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Solid-Stark on 21 May 2013
kowenicki said:

cue people who love steam coming in and saying this sucks.


You forgot to cue people who love M$ coming in and sayin this is great.

Or is that on auto?



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Wonktonodi on 21 May 2013
naruball said:
A_C_E said:
kowenicki said:

cue people who love steam coming in and saying this sucks.

lol, wut? So your saying people love steam because it requires an internet connection? Sorry, but people love steam because of the huge discounted prices. People dislike the fact that steam requires an internet connection. Why compare two completely separate services with one another in the first place?

This feature is not good no matter what anyone sais about another service. Why even defend it? lol I'm sure it doesn't even effect you.

Actually I'm with Kowenicki on this one. I don't remember any threads about how horrible steam is because it requires internet, but MS does it and boom, they're a terrible company. I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. Not an MS fan, but let's not kid ourselves. No one loves internet as a requirement, but not that many people complain about it either.


you're right people should be complaining about not being able to download games from steam without having an internet connection



cbarroso09 on 21 May 2013

So Nintendo fought EA because they did not want to use this kind of policy. Making a lot of sense if Sony is doing the same. So EA doesn't want to publish their game on Nintendo consoles because of this.
I don't think I am wrong...



thismeintiel on 21 May 2013

Looks like the Xbox One is going to have trouble in some parts of EU. Heck, even in parts of the US, for that matter. Poor decision, IMO.



 

think-man on 21 May 2013

Oh well :/



 

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A_C_E on 21 May 2013
naruball said:
A_C_E said:
kowenicki said:

cue people who love steam coming in and saying this sucks.

lol, wut? So your saying people love steam because it requires an internet connection? Sorry, but people love steam because of the huge discounted prices. People dislike the fact that steam requires an internet connection. Why compare two completely separate services with one another in the first place?

This feature is not good no matter what anyone sais about another service. Why even defend it? lol I'm sure it doesn't even effect you.

Actually I'm with Kowenicki on this one. I don't remember any threads about how horrible steam is because it requires internet, but MS does it and boom, they're a terrible company. I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. Not an MS fan, but let's not kid ourselves. No one loves internet as a requirement, but not that many people complain about it either.

This site is 95% Sony, MS, Nintendo, 1% steam if that. Look further if you care and I'm sure you will find some thread that states how bad always-online is. And I don't really care about anecdotal evidence, I'd rather go by the fact that no one likes how online is required to install a game. I'm arguing general concensus, not one man/woman's opinion.

And as for the bold, that's what I was saying in the first place. It just doesn't make any sense to compare two completely different services that don't even have the same rule for online in the first place.



fillet on 21 May 2013

I'm of the opinion here that "if you don't like it, don't buy it" mentality here. Simple enough, it's not going to change because you don't like it.

I'd say it's a resounding certainty that the PS4 will have similar limitations going on.

It's a given and the future.



DirtyP2002 on 22 May 2013
sergiodaly said:
DirtyP2002 said:
sergiodaly said:
now i understand why EA drop the online pass thing... they dont need it no more... LOL

this means no used games right?


No, this means it will be handled more like Sonys first party games on the PS3 / PS Vita today. Games like PSABR, LBP Vita, Resistance 3, Uncharted 3 and a lot more already include an online pass. You can buy these games used, but you need to pay an extra fee to the publisher to play the game.

Sony blocks multiplayer or other content of the used game today. MS blocks the game completely.

I would not be surprised if Sony goes the same way like MS with the PS4 though.

 

But it doesn't bother me. I haven't bough a used game since Fifa 2001 I guess.

same here. Never bought a second hand game. Just to try to understand the mind set behind this move.

almost 20 million people played a retail copy of Halo 3 and only 12 million paid MS for it. That is the only reason behind this.
Same goes for any other publisher.



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chapset on 22 May 2013
DirtyP2002 said:
sergiodaly said:
DirtyP2002 said:
sergiodaly said:
now i understand why EA drop the online pass thing... they dont need it no more... LOL

this means no used games right?


No, this means it will be handled more like Sonys first party games on the PS3 / PS Vita today. Games like PSABR, LBP Vita, Resistance 3, Uncharted 3 and a lot more already include an online pass. You can buy these games used, but you need to pay an extra fee to the publisher to play the game.

Sony blocks multiplayer or other content of the used game today. MS blocks the game completely.

I would not be surprised if Sony goes the same way like MS with the PS4 though.

 

But it doesn't bother me. I haven't bough a used game since Fifa 2001 I guess.

same here. Never bought a second hand game. Just to try to understand the mind set behind this move.

almost 20 million people played a retail copy of Halo 3 and only 12 million paid MS for it. That is the only reason behind this.
Same goes for any other publisher.

I got 4 accounts on my xbox 360 does that mean I was supose to buy halo 3 4 times, so everyone can play it, what next they'll want us to pay a fee to play split screen coop.



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ryuzaki57 on 22 May 2013

I don't if it has been said yet but it should be added to OP : XboxOne seem to require to be connected at least once a day (Kotaku)



 

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