Aaron Greenberg, group manager of Xbox Live gives his insights into what makes Xbox Live so much different and so much better than the PSN during an interivew on 'Bonus Round'. User genereted content or lack thereof (fake E3 2006 promises anyone?) is also discussed as well as future developments for XNA that gives people the ability to create games without writing a single line of code.
During an interview Aaron Greenberg mentioned the three best things that Sony was doing with the PSN were:
1. Actually doing it.
2. Their store is good, not better than Xbox Live MarketPlace, just 'different'.
3. Original Playstation 1 games
Interesting he didn't mention anywhere that it was free, this was to him, Aaron replied it's 'not important' and that he didn't think it was 'free vs paid' because of Xbox Live silver users being very active on the network.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
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.
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
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
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.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
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.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
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.
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live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating
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
..."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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If I got a quid everytime I heard that I would be pretty well off!
PSN is free because its nothing like Xbox Live - its NOT a global one friends list system nor is able to do many of the things you can do on the 360 with Live.
Live is intergrated into the 360 very well and is the heart of the system, whereas with PS3 it fees like its a secondary system that isnt well implemented like wheres my headset?
PSN will overtake XBL and xbox fans will have nothing to say. Least of all that $50 is a good deal. I hate it when people say "Uh uh its only like $0.80 a week, huy huy..." Well you don't pay $0.80 a week do you, you pay $50 a whack and to the average buyer, it will seem like "$50...free...$50...freee ...freeeeee". Believe it, PS3 has only been in existance for 8 months, and the PSN is rapidly catching up. The arcade games are already far better then XBL's offerings. Achievements and unified friends lists can be easily added on. Addition of psone games is a stroke of genius. Online gaming works superb. Sony have said that music and video downloads are just around the corner. And then Home and LittleBigPlanet are coming. I for one am well excited bout Home and i know most xbox fans aren't, and LittleBigPlanet looks truely incredible. Soon Xbox Live will have little to tout above PSN and people are gonna be thinking, "Why am i paying $50 again?"
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FullyLoaded, you're fully loaded with crap. I have to say 'one day' because the ps3 is still in its infancy. But if you compare the PSN today to what it was when ps3 launched, you can already see the improvements made. Then you have GDC where sony announced there plans for PSN. And they will happen. I think you were one of these people who thought PSN was gonna be as bad as ps2 online, weren't you?
Come this autumn, you're gonna eat your words. Guess what, you have to WAIT till autumn cos quality material doesn't come instantly. Xbox 360 has these things now because it launched earlier. Go figure. The ps3 has some amazing things coming.
Interviewer: "Why is xbox live better than the PSN?" Aaron: "Because we made xbox live, and they made the PSN." Interviewer: "Is that the only reason?" Aaron: "That, and because we were told that if we ever said a competitor's product was better, we would be tarred and feathered, given an atomic wedgy, and forced to play the Hour of Victory demo nonstop for the rest of our lives." Interviewer: "Thank you for your time."
If you wanna see this Interview go to Gametrailers.com
Last I check Silver members couldnt play multiplayer gamers, and thats what I like about the PSN, atleast it allows everyone to be on the same level. And im sure both will grow and things will be better for both sides since its compeition.