I can understanding MS and possibly Sony making the platforms work with an always online connection, but practically it does not work if the minimum requirements are not met.
E.g lower than 1.5mb connection to the internet etc..
Or if someone has internet that drops out a lot.
The worlds population does not have a 1.5mb internet connection on average so how MS actually plan to implement this is beyond me.
Me personally I disconnect my consoles from the...
electricity is required to power something.
Internet connectivity is required for data transmission.
Data transmission is not a necessity, where as power is.
MS are really being stupid here, avalanche are just as bad.
Whilst many people do have internet, there are equally many that do not, to force them to have a connection always is just dumb.
i was planning on buying the xbox one first.
Not anymore.
Why are MS becoming more like apple, after the sim city fiasco.
MS have become so closed on everything.
THey are just digging themselves into a stupid hole.
If they are smart they will backtrack on this like they did with with the start button and windows 8.
If not they are going to have a bad generation.
the biggest contributions..
Xbox Live
Achievements
an easier way to make competitive gaming more accessible via XBL.
Thanks to Halo.
I know there is lots of MS hate on here, but if XBL did not exist, I doubt PSN would where it is without XBL.
@Blackdeath - From the day XBL launched it was a quite bespoke service, but I do agree that it should now be free, in this day and age it makes no sense that users like myself hav...
lol..sell your used games now??
Why..Its not like they will work on the Xone anyway.
Stupid idea
If MS want to fix the initial perceptions of the Xone they need to clear everything up.
Stop all the confusion, be clear.
Show games.
Imagine if they say xbox live is free. I know they wont, but they need something like that.
@calm down sunshine.
I hope everyone realises both Sony and MS have aligned interests here.
I guarantee they will have very similar policies on used games. They have both probably been in talks with the retailers and publishers.
Sony have not announced any news on this particular item, MS released different info via different employees which caused lots of confusion, so much confusion that MS have gone back to the drawing board so to speak.
Lets face i...
they are closely aligned because they are both sharing x86 architecture, similar graphics cards.
Literally the significant difference is in the RAM - i just wonder how big the difference is.
underpowered?
Explain?
The xbox one is similar to the ps4, the only significant difference being ram.
They are both x86 tech
Sometimes its just too easy to pick on things that were not talked about.
But.. I 100% agree that the xbox one reveal was pure s**t.
However MS's invites did say do not expect games etc.
My issue is, for a mainstream console why was the information about what it can do more to do with tv?
Yes E3 is about games but MS have not really used E3 very well in the past few years so why hide behind that excuse?
I am very sceptical about kinect, for...
I think the majority of the countries within the EU are well protected by the data protection laws.
We even get very good consumer protection too, I mean look at google glass - they are able to freely be utilised in the states, and have only just come under fire about the privacy concerns.
But within the EU the concerns have been aired since its rumours..
Lets not forget googles main objective is 'to know everything'.
I will say that MS have go...
@GamerRulz - lol...hardware design and always online has been toned down? LOL.
You realise its all digital, so on and off are the only 2 options.
1 = On, 0 = Off.
Many people are making assumptions without knowing everything.
I do agree that MS are pretty stupid, the reveal they talked more about TV integration rather than games...
But maybe they are using e3 to announce more? - who knows, time will tell
@Joey0801 - 100% if MS ...
OMG this article is too funny.
Its just a hate fest lol!
Ill keep my hopes up, but at they will be reserved till I see proof..
Does anyone remember The old republic?
They had to make it free to play, and its only just made profit.
Its a good thing someone has picked up the IPs, I just hope things like KOTOR 3, 1313 etc.. are made.
The majority of the ground work has been done for those games..
KOTOR 3 had the art work, characters, story and locations done, 1313 was similar too.
I ju...
Moral of this story...Do not buy your teenage child a gun, and do not blame a video game.
Also I dont think Ive ever seen a console launch well recently.
@Skarlett - No it doesnt.
They have done it, so the company's accounts show a profit, but its a great gesture, in that it gives confidence to investors and partners etc..
Almost 40 Execs giving up their bonuses shows they like/love to work for Sony, but I am sure they will be rewarded via some share scheme.
Its just how business works.
@Dedicatedtogamers - They do it to show they really believe in their products etc..
It helps gain confiden...
Yea I dont think MS are going to let go of the money they are making from live.
AMD were a bit unlucky in the past few years.
in 2005/6 they were about to overtake inel as the number 1 chip maker, intel stepped up and AMD got comfortable.
THey have been playing catch up every since, the ATI (Now AMD) graphics division have caught up and are biting away.
The best deal for AMD is to have their hardware in the ps4/xbox 720 - the downside..
They may level peg the graphics cards :/
But they have some exciting technology coming ...
this isnt change.
Its taking away rights.
We might as well be in a country that gives no rights to its citizens, the same way apple does for its users.
Dear Microsoft - You are not Apple, stop trying to be like them, otherwise you will backtrack the same way you did with the windows 8 start button!!!!!!!