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A moment of silence please: RIP Playstation Store

Fragcast mourns the passing of the web-based PS Store - but gets over it fairly quickly! Will you miss the PS Store of old, too?

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GutZ315875d ago

"Tomorrow we get a shiny new application-based interface made in a love-palace of stylishly designed win-bricks and fading page transitions of ultimate awesome.

Hee!

And then... within about 5 minutes, everyone will be b!tching about something else."

God, I love that last sentence.

neil_19805875d ago

it wasnt the store that bothered me... I could live with it being web based etc.

What did bother me was the crappy EU updates... no amount of polish can change that.

Hopefully they will pull there finger out after this update though

Ben10545875d ago

it was easy to navigate and it worked with me flawlessly.
But why are there so many dumbasses out there, saying they didnt like the old store because it was hard to naviate WTF?, it couldnt be much simpler if you looking for a demo just go to Games, then click Demos or if your looking for a game video just click on Videos then Games Trailers

sonarus5875d ago

Well as long as it does the exact same stuff as the old stuff did plus more its good rithens or however it is you spell that

ToastyMcNibbles5875d ago

lol lovin that last part...i guess its hard to be so patient about things but you know what...im going to have my ps3 for a long time with no intention of getting rid of it so sony take whatever time you need to fully polish the sh!t out of psn...most people dont realize that it took 5 years for xbl to be what it is today and it is without a doubt a great service...for a free service that we have with psn its shaping up to become one hell of a service as well but it takes time...psn has only been going on for one year heading on to number two so be patient...or at least try to

dfire12125875d ago

powdered toastman is the sh1t

PR0F3TA5875d ago

RIP - you were not as bad as they made you seem to be, you got the job done.

Wildarmsjecht5875d ago

It got the job done. I never once felt like I couldnt get to a game, download it or anything like that. Really, I must have a crapton of patience because i never wanted to go on a tantrum as some people make it seem like the store made them do. Im happy for change, but didnt mind the old.

Torch5875d ago

I personally have no patience, and must also agree that it got the job done, and was fair to navigate...at least from point they finally integrated the L1 & R1 buttons for page-flipping.

Still, it was relatively static and limited, and did not justify the greatness and sleek of the PS3.

That said, I eagerly look forward to what tomorrow brings.

Ninja_Moomin5875d ago

basically... the old store was a shambles to look at and use... but never so bad that it wasn't functional.

Ninja_Moomin5875d ago

oh who am i kidding...

IT SUCKED

PSWe605875d ago

The PSN Store was a damn good first try.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader823d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel6d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow6d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1825d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie4d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere4d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin4d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere4d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere4d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX5d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney3d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno5d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno5d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii4d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno4d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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