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J_Allard on 07 June 2013
MDMAlliance said:
J_Allard said:

I think his point is more along the line of the people here bitching about needing to connect to the Internet once a day are people who are on this forum for hours every day and thus aren't affected in any way by the Xbone needing to connect to home base once every 24 hours.


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Jaywood2010 on 07 June 2013
zorg1000 said:
JayWood2010 said:
J_Allard said:
binary solo said:

 

I think his point is more along the line of the people here bitching about needing to connect to the Internet once a day are people who are on this forum for hours every day and thus aren't affected in any way by the Xbone needing to connect to home base once every 24 hours.

^ This exactly.  I do feel bad for the people this truly effects but they also arent the ones that are complaining (atm at least).  

Hoe do u know there not complaining? If they dont have internet then they cant get on the internet to complain

That is my entire point.  The people we see complaining are not effected by this( I stated before i expect lower than 5% of forum users to be effected).

However i expect some people to complain once it gets released.  I think the biggest fault that MSFT has on this is that how many people are they effecting exactly?  That could be an issue.  idk yet.  This thread has been taken out of context by a few saying that Im comparing but Im not.  And Im certianly not defending MSFT as i think it is a risky move excluding people from getting the console.





       

iHollowxReaper on 07 June 2013

Worse then the afoermentioned speeds? If that's true then you must not even play online. If not then you have my support for sure.



blkfish92 on 07 June 2013

Wow seriously how ironic how I literally CANNOT go to any site without internet, but I can indeed game on my ps1 or xbox360 or any other console for that matter without internet.



           

zorg1000 on 07 June 2013
JayWood2010 said:
zorg1000 said:
JayWood2010 said:
J_Allard said:
binary solo said:

 

I think his point is more along the line of the people here bitching about needing to connect to the Internet once a day are people who are on this forum for hours every day and thus aren't affected in any way by the Xbone needing to connect to home base once every 24 hours.

^ This exactly.  I do feel bad for the people this truly effects but they also arent the ones that are complaining (atm at least).  

Hoe do u know there not complaining? If they dont have internet then they cant get on the internet to complain

That is my entire point.  The people we see complaining are not effected by this( I stated before i expect lower than 5% of forum users to be effected).

However i expect some people to complain once it gets released.  I think the biggest fault that MSFT has on this is that how many people are they effecting exactly?  That could be an issue.  idk yet.  This thread has been taken out of context by a few saying that Im comparing but Im not.  And Im certianly not defending MSFT as i think it is a risky move excluding people from getting the console.

Im not talking about the OP, in ur last post u said they arent the ones complaining but u have no way of knowing that



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MDMAlliance on 07 June 2013
J_Allard said:
MDMAlliance said:


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KHlover on 07 June 2013
JayWood2010 said:
zorg1000 said:
JayWood2010 said:

^ This exactly.  I do feel bad for the people this truly effects but they also arent the ones that are complaining (atm at least).  

Hoe do u know there not complaining? If they dont have internet then they cant get on the internet to complain

That is my entire point.  The people we see complaining are not effected by this( I stated before i expect lower than 5% of forum users to be effected).

However i expect some people to complain once it gets released.  I think the biggest fault that MSFT has on this is that how many people are they effecting exactly?  That could be an issue.  idk yet.  This thread has been taken out of context by a few saying that Im comparing but Im not.  And Im certianly not defending MSFT as i think it is a risky move excluding people from getting the console.

http://gigaom.com/2012/11/23/the-state-of-broadband-in-the-u-s-infographic/

Around 1/3 of all people in the US don't have broadband. At all. They don't even reach the required 1.5Mbps.



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daredevil.shark on 07 June 2013

I live in Bangladesh which is a 3rd world country. Internet connect is very unstable here. I use 512 kbps line (I know its extremely slow). Yet I have ps3 super slim (Previously I had ps3 slim) and have played 60 + games among which 40+ are new. The ps3 / xbox 360 community is not big as India here but we still have a decent gaming community. Sometimes internet line is disconnected for 3-4 days. Plus our government closes youtube or some other sites without reason. So for me its not possible to connect internet regularly. I really hope ps4 wont need constant internet connect. If sony also used DRM then I will go back to pc gaming or might get a wii u.

ps: I still play my old ps2 games. What will happen after 7-8 years later when server of xbox one / ps4 will be terminated. My game collection will be meaningless. Some of my friends still plays games in their old N64. This is the reason game companies should not force internet connect at least for single player.



Jaywood2010 on 07 June 2013
KHlover said:
JayWood2010 said:
zorg1000 said:
JayWood2010 said:
 

^ This exactly.  I do feel bad for the people this truly effects but they also arent the ones that are complaining (atm at least).  

Hoe do u know there not complaining? If they dont have internet then they cant get on the internet to complain

That is my entire point.  The people we see complaining are not effected by this( I stated before i expect lower than 5% of forum users to be effected).

However i expect some people to complain once it gets released.  I think the biggest fault that MSFT has on this is that how many people are they effecting exactly?  That could be an issue.  idk yet.  This thread has been taken out of context by a few saying that Im comparing but Im not.  And Im certianly not defending MSFT as i think it is a risky move excluding people from getting the console.

http://gigaom.com/2012/11/23/the-state-of-broadband-in-the-u-s-infographic/

Around 1/3 of all people in the US don't have broadband. At all. They don't even reach the required 1.5Mbps.


And that is in my opinion the biggest issue with what they are doing.  Not the 1 time 24 hour thing.

311 million people live in the united states as of 2011.  Which means by what you are saying that excludes 100m.  So 200m people are available in the United States unless internet increases over the years.





       

iHollowxReaper on 07 June 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
iHollowxReaper said:
So most people on this thread have speeds less then 1.5-3mbs which is clearly the requirement for this 24hr check up that probably takes seconds, or don't have internet at home? It must be painful getting through those mandatory game updates and when you do you must have frequent laggy experiences. Updates aren't even rare as internet outages. It's pretty odd hearing the same excuse of not having internet at home at all. Sounds like bs fanboy talk to bash the X1 at every turn.

Of course none of this matters if you have zero interest of playing games online. I also don't quite understand why JayWood gets so much flak when the people that have the right too complain are the ones who can't get internet access at all. I also have the same sympathy for the folks that can't have this privilege and are definitely better off with the PS4.

You have too be at the poverty line to not afford these kinds of speeds, let alone purchase a console and it's games. And if you do have these options for internet, what's wrong with signing on when you turn on your X1?

 First of all, it is painful. I once had my ps3 on for two days straight DLig stuff. Secondly, they arent mandatory. They are only mandatory if you go online... which not everyone cares to do, wants to do, or can do. Last, no, living under the poverty line is not the only reason.

Obviously you have to go online for updates for the games that need it lol. The point is if you want to play the top MP titles out there, requires updates that take up far more time then a simple check up... which the X1 does when it's not even on since updates take place in standby mode. You have to not have interent period for the remainder of the 24 hrs when you're not even playing games.