Qore Issue 1 Impressions

TheSixthAxis: "First impressions are that the interface is seriously slick, as you'd expect from something produced by Sony. There are film trailers in there (the first is The Incredible Hulk) and a few Metal Gear Solid 4 ads.

The main menu contains links to Socom, Soul Calibur IV, Star Wars TFU and a few others, which all include gameplay videos and interviews, and are well put together. However, what isn't impressive is the presence of adverts within the menu navigation itself."

[Captain Tuttle]

Anyone here feel the same way? Just curious.

[shine1396]

@ cap turtle: somewhat similiar I suppose...

@jack T below: okay first stop with 'calling people stupid', it's not a good look. If you're arguments good enough, it should be enough to prove people 'stupid' in your words and just of a different mindset in mine. and secondly, in my opinion, wolfs made a valid argument, i personally don't think it's what I would have done, nonetheless, i can see the logic behind what wolfs saying. Your on N4g, and it is free right, but it has ads. So something can be free and have ads.
home is free, sony has said, going to be free and has ads in.
xblive gold is paid for and still has ads on it.
Yes, the name of the game is to make money. buts its also common market practise to have adverts to either make something free or make it as cheap as possible. In this case as cheap as possible...

[Genesis5]

People it's an online magazine if you don't like it don't buy it. Though a subscription does come with some nice perks like being a beta tester and such. All magazine have ads.

[RevN8r]

At first I was thinking the same thing, why are we watching advertisements for something we paid for? But I found myself watching the ones that were there, and the more I thought about it, I began to realize that all magazines have ads in them. So for me, as long as they continue to be something I want to see, I have no problem with it.

As for this issue, wow! I loved it! I was interested in every story, and found myself watching things I didn't think I would necessarily be interested in. Way to go Sony, I'll probably go ahead and get the full subscription!

[decapitator]

Everyone wants to be a effing reviewer now.

[Jack T]

First mandatory installs, now mandatory adverts. What next?

[Fishy Fingers]

The continuation of a Free online service probably, Sony have to make revenue from some where, Id rather that was out of other companies (ads) than out of me.

Guess you need something to moan about though huh...

[Rocko]

The fact is they can't charge for the current service.

[Ghoul]

stop moaning around about something your not using

you like it ? buy it
you dislike it ? DONT buy it.

but please stop the stupid flaming against anything sony does,
does ms offer a digital magazin ? no

i tthink its awesome and it was the FIRST episode maybe you guys give them a little time to pin point what direction they wanna take and how it will evolve.

[Wise Rant Monkey]

<M$ offers Inside Xbox which is updated generally 2-3 times a week with streaming videos of developers and their games, behind the scenes stuff, contests, etc...)

[Wolfmoonstrike]

ads aren't ever in magazines? Even though you drop like 7 bucks for one down at wal-mart? oh wait....They do! Damn those Mags for wanting to make money! They should give those mags away for free!

EDIT:@ JackT

No, I don't think you comprehend this isn't a subscription for PSN gold or something. It's a Video MAGAZINE, emphasis on magazine. Magazines have ads all the time and nobody complained then. And if people would notice you can SKIP the ads. So they are not mandatory also those ads paid for our free downloads. (by our I mean annual subscribers)

[Ghoul]

@mokey

k cool didnt knew that is it us only ? im in the eu.

[Jack T]

Congratulations on proving you are an idiot.

Few seem to actually comprehend this situation, so for the benefit of PS3 owners. I will try to explain this in terms even they will understand.

Free service - NO advertisements
Paid Service - MANDATORY advertisements

Do you not see the problem?

[shine1396]

@jack T: okay first stop with 'calling people stupid', it's not a good look. If you're arguments good enough, it should be enough to prove people 'stupid' in your words and just of a different mindset in mine. and secondly, in my opinion, wolfs made a valid argument, i personally don't think it's what I would have done, nonetheless, i can see the logic behind what wolfs saying. Your on N4g, and it is free right, but it has ads. So something can be free and have ads.
home is free, sony has said, going to be free and has ads in.
xblive gold is paid for and still has ads on it.
Yes, the name of the game is to make money. buts its also common market practise to have adverts to either make something free or make it as cheap as possible. In this case as cheap as possible...

