SCEA: PSN "As Good, If Not A Better Experience" Than Live

sonic1899
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 9:32:06 PM
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This is true. Playing on both PSN and XBL, the only edge XBL has is cross-game-chat...and i don't use it that often anymore. I don't care for the facebook, last.fm, or all the other stuff; I could get it from my PC

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Kowhoho
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:09:09 PM

Sony has already proven that people can play games online for free; Live members are really just paying for the extra crap at this point. Personally I think it's ridiculous to pay for online gaming.

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Highlander
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:49:24 PM

Again with the cross game chat....sigh.

This is still the only feature of any kind that anyone can mention that PSN doesn't do. I honestly do not see how anyone can base their view of the merits of PSN vs XBL based on cross game voice chat.

To me PSN is about three things:

1. Online play - which is free.
2. Online purchased content - the PS Store.
3. Home.

1 includes things like messaging, friends lists, trophies, multi-player games and all that jazz.
2 now includes not only games, wall papers, themes, video content, music (depending on your region), PSP content, but also through NetFlix you have online video streaming.
3 now also includes online gaming, friends and online content purchases.

What more is there to want from your online gaming network? Oh, yeah, that non-core function cross game voice chat. How such a peripheral feature has become so definitive in so many minds I will never know. But quite apart from anything else, it's most certainly not enough to justify $50 a year subscriptions.

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sonic1899
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:19:10 AM

@TheHighlander

I think you misunderstood my post. I wasn't trying to imply that XBL was better because of Cross-Game-Chat. I meant that its the only notable feature XBL has. People see it as something that separates PSN from XBL and it's the core reason why people think XBL is better. If it was on PS3, too, no one would say anything special about it.

As I said, I hardly use it on the 360 at all, so even if it shows up at Sony's doorstep, I wouldn't care for it.

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johnld
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:40:37 AM

@highlander
i guess most xbox users value their cross game chat because they prefer to close them off to their own circle of friends rather than branching out to the entire community. I mean if you're going to play a game online, ie FPS, you should speak to your team mates and not someone who isnt playing in the same game or room.

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Belazor
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:05:32 AM

Disclaimer: I'm a PS3 fanboy and I don't own a 360, so just because I'm about to speak highly about Live doesn't make me a traitor.

If I'm going to be perfectly honest here, Live is still the best multiplayer online platform.
* The Live Parties make finding and creating multiplayer matches between friends a lot easier.
* Cross game invites means you don't have to launch a game to invite someone to play.
* Cross game chat (sorry, Highlander, but it IS a valuable feature to heavy multiplayer users)

Other features that Live has that I'd like to see coming to PSN:
* Cloud computing game saves (the game saves are saved on both your console and on the servers)
* Faster patch downloads (for some reason, patching a game on Live is a 10 second job)

General features I'd like to see on the PS3:
* Generate a database of games that you launch, that the user can manage (as in, remove rentals from this list once they've been played and returned)
* "Check for updates" - use the above database - lets you check for patch updates for any / all of your games without needing to launch it.
* Background patch download
* Web developer API to access PSN messaging / trophies / owned game database. By all means require sign-ups to this, so that their servers don't get hammered by every wannabe web dev out there who has no idea what the word "caching" means, but for the love of $deity stop making us parse HTML.

Now don't get me wrong: Nothing of what I've listed in this post do I consider a "core" feature. I am very happy with the PSN thus far, and I don't miss any of the features I described that Live has got.
I would, however, possibly opt to pay for those features should Sony implement them as a premium subscription option.

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Lotusflow3r
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:11:12 AM

I would just like to take this time to say that i have WKC a day early and i'll be humping it from here on out.

As for this....Sony, i know already.

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:08:06 AM

@Sonic,

My apologies. I placed my reply poorly, your post reminded me about XBL and cross game chat, but I wasn't replying directly to you.

@Belazor
*Live Parties

Use Home, you can set up parties of friends live and launch directly into a multi-player game - assuming of course your game supports it.

* Cross game invites.

See the previous response regarding Home.

* Cross game chat

No amount of rationalization will alter the fact that this is little more than a nice to have feature. We all have phones, perhaps we should use them?

* Cloud computing game saves

This is a relatively new feature on XBL that Sony has also talked about implementing, not sure this is something you can use to differentiate between them.

