| The Fury said: I agree with you many are arguing for the sake of arguing but on both sides. But here are my answers to your questions: My internet has been on since December, when I moved house and was without any internet for 2 weeks. This said I jsut got back from holiday when I turned off my power. This is classed as no internet, what would the Xbone do during this time? No companies would have gone out of busniess 'because' of used games (for there to be a used game the game has already been bought once), they go out of business because of piracy and bad money management. This is a guard against piracy, used games (even used CDs and used DVDs etc) is part of the entertainment industry and it helps keeps game retailers open. Removing a vital source of income for games retailers will mean you won't see any on the high street at all. I however like to buy games new at a reduced cost over used games. PS4 will be different because it's infastructure is not dependent on a net connection, this has been said. However if EA were to enforce some kind of DRM based ondisc based games then you can be sure EA might lose a lot of business because of it. No one is going to buy a game you can't play at all. Internet is the future, you are correct but whether internet if the future, it's not the now. Many around the world outside of the mighty US of A do not have good net connection. The borrowing games thing has only just been clarified and even then it's not great, seriously just giving my disc to a mate is usually enough. As for breaking the disc, I don't think I've ever had an issue with that, I've had disc scratch before but because it was part of the way it all works, I wouldn't mind buying a new/used copy to replace it. Digital is great for that. Not everyone can afford internet, you might say not everyone should therefore be buying a console or games. But this isn't about who can afford it or not, it's about who has it and what MS expects me to have. Even in the UK broadband is not truely available everyhwere and dialup is still used in some places and more remote locations. What it feels like to many is either abandenment or anger at features which could affect the entire industry or them individually. Many never had an issue with the Xbone's power, the great games (Titanfall looks great) or it's Kinect features, they had an issue with the DRM yet to many this was an attack on the console as a whole, which it isn't. |
Do you own a smartphone? A smartphone can link your Xbox ONE to the internet for the few seconds authentication takes.
There is plentiful evidence that used games have contributed to some game developers going out of business. I agree that this is not the sole cause of any one developer going under.
Again, I will emphasise you do not need a good internet connection to play Xbox One. You simply need an internet connection of any kind. Even on your phone.
I will also point out what many already have. If you cannot afford any internet, $400+ consoles already aren't for you...
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