XBox One is now gonna spy on you...

...the mandatory internet connection and the Kinect sensor having to be connected for the console to function.

It features a “wake on voice” function using the microphone

Anyone else slightly fearful of this?

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Anyone else slightly fearful of this?

No. My flat is currently equipped with a Gamecube and a Sega Megadrive and there are no immediate plans for it to change.

PS2

The new console features an AMD 8 core CPU, and 8GB DDR3 RAM and an AMD Radeon Graphics card. It is a powerhouse, on par with the new PS4′s own specs.

Quote from: Chris Spaghetti on May 30, 2013, 09:13:32 AM

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Anyone else slightly fearful of this?

No. My flat is currently equipped with a Gamecube and a Sega Megadrive and there are no immediate plans for it to change.

PS2 and MegaDrive here. My respect to you, sir.

Going to kind of play devil's advocate here, just to be clear.

My understanding of the Kinect 2 is that it has its own onboard chipset that only draws only enough power for the speech recognition when the system is turned off, so it's not connected to the internet or anything when the system is off.  Though I'm sure the console has some kind of "Wake on LAN" BIOS feature like most if not all PCs these days, I don't think it'll be anything to worry about.

It is pretty reprehensible that they're requiring an internet connection for it.  For one I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they still charge for XBL Gold and will make a subscription mandatory.  Secondly, I don't think they understand the kind of people they're giving the finger to by requiring an internet connection to verify accounts and game ownership: The military.  Soldiers in the middle east play XBox and PS3 to kill time in off-duty hours, as well as seamen in long metal shafts deep underwater.  Neither of these situations guarantee an internet connection is available, if at all.  So basically Microsoft hates our troops.

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The new console features an AMD 8 core CPU, and 8GB DDR3 RAM and an AMD Radeon Graphics card. It is a powerhouse, on par with the new PS4′s own specs.

LOL.  Aside from the comparable CPU, the PS3's ram has far less latency and higher frequency.  Not sure exactly what the PS4 is sporting for graphics, but I think they learned their lesson last time and aren't going to skimp.

Quote from: Nomad on May 30, 2013, 08:47:42 PM

Going to kind of play devil's advocate here, just to be clear.

My understanding of the Kinect 2 is that it has its own onboard chipset that only draws only enough power for the speech recognition when the system is turned off, so it's not connected to the internet or anything when the system is off.  Though I'm sure the console has some kind of "Wake on LAN" BIOS feature like most if not all PCs these days, I don't think it'll be anything to worry about.

It is pretty reprehensible that they're requiring an internet connection for it.  For one I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they still charge for XBL Gold and will make a subscription mandatory.  Secondly, I don't think they understand the kind of people they're giving the finger to by requiring an internet connection to verify accounts and game ownership: The military.  Soldiers in the middle east play XBox and PS3 to kill time in off-duty hours, as well as seamen in long metal shafts deep underwater.  Neither of these situations guarantee an internet connection is available, if at all.  So basically Microsoft hates our troops.

Quote from: from that article

The new console features an AMD 8 core CPU, and 8GB DDR3 RAM and an AMD Radeon Graphics card. It is a powerhouse, on par with the new PS4′s own specs.

LOL.  Aside from the comparable CPU, the PS3's ram has far less latency and higher frequency.  Not sure exactly what the PS4 is sporting for graphics, but I think they learned their lesson last time and aren't going to skimp.

they said that they are going to provide special codes to servicemen so that they dont need to be online always.

The more I hear about this thing the more I don't want to buy it.

It's annoying because they're taking away your freedom to do what you want with something you own.

I've bought the X-box and the game, why should I have to connect it to the internet to play it?

It's as if I don't actually own it.

Quote from: DDDDAts all folks on June 01, 2013, 01:34:17 AM

The more I hear about this thing the more I don't want to buy it.

It's annoying because they're taking away your freedom to do what you want with something you own.

I've bought the X-box and the game, why should I have to connect it to the internet to play it?

It's as if I don't actually own it.

You need to be connected in order to prove to Microshit that you've really bought the game and own a valid license key. If you can't, or won't do that, then you don't have the right to play it.

It's all about money and greed, bro.

Quote from: OrbisNonSufficit on May 31, 2013, 04:38:40 PM

Quote from: Nomad on May 30, 2013, 08:47:42 PM

Going to kind of play devil's advocate here, just to be clear.

My understanding of the Kinect 2 is that it has its own onboard chipset that only draws only enough power for the speech recognition when the system is turned off, so it's not connected to the internet or anything when the system is off.  Though I'm sure the console has some kind of "Wake on LAN" BIOS feature like most if not all PCs these days, I don't think it'll be anything to worry about.

It is pretty reprehensible that they're requiring an internet connection for it.  For one I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they still charge for XBL Gold and will make a subscription mandatory.  Secondly, I don't think they understand the kind of people they're giving the finger to by requiring an internet connection to verify accounts and game ownership: The military.  Soldiers in the middle east play XBox and PS3 to kill time in off-duty hours, as well as seamen in long metal shafts deep underwater.  Neither of these situations guarantee an internet connection is available, if at all.  So basically Microsoft hates our troops.

Quote from: from that article

The new console features an AMD 8 core CPU, and 8GB DDR3 RAM and an AMD Radeon Graphics card. It is a powerhouse, on par with the new PS4′s own specs.

LOL.  Aside from the comparable CPU, the PS3's ram has far less latency and higher frequency.  Not sure exactly what the PS4 is sporting for graphics, but I think they learned their lesson last time and aren't going to skimp.

they said that they are going to provide special codes to servicemen so that they dont need to be online always.

Which makes you wonder...
Why must it be online all the time?  Clearly it doesn't NEED to be.

It's as if I don't actually own it.

Sony president made a joke on Twitter a couple days ago about DRM, leading some of us to believe Sony won't be going the same route of taking away freedom as MS: http://www.inquisitr.com/680217/sony-president-trolls-twitter-over-drm/