* Faster patch downloads (for some reason, patching a game on Live is a 10 second job)

Um, well, there is no way that a 350MB game patch is going to download in 10 seconds, so I think you'll find that the speed of download for a game patch will depend entirely on the size of the patch. There are plenty of game patches for PS3 games that download in seconds because they are small, just as there are plenty that are larger.

* Background patch download

This is already there if the patch is delivered via the PS Store. If it's only delivered when you start the game you can't background it, but then that's not a Sony thing, that's a publisher thing. It certainly helps publishers make applying patches mandatory.

Cloud based saves have already been mentioned in connection with the as yet unannounced premium PSN services, as has cross game voice chat (which I still consider pointless, and if implementing it negatively impacts any of my games I will be severely pissed).

I don't think you'll find Sony opening up an API into anything that they even remotely consider to be proprietary or in any way security related. Sony is rightly concerned with maintaining it's security.

Last edited by Highlander on 2/25/2010 11:08:28 AM

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Belazor
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:43:41 PM

Home doesn't even come close to qualifying as a replacement for Live Parties or Cross-Game Invites, because you can't join Home while playing a game. You can join a Live Party while playing a game, and get invited into a different game.

Whether cloud game saves are new or not doesn't matter - it's a feature that's infinitely useful, and PSN lacks it.

I'll agree with you on the patch downloads - I don't know why I've never seen huge patches on XBL - maybe it's related to the security architecture you mentioned in a different post.
Being a geek I don't mind progress bars - hell, I love them - but not everybody is like me.

When have a patch ever been delivered via the Store? I'm not talking about expansions or addon content, I'm talking about a version update. There's no reason why a patch couldn't download in the background in the same way most games seem to allow other games to download in the background.
Obviously I don't expect the patch to be INSTALLED, but DOWNLOADED? No excuse.

Your API argument also makes no sense; see Blizzard and the WoW Armory, see MS and XBL, and I'm sure there's other examples. There's absolutely zero security risk by allowing us to access an XML feed of a person's trophies and games (unless a person's privacy settings blocks it, of course), because it's READ ONLY.
I have hopes that Sony's PSN expansion will make them realise the need to open PSN stats up to developers, if we're to believe their marketing talk for the X10 then they are realising that the community and the people are important.

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Belazor
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:43:42 PM

Home doesn't even come close to qualifying as a replacement for Live Parties or Cross-Game Invites, because you can't join Home while playing a game. You can join a Live Party while playing a game, and get invited into a different game.

Whether cloud game saves are new or not doesn't matter - it's a feature that's infinitely useful, and PSN lacks it.

I'll agree with you on the patch downloads - I don't know why I've never seen huge patches on XBL - maybe it's related to the security architecture you mentioned in a different post.
Being a geek I don't mind progress bars - hell, I love them - but not everybody is like me.

When have a patch ever been delivered via the Store? I'm not talking about expansions or addon content, I'm talking about a version update. There's no reason why a patch couldn't download in the background in the same way most games seem to allow other games to download in the background.
Obviously I don't expect the patch to be INSTALLED, but DOWNLOADED? No excuse.

Your API argument also makes no sense; see Blizzard and the WoW Armory, see MS and XBL, and I'm sure there's other examples. There's absolutely zero security risk by allowing us to access an XML feed of a person's trophies and games (unless a person's privacy settings blocks it, of course), because it's READ ONLY.
I have hopes that Sony's PSN expansion will make them realise the need to open PSN stats up to developers, if we're to believe their marketing talk for the X10 then they are realising that the community and the people are important.

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:28:14 PM

@Belazor

Why is it that my thoughts on APIs make so little sense? which console has been successfully hacked and is home to torrented game images? So far Sony's tight control on their system has yielded exactly zero successful hacks.

Home with game launching allows you and friends to meet up in home and launch a multi-player session of your favorite (supported) game directly from Home.

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Belazor
Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:40:24 AM

You can't be seriously likening a read-only WEB SCRIPT ACCESSIBLE ONLY FROM A COMPUTER'S BROWSER to the lack of hardware security that the 360 has got.
The reason why the PS3 hasn't been hacked is because the hardware is the most secure system anyone has ever built (and also the OS doesn't have exploits in it), it has nothing to do with accessing information stored on Sony's servers.

