E3 2013

[<LT>YosemiteSam[NL]]

This is why you always have to be online according to Microsoft:

"GAME DEVELOPERS CAN NOW CREATE PERSISTENT WORLDS THAT ENCOMPASS TENS OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PLAYERS WITHOUT TAXING ANY INDIVIDUAL CONSOLE, AND THOSE WORLDS THAT THEY BUILT CAN BE LUSHER AND MORE VIBRANT THAN EVER BEFORE BECAUSE THE CLOUD PERSISTS AND IS ALWAYS THERE, ALWAYS COMPUTING."

[Drofder2004]

It looks like Microsoft hired someone from the EA Sim City team.

[Drofder2004]

XBox One News:
http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update

An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.

Trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and rent disc based games just like you do today – There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360.

[F |Madness| U]

Saw this yesterday, it's funny how they went back on it after all the uproar and media coverage of it. I honestly didn't expect them to though.

[[SoE]_Zaitsev]

It's the only way to stay on par with PS sales. Was to come, sooner or later.