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IGN : Where the Hell,PSN??!!

IGN Playstation Team writes "As far as the PSN is concerned, Sony's fledgling service has had serious ups and downs in its two year existence. In many ways, the largest advantage is that PS3 owners get an online service, complete with browsers and search engine, as well as messaging and friends lists for free. The inclusion of Life with PlayStation (which is the evolution of the widely acclaimed Folding@Home project) was a great touch, and the recent addition of Trophies provides bragging rights and rewards for playing PS3 games. Even the video and voice chat is an excellent option for friends that want to communicate. "

Panthers6293d ago

This is a little off topic, but the need to display your trophy level beside your name, so people dont have to click on your name to see it.

rockleex6291d ago

Best PSN purchase EVER!! ^_^

Now if only Konami set out to make an HD remake for Castlevania: SotN with co-op online/offline, leaderboards, etc.

Flare1496293d ago

Well that was stupid. The movies are clearly hard to get and it won't just happen over night, and as for the games PSN is filled with lots of unique exclusive games people actually want to play. XBL just has a bunch of remakes and crud, which while good, don't add anything new.

littletad6293d ago

Obviously you haven't played castle crashers or omega five. "Don't add anything new"? Why should it? The remakes are updated with slightly better graphics and sometimes online-play mechanics, making them superior most of the time to their original counterparts. As for the "games people actually want to play", that's just opinion. There's different taste of games on both psn and xbl.

Eddie201016293d ago (Edited 6293d ago )

I don't know what the guy that wrote this is smoking but PSN has been getting more content per week than Xbox live for quite a while (what Xbox live gets in one week is not as much as PSN gets in one day a week).

I know people keep using the fact that PSN doesn't have that many PS1 games to download as a way to criticize PSN, but does that many people care other than Xbots.

I don't know what Xbox live is getting thats different from what PSN is getting except for video content (Netflix, Music videos, and some internet videos) nothing that really makes me think the Xbox Live is leaps and bounds better than PSN.

Netflix streaming video isn't that great and you have to subscribe to Netlix service to use it, its an option but its not free. I do have to admit I use it, but I wouldn't have picked one system over the other for that.

The games that PSN offers are just as good as what Xbox live offers but with no limits to data size and some are full retail games.

Sony has said that Home will release in a public beta this month. They have said that it will always be in beta because the content and features will constantly change.

InMyOpinion6293d ago

Get your head checked, mate.

"PSN has been getting more content per week than Xbox live for quite a while (what Xbox live gets in one week is not as much as PSN gets in one day a week)"

Look here...

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

Videogamer: DLC Royal Rumble - PS3 vs Xbox 360 vs Wii

Go back and look at prior weeks, XBL always wins because it has more content every single week.

dantesparda6292d ago (Edited 6292d ago )

Hey Littetad, just cuz you sweat Omega Five and Castle Crashers dont mean they are the greatest sh!t! That's just your opinion. And Jenzo, you are one of the biggest fanboys on this site. Are you crazy? I have both (unlike your fanboy a$$) and i can honestly tell you that Live does not get more content per week. PLEASE! you better stop reading fanboy sites that use one week as proof of their bullsh!t points. They are more or less the same if not Sony does have them beat. And Littletad Omega Five is in no way original, can you say Forgotten Worlds?

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DNAgent6293d ago

You can't spell ignorant without "ign".

Timesplitter146293d ago

As much as I hate that article, I think IGN are still pretty respectable among the other gaming sites

ambientFLIER6293d ago

Lol, EVERY PS3 dork was praising IGN as being unbiased recently. Suddenly, one negative article against Sony means they are paid off by MS. LOL.

Magic_The_Celt6293d ago

^^ who said that? theres not one post here that says sony payed them off?....

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poopsack6293d ago

im looking forward to the game that plays like unreal flash

littletad6293d ago

So what if Microsoft has those live arcade games, I'm quite sure they have their own exclusives on there. And all the movies he mentions... are on blu-ray.

ruibing6293d ago

I think its just a good way to help let Sony know that it wouldn't be unethical or anything to take away some of the XBLA exclusives. While our talks on forums might be missed by Sony PR/Marketing/Execs, this won't be.

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PSP Versions Of Tekken And Soul Calibur Get Ratings In Taiwan

Taiwan has published ratings for the PSP versions of Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur, for release on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

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ken2813926d ago

Why not just release SC2 with Hehachi?

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Mortal Kombat hits 80 million sales, here's how it stacks up against competition

NetherRealm confirms its Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million copies in the last 30 years, and here's how it competes against other fighters.

