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48 Million Xbox Live subscribers are already connected to a potentially always online service.
While I am online the majority of the time, there's occassions where ISP's screw you over and have errors, as well as LIVE's own occassional hiccups. Always-on for DRM/digital content might be fine, I expect to be able to plonk my game discs in and play offline though.
Do they even realize that not everyone has a stable internet connection? I live in paraguay and even though I can play online games it is not always that I have a stable internet connection.
discs are rumored to be used only for game installations and useless after that
If 46 million people were online all at the same time. The server would already crashed.
Sure, but you are the minority now. Time to adapt, not the other way around. Sorry.
the minority? I bet you are American who has no idea how the outside world functions. Theres a difference between having a fast internet connection and a stable internet connection. Most people dont have stable internet connections.
@Thatlalala - What do you expect him to do? Dig the roads and plant his own telephone cables?
How narrow-minded can you be? There are plenty of people in the world tat don't have stable internet connections. They are NOT the minority, in fact it's more likely that they are the majority. Hell, I live in UK, and some times our internet goes down as well. There is no such ting as a bullet-proof internet service, because they always go down at some point.
Let me tell you my situation.
I live in a place where I have a very good internet connection. But every weekend, I go to my family house in a more rural area. They dont have internet there. However, I take my Xbox or PS3 to play somes games with my family. Mainly Buzz, PES/Fifa or some racing games offline.
With this always ON crap I wont buy the nextbox because I wont be able to enjoy it there.
Even in the city, my ISP sometimes has downtime due to maintance or other factors.
Hell, I have Diablo 3 on PC, and believe me, it is not good to have a always ON game. Specially if you loose progress on a certain dificcult area of the game and your internet gets a lag spike.
This is not just exclusive to places like that either. There are places throughout Canada and the United States (surely the UK has the same problem) that are much smaller and have some of the worst internet I've ever seen, yet people still play lots of video games there.
I pretty much have my PS3 (WiiU atm) with me where ever I go for work, and more often than not the internet is horrible and can't hold a stable connection, yet alone run a proper Youtube video at 720p.
Internet is NOT mandatory to play video games, and it shouldn't start being mandatory.
@DMD Im living in ciudad del este at the borders. I spend half my time in Brasil as well.
always online in regards to actually playing a game online (aka multiplayer) and verifying legitimacy of a game (aka key checking).
If their system does a check to verify the game (which can take a few seconds) then is that so bad?
I know people will find fault in that thought process but it doesnt mean you are maintaining an internet connection from that verification process on.
F-it...im getting the next box no matter what because I like gaming too much to up and quit. Its an addiction for me, a fever. And the only thing that can cure me is more cow bell.
You're retarded, i know a lot of people who have xbox's that don't have internet access and i live in downtown SD California, they rather just use their phones to access their social media or they just don't care about online gaming thus have no need to pay for a isp. I even have a friend who has never updated his xbox so he still uses the old 360 dashboard ^_^
@Xaphy - Pay no mind to Thatlalala, his comment was one of the dumbest things I've read in a while. You and everyone else have every right to play games offline. You shouldn't NEED to have a stable connection to play games. That is simply ridiculous and unfair to those that don't have them.
No need to bring up what piece of dirt he happened to take his first breath on. Theres ignorant people across the globe, not just america. Would if i said the only thing people in paraguay can comprehend is a soccer ball? Would that be a correct assumption or a blind hateful stab at your people?
Thats exactly what M$ looks at.
last time i checked they sold how many?? 70+ Million.
so thats about half of there users right?
in the words of the now infamous Francis SCREW THEM right?
of those 46 million how many have intermittent disconnections occur, hard to tell right well let me enlighten you most of those users don't have 100% connections even live is not online 100% of the time so what are they supposed to do with there consoles when they have internment issues and want to play?? use it as a footbal??
Do you really think that a company that sold over 70 million units of their prior iteration would say "You know, let's only market to half of our previous customer base"?
You think they said "Screw them, we don't need their business"?
