Product-Reviews writes: PS3 users have been crying out for a fully functional and easy to use web browser for years, but unfortunately Sony hasn’t delivered. The web browser remains pretty shocking and sadly, the browser on the PS Vita isn’t exactly amazing either.
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Always wondered why a software giant company like them never considered putting a browser to the Xbox 360 before.....until now.
still freezing my ps3 LOl
However im looking forward to see what type of browser 360 get. i would die if it got windows mobile 6.5 lol
And at this point wouldnt it be ps3 that forced 360 to get a web browser in the first place ?
It's not even really about the gamepad being bad for browsing. The PS3 browser is slow and LOVES freezing up. Plus, it should have a huge advantage considering it's directly connected to the internet through a cable, while my phone is on T-Mobile's pseudo 4G. Even scrolling down a loaded page on my phone is fast and smooth. The PS3 just kinda... skips when scrolling.
Don't you guys have web browser on your computer, smartphone etc? Seriously... I know aditional features can only be good for us but are you guys really disappointed about the lack of a good web browser in your console?
You can't even have a decent keyboard + mouse... Why would people prefer to use web browser on consoles if they can have it on personal computers?
I have all the consoles (PS3, 360, Wii, handhelds), Killer gaming rig but I never use my PS3 or even my gaming rig to surf the net or the other features like netflix, etc. I use one of my many other devices like laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc.
My gaming devices are for gaming not surfing, social networking or watching tv / movies, sports, etc. I have Satellite and everything else listed above to fill those needs.
MS needs to start focusing on exclusive core games and not adding additional apps and features that only a very small segment of their consumer base use.
I am frustrated with the direction they are headed and what they are focusing their efforts on. This generation is nearing it's end and I'm not going to purchase their "Next Box" unless they give me moderately challenging games that I can only get on their hardware. I honestly don't see that happening. They are too busy chasing what's fashionable and trendy instead of sticking to gaming.
It's almost as if MS just keeps throwing mud against the wall to see what will stick. MS, the people that brought you to the dance are being ignore by you. Stop the casual crap and useless features and add ons that work better on other devices.
Edit: Pound disagree until your fingers bleed. I'm just being honest. I think all this Facebook, Twitter, HBO GO, Netflix, Web Browser, etc is useless to me, a GAMER. I purchase gaming consoles to GAME. I have a ton of other devices to do everything else and they are a lot more accessible, functional, faster and easier to use.
Tacking on this worthless crap is just a way for them to take attention away from the 800lb gorilla in the room, they now are lacking in the area that matters most, GAMES.
Web browsers are more important than games for game consoles. /S
......ps3's browser has nothing to worry about. lol
IE is notoriously inefficient.
But at least the 360 HAS a browser, thats a step in the right direction, just hope they dont charge for it.
Playstation is the future and the future is playstation
If someone already an Xbox owner, why would he care if the upcoming game is exclusive to his console or not?
He can't enjoy assassin creed III? Anticipate gta V? Play skyrim?
It's a lie.
How do we know?
Because XBOX 360 fans get excited about GEARS & HALO & FABLE every year.
XBOX 360 fans want exclusives too.
And perhaps if, like you, they admitted the problem & screamed at MS and vehemently let them know theres a problem instead of lying & pretending everythings fine, mabey there could be some change.
Change doesn't come by pretending, dark-hollow.
Typically, I buy multiplayer-centric games for Xbox, and single player games for PS3 (Skyrim excluded of course), but I would be thrilled for my Xbox -only friends to get a try at Uncharted and by PS3-only friends to play Halo with me.
So those exclusives account for 500,000 extra consoles a year. Or was it the Playstation brand that did that? Or Blu-ray? Or free online? PS2 sales were more than double PS3 sales.
The difference exclusives have made have been to the bottom lines of the two companies. Sony has surely lost money on some of their exclusives. While they have made a ton on others. Same for MS. But if you added all of the cost involved with making and advertising exclusives, I would bet you that MS has made more money. And Sony has little or no additional console sales to justify their decisions.
And you wonder why the stock price is so low.
If Gears and Halo weren't exclusive, I would still buy them... as they're great games. The fact they're exclusive makes no sodding difference to my excitement what-so-ever.
If all games were multiplat I wouldn't have a problem... I would simply buy the system that ran them the best... and play that.
In 2006-2008 everyone said exclusives matter. Every website to every game magazine to every developers said exclusives matter.
I had a 360 at this time and many times i heard xbox gamers talking about how ps3 has no games over on live.
If u played live during these times u should know exactly what im talking about.
Go to youtube everyone was making fun of the ps3 putting sausages inside it and laughing at it.
Well tables are turned i dont see ps3 fanboys (although just as bad) putting sausages
inside a xbox.
The same arguements about exclusives didnt matter, why didnt ppl use it back in 2006-2008 days?
Becuz to some level of degree at least, it does matter. Generally speaking that is.
Or did u put ur head in the ground during these days?
I am with you on that one. I although I prefer gaming on my PS3 it is by no means the "be all, is all" that some here seem to think it is. Sure exclusives are important, just not to everybody.
