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[14] Master
I wanna get this out of the way now before anyone starts busting out their flamethrowers so please keep in mind that this is NOT CONFIRMED, it is just rumor and speculation. Neither Sony or Microsoft has come out and said that this will be the case so I'm asking everyone to think carefully before they post (I don't really know who I'm trying to kid here) and try not to get this thread locked like so many others out there because of idiots and immature children.
As most of us know there has been a lot of rumors about the next gen of consoles requiring you to have an active internet connection to play any of your games. I know most people are instantly gonna go in the "this is stupid they are just being greedy/lazy/whatever" but there are some points to be made for this kind of model and the benefits it could give like lowering the prices of games on launch (so they don't have to compensate for the loss from used sales) and a number of other things. Personally I don't think it will happen just because of the state of the world, especially in the US, where there are still a whole lot of people who don't have internet and of those who do a lot of them still use dial-up. I just wondered what others think about how this kind of model might be used in the future.
Take this discussion about it for example-
I know IGN isn't always taken that seriously but they do raise some very good an interesting points about how a system like that would affect the gaming market in ways people usually don't consider as well as what might be the inevitable end of used game sales.
Again PLEASE keep any critisism to constructive critisism. If all you are gonna post is "It's stupid" or a long ranting curse-word-ridden flaming spewing fest then please don't bother.
As most of us know there has been a lot of rumors about the next gen of consoles requiring you to have an active internet connection to play any of your games. I know most people are instantly gonna go in the "this is stupid they are just being greedy/lazy/whatever" but there are some points to be made for this kind of model and the benefits it could give like lowering the prices of games on launch (so they don't have to compensate for the loss from used sales) and a number of other things. Personally I don't think it will happen just because of the state of the world, especially in the US, where there are still a whole lot of people who don't have internet and of those who do a lot of them still use dial-up. I just wondered what others think about how this kind of model might be used in the future.
Take this discussion about it for example-
I know IGN isn't always taken that seriously but they do raise some very good an interesting points about how a system like that would affect the gaming market in ways people usually don't consider as well as what might be the inevitable end of used game sales.
Again PLEASE keep any critisism to constructive critisism. If all you are gonna post is "It's stupid" or a long ranting curse-word-ridden flaming spewing fest then please don't bother.