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roughneck0101 · 12-11-2008, 11:01 PM

No Alpha I agree with all your points. I don't like having to wait to play bowling or pool or any game for that matter, I was commenting that if we think its bad now, wait until more people are on after Christmas..its really going to suck. I actually had a guy message me and tell me to let him play on one of the arcade games lol I told him to go get bent.

Remeber that those who only have a PS3 are going to really like this though, what are the percentages of gamers that own all 3 systems like a lot of us do?

Col, as far as there are better blu ray players out there....I don't think so, they are pretty much the same across the board right now.....You can upgrade firmware for most of all of them as well as the PS3 witch keeps the PS3 on top of other players. I bought Batman darkknight...with my vision camera I can record my own commentary share it with others online and with friends, we can all watch the movie and see eachother. I believe that there are some Bluray

players out there that will let you use a USB camera but I am not sure, I know that PC's with Blu-ray can. Its because of the Upgradeablity that Puts the PS3 on the top end of Blu-ray players.

***Col Blair*** · 12-12-2008, 01:14 AM

Rough,
You changed subjects very quickly you know that? My point and only point of posting was to say HOME is a huge Waste of time for Sony. They need a reason to have it Ex: more games and better ones not just a few titles. Until that point they are going to be a joke. It has been too long and nothing is even on the TBA list that has me saying oh wow. You may want to look at the new model of Blue Ray Players released and being released before saying they are not better and cheaper than the one Sony has in their system.

I wasted several attempts to download this thing and I had a token for days and could not get past the agree screen. I just don't see the huge fuss. Everyone likes differnt things though so if you like it cool I just think they are wasting their efforts on the wrong things.

roughneck0101 · 12-12-2008, 04:50 AM

To be clear on the PS3 blu ray, I never said it was cheaper or better, I said it sits on top as one the best players out there even now. Home is going to appeal to PS3 owners who don't have or want a 360, its also going to appeal to the casual market who could give a flip about the must have games out there. Col, your pretty down on the ps3 in every way..so why did you buy it to begin with? why not sell it and get one of these cheaper better players? Not trying to start a fight with you, but I am curious on why you are holding on to a player you really don't like.

I agreed with Alpha because after playing around for a few hours..I see the problems he sees and I agree with him, matter of fact a majority of people agree with Alpha's opinion of Home. But you know? thats why it is a Public Beta...I just hope they address the complaints.

***Col Blair*** · 12-12-2008, 12:27 PM

I am hoping it starts delivery some great games as they keep promising. I would be down on any system that is not doing their part to bring out games worth playing 1-3 games a year is not enough.
Most of thecomments was about HOME I still don't see it selling units until they have more games to draw in gamers. I think it would be a good idea but the games are lacking.

I am going to hang on to it since I got a great deal on it. This does not mean I can't complain and if more PS# owners would maybe Sony would get their act together? If you like what it has to offer great right now it's been very slow to deliver anything (Must Play) Yes, LBP is worth buying but it won't appeal to everyone and its the only game in months that seems like Sony cared about getting it right and even with the recall seemed to live up to the hype.

You have to admit that the new titles for the PS3 have been slim and they need more games. casual gamers while they buy a lot are not going to spend that much money to play HOME or no HOME. My hope is they get their act together but I am remaining doubtful until they prove themselves. Even with HOME tons of owners can't even log into it to play around with it and there is no excuse for this.

***Alpha*** · 12-12-2008, 01:09 PM

I haven't really researched any other BluRay players, so I don't know how the PS3 compares to them. However, I am very happy with the PS3 as BluRay player with both the quality and upgrade capabilities the hard drive provides. A little off topic, but I got season 1 of Chuck on BluRay for the same price of the regular DVD, and I have to tell you, watching Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) in 1080p makes it worthy, hahahaha!

I see everyone's points... even though Sony pushed it as a public beta because of pressure from users and NXE, it is a beta, so kinks are expected. Every major rollout of a new feature has seen connectivity issues: NXE, BluRay Live on Iron Man, etc.

