The XBOX 720 and stuff
I just came across this article talking about how the upcoming "Xbox 720" will have always-on DRM protection and may block used games via one-time-use activations codes. How would you all feel about this?
Personally, with the patent filing of how the Kinect can block the use of "unlicensed people" watching a rented or purchased movie, I think I'm going to go ahead and get a Playstation 4 now. Microsoft is going in the wrong direction (on various products), and the Xbox was the only one I was happy with. Welp, I have rid my life of Windows, and soon the Xbox.
Personally, with the patent filing of how the Kinect can block the use of "unlicensed people" watching a rented or purchased movie, I think I'm going to go ahead and get a Playstation 4 now. Microsoft is going in the wrong direction (on various products), and the Xbox was the only one I was happy with. Welp, I have rid my life of Windows, and soon the Xbox.
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The fact is that there are still plenty of people who simply don't network their consoles, and more who have shoddy connections. Microsoft would be crazy to write off these potential customers.
If these rumours are true then...
Xbox fans, watch out.
I will add that this is a bit more than a rumour. This all picked up steam when there was an actual communication from Microsoft. It was a little questionnaire type deal they sent to developers and publishers that wanted their opinions on certain things. This was included. We don't know their response or if Microsoft is still pushing for it. Yes, they wanted it at some point.
If I do purchase a next-gen console then it'll almost certainly be a PS4. Having said that; it all comes down to which console hosts the best games (and whether I can play those game offline and show them off on my shelf, in nice retail boxes).
That made me chuckle as my PS3 just recently broke down and my 360 has yet to have any problems what so ever
As for the rumors. If they are true, I am not buying the nextbox at all, and if they aren't, then maybe. So far it is looking like a PS4/WiiU combo when it comes to consoles this gen.
This will be the day that I stop playing new games. I'm not too upset though; I'm more of a retro-head anyway!
Microsoft Studios' Creative Director Adam Orth was queried about the rumours that the next XBox will force people to always be connected to the internet. He responded with the following tweet:
As you can imagine, this was not well received, and he followed it up with some very weak arguments. Weak like... well, like this: Yeah. Again, not well received at all. One person to call him out on this was Manveer Heir, who works at Bioware (which is owned by EA - oh, the irony!) and pointed out the problems faced by Diablo III and SimCity (IRONY!) as well as how several places across the US, like Janesville, WI or Backsburg, VA, would have trouble maintaining a stable connection.
Orth responded with this. ...yeah. That... that didn't endear him to ANYONE.
Rather predictably, Microsoft issued a statement apologizing for his comments, stating that he wasn't an official spokesperson and that he was simply sharing his personal view. Most notably though, Microsoft didn't actually deny the always-on aspect, something people were quick to pick up on.
In short - people do not want things that require you to always be online, whether that be a game, DRM or (in this case) an entire console. It's effectively the biggest and, arguably, best excuse you can give someone to pirate things, and if Microsoft go ahead with this it WILL backfire on them spectacularly.
The only way they can get out of this situation is to drop the entire thing, but I somehow doubt they'll actually do that. This IS Microsoft we're talking about here.
What a blowhard asshole. My PS3 isn't always online (actually it's not online at all, whatsoever) and my vacuum cleaner certainly isn't! How can you compare electricity to an Internet connection?! What a freakin' bucket of putrid slop this clown is!
Seriously, that little weasel can take his 720 and shove it up his bloated ass. Fucking numpty piece of shit.
I don't have an Internet connection at my flat. I guess that means that I don't fucking exist, right?! This man is a lump of rectal discharge!
That settles that, Sony is getting my money and Microsoft can die a slow and horrible death.
Fuck you, Microsoft.
But what purpose would be worth it? Surely this feature can just be shut off if your internet is down and then resume it when you get back.
I don't know, perhaps it heals all wounds by being connected to the internet?
The only purpose of Always-Online is to protect Microsoft's interests. Don't kid yourself into thinking that such a proposition is made to benefit the customer. It's not.
True. Whereas if it just cured cancer 'or' AIDS, it would be worthless.
If they really get rid of used games and the PS4 doesn't the new Xbox is already dead.
Good. Used games are a horrible thing and are legitimately taking money out of publishers' hands. Would be happy to see the back of them.
Also would be happy to see if this cuts down on piracy as well somehow, which'd be great.
It will not. Nothing can stop piracy. Some people will (or can) never pay for their media and there is nothing anyone could do about that.
Really?
I mean, I can guarantee that Sony/Nintendo/Telltale/you name it has at least one douche that works there. They just either have douches that have better sense of what they shouldn't tweet, or they inform said douches of what they shouldn't tweet.
Looks like The game I am making called Awesome Pony Fighting Game couldn't have come at a better time. No DRM, all assets under Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0,code under GPLV3. The gaming industry business model is about to change. Here is the Demo https://github.com/jubilee145/APFG
Used Games are good. The bigger the fan base the better. CopyRight is evil. Its Censorship. And yes the most restrictive creative commons licenses aka no deratives are also censorship but there are only 2 of them. It is much better than copyright. It protects the artist rather than the holder of the copyright just ask any one who signed with a record label.
Also piracy may be good for business it is extremly debatable.
If they put the ability to have physical copy games on OUYA using sd cards especially Lib-ray http://lib-ray.org/ then there is going to be some trouble with Xbox.
Yes, and they should pay those prices, like I do. That's how capitalism works.
No, it isn't. I've seen various companies estimate over 60% of their users to be pirates, an estimated 60% of those estimated to also never intend to spend any money on any products whatsoever. These people aren't entitled to games, they should be stopped from playing them, and they should be heavily fined or penalized. Piracy is bad no matter what, however.
Hey did you read my comment. Isn't used market part of capitalism or else it woud be illegal and no game stop.
Investopedia explains 'Capitalism'
In such a system, individuals and firms have the right to own and use wealth to earn income and to sell and purchase labor for wages with little or no government control. The function of regulating the economy is then achieved mainly through the operation of market forces where prices and profit dictate where and how resources are used and allocated. The U.S. is a capitalistic system.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capitalism.asp
Estimate? Are you a troll hired by some game company. Piracy isn't as black and white as you make it. MLP FIM is probably the best example of a franchise that become a cash cow because of Piracy. Also Angry Birds.
You mean like SOPA that was evil. Back it up then. Read this http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/
It is extremly evil.
All my worries about the future of Xbox are now moot, thanks to the existence of a demo of an indie game about ponies.
That's a relief!
OUYA success is probably more important. But everything starts from a demo right? The success of this game is pretty important for the future of the gaming industry. It is going to try things that other game companies fear to do.
Couldn't agree more, Ribs.
Hey you changed his quote and made him sound sane thats not fair.
He himself said that "there's nothing wrong with censorship". So by his logic, what I did was completely fair.
What I did there; do you see?
To improve the lastest version which is SuperTux 0.3.3 Source Release http://code.google.com/p/supertux/downloads/detail?name=supertux-0.3.3.tar.bz2&can=2&q=
Because we are legally allowed to do so and to annoy Ribs. We have to license the assets we make under under Creative Commons 3.0 BY-SA though.
Sure. And second hand sales of DVDs and Blurays steals money from film production companies. And used car sales steals money from car manufacturers. And used book sales steals money from book publishers and authors.
There is a market for second-hand merchandise for lots of things.
I'm sorry, but your argument is completely invalid.
Because EA's idiocy cuts down on piracy of their games?
Wait, no it doesn't.
Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, has said that piracy is a service problem, in that piracy can be stemmed by offering a better service than the pirates do. Forcing legitimate customers to always be online or else be unable to start games nor save progress while ingame is NOT superior service.