[XBOX 360]

Qore isn't a "service" it isn't even apart of PSN.

It is a PRODUCT on PSN.

If you don't want it, don't buy it.
Playing online and regular demos are still free.

[Tarasque]

OK,I have to say everybody on here that say's xboxlive has advert's is right but wrong. It only has advert's pertaining to what is on live such as arcade game's, video's, trailer's, movie's. If needed to be let's get people posting on what ad's they see on live and you will catch my drift.

Ok on here today, there is a ad for quakewar's live weekend and a free gamer pic, there is interactive ad for ninja gaiden 2 for video's and and vengeance weekend, i also have an ad for the demo of Sid Meiers Civilization Revolution, and i have an ad for the new arcade title Ace's of Galaxy. And those are on the main tab which is game's tab and marketplace tab.

And BTW xboxlive has been doing a form of free online type magazine for a while now. It is called inside the xbox, which is alot of behind the scene's stuff.

[Mu5afir]

Has ADVERTISEMENTS, stop and think before posting.

[riksweeney]

@Tarasque

Unbelievable, you've put an apostrophe after ever single "s" apart from where it really should have gone...

[Silogon]

I refuse to support this service. If Sony really wanted this to pick up they should've made the 1st one free and then charged for the rest of them.

[Mikelarry]

people will drop big bucks just for hearing these words "Invitation to participate in beta test" lol and after the ubidays event for home testers every non tester is looking for a quick way to get in. but unlike the americans we in europe werent giving the option to say wheater or not we would pay for this service

[Rocko]

Looks like PS3 owners can't use that as ammo against 360 owners anymore.

[shine1396]

'milking'? not that I think XBlive gold is 'milking' customers but come on, when you're getting your customers to pay for a service that your chief rival -actually more then that-, direct market competitor is giving for free, and also 'seems' to be more constantly improved, and given more features...very very soon, a lot of subscribers are going to wonder what they are actually paying for...

[Imallvol7]

Just don't pay attention to Jack T and Rocko. They are just looking to get a rise out of you. Don't let their childish banter get to you. Let them think what they want, and who cares.

But I must also say, it looks pretty hyppocritical when all these PSN fans are saying IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD THREE DOLLARS YOU SHOULDN'T OWN THE CONSOLE. That's what Xbox fans have said to you since day one about Live and you called them on it being the principle of the thing, and here you are saying ITS SO CHEAP. You can't have it both ways.

Remember, this has nothing to do with PSN. It's an Optional Publication from FUTURE, a MAGAZINE corporation.

Same goes to the people making fun of Qore having ads. I don't think you quite understand what Qore is. Like I said early, it is the equivalent of an online magazine, published by Future. It's going to be like any magazine you pick up at the store.

Me, I am choosing to sit Qore out, unless someone can prove to me I will get in the Socom Beta if I purchase this first episode. Only game I would EVER pay to beta for . . . and may be Halo 4.

[Gam71]

Shine,

not trying to argue just my observation but I think the reason psn is constantly being improved compared to xbox live is because live has already gone through the improvement stage and now just odwn to being slightly refined.
Also I don't believe that psn when it comes to gaming offers close to what live does other than its free. But live cost about £3 a month not including discounts which is what this will cost if it comes to the uk.
American companies love changing $ to £ instead of converting.

[shine1396]

@gam 71. good point....hard to argue against really...
and @Tarasque comment 2.12: got me there as well....but then thinking about it, what you're really saying is that it has adverts but for like games so I don't understand why you're not calling them adverts? game adverts are less annoying? haze?

edit: thinking about it. MS are charging people for playing games online, just like WOW does. And WOW has it rivals that do give a free service, and some really big ones in Asia as well. Thing is if people are happy for MS to charge them even if say theoratically by the end of the year, the difference sways in Sony's favour...well what I'm trying to say is that MS are not going to be able to backtrack. I've heard people argue that they have technically always released xblive figures and not xblive gold total subscribers, so we don't know exactly how many people are actually subscribing to the service. I'm sure they're making quite a lot of money. They really are not going to let go of that model.
of course sony could then go and and start charging for gold server premium or something...
edit:2
and totally agree with what he said VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

[DJ]

Not so much a Service, such as Home or PSN itself. But hey, if you want to take that route I guess demos and DLC count as services too, right?

