ony recently announced that the superhero MMO for the PS3 has now gone free to play. The first MMO to hit consoles achieved some pretty notable success when it launched earlier this year. Though the very picky group of MMO gamers had a few complaints, many had become loyal after SOE issued some updates designed to balance the gameplay, and tweak the leveling system.
Former PlayStation US bigwig Shawn Layden has weighed in on the subject of video game preservation during a chat with Lan Parties, stating that more should be done by the big players in the industry to help preserve games.
Preservation is important. I’m hoping that more people in the industry, certainly the big players, begin to realize that there’s an obligation and responsibility. This isn’t throw-away stuff we’re making. This is stuff that should be around for a long time because future generations will enjoy it in the same way that we have and it’s criminal that we’re not doing more to protect it.
Sony in particular has come under attack for its poor attitude towards game preservation, having originally announced plans to shutter the PSP, PS Vita, and PS3 stores back in March 2021. This was met with widespread backlash, resulting in the format holder confirming the Vita and PS3 stores would remain open.
"Bring him back! Or put Shuhei in charge"
I would rather have Jack as Playstation CEO and Shu as President/Head of Playstation Studios.
But Layden is definitely better than Ryan
Wouldn't your rather the government pass a law banning PlayStation and requiring all citizens to purchase 15 Xboxes and GP subs?
@Eonjay
"Wouldn't your rather the government pass a law banning PlayStation and requiring all citizens to purchase 15 Xboxes and GP subs?"
No.
I don´t want Playstation to disappear. Actually, I want Playstation to be quite successful and maintain its leadership on the market so MS could´t never get back to their cocky ways and f* with Xbox gamers ever again.
If you read my comment history, You´ll be able to confirm by yourself that I´d been actually encouraging your PS pals hurt by MS latest acquisitions to boycott Xbox games and support Sony instead.
So I´ve been noticing that only Jin Sakai, jznrpg and Apocalypse Shadow will actually walk the talk and boycott MS unlike some hypocrites talking sh*t about monopoly and consolidation, while giving their money to MS anyway.
Botton line, though, without Playstation as competition, Xbox gamers are doomed! Period!
It's not that they don't mind. People just know what to expect from Nintendo. They're ridiculous in many ways. Charging for a terrible counterintuitive online service? Cracking down in emulation when they don't do enough for their own game preservation? Charging a premium for the tech they've got?
People mind, but they are perhaps willing to treat their bad behavior with less weight because they do deliver with games. It's functionally an abusive relationship with good sex.
Bizarre analogy, but I think it's true.
Whilst the compang does the bare minimum with backwards compatibility?
Preservation of games isn't just BC, so many gamers don't actually know what the full meaning of preservation even means.
That's true, but the main focus from a consumer standpoint is allowing gamers to continue to play their older titles.
Preserving the history through backwards compatibility and ease of access, which Sony don't do a great job at...YET.
The ps catalogue is continually expanded and love being able to play older titles I enjoyed on PS3 like Tekken 6, so at least they're moving in the right direction on that front, albeit very slowly.
Learn grammar is a bit rich coming from you who can't differentiate between your and you're. English clown 😂
Does this mean we can have a lot more "Playstation Classics"? I don't feel like we're getting enough for what was promised, at least they added a few games this month.
True. I've been waiting for some of those old school rpgs from the ps1 ps2 Era, where f is legend of legaia Sony
Oh yes! Give me Legaia! I don't have my original PS1 copy any more (idk even know what happened to it). There's so many games I missed the first time around, I would love the opportunity to play them.
The boom of Playstation Classics seems to have fizzled out last gen. Now it's mostly remakes or remasters.
Sony is in a position where they could do a lot, with their premium games. They have all the systems in place to do something cool on the psp, ps2 and psx front, but they don't really want to, it seems.
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WTMG's Thomas Medina: "As far as I’m concerned, console MMOs have always been in a weird place. PC is where the main game is most popular. MMOs were born there, work best there, and have the vast majority of titles. Mobile is then next in line, with touchscreens and portability that adds something new while functioning well. Console gaming, on the other hand, is not portable (for the most part). Plus, it uses a controller, which is not the best instrument when your control scheme requires a thousand buttons and a cursor. That being said, there is an audience, and where there’s money to be made, publishers find a way. So here we are with some of the biggest console MMO games and how I feel they handled 2021. "
Well I heard that a million new users or something like that have got it since it went free-to-play..... But whether or not those figures are true doesn't really matter.
I just started playing it since it went free and so have a few of my friends... but they only started playing it after I told them about it. I don't think the whole free thing is being promoted enough, it should be in peoples faces letting them know. Not only is it good for the game but it's good for the PS3 as another selling point... a good, free, fun MMO just there to be downloaded... if it was Xbox it would be advertised a lot more.
I only knew about it going free from N4G, and I would likely have overlooked it had it not been for that. It could do really well and get massive numbers if everyone knew about it!
The 3 main points that I think matter are:
1) It's a good, fun, and addictive game.
2) Not enough people know about it, of everyone on my PSN friendslist only 2 people knew.
3) It's FREE and it's GOOD!
I have been playing this game awhile now since it became FREE and its a fun game my only issues are:
The Lag when doing some missions due to the high number of players also doing the same mission it makes it hard to play complete.
I also wished I got more xp for defeating normal villians its just not enough.. I am still learning but the game is fun, I got lost in the Watch Tower a few times, had to invite my friend to guide me (I didnt listen to anything he said lol)
it's a 50 million dollar failure
well when they made it for console too it was almost guaranteed to fail. MMOs only really work as pc exclusives, and even then its hard to keep people interested.
Completely agree about it needing to be promoted more. Especially since SONY is so invested in it. I knew it was going FTP, but didn't realize that the whole game was downloadable through the playstation store. I assumed that monthly fees were gone, but I still had to pick up the disk to play. Luckily I upgraded my hard drive to accommodate the size, but this is a huge fun stocked FREE MMO with no monthly fees.
I would not have spent $15/mo to play, but I will support it as I get into it more and may pay the full subscription fee to access new things intermittently.
More people should check this out.