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Originally Posted by Kalyx triaD
Hmm...
My use of Battlefield 3 is always online, that's what I want it for - so I'm kinda living this reality already. Battlefield servers historically crash on launch day (sometimes nearly a week). It could be a bitch if the company isn't on point.
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Well, yes, but you're talking about the online multiplayer portion of a game being always online, and I don't think anyone is objecting to that. Mostly because it would be ridiculous to expect online multiplayer to be offline.
Unfortunately, since EA's already trying to redefine SimCity as an MMO, we might get this defense for gaming as a whole as we see games with social services rebranded.
And I've probably said it before, but does anyone remember how Microsoft used to have terrible problems keeping their service up over the holidays? There was one year it was so bad they gave out a free game, but it wasn't even the only time it happened.