Official PS3 Discussion Part III...

[Altimus]

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QFT. How is this feature not live yet? Quit releasing weekly minor Blu-Ray functionality updates and fix your crappy interface, Sony.

My explanation is that when the PS3 came out the OS was running at around 90MB use of memory. 360 is at 36MB. Motorstorm developers reported the OS memory use has been brought down to around 40MB a couple months ago. I'm sure they wanted to reduce the OS memory size before putting in XMB in-game. Although a bad excuse as this issue should have been done before the PS3 launched. In-game XMB existed before the PS3 launched. For these memory reasons I assume it was taken out. Since that Sony has lagged and focused on other aspects.

Fortunately it seems they are focusing on gaming now.

[rspencer86]

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My explanation is that when the PS3 came out the OS was running at around 90MB use of memory. 360 is at 36MB. Motorstorm developers reported the OS memory use has been brought down to around 40MB a couple months ago. I'm sure they wanted to reduce the OS memory size before putting in XMB in-game. Although a bad excuse as this issue should have been done before the PS3 launched. In-game XMB existed before the PS3 launched. For these memory reasons I assume it was taken out. Since that Sony has lagged and focused on other aspects.

Fortunately it seems they are focusing on gaming now.

Hmm, didn't know that backstory. Thanks for the info, Altimus.

Man, if Home or better online functionality ever comes to fruition, I'll be a happy camper. It would make the OS PS3 online group a lot tighter, right now it's hard to play with anyone other than randoms online.

[mgoblue]

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My explanation is that when the PS3 came out the OS was running at around 90MB use of memory. 360 is at 36MB. Motorstorm developers reported the OS memory use has been brought down to around 40MB a couple months ago. I'm sure they wanted to reduce the OS memory size before putting in XMB in-game. Although a bad excuse as this issue should have been done before the PS3 launched. In-game XMB existed before the PS3 launched. For these memory reasons I assume it was taken out. Since that Sony has lagged and focused on other aspects.

Fortunately it seems they are focusing on gaming now.

I'm also willing to bet that Home and in-game XMB are completely tied together now...I doubt they could rip away the in-game XMB stuff from the beta Home they have...

Whether we like it or not we wait for Home.

[Altimus]

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I'm also willing to bet that Home and in-game XMB are completely tied together now...I doubt they could rip away the in-game XMB stuff from the beta Home they have...

Whether we like it or not we wait for Home.

Not necessary as it has been mentioned that you don't need to download Home to enjoy trophies and in-game communication which means they will have to tie into the XMB.

Look at it this way, when you watch a trailer or surf the internet on the PS3 you are able to bring the XMB up at any time. The trailer or web page will go out of focus and dim and the XMB will come up just like on the main screen. So it is already there. It is just there for basic applications; therefore, I still have faith that we will get the same thing in-game once they work everything out.

[mgoblue]

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Not necessary as it has been mentioned that you don't need to download Home to enjoy trophies and in-game communication which means they will have to tie into the XMB.

Look at it this way, when you watch a trailer or surf the internet on the PS3 you are able to bring the XMB up at any time. The trailer or web page will go out of focus and dim and the XMB will come up just like on the main screen. So it is already there. It is just there for basic applications; therefore, I still have faith that we will get the same thing in-game once they work everything out.

That's cool...it'll be nice! They'll figure it all out, just frustrating to wait...

[Kodiak33]

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What do you guys use for media sharing? I tried PS3 Media Server X or whatever, and could not get it to work. I also want to download some of my tv shows to the PS3 hard drive. Any idea how to do this or can you point me in a good direction?

[The Chef]

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I use Window Media Player from my laptop. It worked for the most part but kept having problems playing movies from my laptop when I was doing it via streaming, now if you save it to your HDD or, like I did, save it to a thumb drive then you wont have these problems at all. In terms of putting it on the HDD from either your CPU or a thumb drive, once the file shows up click triangle and then click copy and thats it.

[fishepa]

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I use TVersity for media sharing, works like a champ.

[eDotd]

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Ugh..I know I'm probably in the minority here but this system just seems so boring. I bought it to play The Show and MGS, but with MGS not due until June, I barely play anything on it. I have to bust out a swifter whenever I want to play it because of how much dust it's collecting. I know a lot of people had issues with the 360 but I guess I'm one of the lucky ones because these systems seem like night a day to me.

The lack of XMB in-game, or anything in-game allowing you to communicate with people is so disappointing. I know it's supposedly on it's way, and I knew it didn't have this kind of support before I bought the system but I still feel let down..not sure why. It just feels really bare bones and I have no way whatsoever to communicate with my buddies unless I call them and we set something up.

Just alot of annoyances adding up for me. Like a couple of minutes ago, I just wanted to try out some Heavenly Sword for a couple of minutes before I jumped in the bed but I got bombarded with all this other crap. First I noticed I wasn't signed in so I have to download the system update in order to see who's online. I just said screw it and started the game. I'm then greeted with a patch for the game I need to d/l before I can play, then I have to sit through install. Maybe it's just because i'm tired right now but it just totally killed my mood to play the game and I just turned it off so I can head to bed.