Really, that's what you think? OK...
I'm not sure what the Always On/Block Used Game component really means (if it exists). But I do know that it would be commercial suicide for one company to implement a plan like this while the other does not. Do you know who else knows this? Microsoft and Sony.
@ sengoku
Do you really think that a company that sold over 70 million units of their prior iteration would say "You know, let's only market to half of our previous customer base"?
You think they said "Screw them, we don't need their business"?
Really, that's what you think? OK...
Actually microsoft has already answered that question for u. While those 46 million people are paying for xbl the rest are left out to dry & cant experience the full potential of their games because they dont want to pay extra for something that should be free so basically, "Yes" microsoft is screwing the rest of the fanbase.
Edit: Actually all of the fanbase is screwed because even the ones who payed had to pay lol.
I think you (and it seems like a lot of others) misunderstand my point. The "screw the customer" is not the relevant point.
I am saying that MS would only be hurting themselves if they were the only company to insist on "always on/block used games". Why would they do that if there is nothing to gain and everything to lose? I'm guessing that they wouldn't and it's not out of the goodness of their hearts.
People please THINK. A company like MS is not going to say "screw them" and intentionally cut out half of their user base unless that action benefits them in some way.
If they do move forward in this direction (and Sony does not) then I'll be the first to admit that I was wrong. I just can't envision that scenario coming to fruition.
Look there not stupid right??
well then riddle me this..
why are we still talking about this??
it's been leaked by many sources for a very long time and it doesn't die,
new sources keep popping up every week.
The creative director currently working at M$ probably on x720 is trying to defend this feature.
what could this be?
IT'S DRM... A.k.A. always online
M$ have not been able to get a solid DRM on the system, the console gets out the door and it's hacked on the way to the store.
The only way for M$ to get a lid on pirating is to have always online DRM it's about the MONEY.
why do you get a Dorito add every time you login while you pay for a monthly sub?
IT's About MONEY,
and yes if they can make more MONEY from 40 million user because they add more Doritos and have better DRM and force KINECT 2.0 To Count heads so you pay per person watching netflix or playing games, then thats what they will do.
It's all about money..
they even have you pay live subs for 2,3 accounts on the same console why?? they don't care.
M$ doesn't make money on the consoles, the thing is sold at a loss.
the amount of repairs they had to pay for because of rrod issue made it even worse..
they want the real money and that, my friend is in the contend, subs and DRM A.k.A. always online
"It's about money."
Well, thank you for the succinct explanation of a successful business model in a capitalist society, Mr. Buffet. Do you mean to tell me that the primary concern of a major corporation like Microsoft is money? No, really...are you sure?
You do know that you are essentially agreeing with me. As I said "MS is not going to eliminate half of their customer base" because it will affect their bottom line. The only reason for MS to implement the online/DRM system is if it somehow generates more income. I really can't see how that is possible. As you so simply put it, "it's about money". Just as it is with EVERY business entity.
Unless you think that other companies, let's say Sony for example, are exempt from this "appalling" desire to turn a profit. Not those guys...never...they're your friends. They care about you. Right?
Around 30% of Xbox consoles sold have never been connected. That was from Microsoft themselves.
So it isn't half, but quite a big percentage nevertheless.
However, don't forget not all of that 30% will be scenarios where it isn't possible to connect the Xbox to Xbox LIVE.
So for example a console in a childs bedroom would likely have no need to go online, so the parent would not set up Xbox LIVE on the console.
but if for whatever reason I choose to disconnect from PSN or Live I'll still be able to play SP campaigns, right?
I play a lot of fighting games. So if I can't practice offline, then I don't see me ever buying the next Xbox if this is true.
Being an Xbox live member does not denote a person who is always on or plays the majority of their games online. Many of these people could have it for the sole purpose of using Netflix and similar services. It doesn't mean that they are always online or that they are okay with a game that will require an Internet connection to play offline.