Live Parties allow you to join and chat with a bunch of people while playing an entirely different game, and then receive requests to launch a multiplayer match for any game.
Likening this to Home is just wrong.

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IonHawk
Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 11:21:11 PM

I agree with @Belazor's comments - the PSN has made incredible strides in the shorter time it has had than the XBL, but there is still a long way to go. And inviting friends from Home is not a good solution for me because I seem to always have to download a huge chunk of data every time I log in to home (even otherwise it takes a while to boot up and get you where you can send out invites) - that's just too much time - I should just be able to press the PS button from a game, say invite to party, select the friends I want to invite and be done with it.

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piratedrunk
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 9:59:13 PM
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I made the unfortunate decision one time to get live for a year and would not make that mistake again. I haven't had any less of an experience on the psn

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Milonakis
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:02:55 PM
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Paying for live is really a joke. People are fools.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:04:23 PM
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It baffles me that so many people still think Live is better JUST because they pay for it.

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Shams
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:25:53 PM

That's just it: They tell themselves it's better BECAUSE they pay for it. Same reason, after getting 3 RROD's, they talk to trash about the other product, instead. Strange, but even stranger is they feel the need to tell others, so that by deluding others, somehow it helps them delude their selves.

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Natalisrubbish
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:22:38 AM

@ Shams You hit the nail on the head my friend, that is literally the deal.

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Wage SLAVES
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:30:04 AM

Its the battered wife syndrome.

*SMACK!*

"...but, but you still love me...right?"

Is it just me or have the xbots really went the way of the Dodo (bird)? They were REALLY vocal when the ps3 came out. Sony really showed them eh?

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www
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:16:23 AM

Yeah their going by the saying 'you get what you pay for' so its only right they think that way.

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Shams
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:56:47 AM

Oops, I meant "talk trash", not "talk to trash".

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TEG3SH
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:04:30 AM

ofcorse it is, I for one hate free stuff and i think they are crap.

ON A SERIOUS NOTE

i think they are on the same level .
XBL-cross chat
PSN- free for god sake (nothing beats free except giving me money for playing maybe )

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Scarecrow
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:06:34 PM
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PSN has more creative games, that's for sure.

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Kowhoho
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:07:26 PM

Like flower (the official Casual Game of the Year)!

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Orvisman
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:40:51 AM

Agreed

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Kowhoho
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:06:47 PM
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I believe Sony made a deal with Indy developers where they would cover the developement costs if the game remained PSN exclusive. Great incentive if you ask me!

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Alienange
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:25:39 PM
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He's being way too generous. It's better Dyer, MUCH better. Believe it.

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WolfCrimson
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:32:33 PM

Dattebayo!

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cLoudou
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:35:44 PM

Naruto-kun!

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Kowhoho
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:44:07 PM

LOL!!!!!! I was just waiting for someone to say that, I saw "believe it" posted and desperately wanted to say something but I had to leave.

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Alienange
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:51:46 PM

Naruto is one of the best my friend.

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Superman915
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:32:35 PM
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egalitarian must be fancy wording for 'free, having better games, and less douche-baggy"

Last edited by Superman915 on 2/24/2010 10:33:04 PM

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Highlander
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:53:36 PM

By 'egalitarian' I think what he's getting at is that for publishers of content, the PSN is a level playing field, so everyone get's a fair shake of the stick when it comes to placement and promotion on the PSN. MS, I believe, sells publishers access and effectively sells favors to place things more prominently. I would also not be surprised to learn that MS offered preferential treatment for it's favored partners. In that way, PSN is more equal for publishers - egalitarian.

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chedison
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:16:20 AM

haha I actually laughed out loud at this one

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fatelementality
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:00:51 PM
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Has anyone been on XBL lately? It's crap. It takes forever to access the content you want.

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Highlander
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:04:56 PM

Ever get the feeling that the 360 and Xbox live are somehow becoming "yesterday's" console & service?

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Dancemachine55
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:37:54 AM

Yep, 100% agree Highlander,

360 is going the way of the PS2 now. Still very popular, slowly fading out but not quite dead, and viewed in the public domain as "yesterday's tech".