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Kakashi Hatake1013d ago

Don't care what anyone says, Smash isn't a traditional fighting game. May as well call Powerstone and Playstation All Stars fighting games. They're more of an arena fighter /party game.

NotoriousWhiz1013d ago

You don't have to care what anyone says. It's not a traditional fighting game. But it is a fighting game.

gerbintosh1013d ago

Not according to the creator, Sakurai. Link below

https://www.eventhubs.com/n...

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CrimsonWing691013d ago (Edited 1013d ago )

I mean what makes them an arena fighter than say something like Tekken? Because there’s platforms?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed211013d ago

because theres a bunch of pokeballs and other random stupid stuff on stage that you can use at your advantage and flying ultra super power ball that you got to chase on the stage to get your ougi LMAO.

CrimsonWing691013d ago

@NatsuXTheMaxspeed21

I mean what it sounds like is they took a fighting game and “added” unique mechanics to it to me.

When I think arena game I think of things like Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand or Virtual-On.

Smash to me is a fighting game, they have fighting game tournaments for it. It just doesn’t jive with me to call it “not a fighting game” because you have poke-balls and platforms or because it has 4 players at once duking it out.

Power Stone I’d consider a fighting game as well. Hell, if you google what it is everyone calls these games “fighting games”. So yea, they’re fighting games…

Immagaiden1013d ago

What’s next, you gonna say Mario Kart isn’t a racing game?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed211013d ago

oh its a racer but its not a realistic one like GT or Forza. only kids check for mario kart and smash .

Immagaiden1013d ago

I didn’t say it was realistic. I said racing game. Does Burnout not being realistic make it not a racing game?

What does a demographic have to do with a genre? Do kids playing CoD make it any less an FPS? You see how ridiculous bringing up that subject is?

repsahj1013d ago

"Only kids and kids at heart check for mario kart and smash".

-fixed!

FallenAngel19841013d ago (Edited 1013d ago )

Nobody said it was a traditional fighter. Everyone acknowledges it as a platform fighter

PSASBR & Power Stone are fighting games, the former being a platform fighter and the latter an arena fighter

danglyparts1013d ago

You're correct, it isn't traditional. It's a fighting game though.

repsahj1013d ago

Because if cute and lovable characters are fighting it's not a fighting game? XD As long there's a versus fighting, it is a fighting game.

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MrNinosan1013d ago

Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.

NotoriousWhiz1013d ago

I hate to break it to you but smash bros has fighting game tournaments so it qualifies.

MrNinosan1013d ago

"and here's how it competes against other fighters"

No, Mortal Kombat doesn't compete with games like Smash Bros? It's a different genre for a different audience.

NatsuXTheMaxspeed211013d ago

Anybody can host a tournament in their garage it doesnt mean it qualifies.

NotoriousWhiz1013d ago

I'm going to assume you're not part of the FGC. However, I am, and I can tell you that there is a ton of overlap between people who play smash competitively and those who play other fighting games competitively.

Now for casuals, there is a lot less overlap between the two for sure.

PapaBop1013d ago

While technically true, Leffen comes to mind, FGC and Smash community have always had a rocky relationship.

Thundercat771013d ago

And yet, If Smash Bros was over 80 million, you wouldn't be complaining. On the contrary, you would be bragging about it.

Immagaiden1013d ago

Bad comparison. You do a LOT of things in GTA outside of a car while fighting is what you’re mainly doing in SSB

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Ezio20481013d ago

Given the volume of games released, I would say Tekken has sold the best.

lodossrage1013d ago (Edited 1013d ago )

Yeah, that's a good point. Most of these games have parts to the franchise outside of traditional fighting games.

Like for example, with Mortal Kombat, do Special Forces, Mythologies: Sub: zero, and the Kollection count?

With Tekken does death by degrees or the tag tournament games count?

With Street Fighter, are we counting all the iterations of 2, 3, and 4? how about the ex series or alpha series?

There are a lot of variables at play here

Ezio20481013d ago

Even after including Tekken Tag, they have less titles compared to all MK and SF games.

CS71013d ago

Yeah, i realized that too. Very interesting.

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Soulcalibur And Soulcalibur II HD Delisted From Microsoft Store

The first two fighting games in the series are no longer available on the Microsoft Store.

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Terry_B1370d ago

the hell...? Also didnt knew they were ever ported..shit.

Futureshark1370d ago

The legend will never die!!

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