PSXE Poll Update: Facebook Wins Popularity Vote
Last week, we wanted to find out your favorite social networking site: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, a blog, or all or none.
As it turns out MySpace and blogs seem to have gone the way of the dodo, while Facebook is the obvious winner. However, it's interesting to note that the second biggest group of voters opted for "None of them; they're all stupid," which may come as a surprise. After all, gamers have to love everything electronic, right? As it turns out, while the majority did indeed choose Facebook, a great many just don't bother with these social websites that seem to run the world. We're also honored that a few wanted us to put PSX Extreme as a choice, but doing that would not only be egotistical, but also inaccurate. There's a great community here but the thing is, we can't sell out tomorrow to Google for a trillion dollars. ...pretty sure we can't.
Recently, we've noticed that the next generation of consoles has been a hot topic of conversation. Some publishers and developers, like DICE and Ubisoft, are looking forward to the emergence of new systems, while other studios are dreading that day. In many ways, Sony is playing catch-up with the PlayStation 3, but that doesn't mean we won't see a new Xbox or Nintendo platform within the next year or two. So what's your take on the issue? Want the new stuff now? Want them soon? Or are you just good with what you have for at least another 5 years?
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4/17/2011 9:17:23 PM Ben Dutka
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Beamboom
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 3:41:40 AM
Also, the difference between multiplat and exclusives (I won't enter that discussion again :D) is at least more and more diffuse as time has gone by, so that should only mean that we are/would be in for a treat the coming years, regarding quality *and* diversity.
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DazeOfWar
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 11:12:32 AM
Beamboom
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 2:59:12 AM
JMO_INDY
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 9:55:05 PM
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BikerSaint
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:18:54 PM
WOW, why include that POS king of the entitlement generation, he's certainly no role model.
And his show that he's taking around the nation sucks too, everywhere he's played...er....I mean ranted, so far people walked out 1/2 through it &/or demanded their money back, including his show at our place last night.
He's just another poser scumbag that thinks the world owes him.
Now, his dad, Martin, on the other hand is cool by me. Just a shame his morals couldn't pass Charlie's DNA test of only letting non-functional dead cells survive his brain matter
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JMO_INDY
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:31:37 PM
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:39:30 AM
Snorge
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 9:58:27 PM
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I dont beleive the Move extended the PS3s life IMO. I believe it just compliments a wonderful boost of life the PS3 is receiving since devs are JUST now getting the hang of this beast.
JMO_INDY
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 10:07:55 PM
Aranha
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 10:24:55 PM
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What would be interesting to see is if Sony can go without releasing another system until the PS3 actually runs the full 10 years. That would definitely show everyone that they mean what they say. I mean yes, they SUPPORT their systems for 10 years, but when there's such a humongous overlap between their last gen system and the current one, it seems as if the last gen system isn't getting the attention it deserves. We're kinda living in 5 and 6 year cycles, not 10, if you really think about it.
I, for example, received a PS1 for Xmas of '96. I then got a launch PS2 (October 26, 2000, right?). Even though the PS1 was supported by Sony 'til '05, I'd practically moved onto the bigger and better PS2, hardly buying any PS1 titles, if any, because the next gen arrived, so that was just under 4 years. Six years later, the PS3 shows up, and the cycles starts again. I waited on my PS3 'til '08 though, so I felt like I REALLY got to see and feel the quality of my PS2, getting almost 8 years of solid usage. Sony definitely makes quality and capable systems, but I think they're short-changing us, themselves, and the systems by overlapping their cycles so much. I guess it wouldn't feel so bad if they released a new system 7 or 8 years after, not 5 or 6. You're barely halfway through at that point.
Of course, on the flip-side of all this is that the competition is releasing systems, with new tech (the Dreamcast landed in the US on 9/9/99, just over one year before the PS2. The X360 got here in '05, also roughly one year ahead of the PS3), so I'm wondering if Sony's hand is being FORCED into releasing a new system, or maybe the devs are making demands? I don't know, but the thought of it troubles me.
I'm sure there are many a factor involved, but whatever it is, I wish everyone would just relax, take a chill pill, and just enjoy what is currently available. If you get caught up in tomorrow, you'll never appreciate what's going on today. Yes, technology should keep moving forward, making advances in all areas, but please, let us bask in the glory that is our current system, our current tech, and the marvel in which it is utilized, to it's fullest potential. I mean yes, we're getting cream of the crop stuff; the PS3 is like in some kind of Golden Age. But rumors of the PS4 started flying WAAAAY too soon. Yes, they were rumors, but when the word finally comes from devs and industry insiders, it's like whoa, whoa, what's the rush man? Just my pocket-full of change.
JMO_INDY
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 10:40:17 PM
It's just business, and in regard you do have to keep up with competition. Competition was good when it was just SONY and Ninty but when M$ came in the picture it ruined the good natured competitiveness SONY and Ninty had.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:02:49 PM
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What's interesting is that Sony kind of holds the cards now, even if MS releases a new xbox that is somehow more powerful than the PS3, devs would still have to make their games multiplat. The next gen doesn't go forward until Sony says so.