[sprinterboy]

Some PS3 owners really make me laugh, advertisment is good to keep the service free and when people moan about in-game adverts for MMO`s this also makes me laugh, ie: The Agency will be free for instance to keep the service free rather than pay a subscription (this is not comfirmed) and also for a small $2.99 you get to test BETA of games. Come on if you cant afford $2.99 then how do you buy PS3 games lol.

[Mikelarry]

maybe the ps3 was thier life savings. doing all those crazy shifts to get a ps3 once they could afford it quit the job now they broke again

[Peow]

They spend ALL their money on the games, I bet! That $2.99 is for the month supply of food.

[crck]

How much people are whining about this. Its a online mag. Don't want it then don't get. But why whine about it? Apparently some people like it so let them enjoy it. I'm not sure I'll buy into it but it doesn't offend me and why should it.

[themyk]

after reading most of the posts on this page, i don't really see anybody complaining about the cost. all i see are a bunch of posts telling everybody off about complaining about the cost. lol.

i wonder if they are going to make a qore members only section of HOME.

i bet more people fork over that 2 bucks then.

[Peow]

If I get the one month subscription or what not... Will I get the SOCOM beta? I'm dying for it... I've been playing SOCOM since SOCOM 1. I'd love to get in the beta...

[Mikelarry]

say the first subscription comes with socom beta. well u could always give it a go come back here and provide us feedback if you got it or not

[Ghoul]

yes you get the beta with the first epsiode
i have the download in my qore (just not working hence not released yet)

[Peow]

Thanks for the info. Bubbles!! Downloading here in a bit.

Also, Why do I keep getting this stupid error page after posting a comment? I mean, I can click the back button and add the comment again, and alls well. Its just annoying. Rawr!

EDIT: Downloading now. at 7%. My internet's going a bit slow, about 1% every few minutes or so. Damn 6mbps download 512kbps upload. I'm paying 70 bucks a month for the only ISP in the area, for the fastest available. I'm not moving though. 300 acres of land. I cant part from it. =/

[Peow]

Definitely Cool. Definitely going to get the full subscription. So when do I get calling all cars? I downloaded the SOCOM theme. Anyway I love it, but I think Quore should get its own Icon on the XMB, rather than be considered a game =X

[Wolfmoonstrike]

did you get the Year sub or just one episode? if you got the year sub you should be able to get it now. Just click on the download menu in the main menu of Qore.

[predator]

still no word for UK users on this?

[nofilter]

Nope, sorry.

[Turbo Teddy]

Im in EU and I got Qore because im curious - just the single episode, but I cant get the SOCOM theme or Calling all Cars. Somebody said its only for the year subscribers. anybody verify ?

Edit: Nevermind.. the article says it all :P

[predator]

hold on how were you able to get hold of it, how did youo buy it?

[Mikelarry]

in hell did u get it?? im thinking of getting it my self. if ppl can pay for ign and gamespot. i dont see how it is different from qore

edit: lol @ predator we both typed that the same time

[Peow]

Maybe e used a visa gift card. I think best buy has those, I don't remember.

On SOCOM 3 when you had to verify an account with a credit card, I just used a gift card I got. Don't remember the store. Perhaps it's possible to somehow use that? =X

EDIT: Ah, well what ever major retailer in the UK has the UK equivalent of Visa, unless UK uses Visa as well.(sorry, I haven't been anywhere outside of Illinois. I know little about the outside world! xD)

[Mikelarry]

peow thanks. but i dont think we got a best buy here in the uk. damn u sony for not releasing the psn cards. i would have been in oh well

[SCThor]

works for me.

[Ali_The_Brit]

LMAO 1.5GB, pretty much every demo is like 1GB on the XBL marketplace, even the same demos on the PS3 seem to be so much smaller...

[Gam71]

Seeing as how you say no ps3 owner would ever get a 360 how do you know demos are 1GB on xbox live?

