Microsoft on Playstation Home: "Not a game-centric approach" |
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Just a couple of days ago, the unveiling of the spanking-new Playstation Home and LittleBigPlanet by Sony at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2007 has caused a myriad of reactions among the public - but let's not forget that there are also reactions coming from the camps of both Nintendo and Microsoft. As we've previously reported, Nintendo referred to the online service as the "Mii-too approach", but now, we finally get to hear what Microsoft has got to say about it.According to Microsoft general manager Chris Satchell, he believes that even though PlayStation Home makes use of some concepts which are similar to what the Xbox 360 uses (such as in the case of game achievements), he acknowledges that Sony is "pushing in a different direction" and that Sony's "sort of fundamentally got two different approaches going on here".
Satchell has also shown fondness for Sony's LittleBigPlanet which he considers to be "a very cool game" with "a cool user-generated content feature". However, he also notes that he "can't see a big portfolio of games at the moment that do this. I don't think there's a whole load to catch up."
The Microsoft bigwig has a rather valid gripe about Sony's new online service, though. According to him, as fun as Home and LittleBigPlanet may be, "It's not a very game-centric approach." He then explains that "It's a cool world but it's like a little game by itself. Our approach is the other way around; that games are the center and that's the star of the show, that's what people buy the console for."
So there you go. Microsoft basically thinks that Sony may have something good going on in there, but that for it to succeed, it's going to need a whole lot of work first. Well, one has to admit that the man has a point, right?
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Its only a matter of time before MS would think of somthing to copy Sony's innovative Home and Game 3.0 ideas. Most of all,
LittleBigPlanet that makes owning a PS3 worth it. When I buy Sony, I dont think about just graphics and *****, like these punks. They are more focused towards their complete service and reliability. You dont see PS3 tearing lines in my discs.
Thank you buddy. And im OUT-
playstation 3 is the most powerful console
wii is the most innovative gameplay
xbox 360 is the most powerful paper shredder..period.
microsoft is a copycat.
Playstation Home is free so its nothing to gain nothing to lose for the customer. Well, to gain probably recognition from other players. Whatever though.
first BD use MPEG2 but now they use VC1 or MPEG4
Poor poor xbot. It is obvious that you don't own a PS3. I on the other hand own both and plan on buying the Wii, and to tell you the truth now more than ever Sony has nothing to envy from Microsoft. The PS3 was already better hardware wise, and multimedia wise. And now they are about to surpass MS on the online world too. Don't get me wrong I'm not a MS hater. like I said I own a 360 and I love playing games on it but I think Sony is still going to be king when it's all said and done. I already replaced my 360 once and with all the people I've seen go through two three and even four consoles I'm terrified every time I turn on my 360 will be the last. Out of all the consoles I've own, the 360 is the only one to ever brake down on me, and only after two days of use. Sony has a quality product and very innovative thinkers with big ambitions. The home virtual world is proof of that. Things can only get better from here on.
It seems people think that you in fact ARE paying for everything you want in-game. But the truth is, most of it becomes free AFTER you buy a game say Resistance: Fall of Man. You will then probably recieve free couches, paper etc.
Or, you most likely could buy the same free furniture if you dont have the game yet.
Here we go again. wii360 fanboys need to be a bit more creative.
Microsoft just concentrates on gamers and games. Thats why they have a service to download arcades games, which in my opinion is similar to what sony is doing with littlebigplanet , and they also have a service to download movies and tv shows. The point is that companies need to stop criticizing what others do. When a company comes out with something new the others just go out and start talking trash about it. Just concentrate on making your product better and stop criticizing what others are doing.
yeah..and people still complains...besides home is not even a game...its a community thing..imagine doing a chat but in 3d world...I bet a lot people in here gonna say that they hate sims,second life,etc. come one guys...and don't even say anything about sony copied home.Microsoft is the biggest copycat in the world...ms copied windows,zune,et c.
You are an idiot if you move your system around while it is on... that is the ONLY way the 360 *****s up discs... Just keep it in once place and you will be fine...
It's free because they know that developers are going to want to advertise on it, and once it gains enough popularity probably other companies will want to advertise on it, there by making it free to the gamers. And unlike a lot of people who obviously didn't watch the whole trailer for home think, you wont have to buy everything you want in the PS store, only if you want more than what Sony offers for free which seems quite varied. You don't have to buy furniture for your apartment if you don't want to is not like you're avatar is gonna get tired of standing. You do what you want. That's the beauty of it.
