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An Offline Experience with PS3

Playstation Network has been offline for about 2 weeks and that simply sucks. See how it has affected Iorilamia's play-styles and view of offline gaming. What have you been doing with your PS3 the last two weeks?

rockleex5489d ago

I've just been playing Mortal Kombat like crazy!

rockleex5489d ago

Okay, I admit it.

You 3 disagree-ers know me too well and caught me red handed.

As it turns out, I HAVEN'T been playing MK like crazy. Must have been my imagination.

Sorry about that. :)

Kurisu5489d ago (Edited 5489d ago )

I don't play online much anyway, so the downtime hasn't really affected me (obviously the data breach is worrying as I had a debit card linked to my account).

But I've carried on replaying FFXIII and God of War 2, just like I was doing when the network was online. Yesterday I bought Portal 2, so I've been enjoying playing the single player of that. This is a game that I do want to try online, but I will wait to complete the single player first.

saimcheeda5489d ago

Im the only one who hardly goes online within my friends!

Kleptic5489d ago

I haven't played much 'online' this year other than GT5's remote racing...and I got pretty stuck because of this downtime with that...

you have to upload your drivers online to do remote racing, but take them offline to do local b spec races within the single player game...and since we can't get online, I can't take them down to use them...meaning...i've had next to nothing to do in the game other than the ridiculously tedious gold medals I still have left in special events....so i haven't bothered and just kept playing dead space 2...

byeGollum5489d ago

PSN being down doesn't affect moi.. mostly an offline gamerr...

but for some reason I can't wait for it to be back up.. it's like a part of my ps3 is missing lol

Perjoss5489d ago

i know what you mean, i use my 360 much more than my ps3 but i really like going on PSN just to see whats new every week. It was super cool that they had the 12 min Battlefield 3 trailer in full fat 1080p

STIKUP ARTIST5489d ago (Edited 5489d ago )

I mostly play single player games and RPG's on my PS3 but I need it to get back online for MLB TV, I cant stand watching baseball on my computer.

mastershredder5489d ago

There was a few things I did want to get on PSN, but other than PSN store and Warhawk, I have had no need to go online. Fallout New Vegas has pretty much eaten all my time. That as well as finally going back to play my stack of unfinished titles.

After the first outage, Warhawk was pretty much limited to 4 international official servers with no one in them (only player/player ranked servers). I can only imagine the tumbleweeds that will be blowing through when I can sign on again. Oh well...Time for Starhawk!

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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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-Foxtrot17d 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.

solideagle17d 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

Relientk7717d 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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italiangamer26d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde24d 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.

Soy24d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12524d ago (Edited 24d 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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Relientk7726d ago

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

Cacabunga26d ago

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

S2Killinit25d ago (Edited 25d 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.

neutralgamer199225d ago

S2Killinit

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

Cacabunga25d 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

1nsomniac25d ago (Edited 25d 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.

medman25d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger25d 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_Box26d 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.

robtion25d 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.

darthv7226d 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.

Agent7525d ago

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

S2Killinit25d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14925d ago

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

Lightning7725d 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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