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Four Changes the PSN Needs to Make

"There’s no doubt that we here at PSN Fans love our PS3s. With that said all good things have their faults and can do with some refinement. Usually at around this time (four or five years) into a console’s life-cycle, we’d be preparing for a turnover of generations that see new consoles toting much more powerful hardware, new media formats, and in this generation’s case, a whole new platform to distribute and play games: the online realm.

Since the beginning of this generation we’ve seen massive refinements to online services across all consoles, and seeing as how we’re not making that hardware transition any time soon, there’s likely to be more coming. Here are some improvements I’d like to see made before this PS3’s cycle ends." PSN Fans

cain1415314d ago

I wish every game came with a demo.

Relientk775314d ago

That would be so nice, with games priced at $60 these days, I definitely agree with u.

darthv725314d ago

i'd like to see the mini's get demos as well. How will I know if I'm going to like the game if I cant try before I buy?

I did try my luck on "a space shooter for 2 bucks" and it was worth it.

QuodEratDemonstrandm5314d ago

I probably wouldn't have bought Infamous if I didn't play the demo first. After my experience with that game, I had Infamous 2 preordered in Feb and I preordered Festival of Blood yesterday. For better or worse, a demo will tell a gamer if he'll like the game or not. It might stop some of the really great games from getting overlooked, as well.

darthv725314d ago

the demo of the original infamous didnt impress me as much as the demo for infamous 2 did. Then when infamous was be3ing given as a game on the welcome back program I got it and it is pretty good.

Sometimes the demos dont do the games justice but without a demo you wont really know and for the most part you cant just return stuff like you could years ago.

Infamous I am having more fun with the full game than what they offered in the demo. It goes both ways.

SH0CKW4VE5314d ago

It definetely needs a more fluid system for inviting friends to games and messaging friends while in game.

Right now its convoluted to do either.

mandf5314d ago

How much easier does it need to get. You select your friend then send invite. Explain to me how much easier you can get. It takes FIVE count them five button pushes and bam invite sent. Xbox takes 4 presses of the button. This is a 2006 argument and a stupid one at that. This is the first gen of consoles that online play has become mainstream. Other than Sony, MS, and Steam, there is no other system to base any argument or comparison. I play video games not social features.

mandf5314d ago

Love the disagree with no explanation.

Too_many_games5314d ago

i think the reason that inviting/messaging people in game on the XMB sucks is because it tries to load up everything at once, if it JUST loaded up my friends list it would be fine but why bother opening up system settings if i cannot even use it?

mandf5314d ago

This garbage again. Nothing like beating a dead horse. You want social go to facebook. It's a VIDEO GAME system. The store lets you buy games and it works. Name ten other products that have the equivalent functions and features or better. Stop hating and enjoy what you have.

BitbyDeath5314d ago

A lot of Sony's OS issues stem from a lack of memory.
No amount of wishing will change what we have, even Home could be vastly better if it had a lot more RAM available.

Unfortunately we will have to wait for PS4 to improve a lot of the existing features.

Back to the games people.

PLAYER50955314d ago

this is nothin to do with psn but how bout being able to play music while in the store. fn stupid when listenin to music and when u go to the store it stops. really wish for that. listenin to some Bone Thugs N Harmony while browsin thru the store would b tight for me

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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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-Foxtrot6d 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.

solideagle6d 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

Relientk776d 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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italiangamer15d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde13d 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.

Soy13d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12513d ago (Edited 13d 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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Relientk7715d ago

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

Cacabunga14d ago

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

S2Killinit14d ago (Edited 14d 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.

neutralgamer199214d ago

S2Killinit

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

Cacabunga14d 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

1nsomniac14d ago (Edited 14d 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.

medman14d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger14d 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_Box15d 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.

robtion14d 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.

darthv7214d 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.

Agent7514d ago

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

S2Killinit14d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14914d ago

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

Lightning7714d 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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