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Microsoft creative director "doesn't get the drama" over always-on xbox

theverge.com

6 points by beryllium 13 years ago · 5 comments

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michaelpinto 13 years ago

If the xbox becomes MicrosoftTV that may be a reason why it's always on. And for what's it's worth do people beat up on Google for not having an offline version of their search engine?

Frankly it's funny to see Microsoft - THE poster child of the PC revolution* - really embrace the net and just get flack from a bunch of kids who grew up never knowing a world without the web!

* The PC revolution was about killing mainframe/clients

  • berylliumOP 13 years ago

    "monetizing the platform" is probably the main reason it's always on. Heheh.

    • michaelpinto 13 years ago

      If you were a Microsoft shareholder is that a bad thing? And I use the word "were" with confidence knowing that the stock hasn't moved in ten years...

drucken 13 years ago

Well, either they are going to have to support their existing offline consoles indefinitely. so there's nothing to worry about, or are leaving gaping holes for competition to step in...

Valve must be happy too.

NicoJuicy 13 years ago

It's actually kinda easy..

No more xbox for me, after buying the first edition of the 360 and the updated one with Kinect.

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