Im not paying someone else to use a service im already paying for, especially when said service can be used on so many other devices for FREE.
i have a 360 but i refuse to be robbed out of my own money for something that should be FREE.
The important thing here is, at the moment, XBOX gamers have an option, whether they will have one tomorrow is a different story.
The question is, do XBOX gamers mind not having an option?
You can't ask that question yet. MS haven't told them what to think yet ;)
Nope. Just cause I have an xbox account doesn't mean it's online every time I game. In fact, its offline most of the time.
Count me as a no, Microsoft. No thank you!
Once the MS knows that every customer has an always on connection, the temptation to throw in or sell advertising or draw stats from users to use to sell to the advertisers must also become a reality?
The people asking what will happen when my internet is down...dont you think that MS has already asked the same question and has a way to avoid this.
No, I don't think they have. I think they don't give a damn. Don't know what would make you believe otherwise, if they were considering this in the first place.
well i live in Colombia and i always on, i have a good 4mb internet connection and only a few times go down....but i want to play all the time even without internet
I highly doubt that Microsoft is going to introduce an "always on" type functionality for their next console that will be implemented in such a way that unless you have a active internet connection throughout gameplay that you will NOT be able to play a game you've already paid for. Sure you may need a internet connection as some sort of sign in/DRM but I don't think it will be anymore than that. Microsoft is very smart, the xbox division is making them tons of cash so I'm sure a lot of thought is going into how to best implement this without alienating the vast majority of their fan base.
I have dealt with quite a lot of people from those who are doing pretty well financially to those who are barely making ends meet, so maybe I'm crazy but who doesn't have the internet?...or more revelant who owns a xbox now and does not at least have internet? I mean speaking purely from my work experience along with my own personal experience over the last 2 years I honestly can't think of anybody I know of who does not have some sort of internet connection. I know that as of June 2012 about 80% of Americans were at least using the internet, plus most of xbox sales come for places like Europe/UK, Canada and Australia which have over 60% internet penetration. http://www.internetworldsta...
The better news is that the internet penentration percentage is much higher among those who actually own a gaming console. As for those who cant afford or don't live in areas where internet is NOT available well I doubt these gamers are really a big part of Microsofts plans for their next console, if you hate the idea of needing a internet connection just to play then just buy a ps4 and forget about xbox, I'm sure despite all of the "OMG this is the end for xbox", Microsoft's next console will still have huge sales and the games will be great for the rest of us.


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Because He's Hot: Underrated Joel McHale at PaleyFest 2011 (PHOTOS)
The Community star hit the red carpet at 2011's PaleyFest at a panel that honored the fan-favorite NBC show. The panel, held at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, was one of many shows featured in a two-week long event which showcased a different show every night in a Q&A format.
Some other shows featured at PaleyFest?NBC comedy Parks & Recreation, HBO's sexy vampire tryst True Blood, hit FOX shows Glee, as well as American Idol, and even the short lived cult classic Freaks and Geeks, among many others.
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text: Dorothy McDonald Chrouser, a physical education teacher who co-founded Wheaton's HoneyRock camp, died on Sunday, May 27, 2012. She was 99. Chrouser, a Wheaton native, graduated from Wheaton College in 1934 with a B.A. in Physical Education. During her years as a student, she played basketball, baseball, soccer and volleyball. After graduation, she taught physical education at Sterling College in Kansas, at Wheaton College, and later at Wheaton Christian Grammar School. With her late husband, Harvey Chrouser '34, a coach and athletic director at Wheaton, she was deeply involved in the founding and development of HoneyRock Camp, the Northwoods Campus of Wheaton College located in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. There, "Aunt Dot" oversaw the infirmary, helped develop leadership programs for girls, and mentored young women. Professor Emeritus of Applied Health Science Dr. Bud Williams MA '66 remembers Chrouser as an excellent teacher and devoted mother who was profoundly supportive of her husband, a man legendary for his tireless work on behalf of Wheaton College and the field of Christian camping worldwide. "Harve would work day and night, and Dot provided tremendous support, a lot of wisdom, and her exceptional intelligence to him, and to their family," he says. HoneyRock director Dr. Rob Ribbe says the camp remains true to the Chrousers' legacy, more than six decades after its founding. "The lives, values and passions of Dot and Harve Chrouser are deeply embedded in the ministry of HoneyRock," he says. "Their vision lives on 62 years later in the lives of thousands of HoneyRockers around the world. We rejoice with them as they are now together with the Lord, and pray that we would be good stewards of their legacy." Chrouser's survivors include her son Daniel '64 (Barbara) and daughter Jean '66 (Paul); her daughter-in-law, Donna; her brother, Donald McDonald; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Her husband, and son William '63, preceded her in death. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 1, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St., Wheaton. The memorial service for Mrs. Chrouser will be Saturday, June 2, at 10 a.m. in the auditorium at Windsor Park Retirement Community, 124 Windsor Park Drive, Carol Stream. More information is available at www.hultgrenfh.com.


