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Re:Microsoft man on always-online consoles: 'Deal with it' by MatthewPhillips on Friday April 05, 2013 @01:30PM (#5499778)
There's no need to ever have your Xbox 360 always connected unless you play online or use the video services. The 360 is the worst device I've ever owned about nagging constant updates.
Re:Microsoft man on always-online consoles: 'Deal with it' by freehunter on Friday April 05, 2013 @01:34PM (#5499799)
You've obviously never owned a PS3. The Xbox gets updated often, yeah, but generally those updates are quick. PS3 updates and mandatory software installs commonly stretch to the 30 minute mark and sometimes beyond, at least on my console and Internet connection.
Re:Microsoft man on always-online consoles: 'Deal with it' by MatthewPhillips on Friday April 05, 2013 @02:13PM (#5500041)
I have both and find the XBox more annoying personally. I feel like it has more system-wide updates, but I think we're splitting hairs here, both are bad. We're talking about a market where it's normal to go out and buy a game, wait 10-15 minutes for the console to update, the game to update (maybe twice) before you ever get to play the game. I would consider that to be ripe for disruption.
Re:Microsoft man on always-online consoles: 'Deal with it' by zmonkeyz on Friday April 05, 2013 @07:39PM (#5501735)
I would'nt say 30 minutes but i would say they push a lot of updates. The only problem I have with that is that it's not always apparent what they're updating.