With the sole purpose of making me save money and time buy not buying them
Pancackemafia
But you see, the DRM requires a constant Internet connection to prevent pirating for 2 entire days, so it’s definitely worth it …
Maleficent_Town_1346
Collecting data about you, showing ads and selling in-game stuff. (And signaling to you that game is a pile of shit.)
_benedek
This is literally worse than a game being pay to win. No worse feeling than sitting down being ready for a nice gaming session and then you get fucked in the ass by the no connection notification….
Dapperstein
If you’re looking for a real answer, it’s generally because of either live service or a form of DRM. Sometimes it’s used as an anti-cheat mechanism. Finally it’s also used for streaming assets such as weather.
Edit: I can’t believe this needs to be said. OP asked a question. I gave the factual answer to said question. I can’t change the implementation of said system nor can I answer why certain devs and publishers choose this route. I have zero influence in the world of gaming. I can’t fix your problem.
Klimbi123
I can actually see a future, where some single player games require internet just to connect to some AI Chatbot, so it can be NPC.
As for right now, I guess it’s a form of anti-piracy option? Or could also be lazy coding where the micro-transaction system expects internet connection and they don’t bother to add in a code case for when no internet connection is available.
SoloUnit2020
I couldn’t boot persona 3 reload without having an Internet connection on a plane, like wut?
ednerjn
So they can sell you micro transactions.
But who buys micro transactions in a single player game? A bunch of stupid people, the same ones that preorder digital games.
Zunderstruck
Main reason is Denuvo or similar shit.
AGoodman0322
I’ve never understood why companies did this and it’s rather annoying
C_umputer
Because:
* -20% DRM performance tax
* So we can see real time path traced reflections of the npc’s nose hair
* And because UE5 is hot garbage
* Also upscaling and framegen let game companies be lazy with optimization
Gal-XD_exe
This is about BO6 Zombies ain’t it?
mvw2
Why modern AAA developers take 10 years and need a team of a thousand people.
Does the quantity improve gameplay?
Well…only if quantity IS the gameplay.
But…for a lot of games, it’s just a lot of excess work and costs that don’t really make the game any better.
vintologi24
Allows them to destroy games you have paid for so they can sell you new games instead (or some upgraded new version you have to pay for again).
SirPomf
It’s probably to track your achievements, purchases with real money, backing up save files and maybe stealing your data
martiNordi
It’s so that publishers can punish you for buying the game with crap like Denuvo which the pirated version doesn’t even have.
SmallMacBlaster
You don’t own the games you think you own.
Justwatcher124
Or how we in germany say:
Der Onlinezwang, er macht mich krank. Ich kann keine Spiele spielen ohne Empfang…
OphidianSun
It could be for anything from microtransacrions or data collection to an antipiracy measure.
Tristana-Range
But how am I supposed to buy my Ubisoft Helix Credits without internet connection? /s
slim1shaney
Consoles already require a constant online connection. My Xbox 1 will brick if it doesn’t connect to the internet every 2 weeks.
thespank
You know why, we all know why.
Both-Home-6235
Data mining. Why else?
Piratey_Pirate
Especially as a steam deck owner. I’ve returned many games because it completely defeats the purpose of having a mobile gaming system. I can’t connect to the Internet with it at work so I play single player games on my lunch break, but some games are essentially bricked without a connection.
Speak_To_Wuk_Lamat
I also hate forced updates. Looking at you Steam. Oh you just did a 10 hour shift? Be a shame if the moment you clicked play the game was forced to download a patch that will take a few hours AND it will probably break all your mods.
Szerepjatekos
Started playing space run galaxy again. It can actually interrupt your play when internet goes away. They way multiplayer works it could easily be an infrequent update or only update when you go refresh and leave you be meanwhile.
We_Can_Escape
Was going to buy Stellar Blade when it comes out on PC. As soon as I saw the word Denuvo, I closed the page and haven’t looked back since.
This is my buying policy for any game. Treat me like a pirate, lose a sale.
Pirating isn’t even worth the grief anymore – downloading 100 gigs of zip files one by one or taking your online privacy into your hands downloading from torrents.
excentive
How else can the stalker from Analytics satiate his daily voyeuristic urge?
MegaManZer0
Denuvo moment
Last_Minute_Airborne
Fucking Ubisoft games. Last game of their I bought was AC origins. And I love that game. Allows me to live my fantasy of living during the Roman empire.
I never play the game because the Ubisoft app needs to boot up and I need to log in.
Why can’t this single player game just play. Why do I need this bullshit.
Same with the new Hitman games.
I just want to play a game by myself. Alone. I haven’t played a multiplayer game since the Latino running guy was added to Apex Legends.
NameLips
Also:
We made it so you can’t pause the game because technically you’re hosting a multiplayer server even in single player mode, and being able to pause would be rude to your nonexistent friends who might one day join you! You’re welcome!
