I still don't buy it. Steam relies on digital distribution but all the games they offer have offline modes- even the collaborative ones like Left 4 Dead. The always-on model is more about DRM than gameplay.
Another comments thread I read pointed out that this could be a camera and three dimensional sensor (Kinect) equipped device that is always on and designed to be queried by a third party. The conspiracy-philes are going to have a field day with it. On Apr 9, 2013, at 8:14 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Orth's response was that he and Manveer Heir are friends and they were going > back and forth at each other for fun, joking with each other as it were. > > MS has also said that Orth is not a spokesperson for the company and his > statements do not reflect blah blah blah. > > Personally I have no interest in online console gaming. I grew up in the 8 > bit and 16 bit eras, where you had to have actual friends to play your games > multiplayer. > > I think the real twist is going to be thus: the system will be "Always On" > because it will not have physical media. No more discs -- you simply pay the > $60 or however much people pay to rent their video games nowadays and it will > be downloaded to your cloud space. So if you want to play the game you HAVE > to be online. > > Also, PA weighs in on the "Always On" debate. Moderately NSFW for the last > panel's dialogue: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/04/08 > > > On Monday, April 8, 2013 5:30:33 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/failblog/~3/AE3u9PwjYpo/7264745216 > > It's a terrible idea that's failed before. Rather than try to explain the > decision to customers, the new creative director blows them off and then > results to insults. Good move, Microsoft. Any chance I had of picking up the > next gen XBox just went down like the Hindenburg. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