Wii2 won't be a direct competitor, even if the new specs show it's a tad more juicy than the current xbox, but so is a pocket calculator.
main_event05
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:22:18 AM
LimitedVertigo
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:58:03 AM
No way. Nintendo even today plays a huge part in shaping the videogame world, both software and hardware wise. The Wii is the first Nintendo console I haven't enjoyed. I doubt their new console has many similarities with the Wii.
I couldn't care less about MS but I still put my faith and trust in Nintendo.
main_event05
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 1:23:35 AM
All and all I guess I just want them to go that way so maybe their games will go to other consoles. But then I think of Zelda on the Xbox and I die a little.
Jawknee
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 1:46:31 AM
main_event05
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 3:57:16 AM
Nintendo did make one big console mistake, which gave birth to the Playstation and the rest is history.
The wii just seems a little out of place to me cause for as long as I can remember there was only either one system or the other, i.e Sega Genesis vs NES.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:11:13 PM
Jawknee
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:09:22 PM
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BikerSaint
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:32:59 PM
Agreed!
I just hope that the WiiII's games give us the option to let us chose between using the Wiimote or a controller this time.
I mean I can see using the mote for some games, but most of the time I'd rather use one of my 5 different Wii & Gamecube controllers, but most games I've bought so far won't even acknowledge that I've hooked up a controller. GRRRRR
Jawknee
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:35:52 PM
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:11:02 AM
Not really into real RPGs, but I've only bought 13 games for it so far, all used and cheap(I based my buys so far on the back of the boxes, LOL, whatever looked like it might be fun, I grabbed).
But I am looking to add a lot more, & I definitely want "Shift" for it, just because I was able to grab a $100 Logitech Speed Force Wii wireless racing wheel for only $19.99 w/ free shipping during one of Curcuit City's recent email ads
My Wii games so far....
Alien Syndrome
Fantasy Aquarium World
FarCry Vengeance
Mad World
Overlord Dark Legend
Popstar Guitar Bundle
RedSteel
Saint
Sam & Max Season One
The Godfather Blackhand Edition
The Monkey King The Legend Begins
The Sky Crawlers Innocent Aces
Vertigo
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JMO_INDY
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:18:39 AM
Geobaldi
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:37:27 AM
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:45:22 AM
The original C.C. did go out of biz, but they were bought by the same company that does "Tiger Direct" & one other company.
(can't remember who....damned CRS).
And if you were to check out each site, they're all exactly the same carbon copies of each other, except for the different basic color scheme for each site.
Plus if one site is out of an item, that means all 3 sites are too, so you wond have to waste any valuable time searching each one, LOL
gunblademaster
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 1:08:33 AM
Jawknee
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 1:56:55 AM
Qubex
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 2:04:56 AM
GuyverLT
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 8:12:23 AM
SvenMD
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 10:21:28 AM
Tons of fun with great music if you're into the Metroid franchise.
I haven't tried Other M yet.....anybody have any thoughts on it??
Jawknee
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 11:04:40 AM
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 11:38:46 AM
Aranha
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 9:56:16 AM
BikerSaint
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:38:56 PM
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Alienange
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:40:15 PM
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DICE and Ubisoft. Two devs well known for their screen tearing are asking for next gen consoles? Makes a gamer laugh.
LimitedVertigo
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:43:18 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 8:58:27 AM
LimitedVertigo
Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 11:42:00 PM
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I'm fine with this console generation lasting another 2-3 years. I'll be upgrading my PC this summer (Thank you BF3) and I think the PS3 still has plenty of power within it so I'd say I'm set as a gamer.
Geobaldi
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:31:02 AM
As for the new consoles. If a new PS, or any other console, was to come out real soon, I'd probably pass on it to start with. Seeing as how I only boot up my PS3 once every other week or so, I'm in no hurry to pick the newest one up. I'll probably get it further down the road at some point but from now on, I most likely will not be buying a console on launch day anymore as I have with pretty much all the past systems.
Qubex
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 2:06:36 AM
I ask... if you have the money, why not the best of both worlds... we wouldn't be having this discussion then...
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
LimitedVertigo
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 2:57:43 AM
Temjin001
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 6:37:05 PM
That's more like the worst of it's world.
MS should have a low quality, loop enabled, audio voice recording coming from a small internal speaker embedded on the 360 reciting, "haha sucker, haha sucker, haha sucker... "
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:16:47 AM
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LimitedVertigo
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:19:54 AM
Me being the lazy "boy" that I am I've yet to mail out the game. I assure you it will happen tomorrow and I will get a tracking number for you and email it to you. Once you get the tracking number you can mail out JustCause2. I'm actually looking forward to getting a 100% in it. That game got a lot of hate but it's some of the most fun I've had this gen.
