Online 24/7/365 #dealwithit

[Ratatapa]

DLC are fine for me, if they are not included on the disk already.

I don't like paying 3-4$ more per DLC that all it does is run a script on your console to unlock the content that is already on the disk.

But meh

[GoggleHead]

People need to vote with their wallets, and I'll sure as hell be doing so with mine.

I've been voting with my wallet for years and it hasn't helped any.

Always online nonsense will just be one more reason to skip over this generation of consoles.

[Ratatapa]

I've been voting with my wallet for years and it hasn't helped any.

Always online nonsense will just be one more reason to skip over this generation of consoles.

1 person can't change the world you know

[Tajin]

1 person can't change the world you know

This guy, lol.

[Kalmado]

1 person can't change the world you know

Too easy.

Most of us talked in regards to DLC in the "complete game" thread. This makes things somewhat bad enough as it is if you don't have an internet connection you're really missing out. On top of it, you can't get patch work done. The feeling of being forced really sucks. Maybe if I was ten years younger I wouldn't care and just roll with it.

It would be nice if those that voted they're cool with online 24/7 would say why they voted that way.

[Ratatapa]

This guy, lol.

Ok what did i do this time

[Mugmug]

I wouldn't buy an always online console.

I still have loads of games on my backlog, and there are enough good RPGs on the NES/SNES/PSX/PS2/DS etc to last a lifetime.

There is no need to put up with that bs. It's just so anti-consumer.

[Kalmado]

Ok what did i do this time

1 person can't change the world you know

I could list a ton, but here are a few. Also, don't send me PM's about your retarded posts.
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_priz.../1964/king.jpg
http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine...540329_400.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Malcolm-x.jpg

[Ragnus]

Gonna have to go with "Fuck that" there are plenty of hotels and other places that I bring my systems to that don't have free wifi. On top of that it would be a nightmare for lan parties.

[Ratatapa]

I could list a ton, but here are a few. Also, don't send me PM's about your retarded posts.
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_priz.../1964/king.jpg
http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine...540329_400.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Malcolm-x.jpg

Tbh i have no idea about what those guy said. And if you decided to take my comment as a first level that's your problem not mine

[octopus]

I'm okay with a system being always online, but don't make it a requirement... if the system is offline I should still be able to play the game.

[Anoat]

Tbh i have no idea about what those guy said. And if you decided to take my comment as a first level that's your problem not mine

Not sure if trolling or not but um.

Top is Martin Luther King...led the civil rights movement in the U.S.
Middle is Jonas Salk...cured polio.
Bottom is Denzel Washington...makes every movie he stars in awesome.

[Kalmado]

Not sure if trolling or not but um.

Top is Martin Luther King...led the civil rights movement in the U.S.
Middle is Jonas Salk...cured polio.
Bottom is Denzel Washington...makes every movie he stars in awesome.

Can't lie, this puts a huge grin on my face.
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/up.../mah-nigga.jpg

[djzombie]

thats what the gaming industry needs.

denzel.

[Deadgye]

People intended to play D3 in single player mode? I'm fine with online requirements for games like D3 or other multiplayer games, assuming that the servers stay up consistently and for a long time.

But for pure single player games? It can go fuck off. Subsequently, requiring online for an entire system is pretty fucking stupid.

[Elcura]

People intended to play D3 in single player mode?

That's the thing, someone might, for whatever reasons. It's stupid to limit when and how someone can play a game based on how much internet dust they have around them. If it's not an MMO there's no reason for there to ever be an online requirement.

[Deadgye]

That's the thing, someone might, for whatever reasons.

They wouldn't be able to take their single player character online anyway though, which makes it silly imo. It wouldn't hurt, but I guess for D3 specifically I just don't care about single player enough for it to matter to me.

If it's not an MMO there's no reason for there to ever be an online requirement.

I'd personally say most multiplayer games having this requirement is plenty reasonable. Although if the 'single player content' is different from the multiplayer and doesn't contribute to character progression, like COD, then requiring online for single player is stupid. If the single player content does contribute to character progression, then it's usually a gray area that I'd treat case by case.

[Elcura]

Yeah, generally it should handled case by case, but I feel it's safer to be on the side of it never being a requirement unless it makes sense. Even then I don't have much hope that common sense applies to companies anymore.

In any case, single player experiences (and I mean real single player) should never have an online requirement. Naturally the more people you want to play with (except local, even though that's been dying steadily) the more of an online requirement is needed.

[Kaisha]

They wouldn't be able to take their single player character online anyway though, which makes it silly imo. It wouldn't hurt, but I guess for D3 specifically I just don't care about single player enough for it to matter to me.

God forbid D3 couldn't have had an open-battle.net setup like D2 did for those wanting to play locally saved characters online w/ friends.

[Deadgye]

You mean 'hacked' character/equipment online mode? Never really cared much for it unless I was memory editing.

Spoiler: show

I bet we'd already have a Jamella successor if D3 did have single player.