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Microsoft Studios' creative director has some choice words about always-online
- Thread starter shinobi602
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Marty Chinn
Member
Wow Microsoft really is handing Sony the next generation. They really got arrogant after this round didn't they.
metalslimer
Member
Yeah when you have a god awful feature it sure is smart to be a jackass about it. Can't wait for the incoming crash and burn
digoutyoursoul
Member
Internet connection goes down
Can't play at all
Fuck off
Can't play at all
Fuck off
shinobi602
Member
Manveer is a game designer at Bioware.
If there are two mobile carriers on the market and one is spotty and unreliable and the other works no matter what, which one do you buy?
If there are two vacuum cleaners on the market and one doesn't use electricity, which one would you buy?
Keep in mind both cost about the same, but one of the vacuum cleaners/mobile carriers comes with a 6 month exclusivity window on some games.
If there are two vacuum cleaners on the market and one doesn't use electricity, which one would you buy?
Keep in mind both cost about the same, but one of the vacuum cleaners/mobile carriers comes with a 6 month exclusivity window on some games.
Voice of Reason
Banned
Wow, if this is a confirmation then fuck MS.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Also, by this analogy, I can get my phone service from a different provider, so 720 games can be played on my PS4 confirmed?
Aphallatosis
Member
They're really going to do it? It's suicide.
Colonel Nasty
Member
I don't play my 360 offline. I think cutting potential customers off is dumb but who plays games not connected to the internet?
I only think this is dumb if gold is required.
I only think this is dumb if gold is required.
Huevos de Oro
Member
Or common sense.
VeryGooster
Banned
And I thought gamers were bad at analogies.
I mean, if I could power my vacuum cleaner without electricity you bet I'd go for that instead. Certainly looking like every other console in existence doesn't require an always-online connection, so you bet I'm going to go for that instead.
I've had a lot of fun with the 360, it's served me well besides the ginormous initial console failures, this dude saying this doesn't fill me with confidence that the Xbox doesn't have the always online requirement.
Weird how this dude is saying all this, it's borderline leaking info about Microsoft.
OnimaruXLR
Member
Maybe instead of crying like a giant nerdy baby, or making games with a requirement that asks something from the player without inherently benefiting them, he could focus on putting out a game that has unique online functionality that specifically enhances the play experience by always being connected?
No?
More Kinect stuff and ESPN integration?
Okay, well, I just thought I'd ask.
No?
More Kinect stuff and ESPN integration?
Okay, well, I just thought I'd ask.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Person devices. Yah. We know what the fuck the subtext is.
If this is happening then I find myself in the loving embrace of the PS4 for my next-gen gaming.
If this is happening then I find myself in the loving embrace of the PS4 for my next-gen gaming.
Samurai_Heart
Member
TheRagnCajun
Member
Either...
A) The always-online rumors got to him and he's lashing out blindly, or
B) It's true and this is preliminary damage control.
I'm not taking sides here until we hear something definitive, I'll leave that to #TeamReal and #TeamCG.
Never again will I be burned
Either way he added fuel to the fire. Really bad move on his part.
djplaeskool
Member
Manveer is a game designer at Bioware.
WOW.
Manveer is a game designer at Bioware.
This train is going somewhere, but not to a good place.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
What a stupid thing to say...
drivingpro
Member
Good lord I hope they don't implement it the same way Blizzard did with Diablo3, as that was just horrendously aweful...
*Your internet has crapped out, so your single player game is now going to exit, and you're going to lose heaps of progress*
*Your internet has crapped out, so your single player game is now going to exit, and you're going to lose heaps of progress*
radioheadrule83
Banned
Either...
A) The always-online rumors got to him and he's lashing out blindly, or
B) It's true and this is preliminary damage control.
I'm not taking sides here until we hear something definitive, I'll leave that to #TeamReal and #TeamCG.
Never again will I be burned
I still don't believe it will be a requirement
The only way I could see it flying if it was, is if all games were $10+ cheaper due to the added security, but even then.. Shutting put kids and the millions of people without internet?
I just very much doubt it. I think we're missing something here. Perhaps some service news or minutiae that would better explain it.
