Online Not Required...Sorta..

[Dedatox]

This article talks about the how the next Xbox one (really they went to 1?) how it doesn't really require to be online, BUT it will effected the used game market. So said the article.

 

http://kotaku.com/the-xbox-is-not-always-online-but-seems-to-block-used-509077987

 

Also the whole online aspect seems to be depended on developers too.

[winny3141]

I am glad that Microsoft is giving the game developers an option to have their games playable online or offline. However, I am very skeptical about this "Microsoft Azure" cloud service. Is this just a fancy name for a DRM server, because this sounds awfully familiar to Sim City 5 where Maxis claimed that they off-sourced some of the game calcualtions to their servers, when in reality all their servers did was make sure you bought the game. I am looking forward to the Xbox One, because I read somewhere that you can switch between the Xbox Kernal and the Windows Kernel (will Xbox One come with Windows and become the equivalent to a Windows Media PC to justify a higher price?) All I can say, is that the PS4 has better graphics horse power, equivalent to a 7870 rather than a 7790 that the integrated graphics on the Xbox One is equivalent to. Anyway, great find, and I hope more comes to surface with this cloud service, as well as this "fee" that will come with buying used games.

 

- winny3141 :D

[EChondo]

Online is required, sorta.

 

http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

[Chevaishr]

xbox one eah! well i guess they went all the way around with this one ... ta dum tssss 

[Sors]

http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

 

 

Is not always on DRM, is once every 24 hours DRM.  And that was prolly changed after the scandal just so they could say "it doesn't need to be always online". 

[Guest]

Pretty sure it was already rumoured before.

[Emkryan]

Why the PC master race is the master race

 

http://imgur.com/gallery/TSYienJ

[Guerrero]

You mean 

 

Why the PC master race is the master race

 

http://imgur.com/gallery/TSYienJ

You mean a $1000+ PC will always have better graphics then a $300 console

[Emkryan]

You mean 

 

You mean a $1000+ PC will always have better graphics then a $300 console

Real PC hardware vs Down clocked laptop grade hardware that isn't properly cooled

[Guest]

Real PC hardware vs Down clocked laptop grade hardware that isn't properly cooled

 

Laptop grade hardware is debatable. Also, I'd like to see you cram your PC into a case the size of a 360 and keep it properly cooled while playing intensive games. :P

[Emkryan]

Laptop grade hardware is debatable. Also, I'd like to see you cram your PC into a case the size of a 360 and keep it properly cooled while playing intensive games. :P

Which is why they shouldn't touch the "Who has better graphics" debate

[Guest]

Which is why they shouldn't touch the "Who has better graphics" debate

 

Pretty sure the consoles are competing amongst each other, not against PCs.

[Emkryan]

Pretty sure the consoles are competing amongst each other, not against PCs.

Still. It's like two small countries talking about who has more bombs and then a super power shows up and shuts them both up

[EChondo]

Pretty sure the consoles are competing amongst each other, not against PCs.

I'm sorry but are consoles and PCs doing two separate things? Can I not game on a PC? Can I not watch Netflix on a Xbox/PS? The new consoles are 150% PERSONAL COMPUTERS. I can go on Twitter, Facebook, IE, and I can watch TV AND play games, I can also do that on my computer.

 

Everyone is competing against each other.

[Glenwing]

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