I remember those days. Personally, I think the multiplat games have gotten better than they were years ago which "may" be why exclusives (which are definitely better now) don't matter to some anymore. I honestly think fanboys take the exclusive arguments and sales arguments way too seriously.
You're delusional. There's no other way to put it. Where is this proof that PS3 fans don't care about exclusives? Most AAA exclusives have sold a million or more, which is more than can be said for most multiplats.
That lead wasn't 5 million, either. From November to November, Microsoft sold more like 8-10 million 360s that first year, which means they had about that much of a lead. Trying to minimize it down to 5 is some spin control if I've ever seen it.
Does it have to be pointed out to you AGAIN that the PS3 has continually outsold the 360 since both have been on the market. Oh, yeah, Microsoft edged them out last year, so suddenly all the other years don't count.
The 360 will be 7 in November. And it will have sold a certain amount by then, likely around 70 million or so.
The PS3 will be 6 in November. And it will have sold a certain amount by then, likely around 70 million or so.
Which one is doing better? Oh, and one of them is STILL more expensive than the other, as it has been since its launch. If it's all about the multiplats, then they should be selling at the same rate, right?
But they're not. You named a lot of things that could be factors, and there's no doubt all of them are. But don't downplay exclusives just to try and make it suit your argument. They contribute to that difference in rate of sale. Make no mistake.
And that parting shot of yours was pure ignorance. All of a sudden, you forget that Sony has multiple divisions, and that not all of them are doing well? Yeah, whatever. I wonder if anybody else will call you out for being the troll you are.
Ill enjoy Diablo 3, Uncharted, Gears of war, and Skyrim based on the games themselves and not what system they are on.
HOWEVER if you only own one console or just a gaming PC, then exclusives do matter. because no one wants to be interested in a game that they cannot play, like me and skyward sword.
Yes multiplats like Skyrim and Arkham City and Rockstar Games stand up to the exclusives in quality, but exclusives are still important and its a shame that 360 has strayed from that.
Name any ps3 exclusives that are above witcher 2 and halo 4?! No point mention kinect games even they are out selling core ps3 exclusives.
XBLA has 10 times more decent games coming over PSN if you want name them too.
Games im most looking forward 2 are tekken tag 2, DOA5, virtua fighter 5fs, Resident evil 6 and cod bo2, AC3 all of which are MP games
edit: Also the whole 06-08 exclusive was true then more so than now, Media or internet. Nobody could justify a 500-600 console with no exclusive games and MPlatforms that ran like crap.
just look at the numbers they shift to get an idea of what the "real" world thinks of them. the last "exclusive" i bought was gow3 on my ps3.... lets see what the AAAAAAAAAAAAAA exclusive starhawk does.
sorry kids, i think you lot need to get a new argument. exclusives certainly do count, but when only 2 or 3 of the 20 or so exclusives are worth getting excited about, it gets boring reading you fanboys going on like broken records.
i think it is also worth remembering that the ps3 is dirt cheap now. if people wanted one they would just buy one. being a ps3 owner is not, and has never been like being a member of the masons or owning a ferrari..
Denial is still denial. PS3 exclusives are forgettable? Gran Turismo, the God of War and Uncharted series would like to have a word with you...
I can't tell if you're trolling for the sake of trolling or your serious because if you are serious, then I suggest seeing a shrink.
it is just here in sony fanboy land n4g, that everything sony is automatically mana from heaven.
trust me, i am not trolling, and I certainly dont really have much against sony. seeing as last year i bought a brand new 2011 model 46" LED 3D bravia.... and 5 pairs of tdg-br250 active shutter glasses. in the last 5 yrs, sony have gotten alot more of my cash than microsoft have.
u bought a sony tv?
I bought
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows xp
A pc that came with windows xp
a laptop that came with windows xp
windows vista
a laptop that came with windows 7
Microsoft word 1998
Microsoft word 2002
Microsoft office 2005
microsoft office 2009
Microsoft accounting 2009
Few microsoft game studios games from the 90's
xbox and several games.
Xbox 360 and 25+ games
another xbox 360
Paid for live
and somewhere down the line i bought some microsoft mouse,keyboards, paid for hotmail at one point, several other junk and software and licensing fees.
I spent a ton of money on microsoft.
But... Does this really matter?
The PS3 definitely needs to improve the browser however I'm sure most people (like myself) have their laptops next to them when playing PS3.
How can a browser still freeze a PS3 after all these years and updates? Let's hope MS takes this into account. I am sure they will do just fine considering it will be operating Explorer with Bing search engine
your trolling is showing
Microsoft adding a browser is a "meh" factor. People turn on their TVs to watch movies, tv shows, play games, and the like. Not to browse the web with voice commands or a game controller. And you can bet that all those sites that don't work for streaming certain types of videos on the PS3 won't work on the 360 either. It'll most likely be a way to focus on more MS specific Web sites and tie into their WP7/WP8 devices more than anything else.
