PS4 Discussion

[Ishimaru Jinrai]

plus you can just play offline if you don't want to pay on the 360, PS3 and PS4 where as Xbox One you cannot.

Wrong, you can still play Xbox One offline in single player modes even without a gold subscription. You just need an internet connection.

And anyone with a stable internet connection shouldn't really be saying that's an issue. I've had my internet go out only once in the past year, and that was only for 5 hours. So I can't sympathize with that issue at all. Hell not being connected to the internet wasn't a problem for the last decade spanning back to 2004 when I was playing Final Fantasy 11 online.

 

[MKHSpartan]

Wrong, you can still play Xbox One offline in single player modes even without a gold subscription. You just need an internet connection.

And anyone with a stable internet connection shouldn't really be saying that's an issue. I've had my internet go out only once in the past year, and that was only for 5 hours. So I can't sympathize with that issue at all. Hell not being connected to the internet wasn't a problem for the last decade spanning back to 2004 when I was playing Final Fantasy 11 online.

Those statements contradict one another. Plus, you live in America, the land of godlike internet, not New Zealand, the land of trash as hell internet.

 

[Ishimaru Jinrai]

Those statements contradict one another. Plus, you live in America, the land of godlike internet, not New Zealand, the land of trash as hell internet.

You said "if you didn't want to pay" meaning for your online experience, AKA a gold subscription or a PSN membership. You didn't say playing offline from the internet. Besides, if you don't have an internet connection you can't watch Youtube, go on Hulu, use Internet Explorer, or use Netflix. You can't do ANYTHING pretty much. So not being able to play video games also is a significance?

I understand it's a poor, restricting policy, and I may sound pretentious saying this but... If you're internet is horrificly bottom tier, I don't think anyone will care for you not being able to play online with others. I personally wonder why people with horrible internet connections even play online at all. Perhaps to torture other players with lag??

 

[Pernicious-Soul]

I actually use my phone as a hotspot to connect my 360 for updates. Where I live there is no high-speed internet so its my only option but it works and I'll use it too connect my new Xbox 1 as well. I can't 'don't' play as its too slow but you can establish a connection as required to play.

 

[Ishimaru Jinrai]

I actually use my phone as a hotspot to connect my 360 for updates. Where I live there is no high-speed internet so its my only option but it works and I'll use it too connect my new Xbox 1 as well. I can't 'don't' play as its too slow but you can establish a connection as required to play.

Yeah I feel bad for a lot of users that can't get a good internet source, like one of my friends who is a truck driver. He'll switch off with his partner and play Xbox 360 in the back of his truck on the road, but he doesn't have internet. So it's pretty restricting to people like that.

I guess that's why Microsoft labels it as a "home console" only pretty much. I know some providers in my area you can get 30 MBPS internet connections for only $40 a month.