{"id":55125,"date":"2013-06-12T09:25:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T07:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=55125"},"modified":"2013-06-12T09:44:47","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T07:44:47","slug":"want-to-play-xbox-one-offline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/55125-want-to-play-xbox-one-offline","title":{"rendered":"Want to play Xbox One offline?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you annoyed that the Xbox One needs to &#8220;phone home&#8221; every 24 hours in order to play games you spent your hard-earned money on?<\/p>\n<p>Well you&#8217;re in luck &#8211; Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox executive Don Mattrick has a solution for you to play games offline:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5yC8FbgGnd0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yup, that&#8217;s right, if you want an offline Xbox, get an Xbox 360 &#8211; easy as that!<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has faced an onslaught of criticism from the Internet-police since the reveal of the company&#8217;s next-gen console and its &#8220;draconian&#8221; DRM structure.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from having to check in with Microsoft every 24 hours (and not being able to function as a gaming console until such time as you do), the machine also imposes restrictions on sharing and trading games.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has largely down-played the issue, seemingly oblivious to regions where Internet connectivity isn&#8217;t freely available and\/or affordable.<\/p>\n<p>Taking its cue from the backlash, and presumably the campaign calling for a DRM-free PlayStation 4, Sony undercut Microsoft at the E3 conference by announcing that their next-gen offering would be functional offline and would be $100 cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>Both Sony and Microsoft are planning a staggered launch for their consoles, so South African gamers might only get their hands on next-gen gaming in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>See the full GT interview below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bTAKSBvuT-A\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More E3 news:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/55069-all-the-big-microsoft-e3-announcements.html\"><b>All the big Microsoft E3 announcements<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation-4-news\/55085-ps4-no-online-requirements-no-used-game-restrictions.html\">PS4: no online requirements, no used game restrictions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/videos\/55011-watch-dogs-e3-trailer-leaks.html\">Watch Dogs E3 trailer leaks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation-4-news\/54644-ps4-is-a-gaming-console-sony-assures.html\">PS4 is a \u201cgaming console\u201d, Sony assures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox executive Don Mattrick tells you how to play Xbox games offline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":55126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6757,41,21,1853,10065],"class_list":["post-55125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-xbox","tag-don-mattrick","tag-drm","tag-headline","tag-playstation4","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55127,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55125\/revisions\/55127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}