Microsoft: Next Xbox will work even when your Internet doesn’t

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ArnoldRimmer said:

JayWood2010 said:
Still a rumor by this point but seeing as this i supposedly an email from MSFT then this seems to be the most plausible rumor of them all. It is very interesting ig this is true because it will mark a ton of sites as posting false information and the fans who went haywire (mostly fans of another company) will finally have to shutup about it.

The information is most probably correct and the Nextbox will indeed not be requiring "always online".

But that doesn't necessarily mean previous information was wrong by the time it was published. The whole wording of that eMail sounds like it was written as a reaction to the public outcry over "always online". So it's not clear if this eMail was simply for clarification, or because the universal public outcry caused Microsoft to reconsider their strategy. Remember that back at the time when these rumours came up, people already suggested that this rumor might just be a "test balloon" to see people's opinion on a subject Microsoft already feared could be very controversical.

But anyway, I don't think this will put an end to all the laments. Once people realize that the actual message between the lines really is the end of secondhand games, people will continue to complain.

Butbutbut, the ps4 will do this too? Keep spinning this positive news buddy!