Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

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  1. Tox Laximus
    Tox Laximus Guest

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game


    I let live run out because its not very good at all, its just small 8-16 player games hosted on users hardware and its very laggy and has too much cheating, did you know you cant cancel live on the console you have to do it on a pc.

    Anyway every time I start watchdogs a message says you do not have xbox live and puts me on a purchase button, this is disgusting tactics to push a product that is full of lag, cheating and idiots.

    :)
     
    Tox Laximus, Jul 17, 2014
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  2. Young Zeo
    Young Zeo Guest
    Getting disconnected from xbox live when games start

    Every time i start a game , i get disconnected from x box live. Sometimes two three time before the game will start
     
    Young Zeo, Jul 17, 2014
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  3. BradM29
    BradM29 Guest
    Disconnects from Xbox Live Every Time I Start A Game

    have you tried using a hard wire connection? (enthernet wire connected from xbox to modem)
     
    BradM29, Jul 17, 2014
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  4. Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    You should find on the Xbox One the games perform better since many will use the Microsoft Azure Cloud (Forza 5 for example) which will reduce lag and mean the games are not hosted on a particular users Xbox, removing that host advantage.

    Not much you can do about the cheats / early quitting / mardiness / singing / whiny children / awful music
     
    CitricBacchus, Jul 17, 2014
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  5. Tox Laximus
    Tox Laximus Guest
    By the time information gets to the server and back to your console its at least a tenth of a second (100ms) and that's on a good day on a very good connection, so I don't really see how it can be useful in real time, surely cloud processing will cause a
    lot more lag?

    In the UK the live service has always had a lot of latency and outages, and from the games I've played online its worse than the 360, something of a joke really.
     
    Tox Laximus, Jul 18, 2014
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  6. Been using XBox One since day 1 and had some network downtime last night but what you describe is just wrong.
     
    ThisParty©FitsHisFace, Jul 18, 2014
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  7. Tox Laximus
    Tox Laximus Guest
    I've got a 7 day code in one of my game boxes and I'll try cod ghosts to see if its better or worse than games on the 360.
     
    Tox Laximus, Jul 18, 2014
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  8. Tox Laximus
    Tox Laximus Guest

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    Just as I thought, the live network is terrible in the UK and from what I've been reading its no good in America either.

    300,000 servers and cloud processing might sound great, but in the real world its the worst online gaming I've seen in 10 years.
     
    Tox Laximus, Jul 18, 2014
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  9. Eggnogga
    Eggnogga Guest
    Perhaps it is your Internet connection that is the problem? I haven't had any of the issues you've discussed. I experienced about 10 seconds of lag while playing Watch Dogs and then it sorted itself out.
     
    Eggnogga, Jul 18, 2014
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  10. Tox Laximus
    Tox Laximus Guest
    I've tested all that, ping tests, speed tests, all from a pc on the same hub, no packet loss and a steady 9 mbps.

    Ghosts was lag free but the aimbotters have pretty much driven everyone else away, I wouldn't play xbox live if it was free.
     
    Tox Laximus, Jul 18, 2014
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  11. Tox Laximus
    Tox Laximus Guest
    They don't make it easy to cancel live do they, no wonder the ps4 is selling more, every time you turn around microsoft is trying to put its hand in your pocket.
     
    Tox Laximus, Jul 18, 2014
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  12. Ive had live for about 9 years now, had 1 or 2 outages, lived on 3 continents(including some time in the UK a few years back), and ive honestly never had a serious issue with the connection speed. (currently in hk, had it in mainland china as well for a
    period. Worked great even though its not officially supported there.) Now my PSN connection has been poor. Now if im playing people in the US from asia, the latency is bad, but if its local or regional its great. The same cant be said for my psn account, which
    I've let lapse until I pick up a ps4 once it gets a must have title.

    In regards to watchdogs, I've had no issues at all with it. Regardless of who I am playing. There are no aim botters on the xb1 version of ghosts that I've seen. Finally, in this case its likely ubi asking you for live as watchdogs is their game, though
    I can't be certain on that as I am a live subscriber and never see the messages.
     
    chrisfuller212121, Jul 19, 2014
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  13. Eggnogga
    Eggnogga Guest

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    How to cancel live: Turn off auto-renew, and let it expire. Bam. Done.

    Also, you make it sound like Sony doesn't want your money as well. All of these video game companies want you to spend your money on their product(s). What world do you live in?! lol
     
    Eggnogga, Nov 1, 2018
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  14. chrisfuller212121 Win User

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    Ive had live for about 9 years now, had 1 or 2 outages, lived on 3 continents(including some time in the UK a few years back), and ive honestly never had a serious issue with the connection speed. (currently in hk, had it in mainland china as well for a
    period. Worked great even though its not officially supported there.) Now my PSN connection has been poor. Now if im playing people in the US from asia, the latency is bad, but if its local or regional its great. The same cant be said for my psn account, which
    I've let lapse until I pick up a ps4 once it gets a must have title.

    In regards to watchdogs, I've had no issues at all with it. Regardless of who I am playing. There are no aim botters on the xb1 version of ghosts that I've seen. Finally, in this case its likely ubi asking you for live as watchdogs is their game, though
    I can't be certain on that as I am a live subscriber and never see the messages.
  15. Tox Laximus Win User

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    They don't make it easy to cancel live do they, no wonder the ps4 is selling more, every time you turn around microsoft is trying to put its hand in your pocket.
  16. Tox Laximus Win User

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    I've got a 7 day code in one of my game boxes and I'll try cod ghosts to see if its better or worse than games on the 360.
  17. ThisParty©FitsHisFa Win User

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    Been using XBox One since day 1 and had some network downtime last night but what you describe is just wrong.
  18. Eggnogga Win User

    Coerced into buying xbox live every time I start the game

    They don't make it easy to cancel live do they, no wonder the ps4 is selling more, every time you turn around microsoft is trying to put its hand in your pocket.
    How to cancel live: Turn off auto-renew, and let it expire. Bam. Done.

    Also, you make it sound like Sony doesn't want your money as well. All of these video game companies want you to spend your money on their product(s). What world do you live in?! lol
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