XFire is Sony's Answer to Xbox Live

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Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @01:47PM from the pulling-out-the-big-guns dept.

1up is reporting on Sony's 'answer' to Microsoft's Xbox Live system: XFire. The PC-based game networking service is already extremely popular among FPS and MMOG players. Financial reports indicate the service will now be extended to the PlayStation 3 as well. From the article: "By incorporating an existing service into their own PlayStation Network Platform (PNP), Sony hopes to circumvent existing problems in the console space that Microsoft has had to sort out and in using Xfire -- a company with an established messaging, matchmaking and gaming client -- Sony hopes to narrow the four-year gap in online gaming services that Microsoft currently enjoys (Xfire has been around since 2002)."

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XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live (Score:5, Funny)

by Red Flayer ( 890720 ) writes: on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @01:51PM (#16090036) Journal

I thought XFire was Sony's answer to XBattery.

Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live (Score:3, Funny)

by UbuntuDupe ( 970646 ) writes: on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @01:53PM (#16090060) Journal

Or, XFire could metaphorically refer to Sony's XJob in selling XConsoles.

Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live (Score:4, Funny)

by Captain Splendid ( 673276 ) writes: <capsplendid@@@gmail...com> on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @01:54PM (#16090074) Homepage Journal

Burn!

And then... (Score:3, Funny)

by Who Man ( 671061 ) writes: on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @01:56PM (#16090083)

I think they should rename the PS3 to XBox, because that goes really well with XFire.

Re:But when... (Score:5, Funny)

by antifoidulus ( 807088 ) writes: on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @02:16PM (#16090241) Homepage Journal

Xactly!(sorry, couldn't resist)

Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live (Score:3, Funny)

by gEvil (beta) ( 945888 ) writes: on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @02:30PM (#16090367)

XFire comes after XPlosion.

Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live (Score:3, Funny)

by Shawn is an Asshole ( 845769 ) writes: on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @02:39PM (#16090443)

The DRM will leave you Xploited.

Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live (Score:3, Funny)

by Drachemorder ( 549870 ) writes: <brandon&christiangaming,org> on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @05:27PM (#16092060) Homepage

Given Sony's recent business decisions, I'd be inclined to say that XFire is what Sony should do to their X-ecutives.

They can... (Score:3, Funny)

by SanityInAnarchy ( 655584 ) writes: <ninja@slaphack.com> on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @06:24PM (#16092471) Journal

...if they fire Ken Kutaragi and hire college students. Here's your caffeine, here's your beer, let's go, people!

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