The Playstation 3 is IDENTITY THEFT

will trade you five years of netflix for five years health care until they get our shit together

throw in some dentistry we have a deal

think my health will suffer if i spend the next five years in watching movies, so no dice.

I think we'll be expected to add a tip and the whole deal will fall apart

http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/blu-ray/playtime-a.jpg

aaaarrrrrgh

will... crumbling

yeah that Playtime blu-ray is more or less the greatest thing ever.

holding out for
http://beatskate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/le-samourai.jpg

that wld be nice. one of the v few dvds ive held on to

the criterion wages of fear blu ray is ~insane~ btw coz. also days of heaven (!!!!) was just released on blu as well

http://share.blog.us.playstation.com/

nice to see cross game voice chat, PS2 software emulation BC and auto-sync trophies being voted up

cross game voice chat

pfft, I buy games to enhance my misanthropy, not escape from it

PS2 software emulation BC

*adjusts monocle, harrumphs into flute of champagne*

auto-sync trophies

can't argue with this, it's ridiculous that it doesn't sync already.

is there an option to vote for automatic downloading of system updates? by far the worst thing about the PS3 experience is going to play a game only to have to wait for 45 minutes while a system update slooooooooooooowly crawls its way onto your HD.

PS4

the 360's killer app isn't mass effect 2 or whatever. its killer app is cross game voice chat imho

gonna have to side with the cobo on that one... big assumption that you "have friends" that "want to speak to you" and are using the same game console at the same time as you

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__tNulTNKU0A/SUGFh7v_YaI/AAAAAAAABJg/YIYoKkt_yfI/s400/misanthrope.jpg
l-r: cobo, nhex

pls vote this up thx
http://share.blog.us.playstation.com/ideas/2010/03/17/team-ico-collection/

is everyday shooter worth five bucks?

For me definitely, I think it's great. Pretty basic arena shooter, nice music, different chaining mechanic for each level. I find it a very relaxing game - though it's pretty tough... I've yet to 1CC it, but the points you earn turn to credits to unlock later levels for free play or more starting ships or different effects... it is sort of the indie rock shooter, so not to everybody's taste, I guess. Here's one of my favorite levels...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-BbVKuEOQ

Yeah, Everyday Shooter is a really good 5-10 minute game, and you can zone out with it for a pretty long time.

vote up my sly cooper collection idea bitches :)
http://share.blog.us.playstation.com/ideas/2010/03/26/sly-cooper-collection/

Done!

how the hell is everyday shooter $5 in the US when it's £6.29 ($9.40) in europe. the PSN store in general seems very expensive. £11.99 for fat princess? pfft

I guess m$ fun bucks have conditioned me to think dlc games are cheaper than they actually are

also why does the uh 'framerate' slow down on the XMB sometimes when you bring it up in-game smh

Cozen - normally Everyday Shooter is $9.99 in the US, I think - there's a half off sale this week in N.A. Each region of Sony PSN runs independently, so you will see different prices, sales and releases, and release dates across regions. It's a bit of a drag, in particular in regards to PS1 releases, where Japan has an incredible library for download and the rest of the regions have 1/4th the selection.

Fat Princess is a pretty full game that really could have been released on disc (just like Wipeout HD, which I guess eventually did come out on disc in Europe, but not in the US)), so that price doesn't seem totally out of line (though I wouldn't recommend the game at this point, due to its lag problems and lack of depth in the way the game is played, and no doubt miniscule (non-existant?) player base).

I'd imagine the framerate slows down when you bring up the XMB because it's pulling stuff down from the web when you do (like loading in your friends list and all those mini-adverts that are in the what's new section and all that) so taxing the processor somewhat - keep in mind, something like in game xmb all got added to the ps3 OS long after the ps3 had been on market, so it's sort of like a patchwork design and not fully integrated from the get-go. Hardly a big deal though, c'mon.

look jeff no point being reasonable when I'm riding my waaahmbalamps

wow the japanese psn is crazy for PS1 classics

what's the reasoning behind not releasing the pal/ntsc versions of some of these games on the other stores? can't be a rights thing surely

yeh its ridiculous how few ps1 games get released outside of Japan, there's only been 3 in the last 6 months in the EU.

I know it looks like I'm grousing but there is lots to love about my new PS3... however that being said does anyone else have problems transferring all but the smallest of files over their network? renders the great PS3 media streaming options a bit moot at the mo

i've never had a problem streaming anything. my friend was getting really choppy streams for any kind of video from his pc but he had an ancient processor and when he finally grudgingly upgraded it the problem disappeared. don't know if that could be part of the problem you're experiencing?

i had trouble streaming via wireless, has been perfect since i wired directly. probably more to do with my router than the ps3 tho.
i looked up the ps1 classics numbers btw, in the last 6 months japan got 40, us 31, eu 3. wtf sonyeu.

japan has some amazing, hard-to-find costly-on-ebay titles too : /

ffs why can't i get the bbc iplayer to play the live programs, like it does when i browse thru it normally on my pc? this is shit, motd isn't available!

can't you go to bbc.com on the PS3's browser and get at it from there?

nah, it automatically goes into 'ps3' mode

I'm watching it right now on my PS3! :)

gah! how d you do it?

ah got it

WAHHH

"bbc two england is unavailable at this time"

WTF i'm in UK!

hmm, that's odd

yeah, just navigated to bbc.com/sport and then clicked the watch motd2 live link and it worked just as it does normally. it was a bit slow but that's just cos I'm on wireless and haven't sorted out my PS3's wireless sloth : /

i haven't updated my ps3, i'll try that first..

(by which time motd will have ended)

yeah, it's finished now :)

i watched it on my laptop in the end, which of course slowed down the ps3 update download.

btw, anyone else suffered any blu ray freezing? my mate has, they freeze just after about 30 mins in.

no, but there is a default setting on the ps3 which keeps many blu-ray discs from even loading properly. i forget which setting it is tho :/

i had trouble streaming via wireless, has been perfect since i wired directly. probably more to do with my router than the ps3 tho.
i looked up the ps1 classics numbers btw, in the last 6 months japan got 40, us 31, eu 3. wtf sonyeu.

why not just set up an American PSN account? hell get 4 other Britishes to form a PS1 gamesharing group and buy shit from the American PSN for 1/5th of the cost.

in the last 6 months japan got 40, us 31, eu 3. wtf sonyeu

US may have been getting a lot of ps1 releases, but they've almost all been worthless shit. Though it's not exactly like I'm dying for ps1 classics. Off the top of my head about all I can think of that I would like to get over here is Einhander (it's out in Japan) and the Mega Man Legends games.

AND BUSHIDO BLADE

PS3 is great, no fronting, but there are a no. of additions that could make it better (besides the big three: cross-game chat, PS2 BC, auto-synced trophies):
- custom soundtracks for all games
- parties
- voice messaging
- universal cross-game invites
- smaller updates (starting up UC2 for the first time was eye opening and that's not even the half of it if what I hear about other titles is true)
- demos for all PSN content (this is o_O to me but I can kinda half-understand it what with PSN being free etc)
- ability to browse the store filtered by retail or PSN content
- ability to purchase content on my PC for queuing up / download on PS3 (this is maybe a bit niche but I do this all the time on the 360, saves me having to negotiated the janky ass XBLA marketplace)

put back otheros while you're at it, sony

(psyche whotf cares)

AND BUSHIDO BLADE

^^^^^