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:11:31 AM

Yes, and I'm not sure that Natal will do anything to alter that. Natal isn't a replacement for the core console, and considering the ambition they have placed on it's capabilities any game that uses Nata will have to devote some serious CPU time to handling the data coming from the Natal hardware. I don't think that the 360 hardware can accept a significant new load and still push out games of the same performance or quality. From that point of view, I don't think Natal will affect Xbox360 core gamers.

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BikerSaint
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:31:42 PM
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The term Egalitarian is derived from the French word égal, meaning "equal."

Thus, it involves affirming, promoting, or believing in equal rights for all people.

Kind of how the PSN is equal.
And also kind of how I'm affirming, promoting & believing in the Playstation Nation & the PSN too.

Hmmm, thinking back now, as a youngster I learned I was a Homo sapian, and then as I grew older I learned that I was a Thespian.
But now, I suddenly learn from Sony that I'm a egalitarian too?????

WOW.......who would've thunk it???????

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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:10:00 AM

BikerSaint you are an actor?

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coverton341
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:23:57 AM

Wait...that doesn't mean he feels feminine but still loves women?

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inkme101
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:43:24 PM
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the only thing i want from psn is the ability to change my psn id without having to create a new account and starting my trpohy run all over again. id even prolly pay a couple bux to be able to do so.

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Hezzron
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:46:59 PM

That would be a nice feature for sure.....but it shouldn't cost money.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:10:20 AM

I would like that as well.

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OtisFeelgood
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:33:16 AM

@carlos

You don't like your current id(McLovinSpicyWeiner)?

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inkme101
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:32:04 AM

mclovinspiceyweiner? thats not me man! my psn id is inkme1 and i just get sick of it after awhile! id love to be able to change it to my id on here!

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BikerSaint
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:12:35 PM

LMFAO, World & Coverton,
No World, I'm not an actor, although I once stayed at a Motel 6.

BTW, me & my girlfriend(at that time) were extra's in the 1998 movie "The Lemon Sisters" and we even got "our whole 8 seconds of fame" in that movie.

Coverton, naaahhhh, no frilly pink tutu's for me that actually @______________ should be wearing, since he lost the bet he made to everyone here.

I'm strictly a 100% non-battery operated male lesbian-pleasuring multi-orgasmic sex-toy for the ladies.

Anyway, I gave ya both a "thumbs up" for your humorous posts.

Last edited by BikerSaint on 2/25/2010 4:16:42 PM

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Hezzron
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:45:49 PM
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Sony should advertise this free feature a bit more. I'm sure there's a lot of parents who are forking out that yearly Live fee, that would love to know about it.

My 360 is in my basement, and every once in a while I hear a mysterious voice from down there say "Feeeeed meeee money!"

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Snaaaake
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:24:12 AM

You should end her suffering.

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WolfCrimson
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:27:13 AM

With fire.

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coverton341
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:27:06 AM

Do you honestly want all of those kids from XBL and their temper tantrum fuelled racist rants on the PSN?

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cLoudou
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:58:20 PM
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I lol at MS. Their once untouchable service, has already been eclipsed in a shorter amount of time, since the launch of live way back when the original XBox existed, and for free.

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Bloodysilence19
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:02:33 AM
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this is just a debate that will go on and on and never stop.i love psn not cause of the feats i get but cause i can play online with friends for free.that's one of the reason why i don't like xbl.why should i have to pay online to play with friends, that's just dumb.i wouldn't mind paying for cross game chat part system etc as long as i can still play the games i have for free online.

the thing i want psn to have though is the party system like xbl, but i don't care to much for cross game chat.psn has come along way for sure big time.they just need to make the psn store some what equal in all other countries. like adding same movies in all countries, same themes, etc stuff like that.so ppl in other countries can experience what another countries has in their store.another thing i wish psn do is speed up the content u download.cause i can download the same content on xbl and xbl downloads quicker.last thing i wish Sony would allow is multiple content to download at the same time.

Last edited by Bloodysilence19 on 2/25/2010 12:06:05 AM

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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:11:56 AM

Some good ideas. Notice the space after my period though?

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___________
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:34:14 AM
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SIGH!
when will the willy waiving end?
anyway, that is the largest steaming pile i have ever heard!
downloads are always faster for me off XBLA, there a smaller size sometimes that helps with download limits, people who play online actually use a head set and actually work as a team.
plus i have not had to put up with any racist brats on XBLA. granted i dont use it much again because of my download usage but when i do, i dont get the "a dingo stole my baby" remarks every 2 seconds.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:38:40 AM

Is it opposite day?

