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By: CrunchGear » Archive » Playstation Home roll-out experiencing hiccups

CrunchGear » Archive » Playstation Home roll-out experiencing hiccups — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:40:33 +0000

[...] Playstation Home Beta started hitting eager PS3’s today, but there seems to some issues. Network downtime, games not working properly, all sorts of stuff [...]

By: R

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:31:01 +0000

I feel the Microsoft should offer free online play. Earlier this year, I was so upset with my online play on the Halo 3 Server that I quit playing online. During live Slayer play or TeamSlayer play, everyone would die. I could see myself and all of my teammates all dead and the server would take us back to the lobby. I did not pay $50 for that kind of service. Also, with the price of accessories: wireless battery charger for the controller or batteries/re-chargeable batteries, wireless adapter, and membership? C’mon. If we are to pay $50 to play online on Microsoft servers, at least let the $50 be a lifetime or longer subscription.

By: kyleman2k

kyleman2k — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:11:37 +0000

I am a bit torn. It’s not that I think Home is a great concept…it’s just that I think it’s better than Wii’s and Microsoft’s social gathering efforts.

Sure, mii’s are cute–but who uses them? Hell, who even uses wii’s networking capabilities? Isn’t the wii just for wii sports? Microsoft? Well–they just copied mii’s.

I think Home could find itself a fanbase–if they can support it.

By: Phil McCraken

Phil McCraken — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:48:12 +0000

What Home to me feels like is Second Life for hardcore gamers…

OH SNAP!

By: drdrew

drdrew — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:51:07 +0000

Nintendo’s comment:

“What, me worry?”

By: whiskey

whiskey — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:39:40 +0000

So Aunt Linda, errr… I mean, Aaron Greenberg gave Sony’s home two “Whaaat?” and one “Oh, brother!”…

By this standards, Windows Vis7a looks and feels like old tech too.

Glass ceilings, throwing stones… you get the picture!

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:29:05 +0000

I haven’t tried Home yet, so I can’t really comment on it. But like I said in a previous post, I’m a PS3 fanboy and not remotely interested in the service. And on the surface, as much as it pains me to admit it, I think Greenberg has a point. It took far too long to roll this thing out. Wonder if I’ll change my mind when/if I try it out.

And I agree with you, Doug, the XBox service should be free. I still maintain that after adding up the expenses of owning an XBox between that service and paying for a wireless connection – sorry, everyone I know bought the wireless connector for the 360 so don’t say it shouldn’t count – that it costs at least as much to own a 360 as a PS3 in the long run. And Sony’s online service is now on par with XBox Live.

Then again, if Microsoft can get away with charging for it – which they obviously can – than they have every reason to keep charging for it. I’m just surprised there weren’t more calls to make it free. I bet that had a lot to do with Sony’s lackluster offering in the beginning, because there was far more value in 2006 than there is now.