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:35:27 AM
Since I've been having trouble with a high rate of USPS incompetence lately(my PS3's tracking sheet), I just wanted to make sure it wasn't hung up in that same snail mail clusterf*ck again like what happened the 1st time you sent it out to me.
I'll return JC2 as soon as I receive it
LimitedVertigo
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:41:21 AM
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 12:28:54 AM
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But I do have Twitter, & I'm following almost every developer & publisher so I get all the gaming info/updates/ and contest/raffles ahead of time.
And so far, I've already won a bunch of gaming swag, including some DLC & D/L games, the Splatterhouse mask statue & themed cube speakers, a $15 check to buy a PSN game, & 2 Dead Space Bobblehead statues, a full-sleeved Black Ops themed shirt & a Castlevania-LOS themed shirt.
kellett007
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 1:45:44 AM
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 11:45:52 AM
Lawless SXE
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 1:43:39 AM
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For the new poll, it has to be 2013-14. For Sony at least. It really wouldn't surprise me, or excite me if Nintendo or MS were to release a new console (actually, that depends on whatever the hell Nin. is cooking up with Project Cafe). But who can tell the future? I'll be glad to wait and see how it goes.
Peace.
RobiinzZ
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 2:41:01 AM
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i also believe Sony will be under pressure to release something new by then since wii and Xbox cant survive much longer.
But i do believe the PS3 will keep selling like PS2, perhaps for even longer.
___________
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 4:11:32 AM
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especially in finding things, would of never had got the plat for infamous, dantes inferno and others if it was not for youtube!
as for next set of consoles, ASAP!
im sick of seeing PC games get held back because of ancient console hardware!
only way were ever going to see PC games finally hit what they can is A a non lazy developer but thats rarer then a blue moon, or B get new consoles.
i certainly wont be buying one simply because they will be so expensive at the start, and not have many games for them.
BikerSaint
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 11:50:01 AM
Wissam
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 5:16:49 AM
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next PS console. not about Nintendo or MS ones.
cause the only console I bought beside the ps1 and ps2 was the dreamcast.the wii2 or whatever they will call it. they will have Mario part 2000 and they will depend on Capcom or konami for exclusive games just like they did with the gamecube. and MS will have halo 4. each will try to carter to their fan base. and I do not have the slightest interest in them. give me my ps4 in 2014 and I will be happy.
Temjin001
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 10:54:44 AM
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I suspect Nintendo's next hardware will be something of an improvement over what we have now, visually speaking. Though, MS, on the other hand, will easily one up anything Nintendo releases in the visual department--no question about that.
I'm excited for it. The technology is available for something vastly better than what we have now. And while we might feel content with what we have right now, trust me, once demos and games start being shown on this new hardware, the hysteria will begin.
But can it's to be expected. You know? the huge sequels and amazing experiences that make people salivate, people will flock to it.
The technology is there. I say lets make it happen.
AcHiLLiA
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 11:08:12 AM
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main_event05
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 1:53:18 PM
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main_event05
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 3:48:52 PM
StangMan80
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 2:07:02 PM
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Microsoft needs a console now but I can see it lasting 2 more years.
But for Sony, Sony they can wait 4 more years. The PS3 is such a beast, who knows what else devs will get out of tht thing. It's still has plenty of potiential power that hasn't been discovered yet. That's what is so great about Sony, they release technology that is years ahead of the time and it lasts and improves through its life span. If you compare the PS3 and it's game back in 2007 with games this year. It's a HUGE difference. You can't say that about the 360 and Wii. The PS4 will Launce some where in the year of 2015(long side of GT6 :D).
Sony will have a late start in the next gen. but they will jump ahead after two(2) years in it's life span.
DemonNeno
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 4:05:57 PM
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Ultimately, it would be a mistake to move on to the next generation. Until every aspect of this machine is optimized, from 3d to the media player, it would be nothing less than abandonment of a worthy platform.
That said, other next gen consoles might steer Sony in the wrong direction. Depending on how advanced, or lack of, they are will drive the next gen for Sony. All I can say is if they produce another ps3-type scenario for themselves, they'll never finish their uphill battle. It's a shame that so much is still held against our precious console. Their loss!
AnonWTF
Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 6:36:04 PM
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I mean sure, lets have a quantumfuturistic1billionultimatecpuram
timechamberlolOMGmegatronthatfixesyoucerealhassmexwithou
flinchafingersupercomboattackkamahamehafeelmaincharacterpainifthey
dieyoudiechicabumboom next gen home console and gameplay in video games haven't involved. Yet the technology has. I mean shit, that's nice and all, but give meh more video games please with advances in gameplay.
Well at least home consoles aren't like the handheld market. psp 1000, psp 2000, psp 3000, PSP GO!!! DS brick, DS lite, dsi, dsixl!
ps
okay maybe a 1.5 version at this point, but nothing more. Okay, thx cyu bye bye I love you animated toons! XOXO
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