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cLoudou
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:18:44 AM

"largest steaming pile" of the truth.
Face it, PSN has come a long way and is on par or possibly even superior than that of Live.

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___________
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:18:02 AM

sure, keep thinking that sunshine.

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Dustinwp
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 8:54:41 AM

"Plus i have not had to put up with any racist brats on XBLA"

You must be deaf?

Last edited by Dustinwp on 2/25/2010 8:56:36 AM

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:15:26 AM

Well as preposterous a your comment was (IMHO) you crossed over into clear fantasy with this gem "plus i have not had to put up with any racist brats on XBLA".

Sorry, what? Did XBL suddenly undergo a cleansing? The last time I played on XBL it was populated with foul mouthed, racist, sexist, everything else-ist kids with volume issues and no inhibitions about swearing.

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Banky A
Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:57:02 AM

I had to disagree with you on the no racist brats on XBL thing _____ man :(

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___________
Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:14:38 AM

even if it is at lease M$ does something about it!
you get caught speaking like that you get kicked off.
MW2 a perfect example you cheat on XBLA you get your console banned.
sony?
sony could not give a rats a$$.
yea PSN is better with all the cheaters roaming free!

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___________
Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:14:39 AM

even if it is at lease M$ does something about it!
you get caught speaking like that you get kicked off.
MW2 a perfect example you cheat on XBLA you get your console banned.
sony?
sony could not give a rats a$$.
yea PSN is better with all the cheaters roaming free!

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Robochic
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:39:02 AM
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I love that the PSN is free, I think if i'm paying for a 60+ game taht i shouldn't have to pay more just to play the game online plus I'm already paying out the nose for great internet connection. My friends who swear live is so much better cause you pay for the service really do make no sense especially when I'm playing on PSN and they are complaining that they are waiting for another maintence on live to work properly?

Amyone else notice that you hear more and more about live have "maintence issues" my friends complain about it alot, i surely wouldn't want to pay for a service that has a crap load of problems.

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Jawknee
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:58:22 AM
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PSN is great. Way better then LIVE. Love the store design too.

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Jawknee
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:20:45 AM

As I'm browsing through the Playstation store, i just thought of something. They should allow you to manage your Downloads list. Mine only has about 168 downloads, but it gets annoying sifting through all of them when you need to re-download some stuff. Would have nice to be able to organize your purchased content. Separate it from the junk and the demos you'll never download again.

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johnld
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:42:04 AM

theres a download history under account management, although its organized chronologically.

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cLoudou
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:21:53 AM

Yeah, I had to go through a long list to re-download R&C and Linger in Shadows.

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Jawknee
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:56:28 AM

should be able to sort the paid content away from the rest at least.

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H8WL3R
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:13:56 AM

Totally agree with that Jawknee. Fortunately though I have not had to sort through that many items yet.

You are correct johnld; I think (or it was my understanding) that Jawknee meant more in depth sorting options in that section.

I too have had to sift through numeral things to only get at a few things I was searching for cLoudou.

Yeah, I had thought of that too actually. Something like in the way people can sort out pics or music in different categories or even make lists. Something such as: Demos, Disc Based Add-On Content, Downloaded Games, Downloaded Game Add-On Content and the like being grouped together, WITH the added ability to make customized lists/groupings probably being very appreciated and useful.

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hehateme
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:01:29 AM
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the psn is just as good as live,, i just want to be able to talk to one of my friends playing another game... its that simple... and that much of a difference... what else can xbots say when sony gets that?? lol nothing.... and my ps3 messed up!@!! i had to drive 2hours out of town... just to score a 250gb ps3 they are sold out of Ps3's in the central valley in california.. everywhere!! this is good news and bad news.... im just glad i got mine intime for heavy rain and GOW 3!!!!!

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:17:54 AM

"i just want to be able to talk to one of my friends playing another game..."

Use a phone.

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Alienange
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:36:00 PM

@ TheHighlander - What if your friend is in another country?

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:43:42 PM

Vonage!