MS just cant seem to find a way to rival PS HOME so they bash it instead.
HOME is very game-centric. its a Hub for games and thats the whole point of it. You log in, roam around find new people to play with and start a game together.
If thats not being game-centric then what is? Would Microsoft be saying the same thing if they didnt have a 3d world and just had a series of menu interfaces and lobbies?
PS HOME is a very innovative way to create an online community. MMO games have proven that when random people group up in concentrated areas, its more fun then randomly joining a session.
Microsoft is bashing it down because they chose not to create a 3d interface for Xbox Live when they had a chance. They cant do it now because it would require a whole restructuring of Xbox Live. When they cant copy or make a rival, they bash it.
how does it have the best graphics? PS3's hasn't been used to the max yet so graphics are only 360's quality. Blu-Ray carries more data and is scratch resistant. and ps3s online is free and much better than wii's. and not everything on a console has to be about games. PS3 is more towards an entertainment system much like the PSP. And Playstation Home will be much more innovative than Nintendo's Mii. Its obvious you're sticking with the company that screws you over with every release of windows.
XBLA is nothing like little big planet. Have you even seen a PS3 in person or browsed the playstation store. The playstation store has games for download and not only for the PS3 but also for the PSP. Little big planet is a community game where you can design your own level and share them with the community and test out other peoples ideas too. XBLA is nothing like that.
Not trying to be mean or biased, but Gamers and Games are the least worries of Microsoft. They're more concerned with DRM, Google (check out cnn.com/tech), Apple, etc. However, their gme department does put a lot of concern on the games, but in my opinion, they don't really seem to until something of theirs gets messed up like the first round of Xbox 360's that came out.
As a xbox owner i have to say home does sound and look impressive :o)
Knowing the industry most game companies wont waste their time creating content unless they are being paid for it, especially for a console nobody wants to pay for.
Ps3 fanboys will jump threw hoops to bash the 360 because at the moment its all they can do. Ps3 has potential but the 360 has substance. With the ps3 its all what if, whats coming. 360 its here it works and its good. Its got the better graphics, its more stable, its got the fastest loading times it has at the moment the best online service. The ps3 has bad choppy graphics, a bad cpu for gaming a slow lastgen gpu and potential for a new innovative online. Now i have no doubt that when cell is optimized it can push out some darn good graphics. But people need to wake up and smell the coffee that the ps3 is not a gaming machine at heart. It will not beat the 360 and wii at games because it clearly was not designed for them. Its a media center that also happens to play games. Sony have a whole different approach to the gaming thing. The ps3 buying system is horribe and its the worst ive ever used. The guys at penny arcade did a good article on it actually .Its not as simple as the wii and 360. And its also not as fast. Honestly from a developers point of few and all of my co workers. The 360 is the fastest, it does have the best development tools and it is a joy to program for. The ps3 is far from it, the rsx is a generation below the xenos, edram, unified shaders and geomtry shaders in the 360 are so useful in pushing out great scenes. But the ps3 you can push something out of it. But it has so many bottlenecks the main one for me is god dammit why is blu ray so damn slow. And why does the ps3 OS take up so much of its ram. I know of a few companies that just havnt even considered using a the ps3 as a platform because its just not worth the cost. Anyway rant over you can believe your expensive ps3 can push out twice the power of the 360, but whos the mug me who knows what to expect from the ps3 and so decided the 360 was the better platform. Or you living in your dream world and believing your overpriced purchase is going to eventually live up to its hype?
I have to say bravo to Sony nice move with home and little planet which has so much potential it’s amazing what people will make on that then share with others, but they did take my idea of home which I thought of as an interface. I thought of a virtual reality world where u interact with people and you go to your virtual ps3 and boot a game up like in real live but in a virtual reality. I’m not mad just interested what game developers will do. Imagine they make like a final fantasy world where you can explore or what ever. While other developers who could make a world where it’s like a game where you use your character to play. Who knows where it can go let’s just say the future looks interesting. While MS and Nintendo do respect the idea and from reading what a MS rep had to say in the article above I get a feeling they know they got something to worry about. Peace Out
Also am going to write my ideas down from now on, so where’s my pen lol
They will because it's not just games now, they will have it for everything. From a-z, think about it. For less then it would cost to pay for tv advertisements Nike, Mcdonalds, Pizza Hut, Toshiba, GAP, Underarmor, and millions more all can start their own place in this world. Making their own products avalible to all the people on the Home network for free or for a few cents or dollors. You will be wearing the same shoes you have own in real life in the game or maybe the same t-shirt.
