That may seem something of a positive concession to players worried Microsofts next Xbox would require always-online connectivity, if only because it means modem-goofing power surges, your curious cat, your even more curious 10-month-old and whimsical, whimsical fate wont drive your Xbox One off a gaming cliff. You have time to get it together, Microsofts saying in essence, though its unclear what the carrot is, and the stick is more like a high-voltage stun gun.
But lets look closely as the statement, which has someanomalies. Heres the salient stuff:
While a persistent connection is not required, Xbox One is designed to verify if system, application or game updates are needed and to see if you have acquired new games, or resold, traded in, or given your game to a friend. Games that are designed to take advantage of the cloud may require a connection.
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.
Watching live TV I get, but note that Microsofts saying you can also continue to watch physical Blu-ray and DVD movies if you exceed the 24-hour window. Hooray? Sort of. For reasons unknown, Microsofts chosen to distinguish between movies and video games, affording the former carte blanche in its puzzling hierarchy of accessibility. So why in the world are movies being accorded different rights than games?
Theres another hypothetical issue: Lets say you leave your console behind for more than 24 hours, maybe for a weekend trip or a weeklong vacation, and when you return, for whatever reason, your Internets not working. If I understand this correctly, you wont be able to play games on the console until you solve your connectivity issue, which is sort of a double kick in the pants.
Whats more, youll never, ever be able to tote your Xbox One with you on vacation if your vacation involves a destination thats Internet-free a shame, since some of us still visit such backwoods spots (hey, northernand northwest , what can you do). Steam, Valves digital gaming service, has a neat way of getting around this by allowing you to unlock offline play with games youve purchased so long as you logged in, at some point, while connected online (I could be wrong, but Im pretty sure Valves never imposed a periodic login time limit). Once you switch to offline play, so long as youve authenticated while online, youre good to go.
In short, while Im not opposed to the idea of an always-online console the Internets more or less the 21st century equivalent of electricity Im surprised, given the level of scrutiny and worry here, that Microsoft hasnt taken a gentler, more transitional approach. That, and it seems odd that the company would decree one connectivity standard for Blu-ray and DVD movies, but a completely different one for games.
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