Comment Re:Microsoft Better Scramble To Keep Up (Score 1) 51
"I do want to say that I own a PS3 and here is what I like about the online experience so far.
1. No points. I hate points and want everything in $$$.
2. Parent account. I love that I can limit my son to what he does.
3. Downloadable trailers. This is somewhat cool, and I love the 1080P stuff.
4. Downloadable demos and games"
Microsoft has had 2, 3, and 4 for over a year now. Points aren't hard to figure out either, but I'll give you that one.
Now for what it doesn't have. I stole this from Saige because I didn't want to retype it.
Yeah, Sony really provides the same thing as Microsoft does, and does it for free.
The PS3 has one friends list throughout all of the games right? With detailed presence information about what those friends are doing? How about being able to send text, voice, and images all in a message to a friend? And send and receive those in the middle of a game? What about game invites - can you be playing Resistance, and then get informed that a friend has just invited you to play Motorstorm? And when you get an invite, can you have it take you right into the game with that friend? Can you voice chat with a friend, while playing different games, and then continue the conversation while you change games and your friend starts watching a movie?
And how about your game profile? Can you see what various games your friends have played, and when they last played them? How about being able to see that information from the web?
Oh, that's right, the PS3 does NONE of that. You get a friends list that only works in some games, while other games have their own list. You can only read and send messages while you're not in a game, and you can't even see a game invite unless you're already in the same game - and even then, you still have to find that game.
What the PS3 offers for free now is inferior to what the original Xbox offered years ago in terms of online service. Of course they're giving it away, since there's nothing there worth paying for.
1. No points. I hate points and want everything in $$$.
2. Parent account. I love that I can limit my son to what he does.
3. Downloadable trailers. This is somewhat cool, and I love the 1080P stuff.
4. Downloadable demos and games"
Microsoft has had 2, 3, and 4 for over a year now. Points aren't hard to figure out either, but I'll give you that one.
Now for what it doesn't have. I stole this from Saige because I didn't want to retype it.
Yeah, Sony really provides the same thing as Microsoft does, and does it for free.
The PS3 has one friends list throughout all of the games right? With detailed presence information about what those friends are doing? How about being able to send text, voice, and images all in a message to a friend? And send and receive those in the middle of a game? What about game invites - can you be playing Resistance, and then get informed that a friend has just invited you to play Motorstorm? And when you get an invite, can you have it take you right into the game with that friend? Can you voice chat with a friend, while playing different games, and then continue the conversation while you change games and your friend starts watching a movie?
And how about your game profile? Can you see what various games your friends have played, and when they last played them? How about being able to see that information from the web?
Oh, that's right, the PS3 does NONE of that. You get a friends list that only works in some games, while other games have their own list. You can only read and send messages while you're not in a game, and you can't even see a game invite unless you're already in the same game - and even then, you still have to find that game.
What the PS3 offers for free now is inferior to what the original Xbox offered years ago in terms of online service. Of course they're giving it away, since there's nothing there worth paying for.
