The Playstation 3 is IDENTITY THEFT

PSN+ *NOT* required for Hulu Plus after all (at least not once they've rolled the service out fully):

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/110/1103974p1.html

two things:

1. lolololololol, looks like PSN+ is shitting the bed if Hulu's running scared from exclusivity already
2. looks like I'll be signing up for H+ after all! $120/year for all the TV entertainment you can stomach is a hell of good deal.

(also I'll ax again - does anyone know whether you can use the same H+ account on multiple devices, or would I have to get separate accounts for my iPhone and my PS3?)

Hopefully they'll follow Netflix's lead and allow multiple devices, they'd be crazy not to.

On a side note, I just got an email from Joystiq telling me I've won a copy of Modnation Racers from a drawing I forgot I'd entered. The demo was fairly impressive, hopefully the full game will be worth my hard-earned $0.00.

$20 a month for stuff that's already free? hmm.

well i've been meaning to get wipeout, so...

PSN+ is $50/year, not $20/month; Hulu+ is $10/month (and totally worth it if, like me, you decided to shear $80/month off your Time Warner bill by getting rid of cable and don't own a set of rabbit ears [though with The Football starting up again in a couple of months I should probably get on that last one])

Here's why I opted in on PS+:

* the "only play while you're a member" codicil that almost frightened me off looks a lot less annoying when you're paying for a fifteen month membership; I don't think I've returned to a year old game in forever.
* following my 30gig xbox hd filling up, i bought the 120 gig PS3 and it's mostly empty and it chafes my chaps that I'm not getting to utilize it.
* i was gonna buy wipeout sooner or later anyway so that defrays the cost somewhat.
* I'm a real magpie with games and like the idea of having a selection of monthly things to choose from; if they give me an hour a pop of funtime and/or nostalgia, it's worth it.
* i REALLY REALLY needed the instadownload and instainstall option; I fucking hate constantly finding new things and waiting twenty minutes while the goddamn PS3 has to defragment or whatever the hell it is that it does.

I'm just waiting until they add cloud storage for saves

why

bc when I gave my hard drive an upgrayedd last year I lost all my saves and was A Very Sad Jamescobo

that's avoidable u know just back it up

u can copy them to a thumb drive, which would be like, a one-time payment of $5 instead of $10/mo

I did a full backup to a thumb drive before making the switch and then when I plugged it back in to restore everything it said the file was corrupt.

also cloud saves would let you go over to other ppls houses and load up your saves on their PS3s without having to bring over the aforementioned thumb drive

also thumbdrives ain't baller

u love clouds

it's true, thumbdrives AINT baller

new board description imo

Anyone with Modnation Racers who wants some free DLC? I don't know what it is, but Joystiq emailed me a couple of download voucher codes and seeing as how I don't know anyone with the game I figured I'd ask around ILG.

Yeah I'll take it, thanks!

OK, I'll get it mailed out as soon as I'm done with work. Apparently it's good for an extra character that's not available on PSN (no idea if that means "yet" or if it's OMG EXCLUSIVE or whatever).

Got the email, thanks for that.

Pleasure doing business with you. Just out of curiosity (my copy hasn't arrived yet and probably won't for another week or so)- how many of the user-created tracks are just enormous dicks?

huh? all of them!

finally hacked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOEbZEkp9A

???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWzY50YevMs

looks like electroplankton move. hope these guys don't convince me to buy the goddamn lollipop

xp - hack promptly negated by mandatory system update

Seems to be more and more evidence popping up for that HD ICO/Shadow of the Colossus re-release. Makes a guy want to buy a PS3!

CraigG - what do you mean by evidence? they officially announced it yesterday onstage at TGS.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/16/team_ico_update/

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/09/15/ico-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-collection-hits-ps3-spring-2011-with-3d/

hmmm... i gotta sneaking suspicion that they're going to do that re-release as CraigG says

Last Guardian trailer - apparently they're aiming for Christmas 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBGvl8HXd9E

"aiming for" jesus

Ninokuni gameplay (no sound though)... this is the Studio Ghibli/Level5 ps3 game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ZuvAOfUiA

trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1QHoc5T-0M

Ha, I hadn't seen the TGS stuff. Had just heard about it popping up on a couple of retailers listings a couple of days prior to TGS. Also, in my defence, news of it's release was announced yesterday UK time, not Wednesday :P

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30490/PSN_Import_Store_Launching_Next_Week_With_Cho_Aniki_Gaia_Seed.php

praying for Fire Pro G

http://www.1up.com/news/report-muramasa-odin-sphere-high-definition

http://ps3-evolution.dcemu.co.uk/first-ps3-homebrew-game-released-ps3pong-v0-1-326655.html

The Playstation 3 is currently a game system that I bought this evening on my way home from work! No games yet, but I'm ready to embrace all the PS3 exclusives I've missed over the last few years of just having an XBox 360.

I'd recommend starting with Pixel Junk Monsters and Pixel Junk Shooter and getting copies of Valkyria Chronicles (only about 20 bucks) and Demons Souls (only about 30)

Wipeout HD

fuck pixeljunk shooter

http://monstervine.com/wp-content/2010/03/PixelJunkTM-Shooter_2.png
(top, pj shooter; bottom, s1ocki)

im gonna destroy it

Ooh. Valkyria Chronicles looks good, never even heard of it. Looks like it'll be reminiscent of Ring of Red. Demon Souls looks good too, but the Gamespot review using terms like "Brutally difficult boss fights" makes me think it wont be one for me! Will definitely check it out if it's on the cheap though. Planning on getting the staples; Uncharted 1/2, MGS, etc, too.
Still can't believe new consoles don't come with HDMI cables. Dark ages, etc.

btw I cannot stress enough how vital it is that you get WipeoutHD

I only have a wee 1080p TV (23"), while the bigger TV in the house is only 720p. Will my mind still be blown by Wipeout HD?

let me put it this way:

http://www.zerodegreesart.com/zartists/tnichols/images/YES.jpghttp://www.nataliedee.com/032109/i-would-venture-to-say-hell-yes.jpg

http://leadgraffiti.com/users_images/portfolio/poster-hell-yes-800.jpg

i have a 720p 26" toshiba and wipeout HD is the tits

My 23" monitor doesn't support HDCP, so the PS3 wont display to it :( Fortunately I have the other TV to use, but I'm pretty disappointed. Bought Resistance 2 and Valkyria Chonicles for a total of £20 on my way home to give me something to play. Both are good, but I suspect Resistance 2 needs the full 1080p to live up to it's hype...

Resistance 2 needs to be a better game to live up to it's hype.