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LONDON – As the season in which public companies hold their annual general meetings progresses, one persistent issue is the lack of genuine dialogue between company officials and the general public. In place of robust debate and discussion among investors, executives, the workforce, and the community at large, the conversation seems to be taking place in different silos, with one group sitting around the boardroom table and another gathered at the kitchen table.
From the outside, a boardroom is all too often viewed as a kind of bubble where big decisions that influence thousands of lives are made by faceless people. They are perceived as places where big bonuses are awarded to chief executives and where horse-trading and old boy networks are more important than merit or hard work. With people outside the boardroom increasingly demanding to hold those inside it to account, opening up avenues of communication is now critical to companies' long-term success.
An important feature of this shift will be the realization by high-profile executives that they can no longer afford to brush off criticism with the you-just-don't-understand defense. When Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said that he didn't think that United States Senator Elizabeth Warren "fully understands the global banking system," many were infuriated at the arrogant condescension of his pronouncement. His words tapped into a wider feeling that CEOs are out of touch and unwilling, or unable, to respond to tough questions with sincere answers. Even the widely respected investor Warren Buffett missed the mark when he said that Warren "would do better if she was less angry and demonized less."
In the absence of genuine dialogue about issues like wage discrepancy, corporate social responsibility, data privacy, and a bonus culture that does not seem to provide the right incentives for hard work or to adequately penalize failure, worries and mistrust are guaranteed to fester. Lack of transparency, absence of clarity, and a paucity of answers feeds into the perception that companies are too often engaged in dodgy dealings and can't be trusted. Worst of all, the breakdown in communication deprives those around both the boardroom and kitchen tables of the opportunity to realize that they are talking about similar problems and share similar desires to find solutions to them.


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(Hat tip to Dave Palmer on the SKEPTIC list.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is supposed to stop these types of crimes. Instead, so many of its officers have been charged with committing those crimes themselves that their boss in Washington recently issued an alert about the ''disturbing events'' and the ``increase in the number of employee arrests.''
Thomas S. Winkowski, assistant commissioner of field operations, wrote a memo to more than 20,000 officers nationwide noting that employees must behave professionally at all times -- even when not on the job.
''It is our responsibility to uphold the laws, not break the law,'' Winkowski wrote in the Nov. 16 memo obtained by The Miami Herald.


