Yep.
Microsoft: Next Xbox will work even when your Internet doesnt
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Yep.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Thats what I think too.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Yeah I agree with that I'm mostly thinking about how dumb the guy was to go to war on a feature that may have never existed.
Syphon Filter
Member
He is right, you think MS is going to change something based on a vocal minority on the internet?
XtremeXpider
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Assuming ars article is right and next xbox is not "internet connection required", then, Kotaku source was wrong (3 minutes if internet is lost), and maybe another rumors from Kotaku are wrong too.
BlackGoku03
Member
Yeah... the only game she wants with that is Dance Central. Might work.
I will try this on her first and see what she says. Reaction will be priceless.
Yeah... best not to mention money.
No kids. So can't sell any. She's not going to go for the second wife thing. Already tried.
Not buying the PS3 again, so I don't need a second job.
Napalm_Frank
Member
If true then excellent. Even more pressure to publishers to think about always online.
Well, I think he didn't want to start a war. He said some stupid things without thinking (he didn't care whether or not the 720 will be always-online - so he couldn't understand the internet drama about it) but the internet pitchforks were already there to hunt for the final "always-on" confirmation...
Dark Octave
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16GBs GDDR5 or bust.
You forgot the part where he was alluding to MS accepting they're behind, the part where Durango gets an upgrade to GDDR5? I mean why hold ourselves back, lets throw in Dual-APU in there, 16 gigs of RAM, 2TB HDD, Oculus Rift 2.0 etc.
He is right!!!!
Devkit restriction?
PopcornMegaphone
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Anything less and it proves MS has abandoned the core for motion controls and trash cable reality TV.
CambriaRising
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Glad they dispelled this.
Kotaku actually weighed in on this a little bit:
http://kotaku.com/report-the-next-xbox-will-let-you-play-games-offline-493136979
Who knows if thats what really happened but I thought it was interesting.
XtremeXpider
Member
They never said anything about devkit, then, if it is only a dev kit restriction, their article is not complete. If is is a devkit restriction, they publish the info in a wrong way.
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Let's take a look at your post history shall we?
What gaming brand are you loyal to?
Juancho9 said:
Yeah...I'm going to guess that's not the reason why you got so butt-hurt at my post. In fact, I'd say you are the prime example of the kind of person I was talking about, which is why you got so butt-hurt. This is fucking hilarious. So EMOTIONALLY INVESTED my man.
metalslimer
Member
Nice would set a terrible precedent. I'm still not that interested right now with my lack of interest in MS 1st party but now Im open to buying the console unlike some people here who seem to be melting down that the next Xbox isn't as big of a disaster as they thought and Sony will not walk away with next gen
Yeesh, the 21st cant come fast enough
Yeesh, the 21st cant come fast enough
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Funny thing is that wording from that memo starts on a "Oh, here we go..." note with using word "tolerable of" but then thankfully it seem to dismiss any possibility of permanent connection check. It doesn't even really sound like there would be a steam-style one time installation DRM check, even though wording leaves some wiggle room there with 'playing' vs 'installing'.
I do however think that publishers will make more and more games that require persistent online connection simply by their nature of gameplay, which I'm not a big fan of, but what can you do.
I do however think that publishers will make more and more games that require persistent online connection simply by their nature of gameplay, which I'm not a big fan of, but what can you do.
MightyHedgehog
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That amount is what is rumored to be the price of a contract-based $299 system. If it works like the current $99 X360 contract option, it's the monthly installment toward that entry price for a two-year payment contract as well as full access to Live. The next-gen version of Live will supposedly include family accounts, similar to the $99/year family four-pack of Gold offered previously.
Speedy Blue Dude
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I'm not saying they'll have GDDR5 RAM, but that they will pull something no on expected (Just like Sony did with 8GB GDDR5 RAM) I don't know if it'll be a better CPU, or GPU, or more RAM than people expected, or maybe full backwards compatibility, or maybe Microsoft will have some GDDR5 RAM themselves, but I'm willing to bet Microsoft will surprise a few people.
Sorry, it's hard for me to be negative when on GAF most rumors turned out to be negative, and whenever we get positive rumors news, those are always fake, because no way rumors can be positive. Always Online has now be debunked, after months of everyone saying "NO WAY IT'LL NO BE ALWAYS ONLINE. MICROSOFT DOOMED.", I can't wait till we find out all those other negative rumors aren't true. The only rumor I see being true is Kinect being always required.
Microsoft is going to surprise people on the 21st, just watch. Let's keep in mind, these are all rumors, for all we know the leaked specs we have could have been fake the entire time. Microsoft has been quiet the entire time with the NextBox, I expect surprises.
XtremeXpider
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Not confirmed, but I hope it s true, I really like a feature like this.
krypt0nian
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How could they cave when we don't know what they were doing to begin with? Jesus, everyone slow down and think.
Lovegooder
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Heh. No kidding. This shit is old.
CambriaRising
Member
You can currently watch Live tv on your 360 with Windows Media Center. Unless they have changed something in the last two years.
I doubt that is what they mean though.
Alx
Member
Honestly, there's no way to know (until someone like Dean Takahashi writes a book on all the events behind the scene). They probably considered the possibility at one time (they have to consider all possibilities anyway, even the bad ones), but even assuming the leaks are true, there's nothing to tell us if it is a last minute change of plan or if it's been their target policy for months.
I would like it too but my tv has the satellite receiver built in so I won't be able to use it.
Maybe MS plans to integrate a receiver?
That + there's no way they could react so quickly and change something so fundamental in a system they've been working on for years lol
metalslimer
Member
Don't worry about it. Any negative rumor that turns out to be wrong will just be MS caving to the pressures of the internet. It's kind of impressive the negativity in MS threads is almost worse than Wii U threads and that console is already out.
This! I won't be completely satisfied until MS publicly says it themselves. But coming from Ars, which is like the NY Times of tech news, where their name and reputation is at stake with every story they post, I feel a bit more at ease.
So does this go along with what Paul Thurrott said, that yes, online is required (probably to register a game), but it isn't as draconian as people are making it out to be (if your connection drops out, you don't get sent back to the dashboard)?
makes sense when you add in the VGLeaks report about the Display planes, you can see watching television with an Xbox overlay that will tell you when your friends are online etc.
Psycho_Mantis
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So who would you guys trust more?
Ars or EDGE?
Ars or EDGE?
fatty
Member
Maybe. I'm not on here as much lately so in small doses I don't mind as much. But you're probably right and a lot of it has to do with the new posters.
Though I still smile when I see "________ has just shot themselves in the foot...."
metalslimer
Member
It's more than just Ars at this point saying always online does not apply to Durango
Don't understand this at all. We know nothing else about the console. Why would this "seal" anything. I can understand only if you meant you're going to buy all consoles anyway.
Gtfo with that logic and positive thinking. This is a Durango thread. Shit on it or leave.
Publicly available information. Plus, I responded to his arguments. It's when he decided to call my posts dumb without providing any reason as to why that I decided to look into his post history. I was curious as to why he got so offended to the point of calling me/my posts dumb and stupid. Took a look at his post history, wasn't surprised.
DragonSworne
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MS on the 21st.