theprof00 said:
shakes head. What's the point of arguing what they're talking about if you're just going to say "anyway MS didn't even say this". We have reason to believe that they said this. They said always on, and followed by referring to a quick suspend, and they said "always connected" and followed by referring to downloads while you weren't playing. They said "always on, always connected", but your argument is that they just meant to say "always on" and that always connected is a redundancy, and in no way anything to do with internet despite "connection" being a fairly standard term for internet access. You're arguing semantics and meaning and rumor, calling people desperate, and just really sour saying things like "it's not that difficult to understand", and then turn around and say, "well, harumph, MS never even said this". I'll pass. |
Actually he is not arguing semantics he is stating exactly what the document says. The document says nothing about any DRM tied to always on and always online. The document explicity state what those two services mean. This is not a consumer document. It's a document for developers and if MS is to use these two services for DRM they would just state it. DRM. Is something that developers and publishers want and if MS will provide it for them then it would be stated.
The key people keep forgetting is that MS is a for profit company. If MS will institute a DRM system to not play used games it would demand something in return from publishers. The reason it's very doubtful that MS would require the console to be on in order to play games is that it would limit their install base.
