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Playstation 3

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Venolan

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Great News (apart from the Bold which isn't that bad)

PS3, I'm sure many of you know the features for the PS3 but here is a great thing that has me wanting to buy it:

PS3 Network:

Gamespot said:
We advise you to set aside 15 minutes to set up your PlayStation Network account and have a credit card ready if you want to add money to your PlayStation Network wallet. Having a USB keyboard will greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to enter in personal information, passwords, password hints, address information, and credit card information. You'll have the option to create a master account or a sub account during the registration process. A master account lets you access all online features, such as wallet creation. The sub account is subject to parental control restriction settings and will need to use the wallet from a master account to make PlayStation Store purchases.

Once you have a working account you can maintain a friends list that will let you send and receive messages to other people on the PlayStation Network. You can invite friends to chat if you both have microphones or headsets, and you can also use the Sony EyeToy to enable video chat. We tried attaching a Logitech USB PC webcam, but the PS3 didn't recognize it. The voice quality for PS3 chat seemed to be better than the Xbox 360's voice chat sound quality.

The PlayStation Store itself gives you access to game and movie trailers, game demos, and full downloadable arcade-style games. Clicking on a game will bring you to a download screen that displays the game description complete with ESRB rating. You'll have the option to download the game if it's a free demo or add it to your shopping cart if it's only available for purchase. The store listed the full version of Blast Factor for $7.99. Once you buy the item, it's good for "use or downloads on up to 5 activated PS3 systems," according to the terms of use listed in the item description.

You can download files directly to the PS3 hard disk drive, but you'll also have the option to save files to attached USB devices or flash memory cards. We downloaded several game demos directly to the memory stick. We would have liked to see actual file sizes on the item description pages, but the service doesn't reveal the size of the download until you actually start the download process. Download speeds varied greatly while we tested the network the day before the official launch. The 36MB HD game trailer took about 12 minutes to download, while files that were 10 times as large, downloaded in a much shorter amount of time. We abandoned downloads fairly often because you can't do anything else on the console while waiting for a download to complete. Sadly, the system won't save your progress if you stop a download before it finishes--you'll have to restart the download from the very beginning.

Overall, the PlayStation Store seemed to function well, but it could stand to be more user-friendly. We kept on trying to use the "X" button to back out of store menu pages even though the only way to back out of pages was to guide the cursor to the bottom of the page and select the "Prev" button. Game menu navigation habits are difficult to break. Perhaps the PlayStation Store navigation team can take some cues from game user interface best practices.
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In other words = The PlayStation Network will be similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live service and will provide community features such as personal login accounts, friends lists, avatars, and matchmaking, as well as communication options including messaging and eventually voice and video chat. BUT FREE :w00t

I no longer own a 360 :no: only had 3 games and with PS3 being free online and Battlefield Bad Company (also on 360 but it will be free online)
 
Ko_nami

Ko_nami

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Venolan said:
In other words = The PlayStation Network will be similar to Microsoft's Xbox Live service and will provide community features such as personal login accounts, friends lists, avatars, and matchmaking, as well as communication options including messaging and eventually voice and video chat. BUT FREE :w00t
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Where does it say free?

All I saw was "you'll need a credit card". Asking for a Credit Card for a "free" service is not a free service if you know what I mean.
 
Mick03

Mick03

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ko_nami i know what you mean but some company's use a valid credit card number as proof of age. but i dont think it that, of course theres going to be pay service but hay, there a business, id think its fishy if it didn't want one.
 
Viperized

Viperized

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The PS3 looks like a fantastic console and I will surely get it. Although the Xbox 360 has nice games such as Project Gotham Racing and Gears of Wars, I think the PS3 has a wider range of better exclusive games such as Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, Devil May Cry, Tekken, UT2007.

Ko_nami said:
Where does it say free?

All I saw was "you'll need a credit card". Asking for a Credit Card for a "free" service is not a free service if you know what I mean.
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It asks you to enter your credit card to pre-input money, saving time when trying to download new content.
 
Ko_nami

Ko_nami

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Viperized said:
It asks you to enter your credit card to pre-input money, saving time when trying to download new content.
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What I'd like to know is; is it compulsory to put a Credit Card on file so that you can take part in online gaming? :unsure:

I don't really care about the downloads service. :no:

You have to admit though, they've made a 100% corporate comment. They've completely deflected the whole online gaming issue and decided to make a comment on the downloads service instead. Bloody typical. :angry:
 
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Venolan

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No, you go online and play your games talk to people for free, but you can't Download patches and music and games for nothing can you :erm:

It also said get your wallet for a keyboard as you have to enter in a lot of details becuase you are using one Network User Handle for every game. BTW both versions of the PS3 have a Ethernet Port, just that the 60GB has a wireless built in one.
 
