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Subie_Greg on 08 June 2013
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J_Allard said:
Max King of the Wild said:
J_Allard said:

"you can go totally offline" doesn't mean much stacked up against all the other quotes about DRM being left up to the publisher. Use your head. I mean, Major Nelson could tweet tomorrow that you can go "totally offline" with the Xbone and he would be right. You don't seem to understand corporate speak at all.

The fact that you have absolutly no clue whats been said speaks volumes... Michael Denny So I think two of the other pillars we talked about in-terms of design were simplicity and immediacy. Even taking back a step from here, PlayStation 4 can still be enjoyed old school without an Internet connection at all.

No, major nelson cannot tweet that and be correct

I've read that quote before, thank you very much. Ok, so you take that quote. And then take the very first quote from Yoshida. Again, it's the very first quote you posted in this thread. "any requirement for users to register a game online in order to play it would be left to game publishers. Sony won't require that." So again, how do you have one without the other? How do you leave the option for registering a game online in order to play it "up to the publishers" but then at the same time mandate that no game can require the Internet? You can't. And hey, in the end, you might be right. But it is a contradiction and I am waiting for clarification and a complete explanation of how DRM works on both consoles.

And yes, Major Nelson could tweet that and be 100% correct. You're still not understanding how corporate people talk. It's ok. When you compare that quote you just posted about enjoying the PS4 "old school with no Internet connection at all", and hold it up against everything else Sony has said, what it says to me is you can enjoy the PS4 old school with no Internet.. if you choose games where publishers have allowed you to do so. Or, even if you pick a game like Battlefield 4 where EA potentially requires a one time online activation, maybe you can then disconnect entirely and the console will allow you to continue playing without a time limit to reconnect like Xbone or Steam. It certainly doesn't say to me that hey, you never ever have to connect online to play your games. Because they have many many times told me DRM is a publisher decision.

You're welcome to rage about it and disagree and whine about heads in the sand. I'll just wait for concrete info thanks.

The PS4 won't require an internet connection to play games. There maybe games that require internet to work (up to Publishers)

Xbox One will require internet every 24 hours, even if a game doesn't require internet at all. The console itself requires internet once every 24 hours

Lets say you are away for the weekend. You return home 48 hours later. Your Xbox One will require an internet connection in order to start playing any game, even a game that has no DRM