Yes, the PS3 definately needs more games. I have Resistance, Drake's Fortune, and MGS4... besides these, nothing else worth playing to me. LBP may have nice graphics, but it is not for everyone... I tried it, and definately not for me.

I don't think Home is going to sell units, even less during the beta stages... and if Sony tries to market the PS3 because Home beta is now available, it would be really low from their end. They would be trying to use an unfinished product to move consoles.

Is Home well done? In many ways it is... loading times were not too bad after I was in, graphics were not bad either (let's be honest, we've seen games with worse quality). They just need to keep working on it, we'll have to wait and see what they do with it at the end, but they do need to start putting it into gear.

They Wii is kicking everyone's butts, and the 360 seems to be growing very strong with the NXE, price cuts, games, etc. Did you all read Major Nelson's blog on how the release of the NXE boosted LIVE activity altogether?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Major Nelson

A look at a few post-NXE Xbox LIVE stats

With the NXE launch behind us and the Holiday right around the corner a few data points just landed in my inbox that I though you might find interesting:

If LIVE were a U.S. city, it would be the largest city with over 14-million members. The equivalent of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago combined.
Since the New Xbox Experience launched on Nov. 19 the number of new friends added per Xbox LIVE member has risen by 33%.
Xbox LIVE is not just games: With more than 45 global network and studio partners, and Netflix in the U.S., we offer more than 30,000 movies, TV episodes and music videos in both high and standard definition.
In the past year the average number of unique visitors to Xbox LIVE each day has risen 66%
Movie downloads increased 49% and TV episode downloads were up 30% the week after launch
Xbox LIVE Arcade sales almost tripled in the first week after the New Xbox Experience launched
Avatar-specific titles like A Kingdom for Keflings registered the second-best first week of performance ever
UNO which was updated to include in-game Avatars, saw a 650% increase in sales in just one day

So all in all….pretty good numbers. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few weeks.

BTW, did you guys check the snow globe? It's kinda dumb, but a funny thing to add that's good for a laugh or two.

Anyway... Home had a rocky beta release, the only place to go from here is up, let's just hope Sony realizes that and does something about it.

nicklang319 · 01-01-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Col Blair

I am hoping it starts delivery some great games as they keep promising. I would be down on any system that is not doing their part to bring out games worth playing 1-3 games a year is not enough.
Most of thecomments was about HOME I still don't see it selling units until they have more games to draw in gamers. I think it would be a good idea but the games are lacking.

I am going to hang on to it since I got a great deal on it. This does not mean I can't complain and if more PS# owners would maybe Sony would get their act together? If you like what it has to offer great right now it's been very slow to deliver anything (Must Play) Yes, LBP is worth buying but it won't appeal to everyone and its the only game in months that seems like Sony cared about getting it right and even with the recall seemed to live up to the hype.

You have to admit that the new titles for the PS3 have been slim and they need more games. casual gamers while they buy a lot are not going to spend that much money to play HOME or no HOME. My hope is they get their act together but I am remaining doubtful until they prove themselves. Even with HOME tons of owners can't even log into it to play around with it and there is no excuse for this.

I went out and decided to buy a ps3 about a month ago, and I agree with what most of you guys are saying. I did get a chance to try home as well. At first glance I thought it was quite cool, however I can see it getting old pretty quick. It just seems kind of gimmicky to me. As far as the games go, ya it defiantly needs more, but there are some pretty good ones, I am really enjoying Resistance 2 and motor storm pacific rift among a few others.

and Col I disagree with you about the blue ray issue, I have seen other blue ray players in action and they don't seem to be quite up to par with the ps3. loading times are much faster, and the firmware update are a lot quicker as well.

roughneck0101 · 01-01-2009, 04:34 PM

Add me as a friend guys, roughneck1010 My friend list is very lonely...its just me and Col and Col is never on.

***Col Blair*** · 01-01-2009, 09:29 PM

I am on but not that much