Quote Originally Posted by Bojay1997 View Post
Sony somehow bucks the trend and doesn't take Microsoft's lead in going down this path.
Am I still a rumor-monger if I say we can cite Sony on this one? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...online-for-ps4

I didn't want to get too much into the "I told you so" spirit of things, but I did want to point out that sometimes a little sleuthing is often reliable - reliable enough to give a clue, anyway. Microsoft really did worse than my expectations, but as I said above, I also have had the feeling for a while that we really were due for something like this. It's been possible for a long while, many factors seemed right, and the idea's been tossed about in public in many ways.

I'm highly amused by how strongly staid "traditional media" have tried to miss the point:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one/ <- WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE, WE MUST PROTECT THE EXCLUSIVE so you'll be finding nothing relevant here, I just wanna talk about my feeeelings
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/05/...nment-console/ <- "Can the new Xbox One save gaming?" There are three uses of the word "online" in that article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/te...tion.html?_r=0 The only appearance of the word "online" is in "online video."