It's not limited to games, and you and your friends can go chill at your place and watch videos that you want to share. Maybe you have a new DVD you can load up on your tv and watch it. Or talk about your last Resistance battle, even talk about a new game you have that just came out.
It's really limitless to the things that you will be able to do.
I have both systems and enjoy them both. I don't care which is technically better but I will say I play my 360 more because of the gamerscore feature and I have more games for it. I am glad Sony has finally decided to clue us in though, I was starting to worry my PS3 would end up a paperweight.
Chris has a point, Sony's Home does seem more like a game, I just hope they make support for the 3D trophies and joining games from Home mandatory for all games. Can't wait to get in and try it, looks like fun.
Sony has just been stealing from Nintendo.
What the hell are you talking about? Have you never used a PS3 at all??? What Choppy Graphics??? STFU. What slow BluRay players? The PS3 is regarded as one of the best BD players out there! Idiots like you just make this stuff up and act like you know something. We don't have to bash the 360, we just have to stop you from bashing the PS3, incorrectly. You didn't say anything true, in your entire post. What substance do you have? A few more games? It's only been out a few months buddy, in a year, we will see how many games there are.
And don't talk about developers pov, you are NOT in the business, and never will be. You bought a 360 with the milk money and now you have to defend yourself and your purchase online because you can't buy the PS3 :)
wow, lets bring up windows in a discussion about the ps3, wii, xbox 360..real smart. To say that the ps3 is going to pass up the 360 in the online world is really to early to say. lets wait and see how it actually turns out. remember, in the past, sony makes huge promises and always come out on the short end of them.
to call microsoft the biggest copycat after everything sony has done is very naive. whats funny is sony delayed their system so many times and they're still not done with it yet. Now they're trying to put rumble in the controller, add an online service. they keep playin catch up
Never.
Nintendo has never invented anything, they have always copied. Even rumble wasn't invented by them. And home is nothing like the Mii system, Nintendo has even admitted Home is a copy of "something we never did"
its funny how mad Ps3 fans get when the truth is spoken. I think Ezekiel summed it up real good: Ps3 has potential but the 360 has substance.
Here's a good example. Oblivion, looks better and loads faster on the PS3, and that was said by Bethesda theme selfs.
sorry for the mixup
Yes, just like the PS2, the consoles with the most worldwide sales of any console ever.
Extinction's right. Nintendo implemented games on DVDs for their Wii after PlayStation2 did. They implemented the ability for their console to either sit upright or on its side (So did Xbox360) AFTER the PS2 did it. And their God-awful motion-sensing wand thingy that somehow passes for a controller ('Innovative' is not a synonym for 'good', btw) came out two days after the PS3's SIXAXIS came out.
You're exactly right. HOME is easily able to function like a 3D interactive game lobby (First thought that went through my head when I saw the headline, btw.), so it couldn't possible be more "game-centric".
You've summed up pretty much everything that needed to be said. I'm tired of Wii360 fanboys making sh*t up to try to bash the PS3.
So Roncoloid. You think that it is a Good thing that MS is bringing out another console? That doesn't seem very good. Think about it. If MS has to bring out another console, and Sony doesn't have to bring one out for 5 years or more, then I see that as some staying power.
Console Longevity is just as good as the games that appear on it. I say this because then developers and others do not have to learn new hardware *if any at all* and now that there is a newer 360 version coming that is going to have a bigger harddrive and HDMI (from what I understand) MS just screwed itself in the long run. They could've had all this stuff in the early going but chose not too. Now they are doing it because people want it. I'll stick with a wii or ps3 for 5 years, and you can keep taking your re-hashed xbox's every few years.
~Kaden
(Doubt you'll read this)
Innovatation isn't everything.
Graphics isn't everything.
Power isn't everything.
You've got to put it all together and the Ps3 will have the power to do that.
