PS3 firmware 2.7 "in April" - dev sources Comments by Tom Bramwell
Confusion stems from Resistance 2 dates.
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GamesProgrammer
25/03/09 @ 11:20
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The big question is will this mean both signed in players get trophies or not?
The Whoring community demands to know! |
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I actually think the steady free functional updates are a great thing, and Sony seemed to have stabilised the situation in the past few months are don't see to be issuing patches every other week.
I hope there's more to it than just the co-op sign in. What about a fancy new screen saver? I'm so easily pleased.... |
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@myiagros Read James Stevenson's comment on Joystiq. LBP logs 2 people in locally on the same PS3. The new update allows 2 PSN logins on the same machine. Something no other game has done.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/24/gdc09-... Presumably both players can gain trophies at the same time as well as ranking up in multiplayer games. Hopefully COD6 will use this. |
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@jonsaan
"Having the option for 2 is nice. Being forced to use 2 accounts sucks arse. Halo3 makes you do that and you can't go online with a guest. As if I am going to buy a Gold account for each of my sons". You can go online with up to 3 guest profiles on Halo 3, although it is unranked games only. |
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@mcbi4kh2
"Just the lack of a party system and not being able to see important server details before entering really piss me off." Not seeing options isn't an issue for me - currently finding it annoying though when I play with friends because I always end up in one of two situations: 1. Autobalance is on, and chances are I'm not on same team as my friends. 2. Autobalance isn't on and people switch sides because we play, surprisingly, as a team. |
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I'm not entirely sure what does does that LBP lacks.
While technically it might not register all of our accounts as being online - I regularly play local multiplayer LBP where we all use our own PSN accounts, we can all earn trophies as we play, and we can go online and play as a group with other players online. It might be doing some weird 'faking it' behind the scenes but it's completely seemless. |
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designerheadache
25/03/09 @ 13:15
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when sony eventually catch up to Xbox Live (and they are getting there), i wonder if microsoft will be forced to drop the payment plan altogether, or will they continue along their path?
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@zuljin
The option to see whether autobalancing on is a must for me, when its off it enivatebly finishes 6-0 and is pretty boring which ever side you are on. Auto balance usually end up much tighter. Also FF would be nice, as would a ping. I would like to add a 3rd to your list if I may :) 3. My friend cant join me on the same server becase its full and I have to leave and find another. |
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Thunderbolt!
25/03/09 @ 14:16
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designerheadache,
I imagine when that day arrives then two things will happen either MS reduces Live by 50% i.e. £20 as a nominal charge or More likely Sony starts to charge for the PSN, and this will be out of neccesity to keep up a top-rate online experience. I think most gamers won't mind £25 a year for a great service. Just my thoughts mind. |
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i think it will be good year before sony catches up to present day live in which time xbox will have pushed further ahead. i don't mind paying for live in the slightest for what i get out of it.
what i would really, really like is a ps3 pad that is good for FPS's. yes the dual shock is ok but not really anywhere near precise enough. |
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callum9999
25/03/09 @ 15:35
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I would mind, it's one of the reasons why I chose the playstation. I'm not a huge online gamer though, I only really go on about once a week so it wouldn't be worth it for me.
Although I've never been on live, I'll happily accept its a lot better than the PSN to a lot of people, but when I play a game online, I just want to play a game online, and the PSN is perfectly capable of doing that - so I see no need to spend a load on it and then charge people to use it (I was completely happy with PS2 online though so I'm easy to please!). |
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designerheadache
25/03/09 @ 15:40
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@Thunderbolt!
I agree Either Sony would have a "premium" service with bells and whistles for a charge, £25 a year seems fair. Or they would do everything for free and fund it by some other means, although i have yet to see how they could make that work. Either way i think MS would have to reduce their price when this happens as they like to constantly point out they are the "best value" competition = good for consumers!! |
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Thunderbolt!
25/03/09 @ 15:48
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competition = good for consumers!!
I completely agree. Both MS & Sony have had to work to work much harder this generation which has been great for us gamers |
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FrankCannon
25/03/09 @ 20:26
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I`d like improved voice chat. A browser that works properly without locking up the system randomly. A firewall.
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