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5 Things PSN Needs to Address to Stay Relevant

Michael Prince:

"Last week I took a look at the Xbox 360's Live service and went over the five items I felt that Microsoft needed to look at in order to stay relevant in the online service realm. Obviously when you start talking about consoles, people are passionate and there were a number of large comments with some great points.

Now I am going to look at the PlayStation Network (PSN) and the five points they need to look at to stay competitive especially since they are new to this online space."

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Published: 586 days 21 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3

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Silellak - 586 days 22 hours ago

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Number 0: Final Fantasy VII on the PSN for the PS3 and PSP.

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chaosatom333 - 586 days 22 hours ago

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i'll buy it. That game redefined the word Epic.

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The Wood - 586 days 20 hours ago

1.2 - 'id buy that for a dollar '

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what film?

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OrignalGoatseGuy - 586 days 19 hours ago

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spectyre - 586 days 19 hours ago

1.4 - @ The Wood

Robocop. What do I win?

Anyway, to reply to the topic. I was glad to hear the author had a hard time finding five things to complain about. I personally have no issues with the PSN. I fail to see why everyone wants every function duplicated from XBL. I think it is a "the grass is greener" kind of thing. Home sounds cool and very innovative. At first I am sure that I will spend some time dinking around with it, but I am not convinced I will use it all of the time. In game XMB would be something I'd never use so bfd.
I am happy to hear that Sony is listening to customer complaints and acting on them. Unfortunately that will cause people to complain more.

I can't help but wonder if a few years down the road we will hear Xbox owners wanting XBL to be more like PSN.

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pharmd - 586 days 19 hours ago

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in all honestly, i am happy with PSN, i really have no complaints..... maybe i just done utilize it like i should but for all my gaming needs its phenomenal.... .maybe better browser but i dont use a keyboard anyway so its not relevant i guess....

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The Wood - 586 days 13 hours ago

1.6 - all i cangive is a bubble spectyre

that was too easy

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zypher - 586 days 21 hours ago

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very, very, very VERY valid points. i cannot stress that enough. its kinda frustrating really. admittedly i'm no technology whiz, but i can't for the life of me figure out why Sony has yet to address these things. hopefully it'll all fall in place this year, sooner rather than later.

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Mr_Showtime1 - 586 days 21 hours ago

3 - good article

makes a few good points which to be fair we have all heard before...I feel that someday it will all fall into place for the PSN, when that day will come, nobody knows lol

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Lucreto - 586 days 21 hours ago

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Number 1 - In Game XBM.
I like this feature but it is not too important. I don't get too may messages or play much online.

Number 2 - Video and Music Should be Here by Now.
I dont need this feature when you have TV and blu-ray movies. I don'twant to clog up my HDD with movies when a disk is far better.

Number 3 - Release PlayStation Home.
Good things come to though who wait and I like the idea but I want it to work fully on release so I am happy to wait. If we have a gamerscore I hope you can cash it in for some payable content.

Number 4 - Unified Updates and Stop Delaying Releases.
I agree with this Europeans get the short end of the stick.

Number 5 - More Content, Both Original and Classic Titles.
This will come in time but I rather focus on PS3 games

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dappaute - 586 days 20 hours ago

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what Sony should do is give their achievements some value like allowing you to purchase items with it, like the good old game arcade days with the token tickets.

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pwnsause - 586 days 20 hours ago

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this is a good article, its everything that every PS owner has been crying about, good job to the author on not making it a anti-ps3 article too.

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OrignalGoatseGuy - 586 days 20 hours ago

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Lagfree dedicated server based gaming for everyone who owns a PS3 with no stupid charges just to be given the privilege to play online.

Sony wins. The question is will Microsoft finally get a clue and learn from Sony how to do online gaming right.

In game XMB will be here in the 2.4 firmware update.

One just has to look at the likely GoTY(besides MGS4) Resistance 2:

60 players per match
5 man squads within the 60 player matches
Dedicated servers for lagfree online play

vs

Gears of War 2:

Only 5vs5 players per match
No dedicated servers
The same shoddy P2P last gen networking setup as the first Gears of War - host advantages and lag plaguing the game
50 dollars a year just to be allowed to play the game online after you already spent 60 bucks for the game itself

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Tmac - 586 days 20 hours ago

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The shotty P2P system is underwhelming, but most companies compensate with dedicated servers they provide themselves.

Both have their pay offs. P2P offers faster downloads (i.e. demos).

However dedicated servers are the only method that offer lag free service.

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The Wood - 586 days 20 hours ago

9 - psn must always keep pushing to stay relevant even when the things we all want now are implemented

Let the others brag how perfect xbl is whilst psn sneaks up from behind. Improvement has to be continual or you will be overtaken. PSN is far from perfect but I'm glad I'm witnessing the birth/rebirth of something that could potentially become great. In five years time we will reminisce about how psn was back in the day and how far its come whilst still being free (hopefully)

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OrignalGoatseGuy - 586 days 19 hours ago

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Stay competitive?

Here is just a sample what online gaming will be like with Home on the PS3:

Seamless gathering of friends inside of Home and creating a party and jumping right into a multiplayer game:

http://www.eurogamer.net/tv...

