So you buy the XBOX ONE and a couple of games for 4-500 and then need permission

[QUOTE="strawhatlupi"][QUOTE="COVAtheNOVA"]

My XBOX360, PS3 and PCs are always online when I turn them on so I do not care about the once every 24 hour check up. MS confirmed you will be able to play used games with no extra fees which is a plus. The specs look great and of course the online play will be the best of the 3 consoles once again. Day one purchase by me if they have 2 or 3 exclusives at launch that I like.

COVAtheNOVA

The longest my ISP has been down at any given time since I have been using the internet is about an hour and I have been using the internet since 1997. Also MS will have over 300k servers, which I believe, is triple what they have now for XBL. The longest XBL has been down for me at any given time has been a day or two which again is no big deal since my life doesn't revolve around playing games.

Also I have a hard time believing the XBOX ONE will be a brick with no internet connection. I believe MS is wording things wrong or their words are not being spoken by the media properly. I think the XBOX ONE will be like your modern day PC, which requires constant patching, updates, etc. for it to perform at its highest level. The XBOX ONE will be the same, as will the be the PS4 and currently the Wii U, but you will be able to use the system for offline gaming, movie watching, etc. No one way would it just brick if there is no connection. No need for MS to clear this up either. That is just common sense.

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[QUOTE="strawhatlupi"] that is until something goes wrong with your internet provider, or MS server. You put to much faith on such infrastructure. your monthly fee can't guarantee 24hr connectivity. several years from now, when MS doesn't support or have a server anymore, or their company tanks, the whole system will become an unplayable brick. Compare that to the 16bit sega consoles that can still play games even if sega ain't a console maker anymore. Well you can still watch TV and Blu rays while offline. a service we already enjoy now. and how come its plus for us if ms decide we can play used games without fees, when i can do those things since NES era.Guy_Brohski

No one way would it just brick if there is no connection. No need for MS to clear this up either. That is just common sense.

Seems to be some tomfoolery to the statements made by MS and the media. The gaming part will not work, yet the rest of the device will. Again, seems to me that the media is lying or MS is wording stuff wrong. We will find out next week I'm sure.

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[QUOTE="strawhatlupi"] that is until something goes wrong with your internet provider, or MS server. You put to much faith on such infrastructure. your monthly fee can't guarantee 24hr connectivity. several years from now, when MS doesn't support or have a server anymore, or their company tanks, the whole system will become an unplayable brick. Compare that to the 16bit sega consoles that can still play games even if sega ain't a console maker anymore. Well you can still watch TV and Blu rays while offline. a service we already enjoy now. and how come its plus for us if ms decide we can play used games without fees, when i can do those things since NES era.strawhatlupi

The longest my ISP has been down at any given time since I have been using the internet is about an hour and I have been using the internet since 1997. Also MS will have over 300k servers, which I believe, is triple what they have now for XBL. The longest XBL has been down for me at any given time has been a day or two which again is no big deal since my life doesn't revolve around playing games.

Also I have a hard time believing the XBOX ONE will be a brick with no internet connection. I believe MS is wording things wrong or their words are not being spoken by the media properly. I think the XBOX ONE will be like your modern day PC, which requires constant patching, updates, etc. for it to perform at its highest level. The XBOX ONE will be the same, as will the be the PS4 and currently the Wii U, but you will be able to use the system for offline gaming, movie watching, etc. No one way would it just brick if there is no connection. No need for MS to clear this up either. That is just common sense.

And by that time, which will probably be 10+ years from now, I'm sure I will be ready. Unlike the 1% of gamers who are still playing their old NES, I move on every generation with the other 99%. :)

If it effects me significantly, then i'll have an issue. If I barely notice it, I doubt i'll be all that bothered.

[QUOTE="strawhatlupi"][QUOTE="COVAtheNOVA"]

The longest my ISP has been down at any given time since I have been using the internet is about an hour and I have been using the internet since 1997. Also MS will have over 300k servers, which I believe, is triple what they have now for XBL. The longest XBL has been down for me at any given time has been a day or two which again is no big deal since my life doesn't revolve around playing games.

Also I have a hard time believing the XBOX ONE will be a brick with no internet connection. I believe MS is wording things wrong or their words are not being spoken by the media properly. I think the XBOX ONE will be like your modern day PC, which requires constant patching, updates, etc. for it to perform at its highest level. The XBOX ONE will be the same, as will the be the PS4 and currently the Wii U, but you will be able to use the system for offline gaming, movie watching, etc. No one way would it just brick if there is no connection. No need for MS to clear this up either. That is just common sense.

COVAtheNOVA

And by that time, which will probably be 10+ years from now, I'm sure I will be ready. Unlike the 1% of gamers who are still playing their old NES, I move on every generation with the other 99%. :)

[QUOTE="Guy_Brohski"][QUOTE="COVAtheNOVA"]

No one way would it just brick if there is no connection. No need for MS to clear this up either. That is just common sense.

COVAtheNOVA

Seems to be some tomfoolery to the statements made by MS and the media. The gaming part will not work, yet the rest of the device will. Again, seems to me that the media is lying or MS is wording stuff wrong. We will find out next week I'm sure.