Some are but most weigh in at about 600-700MB, with no adverts.

[Wolfmoonstrike]

I got the yearly subscription, And I have to say I'm impressed. It's truly very similar to a magazine just in video form. The content is very nice and clean. and about the pop ups between the content is slightly annoying but skippable and is no different than a magazine you buy at the store. The adds also pay for those downloads we get. I'm really glad I have the yearly sub. I hope those who have a ps3 at least try one episode.

EDIT: if you are going to hit the disagree button at least say why.

[Luca Blight]

the person who disagreed with you was probably Jack T or some XBot (note that I love the 360 too).

[Wolfmoonstrike]

yeah probably. It doesn't bother me that much, just annoys me. Thanks Shine and thanks Luca. Man I need to get a 360 before fable 2 hits. Loved the first one.

[Imallvol7]

I just said that in another thread. What is the point of the disagree button? People just go around hittng disagree. How does that help at all?

[Clinton514]

Seriously, as much as they're annoying. As long as you're aware of them you should be old enough to ignore them. It's not as if you're being forced to click them. Sounds like from feedback of others, a year subscription is where I'm headed.

[Ashta]

OMG Advertisements! I am outraged! /sarcasm

Apparently nobody here has ever picked up a magazine and flipped through and seen the 25+ pages of advertisements for movies, games, and peripherals.

Surely, if you people are going to complain that these advertisements in Qore are a waste of your time then obviously those actual bookshelf magazine advertisements are a waste of paper? Right?

Or are you just trying to find something to complain about?

[Wolfmoonstrike]

It's like no other medium or company does ads. Making money is wrong!

btw + your bubbles.

[Wise Rant Monkey]

<When's this Socom beta available? That's the BIG question.)

[Turbo Teddy]

I used my own danish VISA-card, no PSN-cards og gift-what-so-ever.
In the billing address-info, I type my real name and card information, and let the address be the US.. So the name and card number is real, but the address is fake.. I collect the games, and they get the money.. Everybody happy.. Knows a lot of people who does this.. thought that is was known by all :P

[Mikelarry]

CROOOK.lol joking lol i tried the same but got a big fat error.

[mattnz]

I've tried this (I'm in australia) it doesn't work, and for good reason, I'd be asking about the security of your card if you can just give any old address and it still goes through, leaves you very open to theft.

[Turbo Teddy]

Dont know why mine are working then.. But I know at least 2 real persons who can the same.. And I got a couple on my buddy-list as well.. All European
So dont understand why you cant.. because the US-stores content is way better than EU.. Commandos 3 is quite fun to..

[Turbo Teddy]

the pincode an so on are just for our sake.. When U use the creditcard in the shopping-center and so on.. the money is already being taken when the card is inserted. At my work - we have a standard reader, and as soon the card is read, the money is being taken.. even before the code is pressed by the customer - so anything besides a big fat safe surrounded by dogs is open to theft..

[Mr_Luke]

Incredible, everything is good to say stupid things.... Sony milks its customers? I don't think so, the online service is free. And ppl that don't care about a "virtual magazine" can avoid to pay, easy. But the online experience is always there, for every game.
Then make me laugh how many xbox users use this excuse to assault ps3 users...
Oh, btw, i'm paying Xbox Live, so i'm not complaining about anything, but i don't go in forums criticizing EVERYTHING Sony related. Come on...

[Imallvol7]

bubble 4 u!

your very level headed

[SL1M DADDY]

You still are not required to pay for the PSN and it is optional to pay for Qore... In order to play online with Live you have to pay 50 bucks and you still get adverts. This is not mandatory and is more for the hardcore that want an online mag. If you don't like it, then don't buy it. You just can't please everybody and it is sad that the Xbox trolls seem to think this is a viable not-pick against Sony. It's optional...

[TheExecutive]

ok... so how about people who actually have this service post on this thread? Too many people complaining about how it isnt free.

I would really like to know if it is worth the money or not.

[Wolfmoonstrike]

it's worth the money. I learned more about the new socom game (and socom in general. never played one before) I saw some really cool and really funny footage of SW: Unleashed.

edit: well if you are unsure just try one episode. If you don't like it never touch the Mag again. If you do like it get the annual sub next month. Btw Darth Kater cracked me up

[Bolts]

Not worth it IMHO unless you're really interested in video developer interviews and extremely short clips of the games in action.

