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No Internet? Get an Xbox 360, says Microsoft

If you haven't got access to Internet so the Xbox One can phone home once a day - because you're in the military, or live in one of the millions of cities worldwide where Internet just isn't that great - you can just buy an Xbox 360, one Microsoft executive has said.

Speaking to GameTrailers, Xbox's Don Mattrick dropped a quote which I would almost describe as "tasty flamebait".

"We have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity; it's called Xbox 360," he said.

"If you have zero access to the Internet, that is an offline device."

Mattrick said that Xbox One has been "created for gamers, by gamers" and that commentators need to see how the always-on requirement works before they judge it.

"I think in the long run, we'll build a global leading product that people are going to love and embrace," he said.

"It's very important to them and they're opinionated. And they're smart. So they look at all those things and say 'Hey, is this going to impact me in a negative way?' And until you use it, it's really hard to understand what all the advantages are."

Thanks, Gamespot.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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