(basically graphics don't matter unless you own a 61" HDTV 1080p like me... game devs are always just making 720p games.)
Oh how we forget, the old gaming consoles had it first, but what I see sony as copying from is the sims, because wii's are more cartoonish~
Ok well this is argument really is going now where ok listen. Sony have been very ignorant issuing some very daft statements in the past, Now it was microsofts turn but there not being 12 year olds they are bringing up a good argument. Home is a nice idea, But it alone isnt going to sell systems. Whats with the fanboys giving other fanboy stars. :S As of now Xbox 360 has the best graphics and online play. Wii is the most innovative and the fun play (Really depends on what game you like), PS3 is just not immpressive and what other people I know have said the exact same. Now if you are going to argue with me please dont bring up stuff my 12 year old sister could have came out with.
Look at the Xbots.. Too funny..
If you are so happy with your service why are you over here trying to convince us HOME is bad?
I love Home! For those who say we stole it, okay we did, what are you doing to do about it? Yup, nothing.
Now go pay Uncle Bill for your "achievements".. How long do you think your going to pay for that for? Rest of your life? If not that account will be closed and mean absolutly nothing!
100% satisified with my Ps3.
Everyone is taking ideas from others, and I do not really see it as all that bad. PS3 home is most likely in response to achievements and mii. X360 put in 1080p and is going to put in HDMI because PS3 has it. Wii is trying to become more internet-based because the Xbox had great online capabilities. These are all ideas that have worked and so everyone wants a part of it.
I never actually paid much attention to it before, but all of the achievements in XBL would amount no nothing if you ever decide to terminate your subscription.
Don't get me wrong thought, I'm not hating on no system. I just think "highps3" brought up a good point.
I wouldn't say the Xbox360 has the best online play.
it has a better online interface, but once your in the game, I have to give it to Sony for providing a lag-free experience. No matter how good GoW or Halo2 is online, lag pretty much takes a 8/10 rating down to 3/10. I cant stress enough that MS needs dedicated servers or else Sonys service will run over them.
Also in terms of better graphics, There isnt anything the Xbox360 can do that the PS3 cant. Right now, the best graphical game is GoW for a console, UT3/UT2007 is Epics flagship title that surpasses GoW and is running on both systems. Therefore, graphically, they are equal.
In terms of which service has more potential? HOME has the advantage once more users are on PS3s. While the Xbox360 has over 50% adoption for Xbox Live, the PS3 has the ability to have close to 100% because its free.
so witch one of MS's employees has a copy of home on their ps3 to know? Ever think sony might have a "dashboard" also, to join games with friends, bypassing the "3d home"?
I think gamer scores are pretty weak, I could care less.. ( have a buddy w/ a lil over 24k achievement points).. its sad to see him renting CRAPPY games just to get more points... I hope sony implements this a lil bit... But I would be more EXCITED to see hard-to-unlock trophy's. You know, the gold Rx-7 trophy from Grand turismo, Irif from FFx13 if he is in it, not just a stupid airship lol.
yeah, I wouldnt play my ps3 either If I couldn't get achievments.... (XBOX home of the hard core gamers) lol... I do understand how if you had both systems and were addicted to having a big score. But honestly, score dont mean skill, you can have a high ass score, just renting games and getting 1/2 of the easy achievements...
it seems that Microsoft always give out bad comments whenever PS3 comes out something new.
i never heard PS3 bad mouth any releases that Microsoft did. SONY even praise Microsoft for creating XBL, in this way SONY can create better like HOME....hahaha.
but seriously all of this XBOX owners are so defensive whenever their XBOX or XBL are getting critize. funny is when they critize the PS3 when its only 5 months old, and theyto compare it to their XBOX system which release for more than 1 year now and their XBL since the XBOX1 era.
SONY started from scratch regarding their online system so now that HOME got the upper hand you guys (XBOX fans) are so envious and hoping that we jump on your wagon...it ain't happening. As long as Japanese Developers are going to prioritize PS3 before XBOX 360 then there is no worries in our side.
Look at highps3 ... Too funny..
He doesn't realise the comments point to the same place. The article was posted on the 360 site too.
playstation home is a completely different experience from xbox live, playstation home is nice, but it will not affect xbox live.
So why are 360 users buying Burger King games just for achievements? For the games right? HA!
