I just want to share how disappointed I am with my Xbox.
I have installed my Backward compatible games long time ago. Then I set my Xbox to be offline.
I put my 360 game discs and play the game no problem. Until today. I can't play any of my 360 games because I MUST connect to the internet.
Why you must ask? Well as soon as I connected to the internet I had to install 600MB system update!
SO why must I do that in order to play the game I already could play? And how on earth it knew about that when I had no internet connection?
If Microsoft do that with Series X they will lose yet another generation of gaming!
@Zuljaras is that really that big of a deal honestly? You obviously have an internet connection and it's only 600 mb. Seems like an insignificant thing to get upset about.
For any US folks who want to save/make some money Gamestop is doing Buy 2 get 2 free on all pre-owned games!
@redd214 Yes it is. I also can't start my Assassin's Creed Odyssey save because it wants to download some addon. In offline mode?! I mean wtf?
What idiot designed this system?
Also the main issue is not the update. The issue is why do I need update to play what I already could play before that? And how did it know that there was update if the console was set to offline mode.
Xbox is not a website to be reliable on connection.
And this crap happens only with my BC games. The Xbox One games are ok. But they lose saves from time to time because of those Xbox Live bugs.
Oh, gosh.... 😥
I changed my mind to not consider Xbox One after that.
I think i will only consider Xbox and Xbox 360 if i have a chance to play the games OFFLINE safely without stupid mandatory Online connection to play Offline games.
To be fair to Microsoft, I don't think they ever managed to fully remove whatever was in the system that needed the online checks. I don't even think they bothered. Even when in offline mode, if there's an internet connection attached, it will sometimes try to connect before it realises its not meant to. Enough data probably got through to it to know that updates were available even if it couldn't obtain them, at which point it can ransom the games that need updates until you do so.
At least, I figure that's what it does in that slight delay between logging in and showing the dashboard.
@DarkRula Yeah, launch XB1 is probably still there but hidden like the console probably still reserves power for snapping apps while playing games despite the snap feature being removed years ago. For those that don't remember snap:
@DarkRula I made the system update and now my BC games work again in offline mode. But still this is a joke.
Your assumption is probably right. They somehow check for updates even if the console is set to offline mode and this crap is making my BC games unplayable.
Lol well I thought I was getting Gears 5 for christmas from my parents, but they didn't bother to check the package that was delivered ahead of time, and so didn't know that we got sent the wrong thing.
So I look forward to play 2-player co-op on the Batman Lego movie Bluray.
@Grumblevolcano Oh, crud. I remember that. I used to use it when playing GTA or Forza to have music playing on Groove, and the inability to just have it as a background app was insufferable. I soon gave up ever playing music using it, and instead just used my laptop instead.
@Zuljaras Least the Series X will probably correct that oversight.
@Dezzy Ah, no. That needs to be took up with whoever it was ordered from. Otherwise that's one expensive Blu-Ray movie.
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