It would be great if the sharing aspects were retained for digital distribution (hopefully Sony and Steam follow suit with the sharing).

Well, good for them. I mean, they'd have to have been completely deaf to ignore the negative reaction, but at least they weren't too stubborn to change things.

http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update It's real. Keep refreshing this page if you can.

Sadly you will still be required internet to set up the console. After that? No longer needed.

Maybe their internet went out.

From what I read, you can't disable Kinect. When did they change that? Could you point me to a thread or link?

Heck, disable it or not, I want to be able to physically unplug my Kinect unit. That's the only way I know my privacy is protected.

SONY. ARE YOU OKAY? PLEASE RESPOND.

So this pretty much confirms TEH INFINITY POWA OF TEH CL@D$ was pure and absolute BULLSHIT.

Took forever to load the page, but it seems legit.

Now all they have to do is lower the price and announce Crackdown 3. And give me ice cream.

what does it change with the cloud? before they changed that, you could also play offline when you were online the last 24 hours. 

but sure, "infinite power" is bullshit.

From one thread to another, i went from rumoured to confirmed! :D

Glad that MS changed their policies.