(22/05/2013 10:41 AM)Kuu Wrote:  

(22/05/2013 08:01 AM)ProperBritish Wrote:  however i won't unfairly assume sony will follow suit until they've said so. they already confirmed PS4 will be region-free. I sincerely doubt the PS4 Eye is a requirement unlike Kinect 2.0 which must be connected for the Xbox One to function. And I very much doubt the PS4 will need an internet connection to function like the Xbox One either. I'm just seeing the Xbox One as a more restrictive PS4 atm.

The online I see can be restrictive. I agree. But in 2013, why would wee be away from internet for more than 24 hours? Even just a trickle of 30kb/s or less to phone home. And if wee are, chances are wee are on vacation and shouldn't be concerned with a game system. It would be so easy to pirate the games if they didn't require an internet connection, which is why I'm still curious what Sony is actually going to do. If a console requires the disc in the drive to play the installed game (like now) no problem, don't need internet. But the fact they are installed on the HDD and don't need a disc present means you need the internet or serial keys to make sure someone doesn't install it on their friend's xbox offline and you always play it on yours. And no one wants serial keys for a console.

The Kinect being connected to the console is a silly reasoning. That's like saying you have a problem with needing a keyboard attached to your PC. It's an integrated part of the console. That's also like saying if the next console has 3D projectors, you won't get it because you have to set up the console AND the projectors, even though they are going to make your gaming that much more absorbing.

You're wrong. Name a modern OS that doesn't have a built in on screen keyboard. The xbox one is litterally forcing you to have the kinect plugged in. I understand where you're coming from with the keyboard thing, but it's not like the computer will refuse to function without a keyboard, and will accept any other compatible input media that is present (Like an OSK, or a voice to text engine, etc.) or will just boot up fine and dandy without any method of text input whatsoever. There is absolutely no reason to force the user to have the internet turned on at all times, or to have the kinect connected at all times. I know a few people who love halo, and play it on their xbox 360's, but have no internet, but it's OK, because the 360 wasn't so intrusive as to refuse to function properly without an internet connection at all times. Also, I don't think I've seen any current method of just "tossing game files onto a hard drive" and having the game work on current-gen consoles, so the "easy piracy" senario is a load of bullchocolate. You don't need online keys, or anything like that, security is fine as-is right now, and wee don't have an always-on internet. All this is not even to mention the internet bandwidth volcano that this console will eventually turn into.