TheSpore
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Since this will affect us gamers in the coming future, I felt maybe we should all have a lil discussion over it. Its nothing new, but these rumours have been around for quite some time since last year and now we get another round of ruomour that may be true, but its still no official spill on the goods.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/06/xbox-720-allegedly-requires-online-connection
Allegedly an empoyee working on the next gen X-Box console has let the cat out of the bage that the next gen console from MS will require a constant online conection and will disallow used games altogether.
Couple things here though this isn't an official statment and likely is complete BS to begin with, simply put if the used game market were to be scratched out like this, it will liekly cause massive backlash and really poor sales for the system, also a required internet connection is just unfeasible, because this would cut a large percentage of potential buyers out, due either those the hate the idea and those that just do not have the capability of a constant connection in general.
Now looking at this from one perspective on a logical manner, essentially the system will be nothing more than an enforcer of DRM in the console market. Developers are just gonna love this $h!t, because they now get to control your gaming at all time and liekly milk you for all you got due to DLC evilness. Folks we have seen how horrid it is to require net connections for something that has no need for it (just look at Diablo 3, Sim City, and Ubisoft). Not only will this strip your rights to ownership over the product you purchased, but now they are taking away your ability to either purchase used games or even rent the game. If one was to ask me I feel the game industry is getting out of hand and something needs to be done to yank back the chain on these companies that seem to think we the consumer or gamer are not intelligent enough to not continue to be sheeple.
Anyone have there own thoughts on all of this, me I don't think its true at all. I can forsee the used game business, but the constant connection just doesn't sound remotely realistic.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/06/xbox-720-allegedly-requires-online-connection
Allegedly an empoyee working on the next gen X-Box console has let the cat out of the bage that the next gen console from MS will require a constant online conection and will disallow used games altogether.
Couple things here though this isn't an official statment and likely is complete BS to begin with, simply put if the used game market were to be scratched out like this, it will liekly cause massive backlash and really poor sales for the system, also a required internet connection is just unfeasible, because this would cut a large percentage of potential buyers out, due either those the hate the idea and those that just do not have the capability of a constant connection in general.
Now looking at this from one perspective on a logical manner, essentially the system will be nothing more than an enforcer of DRM in the console market. Developers are just gonna love this $h!t, because they now get to control your gaming at all time and liekly milk you for all you got due to DLC evilness. Folks we have seen how horrid it is to require net connections for something that has no need for it (just look at Diablo 3, Sim City, and Ubisoft). Not only will this strip your rights to ownership over the product you purchased, but now they are taking away your ability to either purchase used games or even rent the game. If one was to ask me I feel the game industry is getting out of hand and something needs to be done to yank back the chain on these companies that seem to think we the consumer or gamer are not intelligent enough to not continue to be sheeple.
Anyone have there own thoughts on all of this, me I don't think its true at all. I can forsee the used game business, but the constant connection just doesn't sound remotely realistic.