It's not really things that I can't work around, but just a lot of little things that add on top of one another. Sometimes you just wanna get a game in for a couple of minutes, or check who's online, send someone a quick message, hop online with some friends for a quick round, whatever. It just seems like a hassle to me.

I'm not bashing the system (I hope it doesn't come off that way), I guess this is just a minor rant because I'm somewhat tired and disappointed in my purchase as of now. I know a lot of you guys love your PS3's but I just can't get into it.

I know no one will probably care anyway and I could've downloaded the update and installed Heavenly Sword instead of typing this but meh..idk. Maybe I just need some sleep.

/endminorrant

[Mintsa]

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^^^^^^^^

In game XMB is suppose to be the 2.40 update and 2.35 just got released tonight so it should be real soon. But I agree Im getting very impatient with the whole ps3 online thing.

[HustlinOwl]

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Was there an firmware update tonight

[HustlinOwl]

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Ugh..I know I'm probably in the minority here but this system just seems so boring. I bought it to play The Show and MGS, but with MGS not due until June, I barely play anything on it. I have to bust out a swifter whenever I want to play it because of how much dust it's collecting. I know a lot of people had issues with the 360 but I guess I'm one of the lucky ones because these systems seem like night a day to me.

The lack of XMB in-game, or anything in-game allowing you to communicate with people is so disappointing. I know it's supposedly on it's way, and I knew it didn't have this kind of support before I bought the system but I still feel let down..not sure why. It just feels really bare bones and I have no way whatsoever to communicate with my buddies unless I call them and we set something up.

Just alot of annoyances adding up for me. Like a couple of minutes ago, I just wanted to try out some Heavenly Sword for a couple of minutes before I jumped in the bed but I got bombarded with all this other crap. First I noticed I wasn't signed in so I have to download the system update in order to see who's online. I just said screw it and started the game. I'm then greeted with a patch for the game I need to d/l before I can play, then I have to sit through install. Maybe it's just because i'm tired right now but it just totally killed my mood to play the game and I just turned it off so I can head to bed.

It's not really things that I can't work around, but just a lot of little things that add on top of one another. Sometimes you just wanna get a game in for a couple of minutes, or check who's online, send someone a quick message, hop online with some friends for a quick round, whatever. It just seems like a hassle to me.

I'm not bashing the system (I hope it doesn't come off that way), I guess this is just a minor rant because I'm somewhat tired and disappointed in my purchase as of now. I know a lot of you guys love your PS3's but I just can't get into it.

I know no one will probably care anyway and I could've downloaded the update and installed Heavenly Sword instead of typing this but meh..idk. Maybe I just need some sleep.

/endminorrant

Whats out for 360 right now thats so good

[Altimus]

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The rumor I stated yesterday about the trophies just got a little more backbone support:

http://kotaku.com/390650/ps3-trophies-on-their-way



As far as the 2.35 update. It is meant to improve game stability.

AKA IMO probably an OS upgrade to minimize memory and prepare for in-game XMB and trophies.

We'll see, should be a good month.

[Pared]

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So how do you feel this morning, MC?

[mgoblue]

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Ugh..I know I'm probably in the minority here but this system just seems so boring. I bought it to play The Show and MGS, but with MGS not due until June, I barely play anything on it. I have to bust out a swifter whenever I want to play it because of how much dust it's collecting. I know a lot of people had issues with the 360 but I guess I'm one of the lucky ones because these systems seem like night a day to me.

The lack of XMB in-game, or anything in-game allowing you to communicate with people is so disappointing. I know it's supposedly on it's way, and I knew it didn't have this kind of support before I bought the system but I still feel let down..not sure why. It just feels really bare bones and I have no way whatsoever to communicate with my buddies unless I call them and we set something up.

Just alot of annoyances adding up for me. Like a couple of minutes ago, I just wanted to try out some Heavenly Sword for a couple of minutes before I jumped in the bed but I got bombarded with all this other crap. First I noticed I wasn't signed in so I have to download the system update in order to see who's online. I just said screw it and started the game. I'm then greeted with a patch for the game I need to d/l before I can play, then I have to sit through install. Maybe it's just because i'm tired right now but it just totally killed my mood to play the game and I just turned it off so I can head to bed.

It's not really things that I can't work around, but just a lot of little things that add on top of one another. Sometimes you just wanna get a game in for a couple of minutes, or check who's online, send someone a quick message, hop online with some friends for a quick round, whatever. It just seems like a hassle to me.

I'm not bashing the system (I hope it doesn't come off that way), I guess this is just a minor rant because I'm somewhat tired and disappointed in my purchase as of now. I know a lot of you guys love your PS3's but I just can't get into it.

I know no one will probably care anyway and I could've downloaded the update and installed Heavenly Sword instead of typing this but meh..idk. Maybe I just need some sleep.

/endminorrant

I feel your frustration, but it'd be the same on the 360...you'd turn on your xbox and have to update. Then the game would start and you'd have to update....it'd be no different.

As for games now, I haven't touched my 360 since Vegas 2, so it's just a down time in games because of GTA4 (a stellar game). No other game wanted to compete against that.