Rumor: Next Xbox Will Require Constant Internet Connection

[BrotherRool]

Journalism at it's finest. No source, no research, nothing but a (anti)fan fic story.

Gaming "journalists".
http://x-surface.tumblr.com/post/41282771026/x-surface-dont-believe-everything-you-read

Hey be fair, the article you just read is full of 'this is probably BS' warnings, it indicates its source and the reliability of that source. As far as the Escapist goes, this is probably pretty good journalism. You could say it's harping off something which probably isn't worth bothering about, but a certain amount of these rumours come true, and given the we've already had the Sony ones at least this evens up the balance. And giving attention to stuff like this is a flaw with journalism in general in the modern world rather than just game journalism. Now internet sites update news as it happens, the TV stations and newspapers find themselves needing to stay 'relevant' by feeding off the rumour mill. Football journalism is 10x worse and the whole concept of tabloids lives and dies around this. At least it's not as harmful as that 'gay planet' rubbish was a few weeks back.

If you're calling out Edge though, that's fair game. Even these sources are legitimate, which is hard to believe, or Edge straight up lied/allowed itself to be duped, for hits

 

[dakkster]

This "news" just reeks. My bullshit meter went off the scale and now it really smells in here.

 

[mattttherman3]

Ha, that's a laugh. I have been an Xbox homer for years, I bought a new one when mine red ringed. I have over 50 xbox/360 games. Well, if they are stupid enough to do always on DRM and that whole one time use code thing, well, I'll be disappointed that my gamerscore won't go any higher but I'll be done with MS.

 

[Milanezi]

Constant internet use is a common place nowadays, what's new? I for one prefer it that way. What I do not enjoy is the attempt to prohibt used games, UNLESS they make ALL their titles available for at least as long as the generation lasts.

 

[The White Hunter]

Hopefully the Dreamcast 2 will return during the console apocalypse and deliver us from evil. Seriously, these kinds of rumors have been floating around for over a year now. If always-online turns out to be true, Microsoft will be committing corporate seppeku. They must have realized this by now.

Doesn't seppeku imply some kind of honour? I fear that this is more just running into a minefield for the lulz.

OT: I don't generally hold much stock in these kinds of rumours, they'd be insane to do it. In the UK this could lead to your ISP basically bricking your Xbox at random while they do unexplained things with your connection somewhere.

Especially if they're pricks and charge extra for a wifi adapter again.

That said... Microsoft....

 

[FoolKiller]

Well if this were true, and it doesn't sound like it since Microsoft knows that 30% of their consoles are offline, I would not be getting one.

One of the main requirements for me to buy a game is usually the ability to play it to see if I like it. So I borrow it from a friend, or the library. I like demos less and less because they even put a disclaimer that it isn't representative of the final game. Well if that's the case, then the demo is worthless. Its also like a first date. They put their best foot forward hoping to hide the warts.

The other is that I tend to not have a reliable internet connection all the time. Hell, I've lived in several places where it was not an option or I just don't bother connecting the wires.

This just seems like Microsoft wants to give pirates a boost and a reason to flourish.

 

[Fappy]

Hopefully the Dreamcast 2 will return during the console apocalypse and deliver us from evil. Seriously, these kinds of rumors have been floating around for over a year now. If always-online turns out to be true, Microsoft will be committing corporate seppeku. They must have realized this by now.

Doesn't seppeku imply some kind of honour? I fear that this is more just running into a minefield for the lulz.

OT: I don't generally hold much stock in these kinds of rumours, they'd be insane to do it. In the UK this could lead to your ISP basically bricking your Xbox at random while they do unexplained things with your connection somewhere.

Especially if they're pricks and charge extra for a wifi adapter again.

That said... Microsoft....

I will concede to your superior analogy. Clearly I gave Microsoft too much credit.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Journalism at it's finest. No source, no research, nothing but a (anti)fan fic story.

Gaming "journalists".
http://x-surface.tumblr.com/post/41282771026/x-surface-dont-believe-everything-you-read

Hey be fair, the article you just read is full of 'this is probably BS' warnings, it indicates its source and the reliability of that source. As far as the Escapist goes, this is probably pretty good journalism. You could say it's harping off something which probably isn't worth bothering about, but a certain amount of these rumours come true, and given the we've already had the Sony ones at least this evens up the balance. And giving attention to stuff like this is a flaw with journalism in general in the modern world rather than just game journalism. Now internet sites update news as it happens, the TV stations and newspapers find themselves needing to stay 'relevant' by feeding off the rumour mill. Football journalism is 10x worse and the whole concept of tabloids lives and dies around this. At least it's not as harmful as that 'gay planet' rubbish was a few weeks back.

If you're calling out Edge though, that's fair game. Even these sources are legitimate, which is hard to believe, or Edge straight up lied/allowed itself to be duped, for hits

I'm sorry, but how is that "pretty good" journalism? They slapped "rumor" at the start and that makes writing bullshit okay? They didn't even try to find out the source of the Edge article, they didn't do anything. They took the Edge article, rewrote it. That's all there is.