And how many Microsoft game studio games have been released so far? 4? Viva, Kameo, Perfect Dark and Gears right? Oh, and crackdown. so 5. Now I'm wondering, which are as creative as littlebigplanet ? I just think Microsoft is alittle jealous thats all.
And wait, whats not game-centric about littlebigplanet ? Playing with your friends isn't game centric? I'm not understanding his logic.
Queer! QUEER!!!
Its all about the games Ps3 sux big time xbox 360 is #1
this is awesome! i just saw the video and love how ambitious this seems. sony is paving the way for a new means to load into and play video games. instead of loading into a firmware screen we could load into our avatars where we last left them and feel a community aspect before we play our games, not just blindly jump in.
Ha! 360 is going to suck even
more once Home come out .
"i never heard PS3 bad mouth any releases that Microsoft did."
No because gamers like you turn a blind eye when it's against the competition and scream out in protest when it's directed at your console of choice.
I'm not even going to waste time listing all of Sony's attacks, but I'll to ask you to go to www.yahoo.com and search for;
kuturagi xbox
And this is just a drop in the ocean.
"I wouldn't say the Xbox360 has the best online play."
Of course YOU wouldn't. We all know what YOU think of Microsoft and the 360 Vietone, so I wouldn't expect an unbiased view from you about the 360 anymore than I would expect an unbiased view from Jack Thompson about video games.
"Also in terms of better graphics, There isnt anything the Xbox360 can do that the PS3 cant."
And vice-versa.
"UT3/UT2007 is Epics flagship title that surpasses GoW"
We haven't seen the PS3 and 360 versions of this game, so you don't know that!
"Therefore, graphically, they are equal"
Yes, they are equal, so why has it taken you SO LONG to finally accept this? I've lost count of the times you have argued and argued here on QJ about PS3 graphical superiority as if your life depended on it, especially back when many seem to expect 1080p from most PS3 games.
"In terms of which service has more potential?"
Neither has more potential, but right now the 360 is winning in terms of quantity and quality or service. We'll have to wait and see how each approach developes, but I have to say I'm not convinced that PS3 Home is really the answer for a great service. Once the service is up and running, we'll have a better idea.
download 3d desktop for the pc and you'll know ps3 home sux
To walk about in the lobby is FREE but EVERYTHING else you will PAY for..
Let me get this straight, when you say BUY furniture you mean PAY for a PICTURE on the screen of say a couch ???? WTH is going on when people start paying to look at pictures of furniture or clothes etc on the screen, ITS INSANE...
First off Oblivion is just a RUSTY old budget title for the PC and 360 and all you are getting for the FULL price you have to pay is some updated graphics. The 360 and PC are now getting the latest version with better graphics and also SIX MONTHE to a YEAR before the PS3 gets it..
ITS IN ALL SECTIONS IDIOT.
Excellent post SunRise and every bit true..
What amazes me is they go on about the live subscription but for this Home thing they dont realize yet that they are going to pay for just about everything on it particularly as they mention it has PRIVATE sections..
They have no games so this is exciting to them LOL ?, You complain that 360 owners have to pay a subscription well you wait until this Home thing is released I bet YOU WILL PAY for just about EVERYTHING other than standing in a make believe lobby whilst looking at the make believe clothes etc that you are wearing all of which you had to pay for, you wait and see if I am right or not..
Sony and all of its retarted fanboys suck. Face reality. Xbox360 owns. Its online services and features are the best. While other consoles have potential you have one that has substance, and thats one and only 360. You will all see how this ends on the long run. It's not our fault MS Xbots that your silly sony morons chose and baught and over priced product. Sony says but sony rarely does. Sony's known for making empty promises. I thought it'd be about time its fans would realize. Crackheads have better taste than you all if you're claming the ps3 is a better console. And if it was or is why isnt the hottest cosonle around. Cmon it's been only four months. From what i can remember it was still diffucult to find a 360 up till their 6th month.. Blah Blah, Yaaah, Yaahhh,, Nahh, NAhhh, Naahhhh, Ghhaaa Laaahh Laaahh... Goo Gooooh, Gaaahhhh. I bet if Ms released ever 360 with a crack pipe then these sony rats would agree it's better. Sony Sucksssssssssss ssssssssssss.. And I regret buying a ps3. I only own one game and that's resistance. I traded in the others at eb for crackdown, Gears of War and prordered Blue Dragon. Sony fans Make me sick.. 360 ownssssssssssss sssssssssssssss ss.. Microsoft.......
lol... 360 best online every? NVR... PC rules!!!
