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"Always Online" hasn't been an issue for me in the last 10 years, why are people still complaining?
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Radical_3d
Member
We all come to GAF for more than 20 years to read the worst possible takes. Why are people still complaining?
KyoZz
Tag, you're it.
grvg
Member
I love Luis Rossmans channel.I don't know about anyone else, but I'm done with trying to explain consumers loss of rights to people.
If people like the OP don't get it by now, I don't think they ever will.
Just let this shitshow reach its inevitable conclusion, and watch these morons start moaning when the reality comes and slaps them in the face.
aka just watch the world burn.
OP, if you really want to understand, I'll just refer you to Louis Rossmanns YouTube channel. Get yourself an education.
Louis Rossmann
Contact: youtube@rossmanngroup.com email me here & I'll read it!! email me elsewhere & I report it as spam. I started as a studio repair technician at Avatar & started a Macbook component level logic board repair business. This channel shows repair & data recovery work & shows how to perform...www.youtube.com
Unknown?
Member
I said the same about $700. It hasn't been a problem for me in decades. /snob
sachos
Member
This is good. Shame it was too late for the first one. This news combined with the offline patch for GT Sports gives hopes for the future. Still bad that those patches wont be on the disc versions though.
AngelMuffin
Member
Didn’t they all get refunds?
nkarafo
Member
OP's opinion makes me guess he is still young. Younger people tend to do that, consume a game or a movie and go to the next big new thing without ever thinking about the older stuff.
But he will grow. Nostalgia hits harder the older you get. When he won't be able to experience his favorite childhood games anymore because he won't have access to them, he will learn.
Or, he could be just a troll.
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BlackTron
Member
Yeah, another aspect of this is that young people think tomorrow won't come for an eternity anyway.
gooner4life_uk
Member
You could say something people don't like on Social Media and you could get your account banned, Sony or Xbox under pressure could say, no Mibu no ookami we don't want you on our network anymore, then say bye to your games.
digdug2
Member
'Always on' is literally just DRM and another way for these corporations to control what you play and how you play. You might not have an issue with this now, but you will once they shut down all of the servers required for 'always on'. If Xbox Live dies, you have a large paperweight, and the same applies to PSN and Nintendo Online. If you have any digital games, they die with their respective online services. This is a big problem, because at the rate we're going (look at the PS5 Pro with no disc drive), these companies are trying hard to push an all-digital future.
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
What's my PSN account name?
StereoVsn
Member
Come on, don’t be a brokie! Just pay Elon $5K a month for mobile Starlink and problem solved!
BlackTron
Member
At the end of the day my Xbox is dependent on a bevy of factors well outside of my control, in a series of electrical signals spanning an infrastructure of hundreds/thousands of miles working together with maintained servers, or it's helpless.
All my SNES needs is power. It's not a "probably won't happen", it's just a won't happen. All the control over the item is yours, that's the point. It's your responsibility to keep, sell, protect, lose, or play the game at any time, not someone else's. No OS updates or anything either, never worry about having the wrong update for the wrong game. Even Switch is not that good, but I give it credit for doing what it can to keep the principle alive.
All my SNES needs is power. It's not a "probably won't happen", it's just a won't happen. All the control over the item is yours, that's the point. It's your responsibility to keep, sell, protect, lose, or play the game at any time, not someone else's. No OS updates or anything either, never worry about having the wrong update for the wrong game. Even Switch is not that good, but I give it credit for doing what it can to keep the principle alive.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
It’s the principle of it, it’s not due to a hypothetical literal lack of internet. Even if your internet goes out and you want to game, you’ll click on a game and it won’t load because it “needs an update” or “needs to check that you own it”, or some other bullshit. And that’s literally even if you have the disc.
Robot Carnival
Member
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Never been an issue for me since I first hooked up a console to online gaming during the 360 days.
If the servers want to check to see if I’m online or do patches for me middle of the night, go ahead.
If the servers want to check to see if I’m online or do patches for me middle of the night, go ahead.
Robb
Gold Member
They were supposedly all offered refunds, but it wasn’t an automatic process. You have to know about it and claim it to get it.
Alan Wake
Member
Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown is the latest example of how always online does not necessarily work all the time. And that game doesn't benefit from it one bit. It didn't need to be always online, yet they decided it had to.
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digital_ghost
Member
How would you like it if Samsung came in your house and removed your banana pudding from your Samsung fridge.
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DryvBy
Member
It's just a digital license on a disk? Amazing. So I need to check into a server, like digital, to verify I own the license on the disk? I can't install anything from the disk? I have no resell ability? This is insane news, someone call the press!
Boss Mog
Member
Is OP trolling or just not that bright? It's about ownership. You don't own your game (even if it's physical) if you have to connect to a server to play it. The server decides if you can play it or not. Obviously for online games there's no way around it, but requiring always online connectivity to play an offline single player game is absolutely not required and strips the owner of their ownership.
Gamezone
Gold Member
When are people going to learn that it's not about being an issue now? It's about selling your soul and giving publishers complete control over your purchases. And then you have games that's actually caused great issues, like the launch of Diablo 3 and Sim City. Try playing Sea of Thieves. At some point you have to hurry up and complete what you're doing, because the server will go down for maintenance soon. I'm also into handheld gaming on the Steam Deck and Rog Ally, and always online would completely ruin the experience for that. I can go camping with my Steam Deck, using my phone for online connectivity, but it won't be able to maintain a steady always online connectivity. It's also terrible for preservation. And why do you want your game to be always online if it don't have to?
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
"It's not a problem from me so surely must not be a problem for others" - random GAF user circa 2024.
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