Xbox One vereist wél internetverbinding

Xbox One moet minimaal één keer per dag met het internet verbonden zijn om games te kunnen (blijven) spelen en om andere services te gebruiken. Dit geldt ook voor singleplayergames. Dat zei Phil Harrison, vicepresident van Microsofts Xbox-divisie, in een interview met Kotaku.

De FAQ op de Xbox-site impliceerde al zoiets: "No, it does not have to be always connected, but Xbox One does require a connection to the Internet." Dat klinkt tegenstrijdig, dus Kotaku vroeg Harrison om opheldering.

Ik citeer:

Kotaku: If I’m playing a single player game, do I have to be online at least once per hour or something like that? Or can I go weeks and weeks?

Harrison: I believe it’s 24 hours.

Kotaku: I’d have to connect online once every day.

Harrison: Correct.

Volgens Harrison is een internetverbinding sowieso belangrijk voor de console. "There are many devices in your life that require the Internet to function. Xbox One is no different in that it requires, at some point in the beginning and at various times through its on state, to connect to our cloud and to our Internet. That is to deliver Xbox Live functionality, that is to deliver download content to you, that is to deliver some of the innovations around TV and entertainment that we showed today. But it doesn’t require it to be online all the time."

Hoe vaak het systeem checkt of je nog online bent hangt af van welke service je gebruikt, zei Harrison.

"For single-player games that don’t require connectivity to Xbox Live, you should be able to play those without interruption should your Internet connection go down. Blu-ray movies and other downloaded entertainment should be accessible when your Internet connection may be interrupted. But the device is fundamentally designed to be expanded and extended by the Internet as many devices are today."

Eerder vandaag werd al bekend dat je sowieso online moet zijn om de code die bij elke game komt te kunnen activeren.