;)

Better still, both of you play the same game. Or use Home. If you simply want to chat to a friend in another country, fire up Home, and do it there.

Last edited by Highlander on 2/25/2010 12:45:12 PM

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Alienange
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:37:25 PM

Oh hell no. Not Home. Not for me anyway. I'll use my Sony keypad before I use Home to chat. My friends are all in the States and usually chatting in-game is exactly what I do. But seeing them online and being able to chat right away would be sweet. I ain't paying for it, but it'd be sweet.

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Dancemachine55
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:37:38 AM
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Cross game chat is the final hurdle for PSN to cross.

Once it has that (which is not that far off if my sources are correct) then 360 lovers will have nothing left to combat against the PS3 other than exclusives.

360 is for Halo fans and shooting enthusiasts.

Wii is for casual gamers and children, and the fans of Mario, Zelda and Metroid.

PS3 is for everybody and everything!!!

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daizycutter
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:46:21 AM
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i would pay a subscription fee on the PSN if..the bandwidth was better and didnt keep disconnecting at peek times and had cross game chat..on LIVE i get good bandwidth i get very little disconnects and cross game chat!

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Snaaaake
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:17:31 AM
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Because I started life on PS3 in 2009, I don't know how PSN sucked back then.

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Andysw
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:19:45 AM
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Personally I don't care for premium features. I just want to play online. Psn is good at that, xbox live not so much, because you have to pay.

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Snaaaake
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:37:54 AM

Agree, I bought a PS3 for 2 reasons and that's the amazing exclusives and free online.

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chedison
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:03:57 AM

same reasons I bought mine

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H8WL3R
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:22:04 PM

Likewise about those two factors Snaaaake, also the Blu-ray movie capabilities also swayed me quite a bit.

I mean personally I can't compare the PSN to XBL but I'm satisfied with PSN overall thus far. The Xbox seemed to definetly have an edge over PS2 online supported games/capabilities though no? I'm solely basing this on reports and the number of online games for the original Xbox being more vast. I have been with Sony ever since the first grey box; other than a few exclusives on the XB360 and Wii I haven't been swayed or compelled to point of purchasing either at this point though. I place no hate on them, however if it's indeed true that certain corporations' systems/consoles are holding some multiplat PS3 games back and resort to monopolizing tactics it's disappointing to say the least.

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BikerSaint
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:36:56 AM
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Hey Jawknee,
Just gotta thank ya man,
I saw your post up above about wishing the DL history was organized. Well, I never even noticed that DL History button, so I went over, found it, & checked it out.

Long story short, my 1st 60gigger had gone bad last year so GS had to replace it. But when I tried to DL all my saves for transfer, it locked me out of some of my game saves & stuff.(WTF?).

But thanks to your post, I found that my only locked game was in there, so I'm now DL'ing it to my replacement machine.

So thanks to you, I'm about to get my Rag Doll Kung Fu back!!!

Snap, DL's done!!!!
OK Jawknee, gotta go, just got me a Kung Fu appointment!

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kokoro
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:05:19 AM
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Of topic :Is anyone else depressed that final fantasy 13 has a metacritic score of only 84. I mean surely the game deserves more, considering the many years it was in development.

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www
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:25:08 AM

You're not alone, its really BUGGING me, just like I was watching Tekken 6 go down from 88 to 78, I felt like trading it. I'm already feeling I should get FFXIII when its cheap.

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Snaaaake
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:31:40 AM

That's just wrong man, no matter how much content SE cut out, this is FF we're talking about.

SE never disappoint with FF(well for the main series).

Screw western critic's review on JRPG from this day on.

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:20:36 AM

Don't pay attention to Metacritc.

FFXIII is getting the reviews it does for numerous reasons. Personally, I'm still surprised that it gets as good a score s it does. I have read several reviews that had the game solidly in the 7-7.5 range but them gave it an extra point for being so pretty to look at - ooh, so pretty!

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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:26:34 PM

Let's hope SE learns their lesson and goes back to its roots for FFXV

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:54:44 PM

Let's hope someone at SE and Tri-Ace has an attack of common sense and decides to fix a game released on another platform when that game is ported to a new platform. Better yet, when there is a problem with a game, how about acknowledging it instead of denying it and offering a useless game disc warranty exchange?

