Has anyone here played their XOne/PS4 offline for more than 24h?

[Euphoria14]

fps_d0minat0r said:

Euphoria14 said:

fps_d0minat0r said:
I thought MS got rid of the 24 hour check in?

They did.

I believe the point of this thread is to try and say something along the lines of:

"Hey look, people use their consoles with the internet connected. That means having a 24 hour internet check-in DRM policy was no big deal."

 

No offense to anyone here, but drawing that sort of conclusion from this is absolutely asanine.

maybe those people are not on this site because they dont have internet?

I stood against it but not because I dont have internet, but because not everyone in the world has.

Also lets say you temporarily lost your internet connection for a few days, then youre stuck with a box that cant do anything after 24 hours....a box for which you paid £350-£430, and £50 for the games (£60 if you bought them off PSN or XBL). It reminds you that no matter how much you spend, you dont own it which would be stupid.

Anyway, theres not one single advantage to it for the consumer so why would anyone support it unless they work for MS?

That's exactly it. It does carry no advantages at all to the consumer and would not be required at all for any of the games to function. It was 100% anti-consumer from the start and they tried to sugar coat it was family sharing which was never even gone into detail. Their original vision had no rentals, no resale (unless permitted by publishers) unless brought to specific retail chains. No searching for the best possible return on your property. After you bought something they still felt they had rights to get a portion of your sale, which is preposterous.

They can still give you family sharing without the 24 hour DRM and I am sure we will see it in the future too for digital downloaded title. I am sure we will see a lot of great upgrades like this within the next few years.

 

Physical titles should remain as is. Digital should add perks to entice us to believe they are worth being charged the same price as retail while carrying no actual ownership rights.

This is my take on the whole thing and personally I am appalled that people treat all of this like it is no big deal just because they don't personally care. It affects everyone and allowing it will carry a lot of consequences moving forward.