No online service for PS3?

[Ice Cream Truck]

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I like being able to play any game, from any company, and have a friend send an invite from a completely different game...having one gamertag is really a great feature, I remember from PS2 online (besides no one using headsets) that having to create different variations of names sucked (sometimes the one I'd want was taken)

Yeah, that seems more next-gen.

I have a feeling that this ain't true. I'm gon wait til CES and get official word from Sony. I can't see them doing nothing to online. I just can't see that. Not with all these other features they tryin ta add. I mean look, it's going to have a n OS.

[ghm125]

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I read an article saying the same thing a few months ago. While it may not be suicide, it made it easy for me to decide which system to buy.

i have the 360 and am very pleased,but was looking at maYbe a ps3 purchase also,i took it for granted that the next gens would all be online,the online on ps2 sucks only because of dial ups unless that changes,i will stay with just my 360 and the xbox live service which is outstanding,IMO....so in a way if its not gonna change it made it easy for me also...but we will see?

[Erv]

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Isn't it like only 20% of all Xbox owners have Live? That doesn't seem like sucide to me.

10% is more like it. Who knows how many years it'll take 360 to reach xbox' s subsribers numbers.

I've never heard anything more hyped as far as impact goes as online play. It doesn't replace social aspect of gaming playing against people you know.

[Skyboxer]

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I don't know what the % is but in July the amount of LIVE subscribers reached 2 million.

[bball_1523]

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I like being able to play any game, from any company, and have a friend send an invite from a completely different game...having one gamertag is really a great feature, I remember from PS2 online (besides no one using headsets) that having to create different variations of names sucked (sometimes the one I'd want was taken)

It still doesn't take away from gameplay of every game. Not every game is online and who plays every game online anyway? The avg gamer doesn't, so I think playstation online is fine. I guess it depends how much of a gamer you are, but to say you lost interest in ps3 just because of online play is something I can't comprehend.

[mgoblue]

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It still doesn't take away from gameplay of every game. Not every game is online and who plays every game online anyway? The avg gamer doesn't, so I think playstation online is fine. I guess it depends how much of a gamer you are, but to say you lost interest in ps3 just because of online play is something I can't comprehend.

I'm not saying I lost interest in PS3, I just think that their online strategy is severely lacking. It doesn't take away from any specific game, true, but Xbox Live just adds a lot of bells and whistles that drastically improve the online experience IMO. I can be playing some random game offline (but still be logged into Live), get an invite, and then go play a game against someone online. Little things like that make the experience better for the user. IMO it's the little things that will separate the consoles, because they'll both be stellar with the games.

[bball_1523]

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I'm not saying I lost interest in PS3, I just think that their online strategy is severely lacking. It doesn't take away from any specific game, true, but Xbox Live just adds a lot of bells and whistles that drastically improve the online experience IMO. I can be playing some random game offline (but still be logged into Live), get an invite, and then go play a game against someone online. Little things like that make the experience better for the user. IMO it's the little things that will separate the consoles, because they'll both be stellar with the games.

I was referring to whomever said they won't be getting ps3 or whomever does think that way all because of the online area.

again it depends per user, I don't think the avg gamer cares for bells and whistles. I mean I heard the stats for xbox live last time around was that socom 2 for ps2 had more users on it then everyone on live. That kinda says something about online gaming. Now we are in next-gen and I do partially agree that ps3 should improve their online service, but I personally won't be disappointed if they miss the little things.

All that matters to me is being able to play quality games such as the GTA series, gran turismo, nba 2k6, etc. Being able to play online with extras is just adding whip cream on pumpkie in that I can live without whip cream. But whomever can't might be taking it way too seriously IMO. Kinda tells me that there might be ulterior motives as to why they don't want or like ps3.

Like I said it will matter per user and it seems that majority of OS cares for an in-depth online service.

[Rodster]

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I heard the stats for xbox live last time around was that socom 2 for ps2 had more users on it then everyone on live. That kinda says something about online gaming.

