Microsoft exec: I don't get the drama around always-on

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'I don't get the drama around always-on. That's the world we live in. Deal with it.'

The creative director of Microsoft Studios has defended always-connected consoles as fresh reports circulate of a constant internet requirement for the next Xbox.

Taking to Twitter, Adam Orth said he didn’t understand the drama around an always on console, and stated that it’s part of “the world we live in”.

He finished his Tweet with the hashtag “Deal with it”.
“Sorry, I don’t get the drama around an “always on” console,” he said.

“Every device now is “always on”. That’s the world we live in. #Dealwithit.”

When appearing to be questioned by BioWare’s senior gameplay designer Manveer Heir on whether the company had learnt anything from the issues suffered by the likes of Diablo III and SimCity, and that people can lose their internet connection, Orth responded with “Electricity goes out too”.

Heir went on to state that not all places had good connections, to which the Microsoft exec retorted: “Why on earth would I live there?”.

Heir has since said however that he is good friends with Orth, and the two often joke around, telling readers “Don’t read too much into our back & forth”.

“No one in this world is as good as you think they are and no one is really as bad as you think. You see a 2D image of people on the internet," he said.

Orth also apologised for any offence caused to the cities referenced in his retort, and said: "Just the normal daily back and forth I have with Manveer. Apologies for offending non-cities. I was trolling him personally."

As the expected reveal of the next Xbox draws near, reports continue to suggest that Microsoft has opted for always-online functionality for its next-gen console.

It has been claimed that the connection is required to use the new Xbox and play games, even in single player. A previous report also claimed that each disc would come with its own activation code, meaning only the initial user can install and play the game, potentially killing off the second had market.

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JigeePosted:

That one comment "Deal with it." Was enough to convince me 'not' to buy this console. It signals to me that they will not listen to any complaints we have and they will take it to wherever they please and leave us, the consumer, out in the rain. I could equate this to a homeless man sitting outside of a nice restaurant waiting for someone to give them scraps. This holier than thou attitude that M$ seems to have adopted has completely turned me off of their next gen system. Although I must thank them; their consistent douche-baggery has been enough to push me to PC gaming.

carlos-Posted:

Bad marketing move.

DLTPosted:

Thrift-Shop Honestly, I don't know how likely I'd be to buy an online-only console. I feel that single player is a great aspect of games, and this might ruin the point of single player games.


You can still play

Hub I might just stick with the Xbox I've got for a year or two then, as this new xbox sounds like a pile of crap
It might have a better graphics and better performance but having to be connected to the Internet at all times and buy games brand new sucks.
I buy cods and fifa brand new but I don't expect to have to go buy a decent old game like borderlands or gears of war brand new.

Also the only reasons that Microsoft want it online all the time are
A) So they can see what we're doing
B) Stop people doing mods in solo/single player (which are harmless and quite fun sometimes)
C) To get more money as the greedy gits

All they would need to stop people doing mods is a well protected game and over the top server checks (to stop people doing it online if they some how managed to mod the game), they don't need a permanent Internet connection.

I can see many people leaving xbox over this, as I know people who don't have Internet / don't use the Internet, but instead buy games like cod for the campaign. I even know someone who's dashboard is about 3 or 4 years old, proving they don't use the Internet on it.

I am really considering getting the PS4 as it actually sounds far better at the moment.


a) They can probably already see what you are doing, if you are online.
b) Mods on single player will probably still be possible, unless everything is saved to the cloud.
c) How does making a console online all the time make them more money? Apart from the no pre-owned games thing which may not even be real, I can't think of a way it would earn them more.

dmofPosted:

Stupid move by microsoft. They're not doing a very good job of advertising their console before it's even been released. The attitude from the exec "Deal with it" was not acceptable and is not very appealing.

HubPosted:

I might just stick with the Xbox I've got for a year or two then, as this new xbox sounds like a pile of crap
It might have a better graphics and better performance but having to be connected to the Internet at all times and buy games brand new sucks.
I buy cods and fifa brand new but I don't expect to have to go buy a decent old game like borderlands or gears of war brand new.

Also the only reasons that Microsoft want it online all the time are
A) So they can see what we're doing
B) Stop people doing mods in solo/single player (which are harmless and quite fun sometimes)
C) To get more money as the greedy gits

All they would need to stop people doing mods is a well protected game and over the top server checks (to stop people doing it online if they some how managed to mod the game), they don't need a permanent Internet connection.

I can see many people leaving xbox over this, as I know people who don't have Internet / don't use the Internet, but instead buy games like cod for the campaign. I even know someone who's dashboard is about 3 or 4 years old, proving they don't use the Internet on it.

I am really considering getting the PS4 as it actually sounds far better at the moment.

sk8r151zzPosted:

Im glad i made the switch over to PC
The next gen consoles look like they are gonna be bad, the PS4 looks interesting though

CoRay1992Posted:

Blackwolfrunnin You'd think that an "always on" console would be a horrible carreer move by causing hundreds of thousands of less fortunate people(poeple without internet) to be denied access to the console. But microsoft wouldn't even have to worry about it. They would be busy counting their billions of dollars that they WILL be making off of the people who will be buying the console. A few hundred thousand people are nothing to them in a long term point of view. It's like Battlefield and their "Online passes". You'd think the loss they'd suffer would be enough to make them change their minds about charging extra for something you've already been charged extra for. But the thing is, they aren't losing any money. They're making more than ever because sooner or later people WILL buy the passes. Because they have to and game companies know it.


the online pass is just a win win for gamestop and EA/others gamestop keeps the used game money and the publisher gets the 10 bucks for the OP, it was to battle gamestop, its not like your 60 dollars buying it new then spending more money for the pass, it comes free with the game #DealWithIt

RebPosted:

Pay my internet, we have a deal :)

KatsumiChanPosted:

CrazyZachPD "Heir went on to state that not all places had good connections, to which the Microsoft exec retorted: Why on earth would I live there?"
thats all well and good when you have loads of money but if you can't afford to get a new house with better internet then that will suck, my internet tops at 2mbps -_-


They don't care if you have internet or not. They just want money.

KixaPosted:

This is gonna suck for me


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