I would be more worried about 3rd party games and not Microsoft first party ones being online only.

Yes. Steam has an "Offline mode".

so if Steam doesn't even make it mandatory then why would M$ try?

like why would they remove the ability to play OUR game offline?

like what is so bad about that to make them try to enforce a rule for gamers to NOT be able to play a game on the console offline?

they're just trying to slowly ease this new "monitored society" sh!t into our lives piece by piece

the digital age is the age where we lose our privacy. I understood that the digital age is the age where EVERYTHING we do will be monitored but I just thought it was going to be with those microchips that are being made. Stuff like the american dollar is being driven into the ground and soon digital money on these microchips will be our only way of currency. I didn't know that they were going to go ALL THE WAY with the monitoring/privacy thing. like damn we cant even play a damn game without being monitored

they can atleast save that sh!t for the 9th gen of consoles

if these rumors have any truth to it, i have hopes that M$ will have dropped this irrelevant ass feature before the 720 reveal

It would take more than always online or blocked used games to keep me away from Halo. Even if all I use the Nextbox for is Halo 5, 6, and some spin offs It's still worth it.

But the rumors are false so it doesn't matter. Nobody shoots themselves in the foot on purpose.

There's nothing really (don't like gears of war or Forza and Halo isn't enough to justify it.) It's a just a matter of opinion but Microsoft's franchises don't really appeal to me. I much prefer Sony's and Nintendo's franchises.

Yeah but Halo is just a logo. What if all the people made the game are gone and replaced ?

For example, Diablo 3 creators have absolutely NOTHING in common with the people that made Diablo 2.

You are right this is a free market and consumers vote with their wallets but even if you don't have a problem with always online gaming and DRM you should see that it is wrong for gaming in general. Come to our side brother.

Bungie started Halo and 343i took over and made Halo 4. As it turns out Halo 4 is the best one. What does it matter who makes a game if it's the best of the best. So long as it is of the highest quality and feels like Halo I will be there day one. Nothing even comes close to Halo.

You're just enthusiastic about the game.  And I don't actually care that metascore, user score and sales dissagree with you.

What I am telling you is; there is no guarantee. There are not enough people like Kojima or Cliff B in the gaming industry to go around.

I dunno...the only ones that matter...like Gears and Halo. I mean Microsoft will be lucky to get Gears next gen because they are so halting development of other games right now. Outside of that they have no shot until they change peoples minds at E3.