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Analyst: Sony's biggest problem is online services

With no plans for a PlayStation 3 price cut to counter Microsoft, according to one analyst, Sony still has some breathing room, but the biggest problem will be promoting the company's online services.

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Angelitos6511d ago

Poor Xbots

Poor Xbots, Free online gaming with no lag>>>>>XBl. Poor Xbots, when PSN has the video service, voice chat, even more >>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>& gt;>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ;>XBL

Poor Xbots

QueefyB6511d ago

wow i feel so sad for xbox 360 players after reading your post i think we should all join hands and pray for them

Veryangryxbot6511d ago

Its going for 360s throat.
3 fking Dee trophies. What you gotta say to that, filthy bots.

Wraith0016510d ago

Hey Veryangryxbot, im not an xbot but...

1: I have no interest in achievements (check my XBL gamercard, had 360 from launch) so Trophy's mean jack to me.

2: I have no interest in walking round talking to people in a V3D world or going to a virtual cash machine or nipping to your virtual "Crib" to watch a film. If i did i would do it on my PC, people have better things to talk about on there than Fanboys ;)

cp686511d ago

We have a terrible online..i guess that's what we get when we do not pay.

Lucreto6511d ago

Would you like to explain why PS3 has terrible online?

Anon19746511d ago

Yeah, I don't see what the problem is. I downgraded my XBL gold last fall after having enough of the racist, 12 year old homophobic twits playing Halo and I've never looked back. In fact, I felt kinda ripped off after playing on the PSN only because it's so good and has such a great community I couldn't figure out exactly what I was paying XBL for that the PSN didn't have. The only thing I missed was being able to check my messages without dropping out of the game, and now it has that too.

Sanhlami6511d ago

PSN is as good as Xbox Live now, all that we need to do is wait for some compatibilities for trophy and music, thats all, only a matter of time.

zen_fart6511d ago

I use both psn and xbl, i like xbl better cos i can do invites and cross game voice chat. i dont think it will be long till psn does this tho. xbl is getting cancelled after this subscription is thru.

iamtehpwn6511d ago

Not Quite. PSN is a LOT better now, it's still not quiteeeee there at XBL. I still can't do cross game invited, or cross game voice chats, I also can't start private chats during game. And, as you mentioned, It ingame music and Trophy support is coming, but very slow, and developers are REALLY slow about it. (How about Metal Gear Trophies, Konami?)

All things cast aside, PSN has been a great, stable online experience.

Close_Second6511d ago

...because its practically the same service but free. Supporters of XBL will still claim there is an edge in functionality such as cross game invites but is that really all that good?

I mean, I have seen very little next-gen game lobbies that support cross game invites. Now what I mean by that is, how many times have you received an invite, accepted and by the time you go to enter it says something like "cannot join".

When someone sends an invite that slot should be reserved for a short period of time for the recipient of the invite to accept or decline. If no response is recieved in 30 seconds or so then the slot should also become available for someone else to join.

But no, you sit there playing a game, decide to accept an invite, swap out your game disc, load up the game, enter the lobby and bam...you cannot join because the game is full or the host had quit or something else along those lines.

I dropped my XBL gold account about 1 month after getting my PS3. To me, its the same damn service but they are wrapped in slightly different user interfaces. However, when "Home" is released then I'd have to admit that the PS3 would offer a superior on-line community.

rbanke6511d ago

I constantly see articles and people saying that the PSN sucks. I dont see where that comes from. There is nothing the PSN doesnt do that I need it to do.
Can i play online with my friends? yes
Can msg them and see when they are online? yes
can i download updates and games? yes

What else does there need to be? The ingame XMB isnt even 'psn' related, so that couldnt have been a factor in saying the psn sucks. And with the addition of trophies (more to the point, comparing trophies), I dont see what xbox has that the psn doesnt short of minor differences between the 2 services.

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Real gamer 4 life6511d ago

Hopefully with the release of home this fall, Sony's online problem will change.

thor6511d ago

That's what everyone said last year, I was really looking forward to Home's October release last year...

Bob Dole6511d ago

Well it's still free, so they can take as long as they need to to make it the ultimate (free) online experience it's been made out to be.

Relcom6511d ago

Analyst are like a$$holes........(you know the rest)

QueefyB6511d ago

i cant wait for playstation home i think after it launches microsofts stock will be at an all time low

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot12d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle12d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7712d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer21d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde19d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy19d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12519d ago (Edited 19d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7720d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga20d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199220d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga20d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman19d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger20d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box20d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion19d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7220d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7520d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit20d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14920d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7720d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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