Xbox 720 may require Always On Internet Connection

Xbox 720 may require Always On Internet Connection



So there's a new rumor swirling around the gaming industry in that the next Xbox console's software development kit suggest the next Xbox (aka, the Xbox 720) will require players to install full games from discs to their hard drives!

VGLeaks posted images and information from the Durango SDK on Tuesday, and the development tool provides a lot of information about how the console will actually work. In specific is this line about support for optical discs, those increasingly old-fashioned objects pieces of physical media: "All games will be installed on the hard drive. Play from the optical disc will not be supported." Sources speaking with outlets Digital Foundry and Polygon support this information.

Another unfortunate rumor about the next Xbox in the VGLeaks information is that the console will have to always be connected to the internet! Edge Magazine confirmed this on Wednesday.

This could cause a lot of problems as the new Xbox is rumored to have a Blu Ray drive and those discs can contain a lot of gigabytes worth of data so the new Xbox might have to have a pretty sizable hard drive which could drive up the price even more! Expect more information to surface as Microsoft comes out with an expected announcement for the new console within the next few months. So what say you? Do you like the idea of having to be constantly connected?