PS3s Online Services to Compete With XBox 360

wh0pper writes "Dubbed WA!PS3 Online, Sony plans to combat the Xbox 360's download service with their own service for the Playstation 3. Though this is only going to happen in Asian markets at first, this adds even more fuel to the fiery debate over whether the Playstation 3 will have a hard drive included with the system. The Playstation 3 will be able to download games to the console for gamers to play and Sony says it will be better than the Xbox 360's features."

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Other PS3 storage media.

[GodBlessTexas]

The PS3 is ditching memory cards for Sony's Memory Stick Pro Duo format (same as the PSP and newer Sony gear use), which hold up to 2GB of data right now. While that's not enough to hold a full traditional game, that is enough to hold mini-games and media content the likes of which are currently being seen on XBOX Live and happen to be very popular. While a HD is an option that I'd probably want, I like having the option of getting one in the size that fits my needs, and given the size of HD content, I'd expect I'd want a big one.

Re:Other PS3 storage media.

[Metaphorically]

So they're going from insanely high price per megabyte of storage to just ridiculously highly priced storage. I thought the PS3 was supposed to have a reader for other memory card formats as well. Wonder if they're going to only the memory stick option will support other media like that.

Sony should be...

[corellon13]

focusing on just making a great product. I think Xbox is winning this by keeping all the focus on them (free advertising/publicity).

I think what Sony needs to do is make a solid product and actually make sure they have a better game line up. One of the main reasons I switched from Gamecube to Xbox was because I was attracted by titles that I couldn't get on Gamecube. All that to say that I don't think that throwing a lot of hardware and technology is the way to go. Instead, software features and game titles are the great equalizer IMO. At the end of the day, I just want to play some great games and have them look and sound good.

Re:3 things

[drinkypoo]

Mostly, my Xbox is a media player. Secondly, it is an emulator, and I have full collections of genesis/megadrive and snes games on it (everything from US and UK, plus some translatations of Japanese roms.) Thirdly, it is an Xbox, and plays Xbox games. I have spent vastly more time playing SNES games than Genesis games, and vastly more time playing Genesis games than Xbox games.

In particular, the Xbox is a better player of most games (those which are supported, which is the vast majority) than the original consoles. For one, you can save state, which means even in games that have no save function, you can save, and you can pause anywhere even in games with no pause function whatsoever. You can also bind a button to speedup so you can "fast-forward" through long and boring cutscenes, or make walking across the map way the hell faster. And, finally, it has antialiasing, so old and low-res games look pretty decent.

Also, the revolution will have normal controller capabilities as well. I believe they've even announced support for the gamecube controller.

Put more confrontationally, who the fuck are you to tell people what to do with their game consoles? Fuck off immediately.