Good to hear.
Sounds like the opposition to it on the Internet worked.
Well done GAF!
Opposition to what?
Good to hear.
Sounds like the opposition to it on the Internet worked.
Well done GAF!
So ARS is colluding with Kotacku and Edge?
This was a memo to people working on Durango within Microsoft, no third parties. This was a controlled leak.
Opposition to what?
If that was the case, why didn't MS squash the rumors when they first appeared? It doesn't make any sense to allow months of negative publicity to continue if it wasn't true.
An employee could have done it on their own. Or is it also your opinion that Orth's comments were a controlled leak too?
As stated multiple times in this thread, the Devkits were most definitely required to be online to prevent them to get sold.
Great news.
One thing I did notice, however, was absolutely no mention of allowing used games.
Opposition to what?
Microsoft has not released anything about the Xbox (publicly)...
So wait... Microsoft sends an internal e-mail to...People working on the new Xbox...
To tell them that it works without a connection...
Shouldn't they know this if they've been working on the damn thing?
What the heck is this?
Good News & why was that guy fired?
Always online is definitely the greater of the two evils; I don't understand how it could not be considering the much grander implications beyond you and your buddy not being able borrow your game.We still dont have a clarification regards to used games. I dont see why we are celebrating, its almost as if we are over-the-moon regarding having the lesser of two evils.
This was a memo to people working on Durango within Microsoft, no third parties. This was a controlled leak.
Good News & why was that guy fired?
Good News & why was that guy fired?
Oh cool, can you show me the press release
Or even any evidence
Personally Im skeptical of any site but articles do warrant discussion.
Good News & why was that guy fired?
If that was the case, why didn't MS squash the rumors when they first appeared? It doesn't make any sense to allow months of negative publicity to continue if it wasn't true.
Good News & why was that guy fired?
People still want to believe so badly.
Always online is definitely the greater of the two evils; I don't understand how it could not be considering the much grander implications beyond you and your buddy not being able borrow your game.
Yeah, thread title is a little misleading, but I think it's legit. As others have said, seems like something they leaked on purpose to stop the flames.
Always online?
Lol. Perfect use of this. Microsoft destroy the rumor and STILL made it look like they weren't commenting.
They killed the Always online and the Blu-ray delay all with the same rock.
Not it looks like instead of the Nextbox being a cable box it's simply a conduit through which you could watch your cable through an HDMI Input. Interesting to see if it's a true DVR as well.
I can see it now. You bring up the guide through your voice and say 'ESPN' and it turns to that channel on it's own.
If MS turns this thing into a voiced Cable Guide, Tivo, and Windows 8 on top of everything the 360 can do this gen? Yeah this is a couch potatoes dream.
Same as Apple never try to counteract any endless rumor about new iPhone launch date.
It even can hurt the potential consumer'intention to buy their new products.
People want Microsoft to fail so badly
Hard to say. At one point they were right about the PS4's ram but were wrong after Sony decided to increase it. Maybe MS did plan to have always-online at one point.So the insiders were wrong.
If Microsoft deviates from what we want here as hardcore gamers, then yeah I'd want them to fail.
We all threw a fit over used games but now we ignoring it because theres some good news.Always online is definitely the greater of the two evils; I don't understand how it could not be considering the much grander implications beyond you and your buddy not being able borrow your game.
This thread basically confirms that all the "legitimate concerns" regarding the Durango, especially in the 6 months thread, are mostly from Sony fanboys with an agenda.
It's really fucking hilarious the amount of mental gymnastics people in this thread are going through to discredit this leak.
Is this site reliable?
People will treat any rumor that they favor as fact. The OP needs to be updated as Rumor.
This is just a RUMOR guys. Anyone taking this as serious news shouldn't be so gullible.
RUMOR
Wtf, this is just another rumor.
Could someone fix the op title?
The email makes no sense
1) we are to believe there are people working on Durango that don't know if it is always online or not
2) the author of the email, the one who knows that durango is not always online, sends a NDA sensitive email about Durango to a group of people not on the durang project.
I'm sorry, but like all the pro xbox720 rumors concerning always online, this does not pass the sniff test.
I don't truely believe durango will be always online, but I honestly believe all these "leaks" and "rumors" saying Durango is not always online are all hoaxes from fanboys that are butthurt from the initial Edge rumor.
Good News & why was that guy fired?
Oh come on man you think all the "leaks" are legitimate leaks and not controlled?
This thread basically confirms that all the "legitimate concerns" regarding the Durango, especially in the 6 months thread, are mostly from Sony fanboys with an agenda.
It's really fucking hilarious the amount of mental gymnastics people in this thread are going through to discredit this leak.
Except if a company were to strictly follow what you want as a "hardcore gamer" than it would almost certainly fail.
There cannot be a happy medium?
Microsoft has earned the cynicism they are faced with. No fanboyism or mental gymnastics required.This thread basically confirms that all the "legitimate concerns" regarding the Durango, especially in the 6 months thread, are mostly from Sony fanboys with an agenda.
It's really fucking hilarious the amount of mental gymnastics people in this thread are going through to discredit this leak.