However the biggest let down is the content. Its not a digital magazine at all. Its actually nothing more than a paid for video add. There are no reviews, no industry analysis or commentary, no news, no real content what so ever.

Extremely lame.

[SL1M DADDY]

Beware of the trolls and fanbois, yes, I am talking about the fanboi above me. You need to have a clear understanding of the idiots here that would claim to have downloaded the content and will simply lie to you about it. Best way to go is to DL the first issue, spend the money and tell for yourself. Trusting others is not a good idea.

[KYU2130]

Qore is created and produced by a 3rd party company. That 3rd party is responsible for the Adverts. Also think of it as a magazine, there are ads all over the place.

The ads and subscription fees are the 3rd partys way of helping to pay for the distribution cost.

This does not in any way affect our download content on the PSN Store. or our FREE gaming service

[Imallvol7]

So it hit too late for me to get and I had to get to work early this morning. How the hell do I get into the Socom Beta? What does it say??!!?!

[Wise Rant Monkey]

<The beta isn't available yet. There's a spot for it in the Downloads section of Qore, but is still unavailable for download.)

[KillahCam]

It's advertisements whats the BIG f&%$ing deal you don't have to purchase the Qore Mag. but if you do it has perks and advertisements wont sway me from that so you Xboers need to fall back and stop hating!

[OMGLOLZ]

Xbox Live has advertisements on the dashboard, and it's intrusive.

[Gam71]

I wouldn't say intrusive.

Usually it's advertising things that tie in to xbox and gaming. Advertising things you can buy on live.

The only thing I can remember not being in live were ads for samsung flatscreen tv's but as thats what I game on I'd say it's quite apt, lol.

[aiphanes]

And nobody is crying over those?

There are no adds on the XMB and there never will be...

[Gam71]

Ok. Calm down.

Like I said before the ads are for stuff in live not for say, Burger king or nike.

If psn doesn't advertise playstation games or peripherals then good but I would expect most companies would want to try to grab your focus for whats available in places like live and psn.

[mboojigga]

Everything from videos and interviews has already been seen on Gametrailer episodes in HD on SPikeTV

[CViper]

First off all, everyone getting excited to think that Sony is also going to charge for playing online (Zealots) need to calm down.

Its free to connect to the PS3 store.
Its free to play online.

If you don't want Qore. You don't have to buy it.

If you want to play online games on XBL.. well guess what you have to do?

I know you want to act like its a NEGATIVE thing that Sony charges its customers, yet its a Positive when MS nickle and dimes you for everything from online service, to wifi.

---

Qore is nothing more than additional paid content. Which PSN already had in the form of Games. There is already a currency exchange going on.

If you dont want it, dont get it. It wont affect the free themes/demos/videos/trailers

[Wise Rant Monkey]

<If you sign up for the year, it includes the full version of Calling all Cars [$9.99])

[Wise Rant Monkey]

<I don't think most people downloaded Qore for interviews and game videos. It's all about the betas and dlc.)

<Now just make that damn Socom beta available!)

[Ngai]

I would like to give it a few chances, but its not out in Europe :( Not taking an year subscription on something so new that didnt prove its worthy just yet.

[LiquifiedArt]

I'll be "Cherry-Picking" episodes for awhile until I see them have a steady stream of content, and the real value of the service is recognized. You have to expect lite content at the early phases. I expect by christmas it will have matured pretty rapidly, also expect to see a LBP Beta thrown in for good measure :D

[bigcheda]

Qore is basically the OPM in the US. If anyone has probs with advertising, pick up a gaming magazine and flip through the pages. If you don't like ads voice your opinion by not purchasing it and stop complaining like 12 year olds on a forum.

[Pornlord]

Does anyone even stop to think with all of the flaming and justifying going on that this magazine is SOOOOO much cheaper than 129 bucks for the PSM3. It's a heck of a deal, and I am getting it when I get home from work. Done and Done.

[Angelitos]

what's a advert?

