Redmask wrote on May 21, 2013, 17:15:

nin wrote on May 21, 2013, 17:13:

SpectralMeat wrote on May 21, 2013, 17:09:
I find the Blu-Ray player in the xbox pretty amusing

They're trying to slide that one under the radar.

Along with the online requirements and Kinect datamining, looks like that patent was the real deal.

Are developers forced to create games that have these online features, and are thus not playable offline? They are not, Xbox exec Whitten said to Wired — but “I hope they do.” So the always-online future may come in incremental steps.

PHJF wrote on Apr 17, 2013, 08:55:

Besides, there is no need to make the console online only when every publisher already has the choice to include spiteful always-online DRM a la Diablo 3

How the fuck is a publisher going to publish an always on game on a console that isn't always on? Are you completely unaware Diablo 3 PS3 has OFFLINE play???

Redmask wrote on Apr 16, 2013, 22:30:
I can't imagine what an online only console would bring to the table for the customer. I can see how it would benefit the corporation behind the product but how exactly does any of that benefit the customer? Are they going to get a reduced price in exchange for what they're giving up in terms of convenience, resale and other traditional features? I haven't seen a single coherent response from the industry that wasn't a bunch of PR terms and vagueness patched together.

What does an online only console do for me as a customer?

Flatline wrote on Mar 28, 2013, 23:23:
I'm still trying to figure out how you ship with all these issues still in the code. I can *sort* of understand getting bushwhacked on the servers. Well okay not really but that in theory is something you're predicting and is beyond your immediate influence.

But these are fundamental, underlying bugs that are showing up on everyone's game. The idea that they didn't know about these is... odd.

I can only really suspect that this was a "ship now, patch later" game.

Verno wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 09:39:
I think it's pretty expected to be honest, it's what most people said their primary usage scenario for an Ouya was going to be. The list of games otherwise available for the platform looks pretty scarce without emulated titles or random Android stuff.

Snabel wrote on Mar 20, 2013, 02:49:
I'm not sure why people are congratulating themselves on not buying this game. IN spite of the insane amount of issues at launch, a lot of which are dealt with, most people I know are having a blast and are pretty much playing non stop still. That I think speaks volumes for how good the game is. I think people are missing out of a seriously good time if they refrain from buying the game due to being concerned about not being able to play a small portion of the time now.