Comments on: Xbox 720 Always Online – ‘Giving constraints to the gamers is a bad idea’ – Fuel Overdose dev

By: rahstar

rahstar — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:41:00 +0000

In reply to Tyler Stewart. You took my reply as literal and missed the WHOLE point. Let me help you, the point I was making is there are a lot of sequels and shooters. Barely any new games, it's financially safe to release more gears and halo games. It's not safe to take the chances Sony takes, but it makes for some new and exciting games. In other words GAMES!

By: Tyler Stewart

Tyler Stewart — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:12:00 +0000

In reply to rahstar. So, there hasn't been 9 gears of war games, so don't call him a fanboy if you cant argue your point correctly either.

By: Russell Gorall

Russell Gorall — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:42:00 +0000

Nope.

By: jozecca

jozecca — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:43:00 +0000

always on internet connection and a super kinect always watching you.what is MS thinking?they must be trying to find your info then selling it to advertisment CO. Oh wait they already do that. Thats a big NO for me.

By: I told you so

I told you so — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:39:00 +0000

Always online is going to be a feature NOT a requirement, any sane person (and even some fanboys) should realise that MS are not going to destroy all that they have achieved with the Xbox in one stupid move.
Remember my name when the new consoles launch because I’ll be the one saying “I told you so”.

By: rahstar

rahstar — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:50:00 +0000

In reply to Johnny. First of all fanboy, this is not like gaikai streaming games to other devices. Second you DON'T know anything for a fact as you claim you do. Bottom line is if Microsoft doesn't show a wealth of new I.p's, not just one or two. I won't believe in there dedication to gaming, it will just be halo 10 and gears of war 9. Therefore I won't buy there new system. All this extra talk about features and people always forget its a gaming system. Sony CLEARLY has not forgotten that.

By: Over

Over — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:14:00 +0000

The answer is obviously NO. Microsoft doesn’t have the monopoly in this market, so they would just be shooting their own foot of they force always online. They’ll just loose the marginal lead they’ve got in this generation. Unless Sony does the same thing, I don’t think Microsoft could pull it off.

By: Converted Sony Fan

Converted Sony Fan — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:42:00 +0000

I HAVE TO BE ONLINE TO PLAY STORY MODE????HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL NO!!!!!!! THEY CAN KEEP IT! I WOULDN’T BUY IT FOR FREE!.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:00:00 +0000

It depends. If this always on connection is like a PC, where it just updates things in a low powered state when you’re not using the device, then no problem and yes I will buy it immediately (I know for a fact that this is the case). If it is used additionally for always on DRM, then no, I will not buy as that is a constraint I won’t accept.
I have no problem with banning out the used games market through license keys attached to my profile and the DVD’s being nothing more than an installation medium (it’s been like this on the PC for ages), but always on DRM has proven to be nothing but problems and falls in the same league as streaming games (GaiKai)…..it’s just crap!
On PSN for example it would just never work as I get frequent disconnects, it would be unplayable.

By: Luis López

Luis López — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:28:00 +0000

Will you be buying the next Xbox if it has always online connection? No, of course