People are so busy arguing about this thing that they aren't thinking of the implications. Sure, Sony can release a patch to disable this USB dongle. But the people who would use it for nefarious purposes just won't update their PS3's. What good is a patch that people won't apply? Like with Xbox piracy, there are people with a modded box for offline gaming and a stock box for online play.
Since it allows unsigned code to be run it is only a matter of time bef...
The only people I really see this being an issue for are those that have the 20 GB models. Possibly the 40 GB and 60 GB models, too. I have a 60 GB model that has 35 GB free, so a 10 GB install would be ok with me. I have games I haven't played in several months, so I can delete the game files and keep the saves.
The only thing that sucks is the games like LBP that were patched a billion times. I don't want to remove those since I don't want to sit through the hou...
This is the side of used game sales that nobody ever really talks about. A good number of new game purchases are subsidized by trading in old games. I have friends that sell their new games on eBay a week after they buy and beat them and then take that money and put it toward brand new games.
Without the used game business new game sales would probably decrease even more than publishers would like to admit, because selling old games is the only way some people can afford new ...
I would have been perfectly happy with an exact replica of the original. Seriously. Some Lode Runner or Impossible Mission in their 8-bit glory would have been right up my alley.
But not ALL PC's beat PS3 and 360. I have a Pentium II running an old version of Red Hat Linux that can't play a single modern game. And I have a Dell laptop that can't run anything.
If IGN is trolling they are most certainly successful. It's kinda funny to see all of the reactions.
Be careful to not make gross assumptions like IGN is doing. There no guarantee that a hardwire is going to be faster because it is still subject to the constraints of overall network bandwidth and usage. You can slow a wired full gigabit network to a crawl with nothing more than a couple of nodes streaming video from the internet.
Also, online games necessarily must account for a lowest common denominator when designing their network interfaces. So there are times when wired...
That was a good article. I'm happy to own both machines. Time has confirmed that there's quite a bit of power under the hoods of both systems and is really up to developers to make the most of it.
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
What if you don't have an internet connection? How would your console know if the disc was activated at the store?
Not sure that I agree that Gamestop abuses the stupid. The stupid sign up for it. Gamestop makes an offer to buy games. Before the transaction occurs they clearly state the price they're willing to pay. The seller has the option to sell the games or to keep them. Take it or leave it. Nobody holds a gun to the seller's head.
There's also another way to look at it. Some people sell their games when they're finished with them to subsidize the price of new games. ...
I rarely play online any more. But I can see why Sony would want to charge use game buyers to get online access. They offer free online play, so the cost of maintaining the network has to come from the software revenues.
I have mixed feelings about used game sales. I'll always buy the games I really want brand new. But when I'm bored and just want something to hold me over I'll pick up a cheap used game to play. I don't want to pay full price for a mediocre g...
That was a pretty interesting commentary. I can see Sony not really caring all that much about these supercomputer clusters. After all, for a long time they were subsidizing 25% or more of the cost of the machines with no continued revenue stream from game sales.
The author is also correct that many of these clusters are going to be rendered useless because at some point machines will fail and be irreplaceable. Getting them serviced by Sony will see them come back with the l...
I really like things with glowing lights. I might get one just so I can use it in the dark!
Ugh, the run-on sentences in that article make my head hurt. It didn't even make its point very well. Has the internet really dumbed us all down that much?
Anyway, the first Dead Rising was one of those experiences that you either loved or you hated. I happened to enjoy it quite a bit, so I'm really looking forward to this one. The only decision I have to make is whether I get Dead Rising 2 for the 360 or the PS3.
If it shipped with a giant bubble it would be really cool.
That was a thinly veiled reference to the equally lame "360 is holding back the PS3" argument we've seen on this board for the last couple of years. It pops up every single time a developer doesn't put the same amount of effort into the PS3 version of a game that they put into the 360 version.
It's pretty much a meme now.
Looks to me like someone is trying to do a little publicity smash and grab here.
Some small, relatively unknown company comes out woodwork and says that Microsoft must have cut corners because they've been trying do the same thing for longer and weren't able. Well, when you have practically unlimited funds you can hire some of the best engineering minds that money can buy. Which is something that Softkinetic probably can't do.
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I approve. I always did love the game show.
That's not all Sony has to do. They also have to figure out how to patch more than 36 million machines, including those currently sitting on store shelves. Not everyone has their PS3 connected to the internet.
If this thing is real some people will have a console that they don't patch just to be able to play what free games they can.