How would you feel if next gen consoles had always-online DRM?
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And even if you are online 100% of the time that doesn't say that you will never get hit by an Internet outage.
If any of the consoles has always online drm I won't play it.
In these types of discussions so many people go "Well I'm always online", or "if the internet is down we have bigger problems". It's not about the internet going down, it's about the specific servers that you have to connect to.
The internet itself probably won't go away, but take Hitman 2 as an example. It won't help if you're still online if Io interactives Hitman 2 servers have shut down.
I prefer to own my games so I can decide when I want to play them.
If I want to play Bloodborne in 10 years I can. Even if my PS4 is dead by then I can just buy a new console. I can't buy new servers for Hitman 2 or The Division 2.
In these types of discussions so many people go "Well I'm always online", or "if the internet is down we have bigger problems". It's not about the internet going down, it's about the specific servers that you have to connect to.
The internet itself probably won't go away, but take Hitman 2 as an example. It won't help if you're still online if Io interactives Hitman 2 servers have shut down.
I prefer to own my games so I can decide when I want to play them.
If I want to play Bloodborne in 10 years I can. Even if my PS4 is dead by then I can just buy a new console. I can't buy new servers for Hitman 2 or The Division 2.
Online-only DRM on consoles mean I'm not buying the console. Period. I'll play all the current-gen games only.
Personally the only time i play games is when i am home and the only time i haven't had internet in the last decade was when my power was off so for me i don't care but i still wouldn't want them to make it always online because i know a lot of people don't have access to internet 24/7 and don't care. I think the "checkup" solution they do now is fine.
I don't understand why this needs to be such a "yes or no" question. I voted "yes", but my real answer is "it depends".
I think that there should always be an option to play your games offline with physical media. That's just an inherent need for plenty of people.
For those (like myself) who have access to a consistent connection, I'm more than ok with having to be "always online" if the benefits are right. IE, give me back the original Xbox One plan that would let me share digital licenses with my friends please. Games are expensive and it sucks that our current game sharing option is still tied to physical copies, or allowing a friend to pretend that their Xbox/PS4 is your "home" system.
I think that there should always be an option to play your games offline with physical media. That's just an inherent need for plenty of people.
For those (like myself) who have access to a consistent connection, I'm more than ok with having to be "always online" if the benefits are right. IE, give me back the original Xbox One plan that would let me share digital licenses with my friends please. Games are expensive and it sucks that our current game sharing option is still tied to physical copies, or allowing a friend to pretend that their Xbox/PS4 is your "home" system.
The only difference between now and 6 years ago is that my connection is 40Mbps faster than it was before. But that doesn't mean it doesn't go down. That doesn't mean the game servers don't go down. Always online is still a negative in my book. It cheapens the value of the game for me, if not entirely negates it.
Nope. When PSN or my internet goes down there are games in my library I can still play. Always online means I can't play shit that's on the disc in front of me or in my HDD because of some corporation deciding to give me permission to play something I paid for even though the game in full. Do I really need to be online to play Hollow Knight??
If it was something that only checked in like once a month, then I'd be fine with it. Otherwise, I'd hate if my internet ever went down when I wanted to play a single player game, but couldn't because I can't connect to the internet.
I would nope the hell out of there.
Man, I remember buying the Xbox One in the release week, coming home exciting as fuck, and then getting smacked in my face by my own Xbox One, telling me that I need an internet connection to freaking initiate and start the console. I knew that, but my modem apparently was too old , without wlan etc. and it didn't work. Had to buy a new router after the weekend, before I could go on with my new console.
Man, I remember buying the Xbox One in the release week, coming home exciting as fuck, and then getting smacked in my face by my own Xbox One, telling me that I need an internet connection to freaking initiate and start the console. I knew that, but my modem apparently was too old , without wlan etc. and it didn't work. Had to buy a new router after the weekend, before I could go on with my new console.
It wouldn't bother me, my consoles are online at all times anyway. I think I've lost the internet for less than 3 hours in the last few years.
This is a bad premise of people continually trying to make the original Xbox One plan make sense. There is 0 reason a console itself must be online to function, which is why people had a problem with it.
Bye x10
The only thing I want is Sony's SP Games. If that shit is always online I would buy PS5 when PS6 drops.
Will stick to PC.
The only thing I want is Sony's SP Games. If that shit is always online I would buy PS5 when PS6 drops.
Will stick to PC.
This isn't how it would work tho.
Because what you describe is the situation right now.
I look at it from this perspective.
I am someone whose internet connection has historically randomly failed. The cables are old and engineers frequently have to come out and de-clog a flooded hole in the ground to resolve the issue.
This happens about once a year, and it'll be out of service for a couple of days.
However, if you took MS's vision of having to check-in only once per 24 hours, that's easily something I could achieve by tethering my phone. And even if I couldn't do that, I'd still have just a couple of days without the console as it wouldn't quit working for up to 24 hours after service interruption.
Would I not buy the console? No.
Why? Because it is beyond logic to go entirely without the console for 100% of the time just because I might be without the console for a small amount of time.
Of course I'd rather that it didn't exist at all.
I am someone whose internet connection has historically randomly failed. The cables are old and engineers frequently have to come out and de-clog a flooded hole in the ground to resolve the issue.
This happens about once a year, and it'll be out of service for a couple of days.
However, if you took MS's vision of having to check-in only once per 24 hours, that's easily something I could achieve by tethering my phone. And even if I couldn't do that, I'd still have just a couple of days without the console as it wouldn't quit working for up to 24 hours after service interruption.
Would I not buy the console? No.
Why? Because it is beyond logic to go entirely without the console for 100% of the time just because I might be without the console for a small amount of time.
Of course I'd rather that it didn't exist at all.
