"It doesn't affect me at all! I'm always connected and my internet never goes down!"
There's always someone saying something to that effect in any thread discussing DRM, whether it's for Diablo 3, Sim City or the Xbone. I'd just like to say that it will affect you, even if you do have super internet that never ever goes down ever.
The first reason being that although your internet connection may be amazing, the servers you're connecting to sure aren't. Diablo 3 failed at launch, Sim City failed at launch (and is still holding back features to be able work properly) and chances are that if enough people buy one the Xbone will fail at launch too. Along with that are the times when the servers are taken down for maintenance, or hackers bring them down and there are plenty of times you'll be unable to connect regardless of your amazing internet.
The second reason is that the servers you're connecting to wont be online for ever. What happens when the inevitable Diablo 4, or the next Sim City or Xbox two are released, and most people migrate over to them? There'll not be enough people on the old versions for them to justify spending money on the servers forever, so they'll shut them off (probably as a way to force people to get the newer version too) after a few years.
So when the server is shut off, no more Diablo 3, Sim City or Xbone for you. Not even the singleplayer parts of the games. That money you spent on them wasted. And if you don't think the servers will inevitably go off then know that EA regularly turns off the multiplayer servers for their old games (only this time they'll be able to turn off the singleplayer too), and Microsoft turned off the xbox live servers for the original xbox back in 2010.
If you think they'll patch in a way to play offline before they take their servers down then I have to point out this is Microsoft and EA we're talking about. I can maybe see Blizzard doing this, and even then I'd still be surprised. It'll be a cold day in hell before Microsoft or EA do something like that.
I can still install one of the old Diablo or Sim city games and play them whenever I want, just as I can still whip out my old consoles and play my old games on them whenever I want. I doubt that'll be the case with Diablo 3, Sim City 5 or the Xbone.
There's always someone saying something to that effect in any thread discussing DRM, whether it's for Diablo 3, Sim City or the Xbone. I'd just like to say that it will affect you, even if you do have super internet that never ever goes down ever.
The first reason being that although your internet connection may be amazing, the servers you're connecting to sure aren't. Diablo 3 failed at launch, Sim City failed at launch (and is still holding back features to be able work properly) and chances are that if enough people buy one the Xbone will fail at launch too. Along with that are the times when the servers are taken down for maintenance, or hackers bring them down and there are plenty of times you'll be unable to connect regardless of your amazing internet.
The second reason is that the servers you're connecting to wont be online for ever. What happens when the inevitable Diablo 4, or the next Sim City or Xbox two are released, and most people migrate over to them? There'll not be enough people on the old versions for them to justify spending money on the servers forever, so they'll shut them off (probably as a way to force people to get the newer version too) after a few years.
So when the server is shut off, no more Diablo 3, Sim City or Xbone for you. Not even the singleplayer parts of the games. That money you spent on them wasted. And if you don't think the servers will inevitably go off then know that EA regularly turns off the multiplayer servers for their old games (only this time they'll be able to turn off the singleplayer too), and Microsoft turned off the xbox live servers for the original xbox back in 2010.
If you think they'll patch in a way to play offline before they take their servers down then I have to point out this is Microsoft and EA we're talking about. I can maybe see Blizzard doing this, and even then I'd still be surprised. It'll be a cold day in hell before Microsoft or EA do something like that.
I can still install one of the old Diablo or Sim city games and play them whenever I want, just as I can still whip out my old consoles and play my old games on them whenever I want. I doubt that'll be the case with Diablo 3, Sim City 5 or the Xbone.