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XFire is Sony's Answer to Xbox Live

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pulling-out-the-big-guns dept.

1up is reporting on Sony's 'answer' to Microsoft's Xbox Live system: XFire. The PC-based game networking service is already extremely popular among FPS and MMOG players. Financial reports indicate the service will now be extended to the PlayStation 3 as well. From the article: "By incorporating an existing service into their own PlayStation Network Platform (PNP), Sony hopes to circumvent existing problems in the console space that Microsoft has had to sort out and in using Xfire -- a company with an established messaging, matchmaking and gaming client -- Sony hopes to narrow the four-year gap in online gaming services that Microsoft currently enjoys (Xfire has been around since 2002)."

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  1. XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought XFire was Sony's answer to XBattery.

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    1. Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or, XFire could metaphorically refer to Sony's XJob in selling XConsoles.

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    2. Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 3, Funny

      Burn!

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    3. Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

      XFire comes after XPlosion.

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    4. Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live by Shawn+is+an+Asshole · · Score: 2, Funny

      The DRM will leave you Xploited.

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    5. Re:XFire NOT the answer to XBox Live by Drachemorder · · Score: 2, Funny

      Given Sony's recent business decisions, I'd be inclined to say that XFire is what Sony should do to their X-ecutives.

  2. And then... by Who+Man · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think they should rename the PS3 to XBox, because that goes really well with XFire.

  3. Re:But when... by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Xactly!(sorry, couldn't resist)

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  4. They can... by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...if they fire Ken Kutaragi and hire college students. Here's your caffeine, here's your beer, let's go, people!

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