#Phonepunk#
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sounds like they are re-trying a bunch of stuff they attempted during the X Box One's release. for a while you couldn't even play used games on it at all.
Xbox Series X Reportedly Has Always Online DRM for Physical Xbox One Games (see post #32 - unconfirmed)
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Maddux4164
Banned
We DO have offline options folks:
We call it the Xbox One S
Don will never die
We call it the Xbox One S
Don will never die
Anteeey
Neo Member
Yup! Lower the pitchforks.
Flashy Wizard
Member
Lol my bad. That should've read Series X in her room. I understand the Series S because it's always online but the X....that's pure bs if true.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
It's hilarious that some are still responding like this isn't fake news promoted by a disreputable website that writes reports out of random twitters with zero verification 
AmateurPong
Member
Glad to hear that this is unfounded bs.
oldergamer
Member
I read this and was like, WOT. Now i'm not surprised it wasn't true.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Nah if you every had a PS4 or X1 you have to set home console for your account. If console have none of those home profiles (which can happend, because probably none of us actually un-homed our own past console), I guess it's doing this stuff, but that's really not on MS.
FunkMiller
Banned
MrFunSocks
Banned
Day one patch. If you don't have internet in 2020 you shouldn't be dumb enough to buy internet connected electronic devices.
Why isn't this thread closed and title updated yet? More anti-Xbox FUD as always that's completely false but allowed to spread like wildfire around here.
You don't have to do that with any PS1, 2, 3, and PS4; and only with a PS5 Digital Edition (not a disc-based PS5). You can just create a profile and then you can play games. No need to get the internet involved to play stuff you've purchased.
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inflation
Member
There are still hundreds of thousands of people can't access to internet but have a smartphone.
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Well BC games are download from internet anyway? Not sure with X1 games, but with X360, disc were basically just a licence... I don't have problem with that, because games without internet in mind are no longer produced (patches mainly)....
You don't need day 1 patches for PS systems. No FUD here.
MrFunSocks
Banned
No FUD? Apart from the bullshit "always online drm for physical games" FUD you mean?
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Does the PS5 work offline out of the box with no patches?
The question, why do you need set the home console for a Physical disk? That is DRM itself
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Chukhopops
Member
Do you have a source for that? Because every reviewer mentioned they didn't even test using the "final" launch firmware, so how could that firmware be on systems which have been sitting in boxes for weeks?
That would be the first console to not have a day 1 firmware or patch for a very long time.
ZehDon
Member
Obviously the digital edition needs the internet to get games. The disc edition doesn't need the internet though.
MrFunSocks
Banned
You don't. This is FUD.
Iced Arcade
Member
Sooooo needs to set his console to "home"
Good lord people, how do some of you function with a calculator.
Good lord people, how do some of you function with a calculator.
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No stories. Just reading the articles from other folks.
"Similar to other Xboxes (and unlike Sony consoles), an online connection is mandatory to get going, and the process here is exactly like Xbox One - which is to say, time-consuming and rather frustrating."
Xbox Series X Console Review - Eurogamer
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Here is another data point.
"Yes, there's a system software update to download - but it's not mandatory and you're free to examine Sony's early UI if you want to."
PS5 Console Review - Eurogamer
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RaZoR No1
Member
Nope, only if you set it up a a home (main) console.
This is mostly important for your subscriptions and digital library.
On Xbox you get two licenses for digital games.
One for the home console
One for the account.
Therefore it is possible to use one digital game on two Xbox at the same time (game sharing).
First person has to play on the home console and the person / account who bought the game on the non home console.
This applies to all other subscriptions, too (Gamepass, EA Play, Xbox Gold etc.)
Edit: for Physical Disc's it does not matter, if you set it up as a home console or not. The disc itself is the game license
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Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
Translation of the above:
"Bohohoooooooooooooooh! evil Microsoft! They make me set the Xbox as home console! I need to find an excuse to preserve some of the misplaced outrage from this trainwreck of a thread!"
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Translation of the above:
"Bohohoooooooooooooooh! evil Microsoft! They make me set the Xbox as home console! I need to find an excuse to preserve some of the misplaced outrage from this trainwreck of a thread!"
The question is why do you need internet for a physical game? I think is a simple question. So if you don't have internet and buy the console, can't you play?
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TBiddy
Member
Translation of the above:
"Bohohoooooooooooooooh! evil Microsoft! They make me set the Xbox as home console! I need to find an excuse to preserve some of the misplaced outrage from this trainwreck of a thread!"
Whatever it takes it seems. Imagine there are adult people acting like that..
LeftThumbstick
Member
So much bullshit being posted in here about Xbox in the last two days, it's honestly becoming a joke.
quickwhips
Member
This doesn't make sense. Either the game had an update to play and didn't have it all downloaded from the disc or something else weird is going on. Home console shouldn't make a difference for physical games if they are downloaded before going off line.
Outrunner
Member
Indeed. Also the guy says that the console is set to home console.
inflation
Member
I guess not. You need internet to turn the console on in the first place.
AmateurPong
Member
I've nevered followed this Nichegamer website, but this seems like something that could have been debunked with a few minutes of testing. You know, doing some minor investigation on their end instead of rushing to put out unverified headlines of things they've "heard" online. I know it goes without saying that games journos are a joke these days, but damn.
Antwix
Member
Thanks for sharing this video. Truly is fake news.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
The guy says a lot of bullshit. It's funny that some would just believe "the guy" lol.
It's already been proven wrong from multiple sources. May want to accept it and move on.
Yes. This was one thing the Xbox One never removed as part of their purging of DRM. Another part is that to create a profile to save your game you need to create an online profile.
I'd love MS to have removed these, or made these at the very least optional. I've got a PC for digital, so it's not like I refuse to go online. I just value the offline features of a console.
The question was, when will Sony do the same thing for PS. So far, the answer is maybe sometime after launch of PS5, but not at launch. (FWIW, Nintendo doesn't require online for the switch either. You can buy carts and just use it, like a SNES, an Xbox 360, and all the consoles of yore.)
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Outrunner
Member
multiple sources as credible as him
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
Yo Nichegamer, if you're reading, what about you verify somedude's tweets before you make a "story" (read: fake news) out of it?
Yanno, it'll save you having to backpedal.
Guess some truly are desperate for fake controversy.
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sainraja
Member
My internet was down for about a month or so this year and I did have issues with playing games offline with my console set as the home console. I mention this to clarify another point, you also have to make sure to set the console to "offline" because if you don't do that and some games were marked to be updated, it will not let you play those without connecting.
BlueXImpulse
Banned
Are we any closer to the truth 2 pages in?
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
We hit the truth 6 posts in.
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