Obviously, with a multi-player game, you need a working and responsive internet connection. But that said;
redeemer :
Research what you buy! Its the general understanding that Xbox one is designed primarily for the western audience. What isn't connected, my cellphone, my router and my TV almost everything. MS has changed its always online policy, I guess you did not know. There are many benefits being always connected, and cloud services. Origin and Steam are amazing services, disc based gaming will fade away and there need to be a true first digital market place where we can sell, trade and share our digital content. I have no problems with being connected 24/7 however there will be many that do not approve whatever the reason maybe. A corporation designs it product and services for the appropriate masses.
Actually, you might want to check yourself. You do NOT have to be online to play Steam games, just download them from your account store. I have some games for the kids and that system is not online. I put it online when I need to do something but other then that. Steam works great for that purpose. The other benefit to Steam is that I never paid more then $5 for most of my 300+ games there. And many AAA titles, just not opening week (so what).
I don't use Origin (EA) ever... can't speak to that. Refuse to support them as a company. But Steam is NOT 'always on'...
And the 'Western' world per-say is actually one of the poorest 'connected' modern countries... Only the major cities and surrounding areas have relatively reliable high-speed internet connections that are always on. The last reports I saw on that was something like 65%ish of the US was on Broadband internet. And since the cities are far more congested then rural areas, that's saying something...
Plus those that are on Broadband generally have weak internet compared to other countries. I.E. Google Fiber and FIOS are very rare in the US. If you are lucky enough to have it, then you're starting to see what some of the rest of the world can play with... Those of us with 10M/1M or super-speed 30M/2M connections, ugg.. Might be connected but. That's another topic I guess. Still the US' Internet project is pretty poor at the moment.
I.E: More than 94 percent of South Koreans have high-speed connections -- compared with about 70 percent in the United States, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). And at it's worst it's over 200x faster, plus they get it for less then $30/month... (for 1G connections... both ways...)
The US is not 'connected'... We're barely getting wired... Korea, Finland, Sweden, Japan, France, etc. All better, far better then us. The NE states do a lot better then the rest of the country also... Well eastern in general. But some 19 Million people still can't even get any internet access... http://www.fcc.gov/reports/eighth-broadband-progress-report. And we won't talk about the lag and other issues (caps/limits) inherent to satellite internet.
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