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IGN: The PS3 Perspective: Xbox Live Update

Yesterday, Microsoft beat Sony to the punch and launched an update packing Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, and a Zune video store, and today, IGN is here to give you some perspective on these changes from a Sony-entrenched player.

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LordMarius6023d ago

Greg Miller is ok in my book, so if he say it was a good update then i guess......

TotalPS3Fanboy6023d ago

Microsoft is several years late. But Microsoft finally catched up to something that Sony had since day 1 of the PS3, through the browser.

Lifendz6023d ago

"My personal preference toward a system of choice has never impacted and will never impact the score of a game I've reviewed. Games are games, and I'm not going to hold a hard drive error that's Microsoft's fault against a title. I resent being called a Sony fanboy. I'm not blindly following the PlayStation brand and freely admit that Sony makes idiotic decisions every day when it comes to gaming (the price of the PS3, the lack of a bundled headset, tardy Trophy system, and so on)."

I can't agree more. I really hate that anything even somewhat negative towards one console or the other and you're branded a fanboy.

IzKyD13316023d ago

The only thing I want is Last.fm support. Most people don't know it, but it's one of the best music services out there (and it's free nonetheless)

HolyOrangeCows6023d ago

*Facepalm*

The PS3 has had a browser for years.

Chubear6023d ago (Edited 6023d ago )

Greg Miller is the biggest nerdy twat in the gaming media. If you listen to this nob end you're likely either not old enough to even drive yet (too young to know any better) or are damned near pathetic.

MasFlowKiller6023d ago (Edited 6023d ago )

Let me get this right
IGN is doing a Perspective of the new Xbox Live Update from a PS3 what fanboy?

I dont think there is any in IGN, so basically this is Perspective of the new Xbox Live Update from a worthless site

although its a good update, Last FM sounds looks like something i would use

toaster6023d ago

I haven't logged into live to get the update yet and I have no reason to. No way am I going to spend 5 minutes with the crap-keypad on the 360 just to post a status or update twitter. I can already do that on my phone without having to go on my Xbox.

Any why does MS think Facebook/Twitter integration is innovation??

PS3 had it long before. Even the Wii.

Chubear6023d ago

You can use the PS3 browser and find a massive variety of FM stations on the web... like very other PC out there :/

This is something MS is good at. Taking the very normal and average and marketing it to seem like "NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE! GET IT WHILE IT"S HOT" An old door to door sales man technique that works so well for them.

Saaking6023d ago

last.fm was the only useful thing in the update imo.

Willio6023d ago

there is no real way to put this as a neutral statement but last.fm is no longer free when you have to pay Live Gold.

ambientFLIER6023d ago

Too bad it's not the same thing...all these features are integrated into xbox live, versus having to use the terrible ps3 browser to use them, and half the features not working.

ChozenWoan6023d ago

Consider yourself now informed.

Guido6023d ago

Grooveshark is hands down the best for free music. Sign up and save your play lists.

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Rigmaster6023d ago

What an idiot.

Facebook, twitter, etc. All have been available since November 2006 on every single PS3 for free with the standard webbrowser.

I guess this is how retarded you have to reach for some sort of 'good news' for Microsoft and the Xbox 360.

Mista T6023d ago

I agree it's all been there, the PS3 update putting facebook on the xmb just made facebook more accessible and quicker without having to search for it on your browser

FACTUAL evidence6023d ago

FB has been on the ps3...(should i point the obvious?)

pippoppow6023d ago

I like how sites big and small do not mention the fact the PS3 can access those sites and many others through their web browser. Many do not acknowledge the PS3 is the 3rd fastest selling console or even that it has been outselling the 360 since it's launch at a higher price to boot. Many will not state how the PS3 has more dedicated servers than the competition for free. How about not stating how the PS3 has lured once exclusive 360 games, not from last gen but this one. I also find it annoying how they try and convince gamers how exclusives are so rare they hardly matter.

It feels like these sites are too afraid to place the PS3 in the #1 position. It just seems like they have tried their hardest to downplay the PS3 this gen but it will be difficult to do that this year without hiding their bias. But I'm sue they will try. Year end awards and reviews will be interesting. We will see what these sites are made of.

DLA2K96023d ago

Lets forget the fact that you cant check your Facebook messages on the PS3 web browser... and also lets forget that you cant send messages on Myspace from the POS3...yea...great web browser

LastDays6023d ago

What? Yes you can. I did that TODAY. How do you just LIE like that out of nowhere? And get agrees at that? Wow.

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sashimi6023d ago

clap clap clap? yay for xbox360 getting twitter/facebook/Last fm?
I am ok with consoles being multimedia devices but i just don't see the point of these apps.But hey that's just me not using any of these social sites.More content over these Apps please.

deadreckoning6666023d ago (Edited 6023d ago )

"Facebook, twitter, etc. All have been available since November 2006 on every single PS3 for free with the standard webbrowser."

Yea, but its proly a lot easier to use in this update as opposed to the PS3's interface. Anyone whose tried using Facebook on PS3 knows how time consuming it is to write a message. Most of the time my inbox doesn't even load up. Sony would be making a smart move if they bring Mozilla into the equation.

Either way, Facebook is ALWAYS best on a PC

JD_Shadow6023d ago

3.1 might change that, and if the Firefox thing goes through, that will be a BIG shot in the heart for this 360 thing.

Parapraxis6023d ago (Edited 6023d ago )

COMMENT REMOVED - reported as "discussing Facebook on N4G"

*facepalm*

RedDragan6023d ago

I use my wireless keyabord on the PS3 browser... righting facebook messages is very quick for me.

My wireless keyboard is not even Sony own brand, it is Microsoft's, and it worked flawlessly as soon I conneted the reciever, unlike on windows where unbelievably it needs software!!

GiantEnemyCrab6023d ago

Competition is good. I just wish MS would respond to Sony's game as well and as much as Sony matches MS.

Good article and I have to agree that just because you say a negative about a system you don't "favor" doesn't automatically make you a fanboy. I've seen many gamers on here that can criticize both systems flaws and do it in a non-fanboy way.

JD_Shadow6023d ago (Edited 6023d ago )

I think people have become too scared to consider themselves any kind of fanboys (whether a maniacal one or just someone who just prefers one console over another for some legit reason) because of how evil people have MADE the word now. If you are not the type of gamer that everyone else wants you to be, you get ridiculed to hell and back. It's insane.

@deadreckoning666: Well, I can't comment about the bubble thing (there has been controversy about who is taking bubbles lately and it may've not been that. See http://forums.n4g.com/Bubbl... and http://forums.n4g.com/Can-t... for more about what we think is going on), but it's more of a "what the hell is wrong with you" thing since Uncharted 2 is one of the best games ever. You should make the effort to GET it this year. You owe it to yourself, believe me!

deadreckoning6666023d ago (Edited 6023d ago )

@darkpower- It happens to me all the time. The PS3 is the only console I own and if I mention something as simple as, "Im not buying Uncharted 2 this year" I get 5 disagrees in less than a minute, I lose a bubble, and I'm called a 360 fanboy. It makes NO sense whatsoever.

If I like Coke, does that mean I hate Pepsi?
The logic some people use really stinks

Edit: Na, I didn't get it lol. I decided ta use that money and pay off God of War 3 and Battlefield 2 at Gamestop. After I played the demo, I had ta pay it off.

@darkpower- Ur right. Maybe I am crazy, but I don't thk ill need to buy U2 this year. I know its great and ill get it eventually, but im waitin on the Bad Company 2 beta for now and concentrating on that.

Parapraxis6023d ago

well, did you buy it or what?

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