Paul Thurrott weighed in on the NeXtbox rumors shared some info from his sources

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nnodley said:

AbbathTheGrim said:

nnodley said:

AbbathTheGrim said:
You guys shouldn't get ahead of yourselves and think that with an announcement we will finally see if whether the Nextbox will need always online to play games. We may even need to wait a little longer than that if they decide not to talk about it during the reveal for strategic purposes. We may even find ourselves in the situation when we would need to wait some weeks to find out, depending on how Micro approaches the reveal and if the Nextbox indeed has the online requirement.

Just bringing this into consideration as to remind people that we may not know all Xbox details with a reveal. I mean, I've known of console reveals where they don't even show the freaking console.

What the hell are you doing getting banned Abbath?  Looks like my prediction last month that you would not live till the morning or something was wrong.

Anyway, yeah I honestly don't see them announcing if it requires to be online to use at their announcement or they will put a slight bit of info in and making seem like it's not a bad thing.  I think only if the rumors are false will they say something about it.

I expect this info to be revealed (if true) once people start asking Micro directly after the reveal. Much like people asked Sony questions after the PS4 reveal. Don't try to salvage that prediction of my death, you failed miserably with it DEAL WITH IT! :P

Well, you didn't show up the next day.  I was worried.  

And even when they do announce it(if true) they will avoid anything negative about it and make it a positive.  Which all companies do, so don't jump on me people like I'm bashing MS cause I'm not.

I don't remember the dates correctly. Did you say that the same day I was banned? I can't remember and I am lazy as fuck as always as to go through the hassle to check this up. In the mean time I will dismiss the possibility that it was the same day because it is more convenient to my cause.

I know companies sometimes try to sell things as positive but I don't think Micro will go this way. They know that there has been negative reception for this thing so if they are going forward with it they won't announce it during the reveal so that it won't be discussed that same day. The reveal itself could be overshadowed by people discussing that Micro's console has this feature. I bet they will do as I say. They won't mention it (if it really exists) so that people focus in the console per se and then discuss it on the internet when asked.

What is the purpose of not discussing something possibly negative during a reveal when people would eventually find out anyway? Because I think the point of the reveal is to create the best news and first impression for the console. That way any aspect people may not like that much may seem little compared to the good things they found in the reveal which may very well be already engraved in their minds. The opinion of this Godless bastard.