I got Star Ocean 4, and I'm enjoying it - as much as I can. Now I am on Planet Roak but can go no further because the game freezes ad the start almost every battle I enter. It's a soft fail so I can use the PS button to quit, but it's unplayable. Similar freezing happens at other times and the battle freezing happens to a lesser degree on the other planets. Despite there being a fair number of people online who are aware of this problem - now, SE steadfastly refuses to recognize the issue. Whatever the issue is, it doesn't affect every one, and it;s not limited to a single model or generation of PS3.

If I were reviewing SO4 instead of playing it for myself, it would currently have a review score of 8/10 with a penalty of -10 for having a game breaking bug that's not being addressed. Leaving it with a fabulous -2 out of 10 (take that Metacritic)...

Can you tell I am frustrated?

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piratedrunk
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:31:51 PM

That sucks about SO4. I am also on Roak but havent run into that problem once yet so I hope I stay lucky.

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kokoro
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:42:53 PM

I guess they had it coming, what with their attempt to give the game a "FPS atmosphere". Am I the only one abhorred by the possibility that at some point during the games development, the production team actually sat down and discussed how they could make the game appeal to western audiences by giving it a FPS framework. They probably got their ideas from COD...just blackens my heart.

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Oyashiro
Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:16:50 AM

I'm on Roak as well and haven't run into that issue. I just wish they did something about the camera.

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www
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:22:35 AM
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The facebook app on the 360 is a joke, you basically do the same on the PC, wat's the point when you can't even post your achievements? When you can automatically post your trophies and any purchases made on your facebook page with the PS3, now that I can't do with my PC. Seriously paying for LIVE is a joke!

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tanner1
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:36:31 AM
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My only gripe with the psn is that i think they should do away with the bluetooth headsets and just have 1 usb headset for all because in my opinion the voice chat can be nothing short of diabolical, cough warhawk cough. And no my headset is fine seeing as its the official sony one.

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Alienange
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:39:56 PM

Depends on the game. Burnout Paradise has some of the best online chat you'll ever experience. Games like Warhawk and MW are a little limp in that area.

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Fane1024
Monday, March 01, 2010 @ 3:51:01 PM

The voice-chat in SOCOM works perfectly as well. I have to agree about Warhawk, though it's the fault of the VOIP, not the bluetooth.

Last edited by Fane1024 on 3/1/2010 3:52:51 PM

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Mysterio Spyder
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:48:59 AM
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Is Xbox Live worth the $50 a year? All depends on what your preferences are. Me personally, no and here's why.

The whole point of Xbox Live and PSN is to PLAY ONLINE. Xbox Live was laggy for the most part for me, PSN is solid. Xbox Live cost me $50 a year, PSN is FREE.

I want Cross Game Chat, I also want Party Chat, 2 features I miss from when I gamed on Xbox 360. Am I willing to pay for these services if they come to PSN, sure. Do I WANT to pay for them, no. I believe they should be free services but if Sony decides to charge for the service it better be cheap, or have a good subscription with discounts or whatever the rumor is.

From my experiences Xbox Live is only "BETTER" than PSN because of it's "FEATURES" not because of it's online service. As I said the whole point of Live and PSN is to PLAY ONLINE in which I get a better experince on PSN than when I had Live.

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Orvisman
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:45:54 AM
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First off, I agree with everyone that I prefer PSN to Live, even though I pay for Live.

The only thing I like better about Live is that the games or patches I download over there download and install in a blink of an eye while on the PSN it takes a lot longer because you first have to download and then install whatever you are downloading.

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:25:12 AM

The only patches that can be delivered in 'the blink of an eye' are very small ones. A 350MB patch for Burnout Paradise will take just as long on either console to download. The difference is that the PS3 doesn't background download a patch unless it's delivered as an item via the PS Store. So when a game has a patch, you have to wait for it to download and install.

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IonHawk
Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 11:30:08 PM

@Highlander, what you say is true - it should depend on the size of the patch and XBL does not support background download of patches either, but I don't know how they do it but they have never had a patch in the last 3 years I've had an Xbox where the patch took more than a minute at max to download AND install. PSN seems to take more - but then this might just be due to the difference in architecture or something.

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SirLoin of Beef
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:30:33 AM
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The one thing I think XBL has over PSN is the lack of having to install after downloading. Other than that, it's nice not having to pay to play online, use Netflix (if I used it) and the like.