[C_Dub]

Just the Ep, not the subscription. It was okay. I expected better but for $3 it's not bad. I'm debating on whether to subscribe next month or not. I probably will though.

Still awaiting SOCOM Beta as well.

[tiropitas]

It was pretty good. A little lite on the content and i would like some reviews in there but overall ok for 3$. The force unleashed is sex.. i dont know why this game isnt more hyped the physics and the battles look amazing. Socom looks nice too for those that like fps. And darth kate is the best thing ever :P

[mentalboy11]

i dont understand whats bad about advertisements. they're not commercials that you can't skip, i dont see why everyone is angry about them. all it does is help decrease the amount of money sony loses, any smart businessman would do what he did, and if you owned sony, i doubt you would miss the chance to make money, since thats what a business is supposed to do.

[LiquifiedArt]

Keep the per/episode to 2.99$ and give us a year at 12.99$, I bet 90% of the people buy a year worth right off the bat.

Especially for such a new service. I mean after soemtime im' sure they will have a good standard of X number of Cheats, X Number of Interviews, X Number Demos, X Number addons Etc... Its still in its infancy right now.

[antt3]

Bubbles for phreakatms and tiropitas for actually giving their impression of Qore with the "Qore Impressions" news forum.

Honestly, all the back and forth about Ads and paying for Qore is silly.

I haven't downloaded Qore yet because I wanted to read some reviews and impression first. So if anyone here has viewed the first Ep, why not give us a little rundown and your thoughts. I know I'd like to hear them.

Cool? Cool. :-)

[thehitman]

First off its really designed pretty good. They DO have ads but they are not annoying its like when you go to ign and you want to load a vid and they do the little mini ad in beginning and you can skip it after like 5 secs. The trailers and interviews are very informative. At first I was on the bar about socom and how it looked etc but I know now after watching the things they had on it it will be very intense and fun. They also had some gameplay footage for ps3 on star wars which I havent seen and really nice graphics to add. Good for the star wars fans. They also have the exclusive socom beta available if u got it, which makes it really worht your money. (Socom beta not up and running yet). They have like soul caliber there as well.

Only complaint from me is maybe a little more games that they would have. But this is a good start. As long as they keep adding more contributers to Qore it will really take off and since they get sponsors im sure they will put even harder work into it. Keep it Up Sony!

[antt3]

Thanks, Hitman. That definitely gives me a better idea of what to expect.

Question:

Would you say you have to be a fan of the games in the issue (Socom, star wars, etc) to enjoy the magazine?

I was thinking that certain Qore issues might be bland to people if the content doesn't cover games they like. But, if it's done well, it might still be interesting AND open their eyes to new things.

Any thoughts?

[thehitman]

I guess you would but I not a huge fan of star wars and I found the info pretty good. I didnt look into all the extra stuff like concenpt art etc all the little things they did but found what they did with the game pretty good. But idk if your really not a fan of any of the games then I guess it could be some sort of waste but if you are its really good.

[lodossrage]

First off, Qore isn't a way of "milking" people like many of the complainers (mostly xbox fans) are trying to make you believe.

Qore is a digital magazine. Anyone that used to subscribe to the Playstation Underground back in the PS1 days should be easily familiar with Qore. Qore is a DIGITAL version of Playstation Underground.

For those of you that don't know what Playstation Underground was. It's a subscription to get disc magazines mailed to you filed with demos, exclusive editorials, codes, etc.

It doesn't effect the PSN network in ANY way. You will still get your Thursday updates with psn with the demos, videos, add-ons, etc.

Qore is just an additional part of PSN that you don't have to get if you don't want to. Qore will have it's own demos, videos, etc.

And considering that most of the 360 games you can't even play online multi-player WITHOUT a gold account, MS is the one milking people, not Sony. You can still do EVERYTHING on PSN regardless of whether you get Qore or not.

And as for the complainers about the ads, xbox live gold has ads, I don't see you complaining about that though.

