lmao at the comments in this thread. Very pitiful that people are turning a rumor with little information into something they hope to see people get pissed off at MSFT on forums. In reality forums are very little of the real world but that is a completely different story.
It sounds like hibernation mode "Always connected". This means if you have XBL and Internet it will update your games and console while in hibernation mode. This will also allow you to turn your Xbox on by saying "Xbox On". That was not that difficult to figure out.
Installs are not new at all and most PS3 games require a install but i guess we are ignoring that. I think what they are trying to do is make it more like PC where you can just click on your games from your hard drive to change games rather than changing discs. That is a good thing and it is interesting that I hear people complaining about that when PS3 requires install and that is only for quicker load times and nothing else. Then you have PC which blocked used game sales a long time ago but we will ignore that too i suppose. Hate on MSFT is the cool thing around here right?
Anyways. Always connected means always on "hibernation".
Installs could potentially block used game sales but until that is confirmed I'd say it is best to not jump to any conclusions. I also want to point out that Sony has been pretty shady about the used game sales as well. From what I've understood about PS4 is that they are allowing publshers and developers to choose if they want to block used games. Now if that is true or not I dont know.
One last comment I want to make. EA has some kind of deal with MSFT correct. now if MSFT does block used games I would not doubt if EA puts all of there games as timed exclusives on MSFT's console so all games are sold as new. It wouldn't be out of the normal if many publishers and developers would take the same approach so for all of the sony fans saying this is dumb, well it is not. it is a business strategy that will help publishers and developers and in return help MSFT. So if they team up together (which they will) then it isnt looking so high and mighty for sony any more. So before you guys draw conclusions without even thinking them through try thinking.
