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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

At the start of the XB1 generation, they announced an "always online" requirement for every game, all the time. It was such a disaster, they walked it back before the console even launched, but the damage was done.

Hybrid local/online games becoming the norm rather than a genre (MMO) means the same thing. No local play = no ownership of your library. It works as part of a subscription, but anybody paying $70+ for that is throwing their money away.

Edited to clean up some typos.