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<\/a><\/p>\nWe are not sure if Microsoft has such plans for the next Xbox, but if they do, we think that would be a massive disaster for the company. Having an ‘always on’ connection for the hardware will mean that owners would not be able to play games if they lived in an area with little to no Internet access. There’s also the matter of Internet access being cut off, which means that gamers could not pass the time by play a game on the next Xbox. We have seen our fair share of next generation game console rumors pop up on the Internet in the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,5,10],"tags":[1256],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-microsoft","category-technology","tag-xbox-720"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-fm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7428,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/01\/13\/gamestop-has-been-repairing-reselling-red-ringed-xbox-360s-since-2009\/","url_meta":{"origin":952,"position":0},"title":"GameStop has been repairing, reselling red-ringed Xbox 360s since 2009","author":"NCCT","date":"January 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Xbox 360 remains a favorite among millions of gamers even nearly 10 years after its November 2005 debut. 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\nAs far as the activation code rumor for disc games, this also seems like it would backfire on Microsoft if this is indeed true of the next Xbox. For one thing, it would certainly upset one of their biggest retail outlets, GameStop, which would see their revenues plummet if such a move was made. In an age where the game business is on the decline in retail stores, we don’t think Microsoft would bite the hand that feeds it.
\nConsumers would likely react badly to activation codes as well. They could no longer take a game to a friend’s house in order to play it or trade games between each other. Activation codes for each game would mean that they would really be “owned” by the people who bought them.
\nWe have seen these kinds of tactics before. At one point, Ubisoft required that their PC games have an “always on” connection, even when gamers were in the single player campaign. The reaction to such a plan was highly negative and in 2012, Ubisoft revealed that it changed their minds.
\nThat’s exactly what we think Microsoft will do if they really do decide to have these two oppressive features for their next Xbox. The backlash from gamers will be so great that Microsoft would have no choice. In fact, we think that if such a plan is in the works, the rumors would cause so much negative feedback that Microsoft might go ahead and eliminate the features before the next Xbox is officially announced. At least, that’s what we hope will happen.
\nvia The next Xbox is rumored to require an Internet connection at all times; disaster in the making? – Neowin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"