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Onlinejaguar
Australia2823 Posts
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Deleted User 124618
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On April 25 2013 18:10 Onlinejaguar wrote: Microsoft will do whatever they can to try and make the consumers swallow the always online pill. Sad part is the majority of people wont care enough to object and still buy the thing anyway. All we need to convince people is one week-long server breakdown which turns millions of new $500 Xboxes into bricks. | ||
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HaRuHi
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On April 25 2013 18:10 Onlinejaguar wrote: Microsoft will do whatever they can to try and make the consumers swallow the always online pill. Sad part is the majority of people wont care enough to object and still buy the thing anyway. Haha, I think Microsoft knows that we gamers are incredibly immature people. We always boycott over the most unjust decisions by a gaming company but then give into the temptation when all of our friends start playing. | ||
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Adreme
United States5574 Posts
All they really need to do is upgrade the graphics because after 7 years they have started to get a little dated and maybe some improvements to Xbox Live and they would be all set for the next 7 years. | ||
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Elwar
953 Posts
Almost everything I've heard is bad, but why would MS release a much weaker system than their competitor, and put anti-consumer DRM in UNLESS they were going to get exclusive support from major publishers in exchange. | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
I think people with internet will come to realize that always online makes for a better gaming experience and then they'll stop complaining. People with no internet or bad internet will either not buy it or buy a PS4. | ||
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Deleted User 124618
1142 Posts
On April 25 2013 18:41 paralleluniverse wrote: Starcraft 2 is effectively always online, yet no one complains about it anymore. I think people with internet will come to realize that always online makes for a better gaming experience and then they'll stop complaining. People with not internet or bad internet will either no buy it or buy a PS4. Because if SC2 servers are down I can switch into another game. SC2 going down doesn't switch off my whole PC. People say "easy to use, can just sit down and play" is the biggest strength of console. What will happen to consoles if "can just sit down and play" -part is taken away due to unstable connections? | ||
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HotShizz
France710 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8243 Posts
On April 25 2013 18:42 Greentellon wrote: Because if SC2 servers are down I can switch into another game. SC2 going down doesn't switch off my whole PC. Not to mention games like sc2, dota, lol, world of tanks, etc are all games where the main focus is online multiplayer. If the servers are down in dota 2, it doesn't matter if I could play it offline, I wont. Because it'd be friggin boring. You know what I do when my internet is down? I play a singleplayer game. | ||
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Psychobabas
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
On April 25 2013 18:41 paralleluniverse wrote: Starcraft 2 is effectively always online, yet no one complains about it anymore. I think people with internet will come to realize that always online makes for a better gaming experience and then they'll stop complaining. People with no internet or bad internet will either not buy it or buy a PS4. I think you're wrong. If I remember right Starcraft 2 has an offline mode in which you can play the campaign just fine. All you have to done is have logged in once to show you own the game. Only for multiplayer and features like achievements do you need an internet connection. How does being forced to have an internet connection make for a better experience? What logic is that? If I want my "experience" online I can log on, if I don't want my experience online I don't. Taking away that choice is not going to enhance my experience, it's going to limit it. What worries me is that it's obvious that Microsoft should've defused this rumor a long time ago because it dominates any and all conversations about the new xbox. The fact they haven't yet certainly makes it very plausible. | ||
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aksfjh
United States4853 Posts
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Blacktion
United Kingdom1148 Posts
On April 25 2013 21:56 Martijn wrote: I think you're wrong. If I remember right Starcraft 2 has an offline mode in which you can play the campaign just fine. All you have to done is have logged in once to show you own the game. Only for multiplayer and features like achievements do you need an internet connection. How does being forced to have an internet connection make for a better experience? What logic is that? If I want my "experience" online I can log on, if I don't want my experience online I don't. Taking away that choice is not going to enhance my experience, it's going to limit it. What worries me is that it's obvious that Microsoft should've defused this rumor a long time ago because it dominates any and all conversations about the new xbox. The fact they haven't yet certainly makes it very plausible. I dont know if things have changed with HotS, but in Wings i played the campaign just fine for 2 weeks without an internet connection, only thing that was different was no achievements. | ||
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
On April 25 2013 22:15 Blacktion wrote: I dont know if things have changed with HotS, but in Wings i played the campaign just fine for 2 weeks without an internet connection, only thing that was different was no achievements. Yeah, I'm not sure about HotS either. At least with Wings it was there and there was no always online requirement. | ||
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
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Skaminator
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DenTenker
United States606 Posts
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Barbiero
Brazil5259 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/image/991) I seriously hate whenever someone uses "online = eletricity" First and foremost, the world does not revolve around the highly developed places. Even in "first world countries" like the US, there are several areas where internet isn't stable at all. I live in a privileged place of Brazil where we get one of the most stable internets in the country. And by "one of the most", I mean the most reliable. Yet, just yesterday, our ISP have some issues and I could barely load a video properly. The internet was unstable enough that I couldn't play dota2. What I did? I fucking played Roller Coaster Tycoon, Crysis 2, AoE2HD campaign, Bastion... single player games. Even OUYA, which is a console being developed based on internet downloads, should allow players to play the games offline when possible(like Angry Birds-style). Anyone who thinks always-online is something good just doesn't understand that there about no ups vs the intense amount of downs. The "ups" are for the companies, not the users. | ||
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