Haefulz said:
For all intents and purposes, a cell phone MUST be always connected to Verizon or AT&Ts network, otherwise it is completely useless.
Well, no. Even when the towers went down, I could use it for my non-phone-calling options. You only need a phone network for the phone part of the phone. Now, that may seem obvious, but the Bone would require an internet connection for every aspect except TV and BD. additionally, a mobile phone requires a mobile connection out of necessity, as it's a mobile communications device. By the same stretch, nobody really complains that an MMO needs an online connection because it's already an online game. A single-player experience will see a lot of flak for an online requirement, because it does nothing to service the game from the player end and may take away content instead.
It's got to the point now, though, where those networks are so reliable and stable, that outages almost never happen.
You sound like Don Mattrick now. Much as I'd like to live in one of those places, I don't. and a lot of Americans don't, either.
if I can deal with something as necessary and important as a cell phone network going on, rendering my phone useless, then I can go without a console for a short period of time as well.
I can go without a console, period. Oddly enough, that's my plan for the Bone. Even now. Still, the point is that just because you can doesn't mean you should have to.
I spent almost a month in the hospital with nothing but my phone and a Kindle. I have a ton of gadgets I use at home, none of which I need, and I can clearly do without 'em. Hell, I didn't even bring my PSP, DS, or laptop. They're by nature portable devices, too. I can get by. Even the phone and Kindle were technically unnecessary; it was not a smart phone, so all the functionality could be replaced by the in-room phone and I could have just...Stared at ceiling tiles or something.
Still, just because I can go without them doesn't mean I want to add the further inconvenience if internet check-ins.
because they'll see that, for them, the benefits and possibilities outweight the inconvenience of not being able to play their console if an outage happens.
Name one. One thing that you would need a persistent internet connection for. My PC can do almost everything Microsoft advertised without losing basic functionality if the servers crash or my internet goes down. What added convenience would I be gaining? Please don't tell me sharing, because there's no reason for that to be an issue. Hell, it looks like Steam's going to be offering that in a future update, and Steam's client doesn't require a persistent connection. A couple weeks go, I played offline for almost a week before I even noticed.
