Boogalogist
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COD Ghosts Xbox One offline (2 weeks before launch) not possible without Live?
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SRTtoZ
Member
The tweet that says he can play SP not MP is 2 days old.
If that is the case then it must be a special case. They have never done that before and I dont see them doing it after the 22nd.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Yeah it's strange to me that when consoles get banned or when accounts get banned for whatever reason, the games a person has paid for are no longer playable. It's such a fucked up concept.
Okay...
Well nobody has a picture of the back of the Xbone verison of Ghost?
VibratingDonkey
Member
imagn no psessions
wondr if u cna
wondr if u cna
Askherserenity
Member
It's somewhere in this thread, it doesn't mention anything about offline play.
It can't be that console bans go all the way because he could play after he was banned, right? This really does sound like the DRM is still in place. But that's confusing because we're two weeks from launch and it seems like that would've been one of the first things to go with OS updates.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
Amir0x posted it a few pages back... it does not indicate one way or the other.
Redmond to Boston is only 7 hours. Call the guy up, make promises to hold off 12 hours, and turn it into a positive viral campaign working with him and official PR. I mean look at the guys twitter handle, he's a huge freaking fan.
Proactive vs reactive.
Edit. ^
Makes no mention of offline play or any online requirement. At least none that I can see.
It's post console ban, though. Which is the important part.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
It's also within 24 hours of the ban... which is why folks are speculating that this is the 24 hour check-in rearing its ugly little head.
SRTtoZ
Member
Posted earlier in the thread
I've noticed that MS is opting out of telling people what resolution the game runs at this gen.
Sword Of Doom
Member
How is that a confirmation of anything? Jesus
He is all over the place. I am starting to think he just didnt get a DRM removal patch yet.
It confirms people will believe what they want.
Beer Monkey
Member
Day Two Patch confirmed.
There was really no point to it in the first place considering how it was handled on the 360. The boxes never state what the internal rendering resolution is, just what its output is. It was ever really only important for PS3 games and even then the cases are frequently mislabeled.
Coffee Dog
Banned
But it was shortly after the ban. if COD needed daily checks it still would have passed.
Right, this is basically the case. The important thing to note is if he played post console ban, he was offline and played single player. This means that the ban didn't lock him out from offline content, AND that ghosts is not DRM locked, and that the 24 hour lockout is what's happening.
BUT his word is shakey on the important detail there.
It seemed like people were taking cboats thing as COD is always online.
onlyindreams
Banned
It all looks the same obviously
FaintColt388301
Member
But the point is he could play single player and now he can't. Everybody wants to know why. If it was because of the ban it shouldn't be too hard to come out and say the ban blocked the game and he'll be able to play come launch without Live or a check in
Um....
You do remember the #NoDRM campaign and always online 24hr license checks, right?
So we've been going on a promise that they 180'd and also a we're sorry. There's not much room for benefit of the doubt after it was their original plan in the first place that freaked everyone out...
Sword Of Doom
Member
We know about the ban system and it IS fucked up. If you pay for a game, nobody should have the right to take it away from you. I guess in a society the government can do shit like that through courts but a corporation can not be judge, jury and executioner.
Coffee Dog
Banned
A 24 hour lockout would mean that Ghosts is DRM locked; remember, he already downloaded the day one patch that removed OS level DRM.
SRTtoZ
Member
Yea I get that now. I saw people reacting to the tweet as if it was brand new so I was kind of confused.
astarisborn94
Member
Under Xbox Live, it mentions 2-16 players. By it mentions Xbox One, which is one to two players. I believe that indicates offline play.
Man this dude is eating up the spotlight.
PacificTomb ‏@SazeHunt 8m
@Moonlightswami 6k followers doe?
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 6m
@SazeHunt and growing brotha.
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 4m
@TheKillSho @SazeHunt I was at 1,280 on Friday at 8 PM lol. Its been insane!
PacificTomb ‏@SazeHunt 8m
@Moonlightswami 6k followers doe?
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 6m
@SazeHunt and growing brotha.
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 4m
@TheKillSho @SazeHunt I was at 1,280 on Friday at 8 PM lol. Its been insane!
Askherserenity
Member
Haha, didn't even notice that...smh.
On 360 cases, it wasn't exactly helpful anyway, because it listed output resolutions. As far as I know, every single game on the system could be output at 1080p because of the 360's scalar.
Yeah, cboat's post throws a wrench in things but I think in this specific instance it's just a red herring.
That's not necessarily the final OS patch before launch.
NullPointer
Member
We don't know that the patch he downloaded was the one that removes the DRM
SRTtoZ
Member
Man this dude is eating up the spotlight.
PacificTomb ‏@SazeHunt 8m
@Moonlightswami 6k followers doe?
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 6m
@SazeHunt and growing brotha.
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 4m
@TheKillSho @SazeHunt I was at 1,280 on Friday at 8 PM lol. Its been insane!
And now hes doing football picks and shit. Lol this guy. A Browns and Patriots fan.
It really didn't mean much, just showed the output resolution, different from native resolution.
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Well this kind of blew up didn't it?
The gif features Jada Stevens and Kelly Divine. That movie was released in 2011. The color correction in the gif is always impressive to me.
The gif features Jada Stevens and Kelly Divine. That movie was released in 2011. The color correction in the gif is always impressive to me.
Sleeplessnights
Banned
What if every PS4 game with "Offline play enabled" on the back of the box is DRM'd on the Xbox One?
See my edit. Cboat post + the ps4 boxart made it seem always online.
But yeah, this could be another potential part of what's happening. A convoluted mess, lol.
I can imagine Cboat reading this and laughing his ass off that a one word post can cause such an uproar.
SyenceLabb
Member
Man this dude is eating up the spotlight.
PacificTomb ‏@SazeHunt 8m
@Moonlightswami 6k followers doe?
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 6m
@SazeHunt and growing brotha.
#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE ‏@Moonlightswami 4m
@TheKillSho @SazeHunt I was at 1,280 on Friday at 8 PM lol. Its been insane!
He knows what he's doing. Keep it vague. Leave people guessing.
That's not quite right. Obviously any time-based DRM lock would have the software check with the OS how long it has been since the console was last online.
It may be that the console-level DRM is off, but there is a software-level option that has been applied (whether temporarily or not) to CoD.
Posted earlier in the thread
"Additional storage, hardware, and Xbox Live may be required for setup, some updates and features, including retention of some gameplay settings and information."
What does that mean exactly?
NullPointer
Member
Is "Offline Play Enabled" on all the PS4 launch releases? Or just COD?
Coffee Dog
Banned
Then what would need "looking into" by MS guys? They should just say "He doesn't have the final patch", and clear it up.
onlyindreams
Banned
If this is the case, they made these decisions MONTHS ago. why are we 2 weeks out and its not in the code yet?