Microsoft Says If You Don't Have Internet: Get Xbox 360, Not Xbox One
Xbox 360 is an offline device for offline people.
Since confirming that the Xbox One would need to 'check in' with Microsoft via the web, Microsoft has faced an awful lot of criticism from gamers. While it would be incorrect to say the console requires an always-on connection to the internet, you do need an internet connection to play games on the Xbox One. Responding to a question about gamers without internet access, Microsoft's Don Mattrick had a rather disappointing answer.
Speaking during an interview at E3, Don Mattrick told GameTrailers that users without an internet connection can always just stick with the Xbox 360. Really.
"Fortunately, we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity and it's called Xbox 360," he told Game Trailer's Geoff Keighley. When Keighley asks if that's Microsoft's message, Mattrick reiterates his point.
"Right, so stick with 360, that's your message if you don't like it?" Keighley asks. Mattrick responds: "If you have zero access to the internet, that is an offline device."
We're not sure this will help Microsoft's (or the Xbox One's) cause.

Oh, if only he'd slipped and said buy a PS4 instead.
Not sure what he did say will be any less damaging to XBox1 sales though...
Ian.
They said that for real, hahaha. I can't believe the nerve!
Looks like MS is trying to dig the XBone(r) every time they open their mouths. It's incredible, hahaha.
Cheers!
Good, screw them. Don't pay them a dime for this POS and this twisted thinking.
I think this is what he actually meant to say but wasn't brave enough.