Greenberg says he dont know who Adam Orth is.
He might know him as Sweet Billy though.
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Microsoft Studios' creative director has some choice words about always-online
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Greenberg says he dont know who Adam Orth is.
He might know him as Sweet Billy though.
dragonelite
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sechsterangriff
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The Living Tribunal
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That doesn't look safe at all...
marjo
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I think that Microsoft sees how much money is being spent in the mobile space, and wants to emulate that business model.
My theory is that not only will the next Xbox be required to be online, but a subscription will be required to play even single player games.
My best guess:
-Sell console (which may or may not include an optical drive) really cheap - $99 or $150
-Require a minimum 3 year contract to the Platinum service at around $10 a month
-Once the 3 years are up, unless 'owners' resub, their console is essentially useless
My fear is that despite this being a terrible deal for consumer's in the long run, it would prove to be extremely popular.
I also think that in other markets which have a less developed internet infrastructure, they could end up going with a more traditional approach.
My theory is that not only will the next Xbox be required to be online, but a subscription will be required to play even single player games.
My best guess:
-Sell console (which may or may not include an optical drive) really cheap - $99 or $150
-Require a minimum 3 year contract to the Platinum service at around $10 a month
-Once the 3 years are up, unless 'owners' resub, their console is essentially useless
My fear is that despite this being a terrible deal for consumer's in the long run, it would prove to be extremely popular.
I also think that in other markets which have a less developed internet infrastructure, they could end up going with a more traditional approach.
Palette Swap
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Hey, it's like that one time an old lady cut Georgia and Armenia off the Internet: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...orgia-and-Armenia-had-never-heard-of-web.html
digoutyoursoul
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Can't stand him
Voice of Reason
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What if they leaked your company's plans? Or maybe not, and make it seem so, causing a false outrage against MS?
DeFiBkIlLeR
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Xbox has been going down the shitter ever since this cunt turned up.
Same here
I mean none of us believes in actual curses and witchcraft and what not, but this industry always delivers on the "crazy". Sega with the awful Saturn reveal/messed up reveal date, poor tech for its time and just overall stupidity, Nintendo did it with cartridges in mid 90s instead of CDs, Sony did it with 599 and i guess it is Microsoft's turn now, third console, its time to top the Saturn, carts and 599.
Everyone knew back then, like they know now that it is a horrible idea that will have enormous consequences but nobody is listening, nobody at the top at the very least.
Hydrargyrus
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Rumanians steal more copper in Spain, than portuguese
digoutyoursoul
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Of course
Cha
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Yep, that happens a lot over here (electricity cables too). Sometimes people go so far as to cut undersea cables of major telecommunication companies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21963100 <Motive unknown btw - Not my country but we were affected.
Wonder if this thread would hit 100 pages by the end of the day.
Good, devs and companies constantly make certain decisions that are hard for me to accept or swallow but I buckle under the pressure and buy their product anyway. Though I've recently gotten better at just abstaining and I must say the rumored decisions MS has taken with their next console are enough to nail the coffin several times over.
Bring on the wiiu/ps4/pc future for me.
Bring on the wiiu/ps4/pc future for me.
dead monkey uk
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As long as any new xbox gets FIFA, COD AND HALO it will be a success. Always online will not matter to the masses, once they see these games released.
clay_ghost
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lol what about Asia ? Or places without internet?
I don't really think he did either though, you could have asked whoever is directing UC4 what he thinks of symmetrical analog stick placements, before the DS4 was shown, and I think he should be free to answer the question. If you think you can infer anything of Sony's plans from his answer, and so he shouldn't comment, I think that's asking too much of people. That's not really any different to the woman who thought Notch was responsible for people thinking some of the guests at his party were paid.
DragonSworne
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I think I might still get the next Xbox, afterall I bought a Wii U.
I just don't understand how MS thinks to sell well in Asia, Japan or Europe. What happened to their 1 billion userbase plan?
I just don't understand how MS thinks to sell well in Asia, Japan or Europe. What happened to their 1 billion userbase plan?
Voice of Reason
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Perhaps you guys didn't see Plywood's bar graph showing the dwindling population of Halo 4 players online, but yeah the franchise is dying. It's not a driving force in buying a console anymore for most people, although I still think it's a great franchise.
It just looks suspicious in conjunction with Kotaku's article. It's like he read what it stated, got pissed with the reactions to it and had this outburst.
old manatee
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ahahahahahaa Gies jumping in to defend always online after the Sim City fiasco. And Sweet Billy! Thanks again gaf, I'm fucking dying over here.
gaming_noob
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MS should evaluate their hiring process. They've egotistic clowns over there. Fire the HR dept and start fresh from there.
They can learn to #dealwithit!
The masses who live in areas with excellent and reliable Internet you mean. This isn't going to be another "status quo" thing if your Internet connection is the gatekeeper to accessing your own console.
daninthemix
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But even the uneducated masses would prefer Fifa and COD on the PS4 if it doesn't have these restrictions (and is perhaps more powerful to boot).
Hasn't Halo jumped the shark anyway?
bigboss370
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Someone should do something with this gif. My idea I already posted:
Put his head on one, stop the gif for a few seconds with "Buffering" in the crotch and add Sweet Billy somewhere. Someone!
Damn my lack of photoshop skills.
what the? why is 'great' and 'awesome' flashing on top of the humping crotch? is this subliminal messaging? >_>
maybe an exclusive partnership with EA?
Boogalogist
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This thread has entertained me way more than any of the games in his resume.
Am I a terrible person, GAF?
Am I a terrible person, GAF?
toddhunter
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Oh the names will change, even COD will die off at some point. But people will just jump on the "next big thing".
At that point? It'll just be "oh the 720 always requires an internet connection to play games, that sucks". "But don't you only play ZXY shooter online anyway?" "Oh yeah, good point. Better up my subscription".
If Apple was worrying about those people then iPhone and iPad would never have got off the ground. How the hell do you download an app from the App Store without Internet?
he should be fired not because he is an asshole ( which he is ).
but he should be fired for potentialy breaking nda's. insulting his consumer base and possibly dragging the entire company through the mud.
in most companys one of these will get you fired .he is doing all three of themat once.
at this point MS can no longer play dumb
not if they want to sell this thing
Why would you want to live there?
OMG WE NEED A GIF OF 1:45 - 2:00
what a night, I need to go to sleep but damn if this thread isn't keeping me up, AND ITS ALL WORTH IT!!!!!!! FUTHCK U FUTHCK U FUTHCK U hahahahah
They buy FIFA and CoD on the 360, which has a fee for online, so no, I can safely say that there's no limit.
