I also got neg repped the rep I got : "The Cheating King is mad? (MS-DOS) uhh how scared." I'm not even supporting Microsoft infact I support Sony way more been playing PS1 since I was young and PS3 is going to be so much better and will be the best next-gen console in my opinoin. I got neg rep just for posting a link and a quote from the site?
Seems like there wont be a 100gb HD for the xbox 360 : /Originally Posted by Aeon
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/germany...son-209092.php
Any other wooters plying PS3 online? My PSN is Aeon712, feel free to add me as it's kinda lonely only having 1 friend.
(Aeon's Top 5 Anime ATM)One Piece,Shakugan no Shana Second,Gundam 00,Naruto,Bleach
I have a PS3 but haven't set up the WiFi part yet...I need to move the router closer (or vice versa...) but expect it coming soon.
Also, Aeon since you've been playing online maybe you can tell me, can you play split screen while online for multiplayer?
LaZie made this...a long time ago.
"It was a very depressing time in my life, since I had no money I was unable to screw the rules" -Kaiba
The only game I bought that I didn't download from the Playstation store was Resistance and it doesn't support online multiplayer which sucks since my friend loves this game just as much as I do.
(Aeon's Top 5 Anime ATM)One Piece,Shakugan no Shana Second,Gundam 00,Naruto,Bleach
I'm only buying a PS3 for Final Fantasy XIII. :/
The controller looks like it went back 11 years. :/
Hopefully when FFXIII is released, it looks better than the teaser videos. :/
What do you mean online multiplayer... go to "mutiplayer"...press "online"...
LaZie made this...a long time ago.
"It was a very depressing time in my life, since I had no money I was unable to screw the rules" -Kaiba
Seems Kind of silly to argue with that fact sheet as its fairly accurate. Assuming PS3 allows free online multiplayer and Xbox360 charges $100 a year for that then its easy to say people payed the same price for the Xbox 360 as they would pay for a PS3 base system.
As far as the WII goes it states the fact that for atleast the first 6 months online with the WII is completely free but in June that might change. The statement isn't truely false so much as it needs a footnote.
Honestly I wouldn't be happy without a wireless network option because in my house there is no other way to play the thing online. I also think its completely fair to count a HD-DVD player into the price of a Xbox 360 when compairing. systems side by side, It should however say optional rather then required. Now the real question is that pic seems quite small was it simply cut out of a bigger ad to make sony look bad or what?
Anyway a serious question for those with a PS3. The system seems to require a LOT of power has anyone gotten a powerbill after getting a PS3 and if so what kind of increase are you looking at. I read one artical that insisted it could raise your power bill by a good $100 a month and if thats remotely true its a factor for me.
As far as all this rep stuff goes generally you get neg repped by people who just want to be trolls and are to lazy to type. I get lots of them without any comment as to why. Your not suppose to talk about rep in here though so my recommendation is to make a habit of positive repping people who you agree with expecially when they take a controversial stand that way the random negatives sting less.
What I meant was two people on one system can't go on. So no splitscreen on Resistance online. Dunno about games like Call of Duty 3.
(Aeon's Top 5 Anime ATM)One Piece,Shakugan no Shana Second,Gundam 00,Naruto,Bleach
xblive costs 50 a year not 100 lol, plus ps3 online quality and features really depend on the developer, resistance turned out nicely, but armored core 4's online is a serious joke, its not even good enough to be free, they should be paying us to attempt that shit.
MS at least enforces what kind of features the xblive games need, thats why all the live titles are splendid online, and meh, who cant afford 4 dollars a month?
The $100 price tag was listed purely for Xbox live Gold membership. Being the silver doesn't allow online multiplayer atleast from what I read quickly. I honestly haven't done any real research on it.
Also in the end games have various levels of multiplayer support for any system. Simply put a crap game is going to be bad reguardless of system and you should be checking reviews before wasting your money anyway.
As for $4 a month. Can I afford that? Of course. However I refuse to pay for anything I've already purchased and that would include paying in order to use my system online. Plus thats after I have to purchase a Wifi adapter for said Xbox. To me these certainly factor into purchase price. Considering a console should be a 5 year investment paying for online services means adding $250 to the purchase price of the Xbox 360 over that time. This is of course assuming that its $50 a year and not including the wifi adapter.
Its certainly a consideration for me and its the reason I won't bother with FF11 or WoW.
Last edited by DDBen; Fri, 01-19-2007 at 02:11 AM.
I can.
I can even afford the 10dollar montly on games like FFXI.
But the question is... even if I can pay it... do I have time to use it?
NO! I can work 16 hours a day if needed. 9 hours is the standard, but when we have a lot of work we can work up to 16 hours. So I wouldn't have time to use the paid online.
So... you won't catch me playing online. Ever.
I'm not sure accurate my example is but there wasn't really a significant surge in cost...then again I'm not one who sits down to play PS3 non stop and some people may be.
LaZie made this...a long time ago.
