Sony Never Considered Always On for PS4
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Sony Didn't Consider Always-On PlayStation 4
“Did we consider it? No, we didn’t consider it," said Yoshida.
by Daniel Krupa MAY 8, 2013
Sony never considered making the PlayStation 4 require an always-on internet connection.
In an interview with Game Informer (via Gamespot), Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has revealed that it was never thought of as real option.
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida
“Did we consider it? No, we didn’t consider it," said Yoshida.
And it seems common sense and practicality won the day. "The main reason being that many countries don’t have robust Internet connections. It makes sense for people to have internet connections to play online games, but for offline games there are many countries that we saw do not really have robust Internet.”
There has been much speculation surrounding the possibility of an always-connected Xbox. But recently, a document purporting to be internal email sent around Microsoft employees suggests that an internet connection won't be required for many of the console's basic services, including watching a Blu-ray disc or playing a single-player game. We'll find out for certain when Microsoft release details of the Xbox's successor on May 21st.
“Did we consider it? No, we didn’t consider it," said Yoshida.
by Daniel Krupa MAY 8, 2013
Sony never considered making the PlayStation 4 require an always-on internet connection.
In an interview with Game Informer (via Gamespot), Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has revealed that it was never thought of as real option.
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida
“Did we consider it? No, we didn’t consider it," said Yoshida.
And it seems common sense and practicality won the day. "The main reason being that many countries don’t have robust Internet connections. It makes sense for people to have internet connections to play online games, but for offline games there are many countries that we saw do not really have robust Internet.”
There has been much speculation surrounding the possibility of an always-connected Xbox. But recently, a document purporting to be internal email sent around Microsoft employees suggests that an internet connection won't be required for many of the console's basic services, including watching a Blu-ray disc or playing a single-player game. We'll find out for certain when Microsoft release details of the Xbox's successor on May 21st.
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Go figure, its a ? consideration.
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Sony also never considered "Always On" for PS3.
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That's definitely news to me, said nobody. Wouldn't work anyway, PSN down every 8 minutes.
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watch out cham, youre gonna make candy ass focus cry again.
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focus the ?
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Deal with it .....
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Please tell us other things they didn't consider. I'm intrigued.
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i never considered smoking ? either.. is that thread worthy??
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kanggoodie wrote: »i never considered smoking ? either.. is that thread worthy??
maybe,.....post it in donkey and see what type of responses ya get