Can you imagine if CoD needed a permanent internet connection?

[Blackdog_kt]

I'm going to the trouble of having a relative send me a collector's edition from the UK. This is something i do purely for the fact that i consider it good value. It's not cheap by any means as a complete package, it's just that 20 Euros is a tiny price difference between CE and regular edition for the stuff that's in the box. 70 Euros is indeed expensive for a game and 50 Euros that most games go for today (including the regular CoD version) is right about on the limit, it's just that 20 Euros is cheap for the map and manuals, at least in my opinion

It also has the welcome side effect that nobody can question my commitment to team Maddox when i criticize a part of the package that was forced on them by external factors. Whenever someone says "you are not a true fan" i can simply reply "what do you mean, i had my family preorder and send me a CE"

[Strike]

I'm always connected, so I can't imagine. I have no idea, and probably no imagination. Ignorance is bliss. I'm happy

[zauii]

I wouldnt mind tbh, im always connected as well and its not what makes or brakes a game so I couldn't care less.

[Feuerfalke]

A hypothetical conclusion drawn from a most unlikely hypothesis. Cool.

Let me have one, too:

If the cock crows on the dot, it will rain — or maybe not.

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Strike

I'm always connected, so I can't imagine. I have no idea, and probably no imagination. Ignorance is bliss. I'm happy

ROFL well at least you admit ignorance , seriously thought sh5 was ruined by the connection requirement, which is rather sad to see a genre like that ruined and it's one of the reasons why i have been camping in steam related threads as Ubis mad drm could be the next choice and then we would really see a verbal riot...

[Vevster]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

ROFL well at least you admit ignorance , seriously thought sh5 was ruined by the connection requirement, which is rather sad to see a genre like that ruined and it's one of the reasons why i have been camping in steam related threads as Ubis mad drm could be the next choice and then we would really see a verbal riot...

SH5 was firstly destroyed because it was a& crappy game.
DRM comes far second as a reason.

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Vevster

SH5 was firstly destroyed because it was a& crappy game.
DRM comes far second as a reason.

Agreed.


SH4 was a disappointment, SH5 a total failure.
Even if the game was sold for 1 Euro and without a copy protection, it still would have failed the way it did.

Blaiming the copy-protection for this is total nonsense. If you want to make a comparison, take a look at mainstream games. Battlefield, Call of Duty, Crysis, you need an online-account for all of these games and still they sell like warm donuts. And most of the latests shooters also need constant internet-connections or they even don't have a singleplayer mode.

You really want to claim that they just can't be a success, because they use a DRM some people don't like?

[Mr_Zooly]

SH3 with mods has yet to be beaten or even improved upon, both successors didn't come close and the permanent connection wasn't an issue (Assassins Creed 2 required it also but that did quite well) due the fact that I never turn off my router (my XBOX360 nut of a son would probably hire a hitman if I ever turned it off)

[JG27_brook]

Well one reson i never even looked at the game was because of permanent connection ,so it got a foot in the door

[RaM85]

Originally Posted by Strike

I'm always connected, so I can't imagine. I have no idea, and probably no imagination. Ignorance is bliss. I'm happy

Maybe, but a compulsory internet connection means depending on ubi servers, wich are not known for their reliability really.