Just for the record, I do NOT in anyway condone what Microsoft is doing with Xbox One.
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(06-07-2013, 04:11 PM)lamedude Wrote: This exists and is coming out next week. *Looks up from Monster Hunter 3 on 3DS, laughs at Xbox One, continues playing* I'm not sure what MS thinks they're doing. I thought the XB One would have been an okay just-another-console-to-buy-solely-for-Halo. But MS has confirmed it themselves that offline gaming is limited to 24-hours at a time: http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/connected Microsoft Wrote:With Xbox One you can game offline for up to 24 hours on your primary console, or one hour if you are logged on to a separate console accessing your library. Offline gaming is not possible after these prescribed times until you re-establish a connection, but you can still watch live TV and enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies. Now, I have Wi-Fi and Comcast internet, a persistent connection is not the issue. This is a horrible on idea on several principles. For one, I can't always guarantee I'll have said connection (when I move from my parents place, for example) either due to financial reasons or things out of my control (no hurricanes or tropical storms where I live, just occasional tornadoes and bad winters, recent flooding). Secondly, as someone who believes games should be preserved and enjoyed, this is terrible. If MS and/or their servers go, so do your games. Eventually something else will replace the XB One, and as of now, there's no way to know if my purchases will be good in the future (with backward compatibility in the new console or an alternate platform). Relying on verification from MS is only good for as long as the company is around. Now MS doesn't look to be going away any time soon, and just look how old Nintendo is (hint, more than 100) but things don't last forever. Essentially, the game could only be played for a limited timespan (while MS keeps XB One verification server online) until it's virtually erased from history. Given that the lifespan of other media (books, movies, music, artwork) can indefinitely be extended by making digital and hard copies, it's mind-boggling to think that modern games could disappear if the one responsible for the console ceases to exist or stops supporting it, even when you yourself have the hardware and software preserved just fine. I find that to be a troubling aspect of digital distribution and online verification done wrong. Perhaps I'm leaping to early conclusions, but I still can't shake this nasty feeling about that sort of direction. I haven't even bought it, and already I feel XBone'd (get it? ) 06-08-2013, 04:28 PM
MS being around didn't save MSN music. Your games fate belong to the bean counters.
06-08-2013, 10:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2013, 10:31 PM by Starscream.)
Having to check in with Microsoft every 24 hours is ridiculous. If I were to own one of these consoles (which I won't), my console would essentially turn into a worthless pile of crap every time I happen to be without internet. That's bullshit. If I were to buy a console, it'd be to play games, any attempt at you not allowing me to do that would be a huge, huge issue for me. Obviously these companies are looking to take away users rights at every turn, I really hope this thing flops big time.
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I give our residential hackers a timespan of 2-3 months after release to discover a way to bypass the always online connection.
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06-09-2013, 09:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-09-2013, 09:23 AM by AnyOldName3.)
So, will we have an XBox One emulator or an XBox One Server emulator first? The fact that piracy will be hard without the server (and avoiding buying things causes so many people to spend money on things) kind of suggests that someone may make their own server somehow which gives a near enough to real response that it'll allow an XBox One to run with only this connection.
It has 5GHz WiFi. Somehow, that makes me want it more.
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AnyOldName3 Wrote:So, will we have an XBox One emulator or an XBox One Server emulator first? I would bet money on a server emulator for the very reason you stated. AnyOldName3 Wrote:It has 5GHz WiFi. Somehow, that makes me want it more. Why? Very little equipment supports it at the moment (including routers) and the range is usually poor. The upside is you get less interference and potentially higher throughput (if you can maintain a good signal strength).
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My router has it, and it came free with my broadband. However, even in 2.4GHz mode, it has no range whatsoever, so we have to run 2/3 of the house of a different router, which is really powerful, but overheats really often.
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Trust me you'll just end up running it in 2.4GHz mode anyways.
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Surely in a house with 2-3 routers running at once, it isn't a good idea to put them both on the same band?
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