"It was a very depressing time in my life, since I had no money I was unable to screw the rules" -Kaiba
xblive gold IS 50$ >_>, xblive silver = 0$, i dunno where you got the 100 from, anyway
im not talking about crap games having crap multiplayer, its good games having crap multiplayer, armored core 4 is really an awesome game, AAA title perhaps even, but online its lacking a build in friendslist, and voice chat, also if you do get to invite ppl into a game, it screws up sometimes, this is cause Sony doesn't enforce anything, and this is also why the x360 version of AC4 WILL have voice chat and build in friendslists.
just because psnetwork is free online ( still.. up to the devs), doesn't mean its any good, xblive is 4 dollars a month and its a freaking great experience, friends of mine that before were sceptical, don't even want to pirate the system if it means that they won't be able to use live anymore.
It's just a great service, with awesome features and content and an interface that is even greater.
oh and yes, the idioit wi-fi adapter is indeed expensive, but meh, just hook up a cable.
My house is very large and its brick. Its physically impossible for me to run a cable from the "Music room" over to the living room and they are next to each other. So for my personal use I'd require a wireless option to be able to play online period. I'm only talking about myself here but we are talking $250 to play online plus as you stated the expensive wi-fi adapter. So in the end there is no savings for me between the two systems.
From the Xbox webpage aka XBox.com.
Note: Silver level requires Xbox 360 storage device and broadband connection. Xbox Live Marketplace downloads and MMO games may require an additional fee.
So because I require a storage device I would assume that means the harddrive to be realistic meaning the only version of the system is really the $400 version. The Core system is worthless.
So unless its a MMORPG or a game thats only playable online you require a gold membership to play online anything based on the following info from the Xbox.com page
Click this link for specifics
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/goldenage.htm
Also of note MMORPG's and the same sort of games can have fee's in addition to the Xbox live gold membership price. So suddenly if I want to play a game like WoW or FFXI I'm paying that $4 on top of any other costs such as a $15 a month membership to the specific game.
As for costs apparently this is the 12 month package
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x...hpremgoldpack/
Thats what I'd be getting if I intended to get online. Being its $60 I have to assume that $4 a month is 100% correct in the standard cost for it. Its honestly not a terrible deal and has lots of coupons your very likely to use.
The Network adapter on the other hand is $99.99 and this is where the costs really start adding up. At this point without a game I'm upto $560 for my 360.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x...er/default.htm
Now I still can't play HD-DVD's and I have recurring fee's for the future. With this alone I'd say the two systems cost virtually the same amount but the PS3 has a lot more packed in with it and less recurring fee's mandatory to play my system. Pricing is much much closer then Microsoft wants to admit and I think thats a very fair statement for sony to make. Note I'm ignoring the HD-DVD player and wireless controller and only stating things that would be 100% mandatory for me to be able to use the system on and offline.
the wireless controller is in the 400$ pack, you btw dont NEED the HDD for a storage device, there are mem cards available too, but then you would miss out on demo's.
And yes if you purchase all the things the then pricing would be more or less the same, but what is unfair about sony's statement, is that MS at least gives you a choice, cause you might need all the extra equipment, but i, for instance, don't im fine with my 400€ ( yes euro even), system and 12 monthly xblive.
This is also why im getting hte 500€ ps3 and not the 600€ system, i have no need for wi-fi at all, i wouldnt need the blu-ray player either, but sony is forcing me to go with that >_>.
But yeah, they really need to cut down on the price of that adaptor, the price is way too high.
And lets be reasonable, MMO's will always have an subscription fee ( with some exceptions here and there like guild wars ), the 4$ a month is just paying for the smooth xblive multiplayer service itself, i don't think MS can go around the subscription fees for MMO's.
Last edited by darkshadow; Sat, 01-20-2007 at 08:32 PM.
Ah man I know what you guys are saying. Remember the time when Nintendo and Sega consoles were cheap and games were only like $5-$10? Or sometimes even cheaper. Well technology has advanced and damn consoles reaching a maximum $600 plus the games are like $60. If I was to choose, I would definitely choose ps3 because of the gaming library but jeeze I hate how the prices are going so high. As much as I like WII and the 360 which all 3 companies are trying to compete, I give them propers for working so hard on these consoles. When I get the ps3 I plan to get Resistance and the new Final Fantasy.
No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you when he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy from now on. From now on, I am your teacher."
-Mazer Rackham
Not sure if this contributes to your little chat, but....
The bathrooms in Sony's San Diego corporate office smells of cinnamin and sawdust.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
for the Europeans (and Aussies) here who care:
PS3 Release Date for Europe set for March 23
About 1 million units of the newer model, which features a 60 GB hard drive, will be on sale in Europe starting March 23 and will come with a US $775 price tag, which comes out to nearly €600 at the time of this writing. The model will also be released in Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand on the same day.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Sony recently officially announced the new rumored feature "Home" at GDC. It's a free virtual world similiar to The sims. Where players can interact with other players to talk through normal chatting or with microphones. You also get your own house which you can design by yourself with downloadable material, there you can add your mp3's to the cd player and videos to your Tv. You can also invite friends over.
It also has a wide variety of games like bowling arcade games etc, there'll be a hall of fame section and much more.... Well instead of me repeating what the video said go watch it
Ps3 Home
They also announced this multiplayer game, cant recall how it would be integrated though.
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