Even for what we thought of as 'single player' games."
As modern games get more complex, outages are the new norm. "Not enough people have been taking notice about DRM and online requirements in games. Warren went on to state that issues like this, and online requirements in games, are becoming "the new norm": This is definitely not the first time we've heard this - in fact, debates about online requirements on Xbox have been going on for a very long time, and have resurfaced in a different way over the past year-or-so with the reveal that Smart Delivery discs on Xbox tend to contain the Xbox One version, so you sometimes have to download the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S version all over again. Sony mocked Microsoft, but they're both doing it now 😞 - Tom Warren March 18, 2022 If you buy a disc version it means nothing for lots of games, you have to be connected. Gran Turismo 7 issues highlight an emerging problem with modern games. The Verge's Tom Warren drew a lot of attention with his Twitter post explaining that GT7 "highlights a problem with modern games", pointing out that Xbox also has an issue with sometimes requiring an internet connection even when using the disc.
Now that the issues have been resolved, the debate has evolved to include Xbox as well.
Gran Turismo 7 requires an internet connection in order to save gameplay progress, so that means the majority of the game was rendered unplayable during that time, which conjured up plenty of drama on social media in particular. If you've been keeping up with the goings on over at Push Square recently, you'll know that Gran Turismo 7 has been suffering some major launch issues, with the game's servers going down for over 24 hours on PS4 and PS5.
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