PS3 has lowest console attach rate

[Comrade Tovya]

MikeB said:
@ Comrade Tovya

What it will be is not relevant, because it's not more social now...

What do you actually miss so much?

Requiring all your internet enabled friends to pay extra for a Microsoft subscription to be able to play games together is IMO an anti-social approach. I got a free month of XBox Live gold, but it was not worth it to me, I wouldn't be pressured by Microsoft to subscribe, for something which IMO is nothing really special.

I got rid of Warhawk

It's hard, but IMO really amazing once you get the hang of it. Much unlike any other 3D shooter out there due to the Warhawks.

If I knew more people on the PSN and didn't constantly find myself playing alone on it, I'd probablly be a little more generous to it. But the fact of the matter is, all of my friends are on LIVE, and I've been playing with the same guys since the original XBOX.

Playstation Home will be a great place to meet similar minded people. For me it's the other way around, I know many more people with a PS3 (friends and family members).

 

A) It's not really anti-social to pay for a social tool.  I pay $200.00/month for my two cell phones, which are no doubt the most social tools in our lives.  But please don't get me wrong, I wish it were free.  All I am saying is that LIVE is worth the subscription costs, and if Sony makes the PSN better, I'd be willing to pay for that too.

B) That's true on the Warhawk thing... I could see it admirable qualitites, I just couldn't get into it.  But I've got enough good shooters already to keep me busy, so it's all good.

C) To each his own I suppose... Like I said, for me, LIVE is better because I have been playing with the same guys for about 6 years.  Had the PS2 had the PSN, than I might have more friends on it.  It was actually pretty smart by Microsoft to release LIVE with the original XBOX. 

But then again, had my PS2 DVD drive not died on me, and had I not been ignored by Sony when I called them about the issue, I probablly never would have bought an original XBOX to begin with.

Actually, that's kind of funny really... because had my XBOX 360 not RROD'd on me, I never would have used my PS3 as a gaming machine and bought the 3 games I've bought for it in the last 3 weeks.  The moral of the story?  Broken hardware sucks. LOL