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:22:24 AM

I think Sony's security architecture prevents the console from executing something it's downloading. Considering the swiss cheese security on the 360, I'm quite happy with the PS3's approach.

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coverton341
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:51:26 AM
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To everyone speaking on the fact that the downloading of patches and probably downloads in general on the 360 are faster:

You all have to remember that Microsoft has been pushing for this whole digital download revolution for a while. It would make their DRM antics much more fruitful and give them more control over things. That being said I am pretty confident that they have in place redundant servers or utilise a type of network that is similar in architecture to P2P networks.

If there are any network admins or CCNPs around they could go into great detail about how this type of thing would work and give faster download times.

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Nynja
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:20:57 PM
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What XBL has that I would like to see on PSN;

- Group voice chat ability with other PSN users no matter what I'm doing (playing game, browsing internet, watching movie, etc). I don't want to have to sit in a chat room just to talk with friends. *This would cover cross-game chat as well of course.

- Mute option via PSN (similar to blocking user). I'm tired of all the racist people I encounter on PSN. If I block that user on PSN, they cannot send me messages. What good is that when I can still hear them in game? XBL allows users to mute other XBL users, why hasn't Sony offered this yet?

- Rating system. We need to be able to rate other PSN users. I love that I can rate other XBL users as well as submit abuse reports right from the dashboard.

These are the 3 things that PSN needs include free of charge to surpass XBL. If I have to pay then it will be on par.

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Alienange
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 12:41:11 PM

Ratings system should be paramount for Sony. It's almost silly that they haven't done that yet.

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Kowhoho
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:46:14 PM

Yeah I've been disappointed by the blocking system thus far. I've blocked several people but I can unfortunately still hear them over the mic.

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:56:08 PM

Of course you can generally block them in-game.

Personally, if someone is on my blocked list, I don't want to be in a game with them anyway, so forget blocking their voice, block them.

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Superman915
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:08:21 PM
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The only thing I would want from PSN is the ability to pay to change ur PSN user name (even for a fee), like XBL have. Besides that, I could care less about cross game chat. we got netflix which was the nest thing I wanted.

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 1:59:11 PM

Yes, this would be nice, as would the ability to have a custom avatar picture!

A premium PSN service I would pay for in a heart beat is cloud based storage of game saves. I cannot tell you how irritating it is to have a game that locks me to a specific seat to play it. If I begin a game on the PS3 my wife uses (let's say Star Ocean 4) and then want to move that to another PS3 - such as the one on my desk - I am hosed. If I wanted to play a game at a friends house to show him/her my progress in a game - hosed. Hardware failure requires me to buy another PS3, I'm pretty hosed on those protected saves. Why the developers feel the need to lock the save to anything other than the PSN id is beyond me. If Sony ever comes up with a way to resolve this by pushing saves up to the PSN, I'll be among the first in line to pay for the service.

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Superman915
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:13:47 PM

both those things would be great, but you know some sex-less idiot would put pornographic material as their avatar.

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giant123
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:24:11 PM
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last things im waiting for are: cross game chat, and your own music in all games

give me those two things and i will have nothing more to complain about :D

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Highlander
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:55:05 PM

I don't think you will get your own music in all games unless you are willing to use your own music player. Sony has already made the functionality available in the Dev Kits and firmware, it's up to developers to use it.

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LittleBigMidget
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:10:25 PM
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I'd love for PlayStation Cloud to have life. Ingame music is up to the developers.

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FlyingKickPunch
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:54:21 PM
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i wish you were able to join friends' games like the xbox has "join session in progress" on PSN. that would be great, along with being able to change your name and custom avatars. the avatars PSN has are just horrible. also a bigger comment section or whatnot (maybe showing your home character on your gamercard?)

but alas, wishful thinking...still love PSN though.
i'm torn on whether to get bad company 2 on ps3 or xbox though...:(
i ran the demos side by side and the 360 has better colors and textures, but i have more friends on PS3...what should i do?

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Alienange
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:21:22 PM

Play with your friends.

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LittleBigMidget
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:58:15 PM
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Yup thats a very hard choice, more friends, or more pretty things to look at.... decisions decisions

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Liquid
Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:26:30 PM
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