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"Brenden D. Chase" <brenden.chase@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:y7Ekh.30101$Rj.8998@newsfe19.lga...
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> "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote in message
> news:z56dnao83sBIYw_YnZ2dnUVZ_tijnZ2d@insightbb.com...
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> That wasn't even his point. He never said that the money spent on XBL
> wasn't worth it. He said that you cannot call something FREE as
> unattractive. No matter how you look at it playing online for PS2 or PS3
> is free. With the exception of Final Fantasy XI. I'm not sure where you
> guys are figuring that "most of them charge a monthly fee". No one is
> charging anything to play online. Again with the exception of Final
> Fantasy XI.(and any other MMORPG that I may have missed).
FFII is what I am talking about in this context. I know you can play games
online, but you can't play with other people with the freebies you think you
can as one does in XBL. RFOM I saw has nice multiplayer, but to play games
the way it is done in XBL, which isn't remotely close in Sony's service, is
not the way you think
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> From what I hear
Speaks volumes, how about actual experience. I know 3 people that have PS3s,
and I experienced one up front and it isn't anything like XBL, it is just
like the PS2 system with a web browsing interface. Superficially different,
but operatively the same content offerings as the PS2 when online.
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> the Playstation Store is better than XBL marketplace.
Not even close, the PS3 interface is clogged and not user friendly.
Remember, you are looking at a webpage on the PS3, not an interface that
interacts the way XBL does without using web browsing. Ask booty bandit what
he thinks of XBL compared to Sony's, he is not a fanboy either way (and I am
not saying you are either, I don't do that). He will tell you how much he
likes the XBL without layering it on.
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> However when it comes to match making and friends lists XBL has the upper
> hand. And that's only because its an integrated experience with the game.
> Watch for Sony to make the same moves, as its just a matter of the
> developers incorporating the PS3's interface into the games. The single
> login is already being used. The friends list will be next.
Well, that's saying alot now isn't it. Since XBL has been implemented back
in 2002(? I think), there are over 4 million unique users as of last
September, I am sure there are quite a few more now. It has eveolved nicely.
During that time Sony did nothing to compete with how quickly successful XBL
has become, and what they offered with their service is sad when you know
that they have seen how well XBL has done, and they come out with the PS3
with a superficially enhanced online service like the PS2.
Why you think it will get better, you must know something I do not.
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