Stromprophet on 11 March 2007
Lynn said:
Stromprophet said:
You guys are nuts. This thing has been getting more positive reviews than practically anything Sony has done in its gaming division.
All the writers and gaming folks are giving it a big thumbs up and saying it may even be superior to XBL.
It may not drive sales, but it is FREE and it's going to be good for anyone currently gaming on the PS3.
Superior to Live? They still do not have a unified friends list, custom sound tracks or in-game messages. The only time I chat with others on Live is in-game. The only time I compare achievements in on Xbox.com. Home is just a pretty but much slower way to do achievements and match making. This is inferior by far.
Also, everyone is acting like this thing just launched. Going by Sony`s past history Home will be late and have half the features promised. Microsoft will have the spring and fall updates to it`s Live service before Home is released.
Notice I said may, and that implies it might not be. And I was only mentioning what some critics have said. Personally I think it will be sometime before we can tell.
All the things you just mentioned are coming in firmware updates this month with the European launch if I'm not mistaken, or are planned. Whoa? You're saying Achievements is not a big deal? Whatever, tons of Xbox fans have blasted PSN for not having something like it. I disagree, the majority of XBL players use achievements as a bragging point.
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