Switch Lights  The lights are on       [Source: Polygon]  Email
the author , or follow on , , , and .    • Well, we already get
screwed now buying used games with online codes in them- because
the codes have always already been used up instead, leaving us
out to dry. So this can't be much worse.   • Can we start
calling it the X-Bone? :P   • "Special circumstances may be
enacted for players who do not have Internet access, like
active-duty soldiers serving in war zones."      That's great
and all, but I get the feeling that once you apply exceptions to
some people, others will start to clamor for them as well. Then
it just becomes a mess. Is that what Microsoft wants? Devote a
whole department towards figuring out whether or not a user or
group of users is exempt from this "Always Online" bs?      If
so, saying "Launch Day will be hectic" is an understatement. If
it's anything like the 360's launch, MS will already be dealing
with hardware/software issues, console shortages in highly-
populated areas, establis