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IllegalPaladin on 14 February 2009
BMaker11 said:
mrstickball said:
Isn't this the same developer that said that people will work extra hours to buy a PS3? And that the PS3 could sell units without any games based on brand name alone?

Yeah Sony. You can keep your free, inferior, service. Even non-paying X360 owners that go online get more content than PS3 owners by a massive long shot.

Can they play in online multiplayer matches? If not, your post = fail

I'm sorry, but I would have to agree with this (without the "fail" part though because that's mean).

I personally don't care about the total amount of content in the services (though it is great that both offer so much). I see Xbox Live as requiring you to pay to play your games online. As somebody who primarily plays games on a PC as well as consoles (and one who doesn't use a mic a whole lot), I don't feel like it's worth it.

 



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papflesje on 14 February 2009
KylieDog said:
That is a great question. If you didn't have to pay just to play games online for the 360, how many people would still pay for LIVE?


I willing to bet not many. (though I expect and army of fanboys to say 'I would').


That would probably depend on what Live would still bring to the table.

If voice and stuff like that were eliminated from the basic internet connection, I would think that many people are still going to go for live, especially since they're used to it already, and they won't want to let go of their habits imho.

All in all, smart move from MS, but still can't fathom that people here tap Sony on the fingers, based on the article on the first page, while the link shows an entire different article, one which merely suggests that the author would take out the home articles and spend it on something else.



badgenome on 14 February 2009
BMaker11 said:
badgenome said:
Phoenix_Wiight said:
theyve got a point. still, it wont do much. i dont like when they try to say "we're better than ____ because"

I'd prefer if they came out and said it like that, actually. To say "U CAN BUY A CHARE FOR UR HOME!" just sounds lame. "$50/year for online? LOL" would make a better marketing pitch.

I wish more companies would be as awesomely blunt as Sega was.

This is exactly what papflesje was pointing out as a "cherrypick". There's like one or two things for Home in those lists....and then the rest are GAMES and MOVIES....yet you only focus on the (minimal) Home items.

@picture

And that's why the Dreamcast failed.....

 

No, it really isn't.

 



Snake612 on 14 February 2009

I think when PSN has more valuable products and quality, then they can have a reasonable argument.You may spend 50 bucks for XBL, but its worth your money. They have games like Geometry Wars and they have an arcade full of classics games. I think if PSN adds a PSClassic Store as part of PSN, then their online service will be a little bit better.



TO GOD BE THE GLORY

papflesje on 14 February 2009

@ snake: I don't exactly browse the PS store every day, but they have a PS1 section I thought.



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IllegalPaladin on 14 February 2009
papflesje said:
@ snake: I don't exactly browse the PS store every day, but they have a PS1 section I thought.

 

It could be more extensive and more equal in all regions, but it's there.



BMaker11 on 14 February 2009
Snake612 said:
I think when PSN has more valuable products and quality, then they can have a reasonable argument.You may spend 50 bucks for XBL, but its worth your money. They have games like Geometry Wars and they have an arcade full of classics games. I think if PSN adds a PSClassic Store as part of PSN, then their online service will be a little bit better.

What more do you want? They have demos, game videos, full retail games (Burnout, Wipeout, Warhawk, Siren, Tekken 5, etc.), arcade like games (Pain, flOwer, Super Stardust), PSOne Classics, and movies that you can buy or rent on the spot aka not have to pay a monthly service (Netflix) but rather buy/rent whenever you want to.

Not to mention to free online play for games

 



mrstickball on 14 February 2009
BMaker11 said:
Snake612 said:
I think when PSN has more valuable products and quality, then they can have a reasonable argument.You may spend 50 bucks for XBL, but its worth your money. They have games like Geometry Wars and they have an arcade full of classics games. I think if PSN adds a PSClassic Store as part of PSN, then their online service will be a little bit better.

What more do you want? They have demos, game videos, full retail games (Burnout, Wipeout, Warhawk, Siren, Tekken 5, etc.), arcade like games (Pain, flOwer, Super Stardust), PSOne Classics, and movies that you can buy or rent on the spot aka not have to pay a monthly service (Netflix) but rather buy/rent whenever you want to.

Not to mention to free online play for games

They could have......More?

Arcade Games:

  • X360: 189 games
  • PS3: Under 90

Originals/Classics:

  • X360: 27
  • PS3: 19

Demos:

  • X360: ~300 (132 online for queueing) + 189 XBLA Demos
  • PS3: ~60 as far as I know.

Movies:

  • X360: 820 (not including Netflix)
  • PS3: 438

Yeah, I can see where the free service is equivilent in content :-\



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Procrastinato on 14 February 2009

XBLA has about 100 "Hello World!" user-created content games, too! I bet there are at least 1 or 2 in that bunch that are worth purchasing.  And oh-so-many card games, tetris/puzzle knockoffs, sudoku, the list of awesome goes on and on -- the XBLA count goes up and up.  If only PSN didn't have such strict quality restrictions, then maybe it could keep up with the sheer awesome quantity of XBLA!

I often find myself clearing off tons of demos of card games and tetris clones (since they are all required to have one) to make room for new XBLA stuff when I see it splat onto the Marketplace.  Wading through the Marketplace interface to find the gems in the pile is a joy too.


XBLA, the best place for cheap stuff!



 

badgenome on 14 February 2009
Procrastinato said:

XBLA has about 100 "Hello World!" user-created content games, too! I bet there are at least 1 or 2 in that bunch that are worth purchasing.  And oh-so-many card games, tetris/puzzle knockoffs, sudoku, the list of awesome goes on and on -- the XBLA count goes up and up.  If only PSN didn't have such strict quality restrictions, then maybe it could keep up with the sheer awesome quantity of XBLA!

I often find myself clearing off tons of demos of card games and tetris clones (since they are all required to have one) to make room for new XBLA stuff when I see it splat onto the Marketplace.  Wading through the Marketplace interface to find the gems in the pile is a joy too.


XBLA, the best place for cheap stuff!

You are a really funny guy, and I've enjoyed immensely all of your posts in this thread. Keep it up!

zomg! Looks like I can do irony, too!