Journalists actually require to do some research. This is nothing better than those gossip magazines.

Just think about 1 minute and you will see that this rumor is so unrealistic that it's an insult to write it. This is a bait for more page views.

 

[xptn40S]

Journalism at it's finest. No source, no research, nothing but a (anti)fan fic story.

Gaming "journalists".
http://x-surface.tumblr.com/post/41282771026/x-surface-dont-believe-everything-you-read

You sound awful quick to jump to the conclusion that this is amateurish journalism that is trying to take this as fact when the headline is clearly labeled "Rumor".

Unless you happen to be referring to Edge's newspost, because then I can certainly understand the heavy skepticism and you can disregard my previous sentence. :>

 

[Andy Shandy]

Well, if this turns out to be true, even myself who has been an ardent Xbox supporter and stood up for other consoles, will be making the switch to PC.

However, there have been plenty of rumours flying around about the next gen, so we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[The White Hunter]

Hopefully the Dreamcast 2 will return during the console apocalypse and deliver us from evil. Seriously, these kinds of rumors have been floating around for over a year now. If always-online turns out to be true, Microsoft will be committing corporate seppeku. They must have realized this by now.

Doesn't seppeku imply some kind of honour? I fear that this is more just running into a minefield for the lulz.

OT: I don't generally hold much stock in these kinds of rumours, they'd be insane to do it. In the UK this could lead to your ISP basically bricking your Xbox at random while they do unexplained things with your connection somewhere.

Especially if they're pricks and charge extra for a wifi adapter again.

That said... Microsoft....

I will concede to your superior analogy. Clearly I gave Microsoft too much credit.

Concession accepted. I mean I'm not interested in Microsofts next machine unless it offers more than Halo, but if they implemented such a system it's an immediate "Hell no" from me, my wifi is sketchy at best and I don't have the correct equipment to route more ethernet cables around my house.

That and ISP maintenance or random hole-digging by British Telecom could easily render it a paperweight.

EDIT: Oh and Dreamcast 2, want, will buy day 1 completely blind to anything that could potentially be wrong with it because damn it the world needs Dreamcast 2.

The Dreamcast didn't fail. We failed the Dreamcast )': [sub]Controller is outright painful to use at times though, really dunno how Sega managed it after the glorious Saturn controller[/sub]

 

[Shinsei-J]

HAHAHA!
Nope, just nope.
If any part of this turns out to be true it would have been just some executive suggesting it, instantly turned down by anyone smart.
If it all turns out to be true I don't want to be anywhere near the fan outcry, it would be a slaughter.

 

[Kaymish]

out to all the people who think M$ cannot be that stupid remember to never underestimate corporate stupidity just look at what they did to windows 8 if you don't believe me hell looking at windows 8 its not so hard to believe the rumour. you would have thought Vista woulda learned em
however i am going to be watching with baited breath as a member of the PC master race it will hopefully not affect me and it brings me great joy when consoles bomb

 

[Fappy]

-Snip-

I feel the same way, though I may need to buy into at least one of the consoles next gen considering some of my favorite genres/titles consistently fail to have PC releases

 

[Jaeger_CDN]

This sounds like a pretty trollish rumor. I guess microsoft saw how well diablo 3 did, and decided to get in the action.

Don't laugh... this is pretty much the same thinking as to why we have Windows 8. MS saw the wonderful walled garden of Apple and got jealous about their built in 'store' and the way it was throwing money at Apple.

The only thing I would say for sure with the article is the Blu-Ray player will be included, the rest would be a wild ass guess.

 

[The White Hunter]

-Snip-

I feel the same way, though I may need to buy into at least one of the consoles next gen considering some of my favorite genres/titles consistently fail to have PC releases

Well I've already dropped the buck for a Wii U, which is actually a really nice machine, it's funt o use and the controllers are great. Lack of games is to be expected early in the life cycle of a console, though there's plenty coming, slowly but surely. I recommend it if you can get a good bundle deal, like I got the ZombiU bundle for 20% off. The Miiverse is brilliant and I'm glad Nintendo are finally figuring out online and actually pushing forwards with their own ideas for it.

I'll probably get a PS4 sometime as it hits a price drop and the library fleshes out a bit, because there are a lot of first party sony IP's that I enjoy a lot (Sly 4 is out at the end of next month here! Why we have to wait two months for a game already in English I have no idea). Resistance, Killzone, and so on are things I'll be after when they hit.

Microsofts machines have never had a big enough incentive for me, Halo is pretty fun but I only enjoy the co-op and single player experiences really and there's nothing else on the format I want.

I'll be investing in a better PC when I get a job again and can actually afford to have money flowing out! Something in the i5/660ti vein of system methinx. I currently have an Pentium E5700 @ 3GHz (dual core) and an Asus 4770. It does run most things though not at 60fps/1080p.

 

[gigastar]

That got a chuckle out of me.

Should it turn out true, ill be howling with laughter for weeks over how Microsoft has just handed the console market back to Sony and Nintendo on a gilded platter.