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remember our outrage at Simcity requiring an internet connection? Sources say next xbox will require one to start any game or app

Posted by stewie (aka whysoserious) Apr 4 '13, 14:35

and would drop you from your game after a few minutes of no internet connectivity.

click (kotaku.com)

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Sony and Microsoft are both demonstrating that they do not realize console systems as an idea may be archaic. -- nm - David Apr 4, 14:53
I don't think i've ever played a 360 game offline, so this doesn't phase me -- nm - J Apr 4, 14:47 14
- yeah, this is me too. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 14:53 13
  - You never played the campaigns of Black Ops or Halo? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 14:55 12
    - I play them, get about 25% into them, then switch to pure multiplayer, -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 14:56
    - of course, but i'm always online -- nm - J Apr 4, 14:56 10
      - Yeah, not sure why I would ever *not* be. -- nm - Spawn Apr 4, 14:58 9
        
        Wait until Bub starts gaming. -- nm - spamlet Apr 4, 15:02 2
        
        He already does. Lego Star Wars and Super Mario Brothers. And when he gets older, Parental Controls. -- nm - Spawn Apr 4, 15:04 1
        
        How old is Bub? Lil' Vermin is not quite yet 4 but rocks Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds. Even some Bad Piggies. - Dr.Vermin Apr 4, 15:10
        
        exactly, it signs you in automatically -- nm - J Apr 4, 14:59
        
        Becuase the internet's out...some neighbor cut the wires...etc etc.... - Will Hunting Apr 4, 14:58 4
        
        we get meth heads cutting down *live* powerlines in rural areas -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 4, 15:14
        
        From reading here, I guess that happens to people but has never happened to me. If it did, it would probably be because the house burned down. - Spawn Apr 4, 15:03
        
        and a dead neighbor. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 4, 14:59 1
        
        Yeah, it is AT&T. That means he *really* did something wrong. -- nm - Spawn Apr 4, 15:04
Are you going to need to buy a seperate wi-fi adapter again? - the wrongelement, bad guy Apr 4, 14:45 4
- I'd be shocked if they tried that grab again -- nm - stewie Apr 4, 14:46
- No, the slims have wifi built in. -- nm - spamlet Apr 4, 14:46 2
  - But you do have to pay for Live, so.... -- nm - spamlet Apr 4, 14:48 1
    - If they keep charging and Sony doesn't I'm likely going to switch systems. I'm done getting ripped off. -- nm - Krusty Apr 4, 14:51
So last night when my internet was out for a few hours, I wouldn't be able to play on the Xbox? That's horseshit. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 4, 14:44 1
- Exactly. Live in a rural town with spotty internet and you're assed out. -- nm - Krusty Apr 4, 14:46
I hate them for doing this. -- nm - Krusty Apr 4, 14:40 8
- I won't waste time hating them, I will just move on. Maybe I'll catch the generation after, when I can play it with my son. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 14:40 7
  - I don't know what I'll do. My first instinct is to get angry and swear I won't buy one but I'll admit that'll be hard to do. - Krusty Apr 4, 14:45 6
    - My question is what would the deciding factors be? - the wrongelement, bad guy Apr 4, 14:52 3
      - As I said above, I'm likely to switch systems but the price needs to be reasonable and online play needs to still be free. - Krusty Apr 4, 14:57 2
        
        I think most here use XBox because it has Halo. - the wrongelement, bad guy Apr 4, 15:03 1
        
        Yeah, that's true about Halo. I'll probably end up going with whichever the majority here do. -- nm - Krusty Apr 4, 15:09
    - By the time I get back into gaming, the entire concept will be radically different, I think. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 4, 14:47 1
      - My guess would be you're right. I expect something to come along and change gaming completely. -- nm - Krusty Apr 4, 14:49
Yeah, this is ridiculous that this garbage even passes the first level of thought process. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 14:39 7
- Does this move them higher up the shit list today? :) - kelly Apr 4, 14:49 3
  - Oh, I didn't check duration....but it would be a gaming-end for me. - Will Hunting Apr 4, 14:54 2
    - 1 month. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 4, 14:56 1
      - Oh. Eh. -- nm - kelly Apr 4, 14:57
- why are the consoles heading this way? what is the benefit for them? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 4, 14:43 2
  - The evil version is for DRM purposes. -- nm - JD Apr 4, 14:44 1
    - not just that... guaranteeing availability for in-game micro-transactions, which will only encourage selling you half the game up front -- nm - stewie Apr 4, 14:46
considering how often xbox live randomly drops out on me, this might make it unplayable. -- nm - mafic Apr 4, 14:36 1
- though I'm less annoyed about it for console than pc. I mostly play pc games when I'm travelling and have no/an unreliable internet connection. -- nm - mafic Apr 4, 14:37

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