No Internet Connection Required For Next Xbox

Stefan Mileschin · 7th May 2013, 07:59

And the next Xbox rumor of the day is...*flips coin*.....NO internet connection required. Hopefully this is the last "iheardfromsomeunnamedsourcethatistotallyrelia ble" rumor we hear until May 21st. According to an internal Microsoft e-mail sent to all full-time employees working on the next Xbox, "Durango [the codename for the next Xbox] is designed to deliver the future of entertainment while engineered to be tolerant of today's Internet." It continues, "There are a number of scenarios that our users expect to work without an Internet connection, and those should 'just work' regardless of their current connection status. Those include, but are not limited to: playing a Blu-ray disc, watching live TV, and yes playing a single player game."

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/05/...for_next_xbox/

7th May 2013, 07:59	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,552	No Internet Connection Required For Next Xbox And the next Xbox rumor of the day is...flips coin.....NO internet connection required. Hopefully this is the last "iheardfromsomeunnamedsourcethatistotallyrelia ble" rumor we hear until May 21st. According to an internal Microsoft e-mail sent to all full-time employees working on the next Xbox, "Durango [the codename for the next Xbox] is designed to deliver the future of entertainment while engineered to be tolerant of today's Internet." It continues, "There are a number of scenarios that our users expect to work without an Internet connection, and those should 'just work' regardless of their current connection status. Those include, but are not limited to: playing a Blu-ray disc, watching live TV, and yes playing a single player game." http://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/05/...for_next_xbox/

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