Keep in mind that there are 100+ million PS2's and around 30 million Xboxes worldwide, so sure I would expect to see more online gamers on PS2's myself. And Socom is a very popular game for $ony.

But until I hear $ony confirm or deny their lack of online strategy I would take that article with a grain of salt.

[Virix]

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I was referring to whomever said they won't be getting ps3 or whomever does think that way all because of the online area.

again it depends per user, I don't think the avg gamer cares for bells and whistles. I mean I heard the stats for xbox live last time around was that socom 2 for ps2 had more users on it then everyone on live. That kinda says something about online gaming. Now we are in next-gen and I do partially agree that ps3 should improve their online service, but I personally won't be disappointed if they miss the little things.

All that matters to me is being able to play quality games such as the GTA series, gran turismo, nba 2k6, etc. Being able to play online with extras is just adding whip cream on pumpkie in that I can live without whip cream. But whomever can't might be taking it way too seriously IMO. Kinda tells me that there might be ulterior motives as to why they don't want or like ps3.

Like I said it will matter per user and it seems that majority of OS cares for an in-depth online service.

Not every game is played online, but you are always online on the 360. Meaning if you are playing COD2, Madden, or anything else single player, you can still see what your friends are playing. You can even talk to another player while playing your single player game. I dont have alot of gaming time these days, so instead of contantly changing games to see if friends are online, I can just go to the dashboard. If they are playing a game online or offline, or even watching a movie I can send them an invite to a game.

Most people talk about next generation expectations and they include graphics etc... but online is just as big of a part of my expectations. Maybe just just me, but in this day I expect more. Ive been able to play games by myself for a couple of decades now, even the best single player game has limited replay value for me.

I would say no online component hurts my interest in the PS3. It doesnt kill it, but its no different (to me) than Nintendo not supporting HDTVs. A few years ago that was fine, but I EXPECT it these days.

[umd]

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id rather put my money towards a game or game subscription than an entire online service like live. Why pay $100 bucks a year for online when it can be free. I could care less about bells and whistles. Plus ESPN and EA games let you see who's playing what anyhow through one game...

[Virix]

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id rather put my money towards a game or game subscription than an entire online service like live. Why pay $100 bucks a year for online when it can be free. I could care less about bells and whistles. Plus ESPN and EA games let you see who's playing what anyhow through one game...

Well, its $50 for the year and you can see what game people are playing no matter what. Single player, multi player, no matter who made it. Call it bells and whistles, but I call it essential. As I said before, I dont have much game time, and these "bells and whistles" help me get into games quicker and make the most of the little game time I have.

I realize not everyone feels the same way, but I cant fathom less than $5 a month for a service like live being too expensive. Like everything else in the world, you get what you pay for. A free service generally isnt going to be as good as a pay service. If you can live with the free service, more power to you, but I expect (and am willing to pay for) more. I spend more than $50 a year on chewing gum.

[Beantown]

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Hell, I think it's pretty sweet that I can talk to my friend while not even playing in the same game as him...he was in PGR3 and I was playing COD2, it was pretty sweet.

[NYJets]

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I also think having a service like live makes developers concentrate more on online play and online games. With Xbox, it seemed like there was a good online FPS coming out every month. PS2 didn't have that much besides Socom, and I believe a lot of the games on both, like Rainbow 6, were stripped down on PS2.

Having a service like Live will make online gaming more mainstream I think. Microsoft pushes companies to support online play. I think requiring developers to at least make games "Live aware" will get more and more to think about expanding on that and adding more online features. A strategy that just supports online play, and then just lets the developers do what they want with it won't do that.

For the price of one game a year, and less now that games are $60, I think Live is easily worth it. I would not go back to playing online on a PS2 like service.

[countryboy]

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I personally think that Sony should have gotten into the business... online gaming is becoming more and more popular and the xbox easily won that battle against the ps2.

now sony had a chance to "catch up" but didn't even make it to the playing field.

[Lintyfresh85]

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OMG... They are having online play! It just means there is no unified online like XBOX Live. No where does it say they won't have games online.