They could have made it so you have to unregister the game online before you trade it in, I suppose. But I guess you sometimes have to account for the lowest common denominators of society...

What about disc-less gaming of disc-purchased games? That's probably the thing I was looking forward to the most.

I was going to comment here to tell you to give them and their harmless opinion a break.

I especially loved how noone gave a shit about servicemen's ability to play games until it suddenly gave them a bit of weight to their anti-Microsoft crusade. Then they're all like, "how dare M$ do this to our national heroes?!".

Sounds more like a job than a game...

I know there's a shit load going on, but that jerkiness looks horribly unplayable to me.

If they had done that, you'd just end up with the same as this gen: dance games and just bolt-on functionality to the core stuff. If you can guarantee everyone has it, it makes for a much more compelling reason for devs to bake stuff in properly - especially the exclusive games.

I'd be upset by that comment if you weren't too good for her.

99% pre-loads, maybe?

Halo isn't the face of internet homophobia. It's a minority of the community you are referring to.

The only perk I enjoy is the disguise one, which changes your appearance for a short period of time. I find it immensely satisfying being chased, running round a corner, changing my appearance and calmly walking back round and past my pursuer.

If you've ever played NHL or various other frantic button-pressing games, you would know why.

I'm also from the UK, and whenever I go to the States I make sure I catch as many of his shows as I can while I have the opportunity.

Apparently the microphone/camera combination can detect the location of the voice in the room.

I've said the same thing for years after every E3. He may do an excellent job. In fact he probably does. But he does not come across well in public.

Yeah I don't get why that is. DRM is there purely to prevent piracy. It's not a game design choice, and operates on a completely separate level to the game code. Choosing to use online resources (be that multiplayer, cloud computing, stat tracking etc.) is simply not the same as DRM.

I'm afraid I disagree. Applying DRM suggests that there is no need for the game to connect to the internet in order to play, but it does so to ensure it's not an illegal copy of the game. If a game is designed to take advantage of remote server hardware, then that is a game design choice, not Digital Rights Management.

"Always online" does not equal "DRM".

Haven't you basically described quantum physics?

Using my same logic for a belief in God in some form, then yes, I do believe unicorns exist. The chances are extremely high, in fact. Whether they exist on this planet, or in this galaxy is the real question.