of distributing content to a user, comprising: providing a selection of content available to the user; for each content, presenting a licensing option comprising associating a performance of the content with an individual user’s consumption of the content at a display device; receiving a selection of one of the content and a license display option for said content; presenting the content to the display device if a number of user performances allowed for the content is equal to or less than the license option for which the selection is received; and monitoring the presentation of the content at the device to determine the number of users consuming the content during the performance.”
TLDR it will watch to see how many ppl you have watching a movie or something. not fucking cool at all. fuck xbox, even without the always online i'm buying PS4
i have a feeling consumers will fight this kinda shit with their wallets and they have already had some victories. Ubisoft finally gave up after a brawl over PC always on DRM.
companies that buck the tread and op-out of this kind of consumer control stand to gain a lot of market share.
one thing that has been confirmed is that the new xbox will ship with and require the Kinect to be hooked up to operate. Microsoft has also filed a patent for a system that could potentially use a camera to determine whether you're breaking its content-viewing rules or not.
The wording filed with the US patent office is
“A method of distributing content to a user, comprising: providing a selection of content available to the user; for each content, presenting a licensing option comprising associating a performance of the content with an individual user’s consumption of the content at a display device; receiving a selection of one of the content and a license display option for said content; presenting the content to the display device if a number of user performances allowed for the content is equal to or less than the license option for which the selection is received; and monitoring the presentation of the content at the device to determine the number of users consuming the content during the performance.”
TLDR it will watch to see how many ppl you have watching a movie or something. not fucking cool at all. fuck xbox, even without the always online i'm buying PS4
Big brother is watching I guess Just didn't think they ment through my game system Fuck the X BOX
Finally beat Judgment. Fucking amazing game. Prolly the best Gears yet as far as actual gameplay. Storyline...worst. Not that it was bad, just that it was average at best and didn't catch my attention like the main 3. Aftermath was dope too, it's a short 2nd campaign that shows what happened when Baird, Cole, and Carmine split up and went off and did their own thing in 3. 9.5/10
Finally opening up Infinite tomorrow. MY BODY IS READY.
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Another example, that month that PSN was down from hacking, just imagine not being able to use your console AT ALL.
The wording filed with the US patent office is
“A method of distributing content to a user, comprising: providing a selection of content available to the user; for each content, presenting a licensing option comprising associating a performance of the content with an individual user’s consumption of the content at a display device; receiving a selection of one of the content and a license display option for said content; presenting the content to the display device if a number of user performances allowed for the content is equal to or less than the license option for which the selection is received; and monitoring the presentation of the content at the device to determine the number of users consuming the content during the performance.”
TLDR it will watch to see how many ppl you have watching a movie or something. not fucking cool at all. fuck xbox, even without the always online i'm buying PS4
It like monitors infared or something
companies that buck the tread and op-out of this kind of consumer control stand to gain a lot of market share.
Just didn't think they ment through my game system
Fuck the X BOX
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Finally opening up Infinite tomorrow. MY BODY IS READY.
Too bad 4chan revealed it a month early
Xbox 720 still sounds the best and most natural to me, and pretty much everyone else.