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text: If turn-of-the-century history were entirely documented by arthouse bodice-rippers, all upper-class women from the period would be headstrong and progressive, heedlessly defying the codes that govern high society. This normally tired, anachronistic stereotype actually applies to Alma Schindler, Viennese landscape painter Emil Schindler's scandalous daughter, who married such notable figures as composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and writer Franz Werfel, and had a three-year affair with painter Oskar Kokoschka. Why, then, in Bruce Beresford's tepid biopic Bride Of The Wind, does she still come across as a tired, anachronistic stereotype? Part of the blame should fall on Beresford, a prolific and increasingly anonymous director who has squandered the early promise of Breaker Morant and Tender Mercies in favor of a career more notable for quantity than quality. His mode of slick professionalism lends no additional insight to first-time screenwriter Marilyn Levy's by-the-numbers portraiture, which reduces a dynamic and contradictory figure to a minor historical footnote. Titled after an expressionist Kokoschka painting of Alma, Bride Of The Wind opens in 1902 Vienna, where the 22-year-old heroine (Sarah Wynter) has become a gifted pianist and fixture on the bohemian art scene. Outspoken and opinionated, she greets rising composer Gustav Mahler (Jonathan Pryce) with stinging criticisms of his work, but the two instantly fall in love and get married, despite the obstacles presented by Mahler's age (he was 20 years her senior) and Jewish heritage. Later, tired of her stifling role as Mahler's assistant, accountant, and mother to their two children, she takes solace in the arms of Gropius (Simon Verhoeven), an influential modern architect whom she wed four years after her husband's death, then divorced a short time later. She also enters into a torrid relationship with rebel artist Kokoschka (Vincent Perez) and later finds contentment with socialist writer Werfel. As one of the century's greatest and most notorious muses, the multi-hyphenated Alma Mahler-Gropius-Werfel etched her legacy through other men, sublimating her own gifts and ambitions in the process. But Beresford and Levy are too wrapped up in rote melodrama to explore the ironic discrepancy between her independent spirit and her lifelong attraction to powerful artists who lead her to willfully stifle her talent. The shallow, generic Bride Of The Wind intends to show her hidden influence on early-20th-century craft, but makes her seem more trivial than even the least generous historian would acknowledge.


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Gold Bulls Hold Above Key Level at $1755
Gold bulls are now holding above the key level $1755, while trading within an important intraday breakout pattern. Probabilities continue to favour failure into $1755 and most importantly $1810. This is further signaled by recent DeMark™ exhaustion signal (which has appeared on the daily chart)
We have opened a sell-stop strategy in anticipation of this near-term downside risk which would trigger a sharp decline back into the old trend-line and 200-day average, both holding around $1650/53.
Moreover, a sustained confirmation beneath here would resume risk for a much larger decline that we have been anticipating, if a weekly close beneath $1530 is confirmed. Keep in mind that our cycle analysis continues to highlight initial targets into $1460 and $1300 (see top-left chart insert).
Speculative (net long) flows also support this view having previously breached a key downside level which may threaten over 2-years of sizeable long gold positions. This would trigger a temporary, but dramatic setback that would ultimately offer a unique buying opportunity into this coming summer of 2012 (chart not shown).
Only a sustained confirmation above $1810 will put the bearish scenario on hold and offer further extended recovery higher on gold.


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New Orleans — A major new shopping center could be built in Central City, bringing with it a half-dozen big box stores that are not presently in Orleans Parish.
The City Planning Commission voted this week to approve plans for the Magnolia Marketplace that would rise on a vacant tract of land just off of the river side of South Claiborne Avenue between Toledano Street and Washington Avenue.
The commission, however, included several stipulations such as reducing the number of parking spaces the developers plan to provide and a smaller sign that, they said, would better fit with the neighborhood.
Developers wanted 484 spaces in a two-story parking garage but were told they must reduce that number to 314 spots. Additionally, a sign they intend to place at Claiborne and Toledano might rise no more than 12 feet, despite a request to be allowed a 37-foot sign.
The commission said a sign that tall would be too suburban for an inner-city neighborhood.
According to City Planning Commission documents, likely tenants of the 157,000-square-foot shopping center include Ross Dress for Less, TJ Maxx, Shoe Carnival, Ulta makeup and beauty supplies, PetSmart and a Michael's arts and crafts store.
An unknown anchor tenant and another store would be housed on the first floor of the two-story shopping center.
Those involved with the project said the larger sign is necessary since the shopping center won't actually sit on Claiborne Avenue and, they believe, will be less visible.
The land where the shopping center will be built is behind a Subway that will be torn down and replaced with a Raising Cane's chicken store, which is part of the project, an existing McDonald's, First Mount Calvary Baptist Church, a small strip mall and a Taco Bell that is under construction.