Ko_nami

Ko_nami

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Venolan said:
BTW both versions of the PS3 have a Ethernet Port, just that the 60GB has a wireless built in one.
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Yeah found that out a while ago. ;)

I don't really need the wireless connectivity. I've already got a wired home network set up in my house so I won't be needing the Wi-fi. :no:
 
Jonny2J

Jonny2J

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http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/40025/How_I_Got_my_PS3

i went out wednesday afternoon to the local walmart to start camping out. when i got there, there were already 12 people ther so i got in line being number 13. i talked around and found out the first 6 people there had been there since monday, total hardcore nerds all planning to keep them. bragging about how only they should get the system since theyve been there the longest. how they are so dedicated and how if you dont want to do the time, you shouldnt get a system. generally being complete assholes. good for them. we had a hours to pass so we became friends and played some cards and whatnot. the 6 guys in front kept to themselves and didnt associate with the rest of us. we were cool with each other leaving the line to get food, bathroom, smoke, etc since we all knew each other and as long as they were back in 30 minutes. i was about to leave to go buy some KFC for a good number of us and when i stepped out of line, one of the nerds shouted that if i left, i would lose my spot. the other guys told him that they were vouching for me and that i was just getting food but those 6 assholes didnt care. they said i leave, i lose my spot and that was the rules and they would call the manager (they had his number) to come out and enforce it. i said whatever and stayed in line.

a few hours later, the manager came out and told everyone that there were only going to be SEVEN available. they have them in their store and theyre not getting anymore. he told the people after # 7 they should leave if they wanted to not waste their time. me being number 13 should have left but i didnt, i wanted to stick around for a little bit more. everyone else left except me and the 7 other people that were getting it for sure. so the day goes on and i try to make friends with the nerds. i play mario kart on the ds with them and talk to them about the games they were getting. about an hour or 2 later, i tell im gonnna head home since im 8 in line and theres only 7 ps3s. one of them made some stupid joke about if i leave the line then i aint getting back in!! har har. so as im about to leave, i tell them im going to the vons next door and if any of them wanted any food or coffee and id bring it back to them. one of them said yea and all the rest like sheep followed and said yes too. they were gonna give me money but i told them it was on me since theyve been out here since monday. the 7th guy in line wanted some food and coffee and i told him id buy some for him also.

so i go to vons and buy 8 coffees, some food, and some x-lax laxatives. i bring it to my car and put some laxatives in 6 of the coffees and seperate them from mine and #7s. i pull back to walmart and bring all the drinks and food upfront. i give #7 his stuff and then the coffees with laxatives to the 6 nerds annd wish them good luck and go back to my car. i park it around the corner so i can still see them.

about 30 minutes later, #2 and 3 in line get up and it seemed like they were yelling to the other nerds. they both ran into walmart. seconds later (i guess all nerds have the same biology) #5 gets up and runs across the parking lot and into the trees and bushes somewhere. #1 is scrounging for this portapotty type thing he’d brought with him but he is squirting everywhere and all over his pants and their sleeping bags. he runs into walmart. at this time, i start my car and drive back to the walmart to claim my spot in line. when i get there #4 and 6 are gone but i dont know where. #7 is laughing his ass off so hard and i just smile at him. i call up 5 of the other people that i had made friends with that were in line with me ( i had their phone numbers cause i was gonne buy to food for everyone) and told them to get back to the walmart ASAP and get in line. Meanwhile, me and #7 threw all their shit into the parking lot and i claimed my spot as #1, him as #2. 4 and the people i had called arrived and got in line just as 1 of the nerds came running back and got #7. he started yelling saying they need their spots back. we all told them to fuck off, out of spot, out of line. it was all of us against him so he didnt say shit. the nerds came back and tried to start some shit but we just laughed, we told them it was their rule and to go fuck themselves and clean the shit off their pants. the called security and security came. security man was like WTF is that fuckin smell and looked at the nerds with shit all of them and kicked them off the grounds screaming LMAO. so that is how i got my ps3.
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nikos24

nikos24

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Haribo said:
Comes out March in Europe. :(
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Damn it! I went to this expo with the PS3 as a main focus, I also managed to play it (demo) and it was top stuff! 15 minutes only though, I played Formula 1.

So that's why I asked the question, it might have been out for sales already, but apparently, not yet. :(
 
Ko_nami

Ko_nami

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Mick03 said:
hopefully, but this is not confirmed as yet.
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What do you mean, "hopefully"?

The PS3 has been available to the Japs and the Americans for a good 1-2 weeks now so as far as I'm concerned, there is no excuse whatsoever for another delay in Europe. :no:
 
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