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nightsurge on 09 July 2009
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rodrz34 said:
2) you still like radios on your game consoles, which I have too on my browser, so I'm not sure I understand what you like / dislike on a game console. Radios are useful but not a web browser ? Or do you just like what MS gives and hate what they don't give you ?

I like using the better options.  Radio on a console being broadcast through my home theater speakers with any channel I want is better than local radio in mono-channel or stereo audio via a home radio or low quality web radio with limited content.  Just like I use a browser on a PC where it is the best broswer with the most compatibility and speed.

3) I think more and more users will want it. There are already dozens of games on it, poker and chess tables are full, and more and more games can be launched from Home.

This still does not address what I am saying.  You are speculating, but still not actually commenting on the fact that the majority of PSN users don't care for Home.  Even of the like 6 million that did download it, only 1-2 million even still use it occasionally.

4) And once again, P2P greatly limit the number of players you can have together. Dedicated servers work much better with great number of people

And once again, the number of players is not determined by the network service.  XBL and PSN don't decide the amount of players than can be used, the developers do.  XBL is not a P2P network, that's just what most of it's games use since they usually have low player counts (the most favorite kind of FPS).  XBL can use Dedicated servers just as easily as PSN can and has for a few games in the past including Left 4 Dead, Frontline, and most EA games.

I doubt the demand is smaller for huge scale battles, because that's what MMORPGs give (warhammer online, wow too) and they're hugely successful. There is coordination if the map is big enough AND you've got mecanisms planned for that.

I didn't realize Warhammer Online and WoW were FPS games... *facepalm*  Also in MMO's you are battling the computer following a preset objective, not battling other players in huge 200 person battles with always varying objectives.  The demand for an FPS like this is much much smaller than the demand for an FPS game with 16 players or less.  Admit it.  It's a simple undeniable fact based on the sales and online activity of such games.

7) yeah, while nothing netflix gives you is blueray quality, so yeah... I keep blueray and a web browser

1080p and 5.1 surround sound thanks to new 1080 Instand On say hello.  Sure it's not "as good" as Blu-Ray bet a heck of a lot more convenient and it's only a matter of time until these services are better than Blu-Ray.

7b) I don't care what the issue was this time on Live. I'm not working for MS, I'm a customer and it was down. PSN was up and it's free

I'm glad you can have a shallow victory in the fact that the PSN has much less users interested in the games you play.  To me that sounds like a negative since I like to have as many people to play with as possible.  Also, this did not bring down all of XBL, just that one game.  XBL was up so I still played other great games.  Once they add more servers I'll play BF1943 with even more players!  Yeah!