I see PS Home a a new interface for the internet.
Very futuristic. Good Job Sony...
http://secondlife.com/whatis/
It's hardly original 'Lucky PS3 Owner' and it's not a new interface for the internet, it's simply the interface for SONY'S online service.
sony kind of took second life's idea and put a twist on it.
"so I wouldn't expect an unbiased view from you about the 360 anymore than I would expect an unbiased view from Jack Thompson about video games."
*Audience applauds + standing ovation*
i own a ps3 and i'll tell you that 360 is much weaker... blu-ray discs single layered can hold 35 gigs while hd-dvds can hold only 15 gigs of data single layered... 360 doesn't even use hd-dvds for gaming... it has the add on, but only for movies... you basically pay $600 if you get the premium 360 and the hd-dvd add on, so you're better off getting a ps3... nintendo innovated gaming by adding motion sensing... ps3 adds high defenition content and full multimedia support, but 360 doesn't add anything...360 is a dud... the thing about microsoft releasing another console in 2 years is also false... they would get critisism from the consumers... i don't like 360 because most games that microsoft publishes are Mature games... Nintendo makes family games and Sony makes games for Teens, but microsoft makes games for adults... which is bad because kids want to play videogames and if they get a 360 they're forced to buy only a few games that are family orientated, and when they want to get a new game they're forced to get Mature games, which makes people more violent and aggressive... so overall ps3 wins, wii come in second but still close to first, and 360 bites the dust...
wow you're such a fanboy... you don't own a ps3... if u did you wouldn't say it sucked... remember.. ps3 just came out... of course there aren't any good games out yet... all consoles are the same.. they're released with alot of bad games except 1, but as time goes by, more good games come out... sony does keep they're promises... they said that ps3 would still support the psOne and ps2, and it does... even on launch date it supported almost 60% of the games for both systems... yea promised it would be 100% compatible, but then again things happen and change things... at least sony doesn't drop a console after the release of a new one like microsoft did... microsoft and 360 suck... ps3 and sony are awsome... nintendo is the second best, which says alot because they've been around alot longer than the other 2 and are still kickin ass... microsoft should just drop out of the console wars... they should just drop out of everything... all they do is copy stuff... that's all they can do...
he's right... 360 is more of a cd shredder, though... anyways, chief, spell your name right... plz... also, didn't put rumble in the sixaxis because of a dispute with immersive, the company that made the rumble for them... now that they've worked everything out, rumble is comming back... microsoft is always trying to be the best but they don't seem to realize that they can't compete with international companies...
Ps3 is the most powerful...
Wii is innovative...
360 is a cd shredder...
microsoft is the biggest copycat in history...
case closed...
I really feel sorry for you...then again i must temporarly agree with you about the wii but common man !!! do you really compare nearly 2 year old graphics (360) with nearly 4 months old (ps3) which you need 20 min to make out the difference?????? SHAME ON YOU AND MICROSOFT !!!! mark my words in 6-8 months from now you will be looking at sonys back with high magnification binoculars and wipe over your 360 trolls....
Singled layer Blu-Ray disc hold 25GB numb nuts. And yes PS3 games coming out the end of this year will look better then most games currently released for the 360, but new 360 games will look just as good if not better. The gap between the PS3 and 360 hardware is much much smaller then the gap between the Xbox1 and PS2. Good art direction is the key to good looking graphics, pumping out a few extra polygons will make small difference be not to the extent that your praying for.
What you don't seem to realize is that nobody is forcing you to buy anything in home. So yes it is a free service and all the basic stuff like voice and video chat, matchmaking, media sharing is included in the Home service. So anybody with a PS3 will be able to use Home and all the cool online features for free. How anyone can say this is not better than xboxlive is beyond me. You get all the features from Live plus more and its in 3d and free.Live killer all the way baby. Vietone is totally right about the actual online game play. I own a 360 and Ps3 and the game play online for PS3 is much better, I've yet to experience any lag on any game and I can not say that about the 360.
