Next Xbox Does Not Require an Internet Connection to Work

<p>One of the things that many people have been worried about&comma; when it came to the next Xbox&comma; was the requirement of a constant Internet connection in order for the system to function&period; There have been <a title&equals;"More Evidence Suggests Xbox 720 Will Require A Constant Internet Connection" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;evidence-suggests-xbox-720-require-constant-internet-connection&sol;">rumors<&sol;a> and <a title&equals;"Xbox 720&colon; Rumor Roundup" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;xbox-720-rumor-roundup&sol;">rumors<&sol;a> abound that seemed to state that&comma; at the very least&comma; some form of &&num;8216&semi;always online&&num;8217&semi; would be present&period; According to an email seen by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;arstechnica&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;microsoft-next-xbox-will-work-even-when-your-internet-doesnt&sol;">Ars Technica<&sol;a> that was sent to all Microsoft employees working on the next Xbox&comma; an Internet connection may not be required at all times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Durango is designed to deliver the future of entertainment while engineered to be tolerant of today&&num;8217&semi;s Internet&period; There are a number of scenarios that our users expect to work without an Internet connection&comma; and those should &&num;8216&semi;just work&&num;8217&semi; regardless of their current connection status&period; Those include&comma; but are not limited to&colon; playing a Blu-ray disc&comma; watching live TV&comma; and yes playing a single player game&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Not only does the above quote address the &&num;8216&semi;always online&comma;&&num;8217&semi; but it also confirms the existence of a Blu-ray Drive inside the Durango itself&comma; as well as the ability to watch live TV&period; Previous reports and rumors also talked about a Blu-ray drive that would be used to install games to the system&&num;8217&semi;s hard drive&comma; but this seems to be the closest we have to a confirmation&comma; should the above be a legit statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft has scheduled their Xbox Event&comma; in which they will show and discuss the next Xbox&comma; on May 21st&period; it will be stream on Xbox Live&comma; Xbox&period;com and will be broadcast on Spike&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;arstechnica&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;microsoft-next-xbox-will-work-even-when-your-internet-doesnt&sol;">Ars Technica<&sol;a>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;