Xbox's "Always On"fiasco.

[Mirage]

Alright, care to point out where I ever argued that it might not be true?

All I'm saying is that maybe we should wait and see what the deal with it being Always Online is before we start blasting them for it. If people aren't big on the idea because they don't have stable internet connections then fine. But spouting off trout about DRM and how the big bad company is troutting on the little guy etc (alright, slightly paraphrased)

That's what it is though. DRM is almost definitely(*) the primary function, and it disconveniences the little guy, so why should the little guy not stand up against the big bad company?


*) Of course, it might be for something else, but that's sort of like saying that atomic bombs might just be made because scientists have a lot of fun building them.

Also, here's an interesting question: What if a weakness in MS' online system is discovered, one that is similar to the PSN trout Sony had to deal with. How many days was it that PSN was down? Now imagine that either Sony or MS required you to be constnatly authenticated to one of their servers, and a massive security hole was discovered, forcing them to shut down the servers for over a week again. That's one week where not a single paying customer can use the product they paid for.

Is that fine too?

The more things that can go wrong you add to a system, the more often you will run into things going wrong. It's as simple as that.