After you are done your go right back to inside of Home with your friends. Game companies are no longer forced to create their own lobbies, every developer can just leverage the work Sony has already done with Home.

And just a sample of what Warhawk has for Home party and game launching:

http://kotaku.com/361562/ho...

That just scratches the surface of what game companies will be able to do with Home and party and matchup for their games.

And here are Naughty Dog's Home plans:

http://kotaku.com/361563/ho...

Sony also has plans for custom Clan Spaces where a clan can have their own apartment type area like a player's own apartment where they can all meet up before and after matches and deck the place out in their clan colours and theme.

All this on top of the amazing foundation Sony has created with PSN:

* Free for everyone. Never having to worry about who has and has not paid their 50 dollar a year online fees

* Huge player counts of up to 60 players per match

* Dedicated servers for lagfree online gaming

A movie store will be nice but PS3 owners are already buying or renting BluRay movies now. The Home delay sucks but from the amazing things they are doing with it it will insanely cool when it gets here.

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Tmac - 586 days 19 hours ago

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Bubbles for keeping your cool bro.

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Scar 360WA - 586 days 19 hours ago

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All I want is number 1.

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themyk - 586 days 16 hours ago

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thats not all i want but it is the most important in my book.

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PimpHandHappy - 586 days 19 hours ago

12 - give it time

its going to take a couple years to fully intergrate the online community for PSN

I would bet the PS4 will have something like HOME built into it.

not saying we PS3 owners wont see it because we will. It wont be perfect for some time thou

and im alright with that

i can still play online when ever i want

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Ri0tSquad - 586 days 18 hours ago

13 - "Number 1 - In Game XrossMediaBar (XMB)"

Couldn't agree more. This feature is a must have.

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Mozilla89 - 586 days 18 hours ago

14 - True

I think that is the only real problem, as long as they keep the online free and with no lag I am happy. I do wish they would release more PS1 classics though, I would buy quite a few as long as they are still 6 bucks.

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PSWe60 - 586 days 17 hours ago

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I completely agree with this article 100%

Sony would be wise to read this article and give it some thought

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themyk - 586 days 16 hours ago

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i'm sure they already know and have people thinking about it around the clock.

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Maddens Raiders - 586 days 14 hours ago

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at the title.

The PlayStation Network will always be relevant.

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Meresin - 586 days 12 hours ago

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I'll take what they'll give me when it's ready. I'm cool with waiting a while for Home and in-game XMB if it means they'll be good when they get here. I don't want half-baked product, thanks. :)

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Lumbo - 586 days 12 hours ago

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Let's sum up the "Five Things The PlayStation Network Needs to Address to Stay Relevant"

1 - ingame XMB -> not PSN related, firmware issue
2 - Video Store -> not PSN related, store issue, lets be generous and give it 50% relevance
3 - home -> wow, at least something PSN related, though its hardly a dealbreaker
4 - global Store updates -> erm, not PSN related its a store localization issue originating from the separate continental branches that manage their OWN store(SCEE,SCEA,SCEJ).
5 - store content -> see above

So the author managed to get 1.5 of 5 points relevant to his choosen topic .. thats like making a Ferrari topic blogpost and write on how nice the weather was on your last trip to Spain with your Nissan.

Waste of time

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juuken - 586 days 19 hours ago

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He has a good point.

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Tony Scarboni - 586 days 19 hours ago

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Once PS3 delivers on these things(which you know they will), PSN will be far superior to XBL, and it will be free. And if the price of the service being free means having to wait longer for it, I'm alright w/ that.

Fact of the matter is, its alot easier to program for a P2P network. The P2P structure lends itself to implementing features like Voice Chat and Freind Invites. In a way, every one is already connected. This sucks though when your playing games and the host always has the advantage.

You have to build everything from the ground up for dedicated servers. But the results are worth it, it forces you to think outside the box. The groundwork isn't already laid out for you, you have to create it yourself, this forces you to be original.

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Snukadaman - 586 days 18 hours ago

2.1 - You honestly think when psn catches up it will stay free???

Cmon..you cant be that naive right...I mean seriously...all kidding aside..when psn matches xbox either they start charging or xbox becomes free....one or the other doesnt bother me since I do pay 4 bucks a month for xbox live.

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Tony Scarboni - 586 days 17 hours ago

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What you fail to realize is PS3 is more business saavy at these matters than MS. The view PSN as a platform to sell their media and other services. It is a selling point, not an excuse to rip ppl of for 4$ a month. They would rather have them spend that 60$ a year on a game which in term might lead them to purchase add on features or DLC.

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Tmac - 586 days 16 hours ago

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PSN will always stay free, Sony execs try to maintain focus on that principle. I believe them.

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themyk - 586 days 16 hours ago

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do you honestly think that sony would charge. of course they are not going to charge. they would look like the big jackasses. what's going to happen is m$ well offer their service free, or they well continue to charge. either way sony wins, if you think about it.

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n00bPwner - 586 days 16 hours ago

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this article puts into perspective just how sh1tty PSN is. Must suck to have paid all that money on a gimped overpriced/overhyped console with no games or services. Damn.

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butterfinger - 586 days 7 hours ago

3.1 - Come on man,

the 360 wasn't THAT expensive or hyped, I just wish it wasn't so "gimped".

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