Wise words. At least, let's wait till there is an explicit confirmation from either insiders or Albert.
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COD Ghosts Xbox One offline (2 weeks before launch) not possible without Live?
- Thread starter GribbleGrunger
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Wise words. At least, let's wait till there is an explicit confirmation from either insiders or Albert.
They don't do it, but they sure can.
Oh snap, Hryb making 180s.
Arrogant Bastard
Banned
Cool. Glad to know that Single Player will never require an internet connection.
DidntKnowJack
Member
I agree with this. No reason to freak out.
Chobel
Member
The same as Penello's, they're looking into it.
astarisborn94
Member
I hope this is just the patch not finalized and not Microsoft lying. If this is true, I am going to be absolutely furious.
But the PlayStation 4 version has offline enabled. I don't see why the Xbox One version wouldn't have it either; considering they're both identical.Ok, I just found a picture of Call of Duty: Ghosts Xbox One packaging.
It does NOT say offline play is enabled.
This doesn't confirm anything one way or the other, of course, but there it is.
They didn't lock the console they revoked access to Live until closer to launch for the units that shipped early. I mean he could play offline yesterday. This is an anomaly going by Pennello and Major Nelson's tweets.
The guy clearly says he can not do anything on his console. He can not play any game on it. This seems to be a special case for a pre launch ban. He and MS have talked and he seems cool with whatever is happening.
Yeah me too :/ guess we just need to wait....*begins thumb twiddling*
Zombie James
Banned
What did this say?
Puppet Shadow
Member
Oh my God, that thread is hilarious! How did the OP not get a tag out of that? lol
In name only.
SRTtoZ
Member
Yea you don't remember this part in Jurassic Park? The asses smash through the winshield and stare the kid in the face.
" I've got the team looking into it "
Can't imagine they want kotaku and other website reporting on any misinformation. Especially on a Monday.
Tallshortman
Member
That's why I said online.
Gotcha, lets hope that's true and it's just a feature of a Dev OS. I can see that being a legit protection to keep Dev units out of non-developer hands.
But part of me wonders if this is one of those things in the CBOAT treasure chest bomb.
It's one thing (ok) to block you from a network. It's another thing to disable consumer hardware at the hardware level remotely.
vasametropolis
Member
Well it's software man they can change anything whenever. Being able to do it and wanting to do it are very different. Although, I can sympathize with the mistrust.
Along the lines of "I have the team looking into it."
Eh? And that got deleted?! Hmmm...
Just as long as it gets squashed. Surely it has more to do with the system not even being launched yet or maybe even needing another update.
I'd like to think Albert is lying on his bed on his belly, feet up, and twirling a phone cord around his finger while calling for information. His room, of course, would be full of Tiger Beat clippings on the walls and a neon bedspread.
Syphon Filter
Member
you buggin lol.
opticalmace
Member
I laughed out loud. +1, poster, +1.
I agree. The DRM is bad on its own. But this is as bad if not worse. No one wants to buy a $500 brick just because you make an uninformed mistake online. Fine, ban the guilty party from participating online but rendering his purchase into a brick is fucking vile. A hallmark of anti-consumer act. This should never be accepted regardless which company pulls out this BS.
"We gave you one simple instruction. Invitation revoked!"
toddhunter
Member
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Ok, I just found a picture of Call of Duty: Ghosts Xbox One packaging.
It does NOT say offline play is enabled.
This doesn't confirm anything one way or the other, of course, but there it is.
I find it hard to believe they would not put "Online Connection Required" on the box if that was truly the case.
onlyindreams
Banned
For anyone asking about Major Nelson tweet, this is what he said
You forgot the second tweet which added "....how we can lube you guys up to stick this in easier"
vasametropolis
Member
Turns out bans and offline play were edge cases and they forgot XD. If only haha.
You have to understand that ANYTHING they say regarding DRM is a headline tomorrow everywhere.
Regardless of how harmless what just happened might be, they have to be careful about walking through a frickin' minefield.
But the DRM is still active, to remove it is the whole point of the day one patch, so they would be lying if they say that.
Albert Penello
Member
Follow up
Guessing he got a "nothing is going on, don't feed it" kind of direction.
That's.... Extremely odd.
Wolves Evolve
Member
Cold, cold, cold.
I went to Target earlier with my girl in hopes of taking advantage of the B2G1. They had a Xbox One display. I immediately thought of the OP from that thread from today and laughed to myself. My GF thought I was crazy.
It's big but not stupid huge. It's obvious it's not the real thing. Part of the "console" was exposed. It felt really flimsy and super cheap. No way the real thing would be so shoddy.
I think Sony added it because they thought it would be important for their strategy.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I doubt it's intentional.
Sure, but they're not stupid enough to open that can of worms. Could they?
If you build something and code the software, of course you're the gatekeeper. But you don't abuse that power because if word gets out, you're done for.
See: Sony Music RootKit Smackdown
Chobel
Member
Dafuk? Why this link is up?
It looks like he just fixed his grammar. His original tweet missed off the "this" at the end of the sentence.
Sleeplessnights
Banned
opticalmace
Member
Huh, this tweet is different. 9 minutes later and has a "this" on the end. Dunno why, maybe just to fix the typo.