[C_Dub]

After giving it some time:

"Okay so the download finished. It installs after downloading and is filed under your Games tab, like a demo. So I booted on up and it wasn't so bad. Not terrible, not awesome, just somewhere in between (and for $3 you can't really expect much). There is a full game, Calling All Cars, included in this issue but it's only available to those who buy the Annual Subscription. You also get a Qore-exclusive SOCOM theme and of course, the Beta for the game which will be unlocked when it's ready. There's also an arcade game hidden on the main page that can be activated by pressing L2. There's a Trailer for the Incredible Hulk movie as well as a few SOCOM videos to get your juices going for the Beta. There's short pop-up ads that can be annoying and longer ones that can be skipped. All in all, I liked it. I like the idea of this but this certain issue wasn't suited to my tastes. When there's an issue that features games I'm following (Resistance 2, MGS4, LBP, Motorstorm PR etc.) I'm sure I'd enjoy it more. But I do get that Beta invite! $25 for the Annual Subscription -- Hell, might as well. I don't want to pay for this episode again, so I think I'll wait until next month's issue to do the deal.

6/10 for this issue."

So yeah, I want to see more. I smell a subscription coming...

[zonetrooper5]

Theres something called Inside Xbox which MS updates every Thursday with new information, videos and demo. This is for both Gold and sliver members.

[TheWickedOne]

My impression, now that I just finished watching most of the content. Qore's layout is very slick and looks great. The video interviews/ content are well done and very informative. The Ads are not at all annoying, they're short (10 sec or so) and there is only a few of them. Qore's only a couple bucks, the production company needs to make money some how.

I like how they have one central theme, in this case Socom, which is the main focus. So then people who are only going to buy a few episodes will know which one is for them. If your a Socom fans, like me, the just getting into the beta is worth 3 bucks.

I ended up just paying the annual fee because I wanted to get Calling All Cars for "free", which isn't a bad game so far, it has it's charm.

The only negative is it could have had slightly more content.

On a side note: Sony said this is the first in a series of original programming coming. Wonder what other "shows" they have in mind.

[mercenarie]

The layout is very slick, the theme in this issue was Socom of course, some of you probably figured that out by now. The developers comments were also informative. I'm pretty sure their will a Resistance 2/LBP/Home QORE theme pretty soon.

I have a few questions i had in mind, hopefully someone would answer them.

Does anyone know when the Socom beta goes live?

Is sony actually going to hand out the invites 2 weeks after the socom beta goes live?

BTW for those complaining let me remind you of something.

When the Battlefield: Bad Company beta went up live those Xbox "Gold Members" had to be a IGN/FilePlanet member in order to get in that beta. Would you rather pay $3.00/episode or 25.00/yr or would you rather pay Live $50.00 and a IGN membership?

that girl is really cute too.

[ofx360]

live silver service: free
live gold service: $50

PSN: free
Qore:$25

Silver: have to wait for demos
Gold: get thing before silver (demos etc.)

PSN: (potentially) have to wait for thing (demos etc.)
Qore: get things before PSN

See what i mean there are alot of similarities. And i know, you dont have to buy Qore but you dont have to buy to buy Gold service either. So.....

[Surfman]

Youre tired, you are saying things that have no senses. Go sleep a little. PSN is free for everything. Qore is just an online-magasine with few videos, and codes for betas. PSN is better. And free. Free? Yeah its free. Free. No lag? Yep, no lag. Free and no lag.

[themyk]

soccom = ownage.

[Surfman]

Ok i see Qore on the PS Store, but when i try to download it and purchase, it says: Error. And then i can't get it. Am i the only one?

[n to the b]

see? not just microsoft but BOTH companies are greedily shoving ads in front of us even though we paid for XBL/Qore! now stop being such a fanboy everybody!

[themyk]

considering this is the first thing that sony has asked us to pay for, and it's completely optional. i don't think it's quite the same.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

finnaly some presentation! That girl is nice but wsup with that shirt. Next time maybe something more summer like.
the way I see it: xbox live has been getting content first for a long time & if 3 dollars mean I can choose what I want when I want, I'm sold!
plus I get the digizine.
I'm glad this girl will be the face of qore then Sony has struck gold with this idea!
major mike & trixie just got QORED!

[dolomite]

Of course theres gonna be advertisements. Just wait until the "free" google phone comes out...