Larger signage is needed to ensure that people know the shopping center exists, developers said.
"These retailers are paying extremely top-dollar rents to be in this location," Townsend Underhill, vice president for development for Stirling Properties, a co-developer, told the planning commission.
"Our ability to be able to deliver things such as parking and signage are critical in order to make it go forward."
City Council President Stacy Head said the project has been in the works for about seven years and is badly needed to keep jobs and tax dollars in the city.
"This is critical," she said Friday.
She said the location is ideal since about 55,000 vehicles pass the intersection every day.
Aimee Quirk, Mayor Mitch Landrieu's adviser for economic development, shared those thoughts, adding that it would bring "much-needed retail" to the corridor.
"My office and the New Orleans Business Alliance look forward to continuing to work with the developers and other stakeholders to bring this economic development project to fruition," Quirk said in a prepared statement.he was worried initial plans to close off a block-long stretch of Sixth Street that leads to the church would have detrimental effects for the 96-year-old house of worship. He also said he worried the two-story parking garage would overshadow the church.
Those fears were allayed a bit when the developers and planning commission said there were no longer plans to close off the dead-end street.
Still, Landry said, he believed the land should remain residential. The parcel where the stores are planned was formerly part of the old C.J. Peete housing development, originally known as the Magnolia, which lends its name to the shopping center.
A construction timeline and cost for the project were not immediately available.
The final decision about the shopping center's future will be up to the City Council.
The only objections raised came from the pastor of the neighboring First Mount Calvary Baptist Church.
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The Boler Part-Time MBA Ranked Among Top in Ohio
U.S. News & World Report recently released its top business school and individual program rankings for 2013. The Boler Part-Time MBA was ranked second among Northeast Ohio programs and among the top six part-time MBA programs in Ohio.
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NEW YORK: Lleyton Hewitt has suffered a heavy first-round US Open defeat to complete the worst grand slam season of his celebrated 18-year career.
Powerhouse sixth seed Tomas Berdych had too many guns, ousting Hewitt in straight sets on the very court where it all began for Australia's former world No.1.
Berdych's 6-3 6-4 6-3 victory at Flushing Meadows will inevitably cast doubts over Hewitt's playing future after a miserable 2014 at the four majors.
The 33-year-old's only grand slam win this season came against world No.120 Michal Przysiezny at Wimbledon.
In addition to his early US Open exit, Hewitt also crashed out in the first round at Melbourne Park and Roland Garros.
It's been 13 years since Hewitt dismantled the great Pete Sampras in straight sets at Arthur Ashe Stadium to land the first of his two grand slam trophies and pave a path to the No.1 ranking he held for 80 weeks.
The now world No.41 also made the final in New York a decade ago, falling to career-long rival Roger Federer.
But the baseline warrior was no match for Berdych on Wednesday.
Berdych is certainly no mug.
He is a former Wimbledon runner-up, 2014 Australian Open semi-finalist and two years ago destroyed Federer's flawless record under lights at Flushing Meadows.
Hewitt, though, will be disappointed to have wasted a 4-1 second-set lead and to have also have been broken three times in the third set to allow the sixth seed to complete a comfortable win.
Berdych took the opening set after claiming the only break in the fourth game.
Hewitt broke Berdych's opening service game in the second set, released his first customary "come on" and fist pump and seemed to be on his way.
But from 4-1 up, Hewitt won just two more points on serve for the set.
He was broken to love in the seventh game, then double-faulted on game point down in the ninth game and missed three break-point chances on Berdych's serve in between.
The world No.7 took a stranglehold on the match with a booming forehand winner to close out the second set.
Berdych closed out the match with a scorching forehand winner after two hours and 18 minutes to book a second-round date on Friday with either Slovak Martin Klizan or Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis.
Hewitt will now switch his focus to Australia's Davis Cup World Group playoff against Kazakhstan in Perth.