Gamasutra allowed a member of the USA military to blog on their website for him express his feeling towards the Xbox One.
If you haven’t known already, the Xbox One requires you to have a broadband internet connection. Not to mention you will have to log to the internet within 24 hours or else you won’t be able to play any games (but you can watch TV and Blu-rays). With that being said, this feature will have a negative impact on military personnel who occasionally play video games when they’re deployed overseas.
Here’s a brief excerpt of what he said:
“Which brings me to the single greatest sin Microsoft has committed against all service members. Their surprising decision to require the Xbox One to receive a message from the “mother ship” every 24 hours has already been lighting up the internet for a myriad of reasons. But, the reason that I am so infuriated about it is that I, and my brothers and sisters in arms, will not ever be able to play Xbox One when deployed or on detachment.
Despite my preference for the previous generations of Microsoft systems, and my dedication to their versions of multi-platform properties, I will not be buying an Xbox One at launch. In fact, the Xbox One might as well be called the Halo-Box, because I simply will not purchase it until the next Halo game drops. With developers focusing, more and more, on the multi-platform model, how much will I really be missing out on? None of the exclusives from either Sony or Microsoft excited me, except for the Halo tease. Simply put, outside of Halo and Forza, Sony has better exclusives. With developers like Quantic Dream, Naughty Dog, and titles like The Last Guardian looming on the horizon, all exclusive to PS4, I feel like I will be in much better hands with Sony.”
