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Heavenly_King on 31 May 2013
NobleTeam360 said:
His answer worries me when he says it's not permanent in that sense.

considering you have not even read the article, I will make it easy for you and quote the important paragraph:

"....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. "



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Heavenly_King on 31 May 2013
Wagram said:

Q: Is the PS4 console is designed to be connected in a 'permanent' way? What I'm asking is it will need to be connected all the time? And if so, how will this affect plans for PSN?

A: PlayStation 4 is not a permanent connection system in that sense, but the experience is much richer if you are connected. You will have access to digital content and the updates for your games, along with a wide range of social functions: upload videos and screenshots, see your friends play and interact with them in various ways within the games.

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. So it depends what level you want to use these feature sets at. So with ’simple’ and ’immediacy’ we want it so that everything is one button click away, for example. And ’immediacy’ takes down these barriers that can be frustrating to gamers between the player getting access to the content.

Q: GI- Rumor claims that Microsoft's console will require an always-online Internet connection to play games. In previous interviews, you've stated that that's not the case with PS4. Did you ever consider an always-online connection for the PS4, and if so, why did you decide against it?

Yosp: Did we consider it? No, we didn't consider it. The main reason being that many countries don't have robust Internet connections. It makes sense for people to have Internet connections to play online games, but for offline games there are many countries that we saw do not really have robust internet.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=572949

 

So with that cleared up. Is it even possible for a forced used games DRM? The only way to possibly check is an always online connection, or a connection of SOME kind. We'll get some clarification soon, but this bodes well in my opinion.

I think the title should be changed to: "PlayStation 4 can still be enjoyed old school without an Internet connection at all", in order to have it more clear for some >_>



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Deyon on 31 May 2013
Heavenly_King said:

I think the title should be changed to: "PlayStation 4 can still be enjoyed old school without an Internet connection at all", in order to have it more clear for some >_>

The title should be: "PS4 doesn't require an internet connection AT ALL"



NobleTeam360 on 31 May 2013
Heavenly_King said:
NobleTeam360 said:
His answer worries me when he says it's not permanent in that sense.

considering you have not even read the article, I will make it easy for you and quote the important paragraph:

"....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. "

Um, yeah a bit late!!!!



Heavenly_King on 31 May 2013
Deyon said:
Heavenly_King said:

I think the title should be changed to: "PlayStation 4 can still be enjoyed old school without an Internet connection at all", in order to have it more clear for some >_>

The title should be: "PS4 doesn't require an internet connection AT ALL"

yeah, much simpler ;)



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Suke on 31 May 2013

Well duh, there's a word for it, its call "Single Player" :3



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VGKing on 31 May 2013
NobleTeam360 said:
Heavenly_King said:
NobleTeam360 said:
His answer worries me when he says it's not permanent in that sense.

considering you have not even read the article, I will make it easy for you and quote the important paragraph:

"....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. "

Um, yeah a bit late!!!!

This is actually from an old interview. Over a week old actually.



NobleTeam360 on 31 May 2013
VGKing said:
NobleTeam360 said:
Heavenly_King said:
NobleTeam360 said:
His answer worries me when he says it's not permanent in that sense.

considering you have not even read the article, I will make it easy for you and quote the important paragraph:

"....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. "

Um, yeah a bit late!!!!

This is actually from an old interview. Over a week old actually.

Understandable, I'm just gald Sony made the right decision for the consumer. 



Talal on 31 May 2013

Good. That's one fear out the window.



CDiablo on 31 May 2013

The PS4 can be enjoyed but what about PS4 games. Will you not have access to trophies or lose the ability to save without internet.

The thing that has me worried is when the Sony rep said that the nodrmps4 campaign is "working pretty well." That + EA dropping online passes makes me think there is something in place. Either that or Sony is not going to have EA and all the other big boys making games for them........but then there is the Rockstar quote about wanting a piece of used game sales, which makes it seem like a ploy for only MS to get money and not publishers. E3 cant come soon enough.



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