crunchie101 - 63 days 16 hours ago

Despite everything that's wrong with the Playstation Network, one has to admire how Sony are reacting to consumer's needs. When you think about it, what people are asking, nay demanding, is an online experience, free of charge, of the same calibre as Xbox Live, which has been a primary initiative for Microsoft since Xbox's inception, for Playstion, for which until now online has never been a primary focus.

Microsoft has had 5 years to perfect their service and they charge for it. Sony are catching up at a phenominal rate, keeping the PSN free and still they recieve flack.

Can't wait for 2.4, and can't wait for E3.

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59fifty8 - 63 days 15 hours ago

true true i admire your thinking. but the ps3 is a very new console different from the other 2 the programs are a long time in development. like home has been 3 years in development. xbox live has been polished very well since the first system. as a ps3 owner i hope 1 day the ps3 network surpasses the xbox. but truefully there is more than enough space in the industry for all 3. just asked nintendo.

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JoelR - 63 days 7 hours ago

Developmental Priorities for the PS3 have been a bit different from what the american audience has desired in the past as the firmware is developed in Japan and so the developers there have used Japanese development priorities. Online is really a nogo/slowgo in Japan so to see that the firmware is reflecting the US preference is actually a major fundamental change in thinking in SCEJ to that of SCEI. Ken started a realignment about online practices before he left and Kaz's continuance of this policy has helped immensely in the new direction of the firmware. Honestly Ken did not expect the outcry about lesser network services so when it hit they had to restart their developmental process on that.

Nintendo is also experiencing this realignment of developmental priorities so eventually expect them to start really picking up the networking slack.

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DX F3NIX - 63 days 4 hours ago

2 more days for 2.4

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pardeepd - 62 days 18 hours ago

Sony focussed on the hardware and got us a good one
MS focussed on software and got us a good one

Sony improving on the software front MS offering warranty on hardware front.

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bootsielon - 62 days 18 hours ago

The PS3 is almost perfect, and if you let me choose between waiting for a Reliable Machine with lots of hardware features that will make games better, or a rushed machine with some limits for developers, then I choose the former. Unfortunately it had its downsides like not having all its killer games on the first or second year, or not having all the software features, but as I said before, these are only temporary.

On the other hand, how the hell will Microsoft fix the massive quality issues? How will they be able to keep up with Sony once the PS3 gets Final Fantasy? IMO, MGS4 was only a rather small taste of what we'll see from now on on PS3, something that can't be done because Microsoft chose to ship with DVD and without HDD. If Microsoft had launched in 2006 with no quality issues, HD-DVD and HDD out of the box, even if pricier, Sony wouldn't have been able to claim much superiority on its PS3, since Xbox 360 would have come out with lots of more features.

However, I understand that for Microsoft to have been able to stand a chance against the PlayStation brand had to take lots of risks, like launching a rushed machine with not so many cutting edge technologies, because if they had made a better machine that launched alongside PS3, most of the lost PS3 exclusives would have remained exclusives, and nobody except Hardcore gamers and fanboys would have wanted to buy a $600 dollar Xbox, regardless of how much better it would have been, and regardless of having both Gears and Halo 3 Multiplayer at launch (assuming they aimed for that too).

If that had happened, PS3 owners would still be waiting even more time for all the features it has now, plus games like GTAIV, MGS4, FFXIII, DMC4, etcetera since developers would have taken even more time to polish those games specifically for PS3, especially since competition wouldn't be there.

As much as I hate the fact that 360 has quality issues, lacks a next-gen drive and HDD out of the box (a big one), it helped make the market more dynamic and competitive, which is good for us gamers.

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