Server migration messages like on NSF RIVALS... oh the joy... POS!
I seriously hate any game that has this type of requirement!
Make an offline mode and that's it!

I guess I wont be buying the new Need for Speed.

No way I'm supporting all this always-online crap.

I've had it with EA. They messed up Battlefront, they messed up Need for Speed and I'm going to bet that they'll ruin Mirror's Edge, too.

EA has a long history of ruining franchises (SimCity, Dead Space, The Sims etc.)

EA can go to hell.

NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!!!

You know why this sucks? I have no friends..

I live in a uni dorm with an extremely slow internet connection that makes it impossible to play games online. Guess there will be no NFS for me :-(

They can fuck right off with that shit.

So they thought they bring back a lick of underground and they can get away with this shit?!
And to think Driveclub being all social,team racing and everything even it didn't require online connection to play.
And yes my internet are not very good so this will be a dealbreaker
for me.
And for fuck sake EA just give your developer some good rep and good deed they probably all thinking about going indie or even kickstarter if you keep this shit up no amount of salary will keep them working under your roof.

Online is the way to go, they can add so many new and interesting features and the Internet speed requirements are not that much for a lot of these cool new things. Who doesn't have some kind of Internet these days, even third world countries are getting decent internet connections now.

Who made that stupid decision?! I hope it's a joke..

Day one patch incoming.

Wait, does this even have multiplayer?

The Crew did that and it was a terrible idea. Unable to play for th first weeks, lags and glitches, lame players behaviors, connectivity issues between friends, unable to play the game without a good connection. This was a serious pain in the ar$e to promote when I used to be sales events organiser for Ubisoft. You're here to show the game and say people "Go buy it !" without being able to let them play it, just watching the game's opening.

And then in two or three years, the servers will be shut down so you have to check out the next online-only Need For Speed game, making your copy totally useless.

This is wrong, very wrong. You can't force people doing something they don't care about, especially if you can't give them a proper experience (and considering SimCity and Battlefield games, I'm pretty sure EA can't).

Gone are the days....

Booo

Guys this will turn out great... right?... It always does... Sim Cit oh wait.... Xbox On... oh... now I remember.

You have got to be kidding me....

Its nothing new is it? Almost all games have or will have internet connection to play the game

No Need for Speed for me then.

I play online sometimes, but I often disconnect my PS4 from the net so I can game without anyone seeing me online.

Oh EA, didn't you learn anything from the SimCity disaster?

Im always online now and got decent connection im sure ill do fine I survived Destiny when I didnt have stable connection im sure ill live with this game.

They just don't learn their lesson do they?
SMH.

The Crew 2... is that you?.. if so, p*ss off.

I always laugh when I see a bunch of gamers complaining about online only campaigns like it will ruin gaming even though they are connected online 24/7... I can only imagine how different this would be if it were Driveclub doing this, you would hear words like 'innovative' and 'taking charge' thrown around left, right and center, you know how I know this? Because everyone hated Microsoft when they talked about DRM, then when Sony talked about it you had the complete opposite reaction, then it happened again with cloud gaming, and it will happen once more when Sony announces their version of DX12.

The moral of my comment is, only Sony is allowed to push the industry forward, when someone else tries to do it they are evil.

It's scary

Well, I guess that a pass for me then. Didnt EA learn their lesson with SimCity?

EA + online connection needed = NOPE

Do not buy this at launch, i repeat do not buy this at launch.

If you can't afford at least 10 MBps internet. The last thing you need to be worried about is a 60 dollar game on a 350-500 dollar console. You need to be trying to figure out where your next meal is coming from.

I don't understand this mentality. If you don't have internet, you most likely don't have console. So whats the problem with always online.

Lately, "cannot connect to EA servers" means it's time to put a different disc in, I hope that doesn't end up being the case with this game. Barring Motorstorm, this is my favorite racing franchise.

The first choice you make when booting up Bloodborne is whether to play on or offline. There are many advantages to playing online, but none of the game is withheld if you choose not to. This should be the universal model, in my opinion.

Cannot be a good idea. Its means i preffer when i could play with friend in a same console but not now. I hate that really i dont buy this kind of game.

Who cares nfs has been a total pos for years....seriously is anyone thinking of getting this garbage?

Well this is great, all I have in terms of internet at my house is a phone hotspot.

Not everyone who plays NFS wants to play online. I hope they change this or no buy.

Luckily wont really impact me - my consoles/PC are always online anyway.

Id be more curious as to WHAT the online connection is needed for. Assuming its just for logging in/verification then I could care less, but if it has to actually use significant data just to play single player that would be kind of annoying.

Imagine even Tetris on mobile devices "needs" to connect online, or at least check in. Why? Why is any online check in needed at all?

Ridiculous.

Why you people waste energy and words on something that is not worth? simply not buying is enough for them to reconsider, after all they are nothing without you people(gamers), vote with your wallet, they do this because there are weak souls out there that will pay in the end, let's prove them the contrary, people have no idea of the power they have when they work together.

Pre order cancelled.

I bought titanfall for less than $20. I bought destiny for $20. If I buy need for speed it will be for $20. That is all I will pay for a " always online game. The game is never "trully yours".

They just lost a purchase from me. If they truly require the internet for the game to even function, they're not getting my money.

Back in the 80's-90's gamers thought it would be cool play online. now days we hate the always online ideal.
for me i prefer offline 2 player or single player games.

Just goes to show that "always online" was a publisher idea to begin with. MS dumped it do to pressure while Sony kind of adopted it. It may have been delayed for a while but gamers will start having to suffer always online DRM from all the publishers.

While I do have the capability to comply I do not agree with the practice of always online.

Sim City should have been a wake up call. Clearly it wasn't so I will continue to say no by the only way they understand, with my wallet.

Well that's another Need For Speed i won't be buying!