Yes you need to be online as otherwise the system has no way of knowing if your account is still good. I believe PS+ does this differently and only requires a check-in to verify it but I guess Microsoft hasn't taken that route yet.
Actually, it doesn't. Entitlement presumes a right (or feeling of a right) to be given something. Because we are being given something here, it can't be entitlement; it would only be entitlement if we paid for the promised service and didn't get a game at all.
I have no desire for this discussion to drag on for days on end. I'll say this, if more discussions were phrased in the manner which you described above then we wouldn't be having this same debate on a monthly basis (XBL and PS+ threads). I think we can all agree that constructive criticism is a positive thing but IMO that's not what's been happening.
Totally fine by me.. I'm not entirely sure we disagree about anything at all, though, which is also fine.
No everyone was talking about and assuming they matched PS+ I checked Microsoft's official press release and several other sites reporting on it but nowhere do I see it was set in the stone that they would offer two games. That being said you weren't "deceived" by any means so stop acting like a drama queen.
People are giving it a pass because it is new for us, improved over the original release, and we're not whiny bitches. That's a difficult perspective for you to understand, I know.
Must be easy to drink the green koolaid when you're getting free games from Microsoft to review for the Microsoft section of your website, I guess that would cause most to look the other way and have an agenda. Also real classy calling anyone who doesn't agree with Microsoft policy and messaging "whiny bitches," though I'm sure that was directed specifically at me, so I guess I should take your advice and report your post to the mods for a personal attack? But I guess that would indeed make me a whiny bitch wouldn't it?
Advice* not advise.
Thanks, corrected the spelling. Since you don't know the threads history you probably shouldn't comment, but here's a clue, it was a dig at something he said at the past, not a threat which should be pretty clear by the "take your advice" line that you corrected my spelling on. I have never and likely will never report a post to the mods, they watch these threads and will intervene when necessary.
Well I kind of wish they'd have intervened awhile ago....once again you've pushed the thread into another MS/Sony debate.
I've not made this about Sony vs Microsoft at all and yes you posted a bunch of nonsense that was addressed in other posts which doesn't need to be addressed again. Anyway, I'm sure no one wants to watch us go back and forth so if you want to continue this lets take it to pm.
Are you sure you are not doing something wrong? I got all my achievement offline without any problem.
That is how Achievements work on Xbox One. They are actually stored server side so they can't unlock unless you're connected to the Xbox Live servers. It is inconvenient for users who don't maintain an online connection, but actually integrating and testing Achievements is now much easier for developers, as I understand it.
I don't think they even pop while offline. The game or console remembers that you've completed the requirement, but it has to send that data to the server before you actually have the Achievement.
Unfortunately you can't it just stops playback if you unsnap it. I'm not sure why they oversaw it because I don't know why they'd think I want the snapped image of the album cover taking up screen real estate.
I know I read it somewhere, but I cant find the thread right now.
In the same boat, have the 2 GB plan. Interesting, I would have never thought about the hot spot solution.
You can't send voice messages? I've not tried since acquiring my system. What a joke. Many people don't have a USB keyboard or phone with Smartglass (though I do) to make typing easy.