Also wasnt google chrome coding found in PS firmware? So Sony are already working on a better browser its.. Well just not here yet..
I recall that 2007 was very different. You couldn't say a good thing about the PS3 without being made fun of. 'Duuuurr, you bought a bluray playeeer!!!'
Cute, but no.
Despite being technically correct that you don't NEED it, it sure as hell is nice to have them!
i don't NEED a 40" TV in my room but i do it anyway.
I've owned both consoles since launch and have absolutely no issue with a browser on my 360, purely for convenience purposes of not having to fire up the laptop and hook it to the TV when i'm most likely already on my PS3/360 playing a game anyways!
It's not amazing, but it's not that bad either.
Chrome would be best, then Ie9. I'm guessing most of you hate ie just cause its Microsoft, but ie9 is an excellent browser. They cut the fat, streamlined everything, and its almost on par with chrome.
Having said that, I don't see the need for browsers on consoles. I bought an iPad for lounge-browsing, and have my phone as a backup, then any of my net books or laptops, and a pc hooked up to the tv. No reason to use a god awful browser like the ps3s one.
Chrome is the best, and fastest browser I've ever used. However like iamnsuperman said, it would be better to have a custom built browser specifically for the console rather than these that flourish on PCs/Laptops.
don't bother polishing the turd ms and sony, it's still an ancient turd
just make new damn consoles, the things are 8 years old, they are a JOKE in the tech world!
Sure I get that maybe you want to quickly check something, and if that's the case, who cares what the browsing experience is like.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/tra...
Either way, still wireless at some point :)
sony - pick up Google chrome and be done with it
If the next Gen consoles did away with the web browser it wouldn't have any personal effect on me.
What movie sites do you go to?
But, if I am pure browsing, give me a tablet or I'll take out my phone when I am out to quickly check a price/product, or sports scores.
I do a lot of technical research online, but inevitably I find that it requires focus and if anyone looks over my shoulder, I lose focus or feel violated even though there is nothing embarrassing to see.
I do not see myself doing collaborative web surfing in the living room with my family.
Not sure about the 360. Late but if it works, why not.
Main problem with browser on PS3 would be a crash or two, probably due to various scripts it cannot run.
But i'm sure both will have a very good browser for next gen.
I use the PS3 browser from time to time, but it does lock up my PS3 a lot. Would be interesting to see if the IE9 version on the Xbox 360 works well.
I don't know if Sony would or even should respond. They seem pretty set and content with their offerings. I mean they didn't go out and upgrade their dash when Microsoft did. I just don't see Sony seeing this as a priority.
Would be nice if they could get Chrome or Firefox though.
or is this just a rumor?
thanks ahead of time.
Sony has made improvements to it recently too, it now rarely locks up the console and generally seems to run better.
Still room for improvement though, I agree :)
So many times, I had to needlessly sign back in when on multiple tabs. But whatever it did sorta work.
hahahaha
Oh yeah. Open tweeter, freeze, open youtube freeze, open 9/10 streaming websites, freeze.
And THEN 10 to 15 min to perform a recovery for the system.... Yeah, the ps3 browser is almost perfect, almost...
My PC, phone and tablet manage web browsing better than the PS3. In fact, I wouldn't even want a web browser on my console; I think I've used it once or twice on the PS3 to see what the fuss was about and evidentially, I didn't come away impressed.
I can understand wanting to expand the functionality of the console etc, but I just found the whole experience awful in comparison to if I was on my laptop or phone.
I say only put a browser on a console if A it can work efficiently and offer a comparable or better experience to that of other devices that the majority have and B the company in question is actually prepared to support the browser with regular updates.
The primary focus of a phone is to make phone calls and texts, but that doesn't stop it from searching the web and doing it to a good level.
What the PS3 browser lacks is good support. I have no doubt that it would be an equal experience to all these devices if Sony bothered to keep it up to date.
In life, you won't always agree with someone else but at least have the maturity to not jump down their throats about it.
As for Sony, I think they're at a good position they have a browser but ppl have taken advantage of its open operating system and well one thing led to another, you guys know the story. Other than that, Sony had no problems with breaching/ hacking before all that mess last year. So Sony put better security functionality's across the whole system, Hopefully MS pays attention if they want to avoid breaches. All Im saying is, a web browser on Xbox live is risky especially the twitchy/ random community that is Xbox live lol.
Sony+Chrome+Cross Com+Better Interface+Dashboard Update+More Support+Free=Beats Microsoft
Just because Sony gets a better browser doesn't mean it can compete with LIVE! It has a browser now and is still not on the same level competing with a network without one, so WTF are you talking about? Sony should've thought about this from the beginning without thinking about making a more powerful machine. Bill Gates said this from the very beginning.."It's not about how powerful your machine is, it's all about what you put in it." Did you see the apps XBL has compared to PSN or the number of arcade games in their catalog. It's not even close. Crackle, HBO GO, TMZ, ESPN, I (Heart) Radio, Last.fm, ect.. Seriously, what are you people comparing? A goddamn browser?