Pleasant-Ad887
at the end of the day it is access to your data and browsing history
Ecstatic_Scene9999
Ya know I thought about this and I think I might have an answer for some….think you have to play online all the time with a console, make your purchase the online feature and they get more money out of you. Now for PC completely useless
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Halo infinite
With the sole purpose of making me save money and time buy not buying them
But you see, the DRM requires a constant Internet connection to prevent pirating for 2 entire days, so it’s definitely worth it …
Collecting data about you, showing ads and selling in-game stuff. (And signaling to you that game is a pile of shit.)
This is literally worse than a game being pay to win. No worse feeling than sitting down being ready for a nice gaming session and then you get fucked in the ass by the no connection notification….
If you’re looking for a real answer, it’s generally because of either live service or a form of DRM. Sometimes it’s used as an anti-cheat mechanism. Finally it’s also used for streaming assets such as weather.
Edit: I can’t believe this needs to be said. OP asked a question. I gave the factual answer to said question. I can’t change the implementation of said system nor can I answer why certain devs and publishers choose this route. I have zero influence in the world of gaming. I can’t fix your problem.
I can actually see a future, where some single player games require internet just to connect to some AI Chatbot, so it can be NPC.
As for right now, I guess it’s a form of anti-piracy option? Or could also be lazy coding where the micro-transaction system expects internet connection and they don’t bother to add in a code case for when no internet connection is available.
I couldn’t boot persona 3 reload without having an Internet connection on a plane, like wut?
So they can sell you micro transactions.
But who buys micro transactions in a single player game? A bunch of stupid people, the same ones that preorder digital games.
Main reason is Denuvo or similar shit.
I’ve never understood why companies did this and it’s rather annoying
Because:
* -20% DRM performance tax
* So we can see real time path traced reflections of the npc’s nose hair
* And because UE5 is hot garbage
* Also upscaling and framegen let game companies be lazy with optimization
This is about BO6 Zombies ain’t it?
Why modern AAA developers take 10 years and need a team of a thousand people.
Does the quantity improve gameplay?
Well…only if quantity IS the gameplay.
But…for a lot of games, it’s just a lot of excess work and costs that don’t really make the game any better.
Allows them to destroy games you have paid for so they can sell you new games instead (or some upgraded new version you have to pay for again).
It’s probably to track your achievements, purchases with real money, backing up save files and maybe stealing your data
It’s so that publishers can punish you for buying the game with crap like Denuvo which the pirated version doesn’t even have.
You don’t own the games you think you own.
Or how we in germany say:
Der Onlinezwang, er macht mich krank. Ich kann keine Spiele spielen ohne Empfang…
It could be for anything from microtransacrions or data collection to an antipiracy measure.
But how am I supposed to buy my Ubisoft Helix Credits without internet connection? /s
Consoles already require a constant online connection. My Xbox 1 will brick if it doesn’t connect to the internet every 2 weeks.
You know why, we all know why.
Data mining. Why else?
Especially as a steam deck owner. I’ve returned many games because it completely defeats the purpose of having a mobile gaming system. I can’t connect to the Internet with it at work so I play single player games on my lunch break, but some games are essentially bricked without a connection.
I also hate forced updates. Looking at you Steam. Oh you just did a 10 hour shift? Be a shame if the moment you clicked play the game was forced to download a patch that will take a few hours AND it will probably break all your mods.
Started playing space run galaxy again. It can actually interrupt your play when internet goes away. They way multiplayer works it could easily be an infrequent update or only update when you go refresh and leave you be meanwhile.
Was going to buy Stellar Blade when it comes out on PC. As soon as I saw the word Denuvo, I closed the page and haven’t looked back since.
This is my buying policy for any game. Treat me like a pirate, lose a sale.
Pirating isn’t even worth the grief anymore – downloading 100 gigs of zip files one by one or taking your online privacy into your hands downloading from torrents.
How else can the stalker from Analytics satiate his daily voyeuristic urge?
Denuvo moment
Fucking Ubisoft games. Last game of their I bought was AC origins. And I love that game. Allows me to live my fantasy of living during the Roman empire.
I never play the game because the Ubisoft app needs to boot up and I need to log in.
Why can’t this single player game just play. Why do I need this bullshit.
Same with the new Hitman games.
I just want to play a game by myself. Alone. I haven’t played a multiplayer game since the Latino running guy was added to Apex Legends.
Also:
We made it so you can’t pause the game because technically you’re hosting a multiplayer server even in single player mode, and being able to pause would be rude to your nonexistent friends who might one day join you! You’re welcome!
at the end of the day it is access to your data and browsing history
Ya know I thought about this and I think I might have an answer for some….think you have to play online all the time with a console, make your purchase the online feature and they get more money out of you. Now for PC completely useless