We don't have to wait and see if your right or not because we can just watch Phil Harrisons keynote speech video where he explains everything in detail. So youre wrong. You don't have to buy a single thing if you don't want to. PS3 has games and will have games, look at the 360 drought after it launched, PS3 has only been out a few months and not even in the whole world dummy.
They copied off of the achievements, they copied off of the mii's, what's next??? Oh yeah...didn't they completely copy off of nintendo whenever they were thinking of ways to design the original playstation controller which is still in use as far as design...don't believe me? LOOK AT A FREAKIN' SUPER NINTENDO CONTROLLER, sony added two buttons and made it a freakin' trademark...SONY SUX!!!
I see this as just another thing that proves Sony doesn't care about games and that that's not what the PS3 is for, it's a "multimedia" system.
I don't wanna watch f*ckin movies on my GAME console, I don't wanna look at pics on my GAME console, and I certainly don't wanna romp around some 3D Myspace on my GAME console. SHOW US THE F*CKIN GAMES SONY!
Second Life sucks btw
Eh, catchy slogan eh? ^
Anyway, I think Home is an excellent idea. Yea yea, we all know Sony got some idea's both from Nintendo, and microsoft, but just think about it...
Achievement points - Like the achievement system from XBL, you play a game, unlock crap/clear stages, the more points you get, the better the score. Whatever. Woopie do. Numbers...
This is a similiar approach sony is attempting. However, Sony has added a few things to this.
For instance, you buy a game. When you beat a certain stage or unlock a certain weapon, not only does it show in your 3-D Trophy show-case, but you might win a prize. For instance, Wallpaper for your "Home Apartment" or maybe a T-shirt for your avatar. Maybe a Poster, hell, maybe a ticket to see an online movie
[sony expressed interest in providing ps3 owners ways to download movies from the playstation store]
So Who knows...
Its a wii bitty little world after all - lol Sorry, but the Wii avatars are so funny looking, it cracks me up.
Nintendo made the option to customize your avatar which is fun and cool, but cmon. Sony easily adopted this idea and expanded from it. Change clothes, facial features, skinny, fat, t-shirt, shorts. Whatever. Oh yah, you CAN play games with your avatar. Just head over to the Lobby and play a game of pool, arcade or bowling. It's all seamless. It's quite lovely.
What I find most interesting is the fact that i can SHARE everything with my friends or people I meet online. You can set up a t.v. with your OWN video footage and have your friends see it in REAL-TIME.
You-Tube, Me Tube!
Share pictures, Share games, User-Generated...Man,so much potential. I give sony props for this...
once again I say playstation home is a completely different experience from xbox live, playstation home is nice, but it will not affect xbox live.
So you say the XBOX 360 doesn't add anything? WHAT ABOUT GAMES? LOTS OF REALLY GOOD GAMES, NO CORPORATE HYPE NECESSARY.
What's the PS3 add? A gimmic designed to get you to buy virtual crap for a virtual apartment. This is sony's way of getting you to pay for the PSN. If anything, PSN Home is a distraction from the current and future pathetic game linup.
Where did this paper shredder BS come from?
My XBOX 360 never marked a disc any way whatsoever and always read discs great. How do these BS rumors get started by hypestation 3 fan-*****s that are the staple of all their 360 bashing because they got nothing truthful to argue?
Angel of stupidity, Microsoft IS an international company, and are whooping sony's arse pretty well.
What has Microsoft copied off others? The PSN has copied what live offered and just added a cheezy interface to get you to buy virtual useless crap to pay for the "free" online. There's nothing innovative about the PS3 other than the creative ways they get you to buy more crap for it.
"reply to qweqw"
You do not have a PS3 and XBOX 360 with live. You would have to be stupid to believe that. You did not compare them, and you are full of s*it. There is absolutely no noticable lag with XBOX live, period.
You buy all the other crap sony tries to sell you, and I know you will be buying all the custom crap for your crap apartment because you're the type.
Invite your virtual friends to your virtual apartment and show them the virtual furniture you can't afford in real life.
The first tropy you could unlock is the "sony profit tool" trophy. It potrays Ken Kutaragi giving it to you up the ass.
PS3 = SHlT. XBoX 360 for the win!!! Sony sucks ass at making consoles.
PS3 will suck more when people realize this ray of hope called home is a way for sony to sell you more crap.
360 rules period