why do they need to though?
what advantages would steamworks give over Live?
text chat? Live has cross-game voice chat and party chat.
achievements? Live already has them.
cross-platform play? Live already has that.
friends list with more than just Live friends? Live already has this, i have all of my MSN contacts on my Live list and can chat to them while theyre on their computer/mobile phone and im on my xbox.
the o...
so what are all your thoughts on iphone jailbreaking?
do you think anyone who does that should be hung out to dry too? its EXACTLY the same. and the courts ruled that its 100% legal to MODIFY THE SOFTWARE that came on your iphone because YOU BOUGHT THE IPHONE AND THEREFORE YOU OWN IT.
and dont pull out the 'iphones were only jailbroken so you could use them on another network' card. not everywhere is like america remember - here in australia from the ...
"if the 360 used HD-DVD or BD as a media format...it wouldn't have needed more than one disc...for ANY of the games I listed...no matter how the developers split up the content... "
incorrect.
Halo 3: ODST was on 2 discs because it HAD to be if it wasnted to include the Halo 3 multiplayer. if they put the Halo 3 multiplayer on the same disc as ODST, then you would show up on Xbox Live as playing Halo 3:ODST. now someone thats playing ODST cannot...
i want to see the implementation of this on the PS3 before i say how good/bad it is.
if they do it right and INTEGRATE it into the PS3s OS, it can be great. have your steam friends just slot right in to the PSN friends list. have your steam achievements get listed with your PS3 trophies. thatll be fantastic.
BUT...
if you have to go to a Steam App from the XMB, then load that up, then can only see your steam friends list in there and only you...
the fact that barely ANYONE on here seems to be concerned about the details of this court case - and the other court cases against sony - other than hoping and praying that sony win (for some reason, its like sony are your parents and you love them unconditionally lol) is just mind bending to me.
what youre basically saying is that youre ok with paying US$599 for a console only for you to not actually own it. thats why sony are trying to say. youre pretty much leasing it from...
how has the 360 been released for 6 years and people STILL cant get it through their thick skulls - Microsoft COULD NOT have used EITHER blu-ray or hd-dvd in the 360 UNLESS THEY DELAYED THE LAUNCH 12 MONTHS.
this would mean launching at the same time as the PS3, which in turn means they lose the generation before its even begun.
neither HD-DVD nor Blu-Ray had had their specifications finalised at the time, meaning there was literally no way Microsoft could pu...
@ComboBreaker: "Trying to switch cover from wall to wall, or trying to get out of cover is so clumsy. "
how is it clumsy? in Gears you press A to stick to cover, A again to get out of cover. thats it. how is that clumsy? pressing a single button is clumsy now? to go from wall to wall you press the direction of the wall and press A. ouch, so hard to do!
@NathanExplosion: "But it doesn't change the fact that the controls were inspired by Unch...
did any of you guys actually READ the settlement that got posted up on PSX Scene?
obviously not, or else you wouldnt be saying such stupid things as 'hes banned from ever owning a sony product' lol.
George Hotz is NOT banned from ever owning a sony product again. he is - and i quote from the actual settlement documents:
"permanently enjoined and restrained from:
A. Engaging in any unauthorized access to any SONY ...
oh ok thanks for the info, didnt know that (dont live in the USA obviously).
i guess thats why PlayTV hasnt been released there?
i dont understand what you mean? Torne/PlayTV are just regular DVRs - theres no profit to get a cut of. it doesnt let you watch pay tv or anything, it just lets you record free to air tv.
PlayTV is awesome, its without doubt the thing that my PS3 gets used for the most.
how could you say Uncharted has arguably the best cover system? it does NOTHING that the original Gears of War didnt do back in 2006 lol.
also, that article you link to doesnt say that they IMPROVED on gears based on uncharted - it says that they provided an ALTERNATE CONTROL SCHEME because some people whinged and said they wanted the controls to be like uncharteds, so they added on it since its just a different button mapping option.
and in fact, he even say...
the key difference between Xbox Live and the PSN is that Microsoft built the 360 and its operating system around Xbox Live. all of Xbox Lives main features were available to users at all times, regardless of what the player was doing, right from day one.
Sony on the other hand built the PS3 and its OS just like they did the PS2. they had an OS, then they had their online play completely separate. this is evident in even the user login - on the 360 you create a user account an...
im sorry, but can one of you disagrees please tell me WHY youre disagreeing? answer me these questions:
1. did this article base their 'PS3 overtakes 360 in Australia' "fact" on a random survey of 6000 people?
2. which company, microsoft or sony, has sold more consoles in Australia according to their own press releases and figures?
3. did sony not give away 150k+ PS3s going by their own figures given in the links that i provided?
announcing games years in advance works to fuel fanboy hype. this site is a perfect example of this.
every year the same PS3 fanboys pull out the 'list of exclusives for 20xx', and every year they include 'Developer X Project' or 'X sequel that hasnt even had a screenshot', etc etc. then they dont come out that year, so the fanboys add them to their 'list of exclusives for 20xx+1'. theyre trying to talk up their console for a single year based ...
i live in Australia, so ive got a few things to say about this:
1. this DOES NOT confirm that the PS3 has overtaken the 360 in sales here. it was a survey of less than 6000 people. from the article:
"which surveyed 5886 online Australians randomly stratified by age, gender and location"
in other words, its pointless.
2. Sony have given away at least 100 000 PS3s for FREE here with the purchase of Sony Bravia TVs and...
any year which has sequels to 2 of the highest rating and highest selling exclusives on ANY console this generation in it - Gears of War 3 and Forza 4 - is a good year to me.
hell, if the only game i bought in 2010 was Rock Band 3 it wouldve still been a great year in gaming for me.
"Halo Reach got its 1st DLC in a month and a half too y'know. "
2.5 months actually. and it doesnt fragment the online in the way that even killzone 3s retro map pack has. and anyway, 2.5 months is too soon imo as well.
i know all about the way DLC has been going. doesnt mean i have to like it.
"According to DF, the PS3 version runs at a more consistent, smooth, and playable framerate even during high-intensity situations whereas the 360 version tends to cripple"
yeah, in the very very rare situations where that happened, the PS3 held up better. BUT - and its a HUUUUUUUUUGE "but" - for the other 99.5% of the game, the 360 version has a higher and more consistent framerate. win for the 360.
"and the 360 version has screen tea...
im not buying any map packs for Killzone 3, but ill continue to play it online, so itll be interesting to see just how this fragments the online play.
how longs the game been out, a month and a half? terrible that its got DLC already.
hmm im not that impressed to be honest, because its not integrated into the OS.
so now youve got 1 friends list to acces with the in-game XMB, and another with the in-game Steam menu. then theres chat (text, lol) on the xmb and on the steam menu. then theres the xmb trophies, and also the steam achievements. essentially theyre just doubling up everything. whats the point?
Steamworks really shouldve been part of an OS update, integrating it into the system. <...