Xbox Live was basically proto-always online. Besides the whole arrogance of making you pay to use your own payed for ISP bandwidth. Windows 8 requires a live connection to do such obviously intensive tasks as keep your minesweeper scores and unlock new Mahjong layouts that we could clearly never do without Microsofts servers. I see no reason why they wouldn't be inane enough to keep going down that slope.Super Not Cosmo said:If I were Sony I would be banging this drum as loudly as I could if/when it gets confirmed Microsoft is going to go the always online route.
However, even with all the evidence we have that the Nextbox will be always online I still can't think Microsoft would be stupid enough to go that route. I firmly believe that doing so will result in severely damaging in the long run despite how attractive it might be to Microsoft and the various publishers.
Seconded. Still, this is a good bit of news. It means that Sony has pattern recognition.shadyh8er said:Now just give me backwards compatibility and I'm sold.
I know right that sorta thing should be a given.HalfTangible said:I find it depressing that 'this isnt always-online' is an actual legitimate SELLING POINT now -_-