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Friday, November 04 2005

Playstation 3 Will Not Support "LIVE"  by Shane L at 08:51

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There is an article up on GameFirst taken from the official Playstation magazine that the Playstation 3 will not be supporting any type of live service for their online features.

The Official Playstation Magazine reported that Sony has elected not to use a central online gaming service for its upcoming PS3 console. Instead of using a unified system like Microsoft's Xbox Live or Nintendo's soon-to-be-launched Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Sony is taking the same path as it did with the PS2. This means that it will be up to publishers themselves to provide players with online features and, likewise, for the players to have a separate account for each publisher in order to play online.

I was one of the many live users on the XBOX but I didn't buy it for that purpose alone, only time will tell if this turns out to be true or false and also if it will have any effect on their sales. Would no live service as such stop you buying the PS3?
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Jammin
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04 November 2005 10:55
PS2 online service was crap, 360 for the win
KendoMonkey
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04 November 2005 11:17
Or this could be a really sneaky way of gauging public opinion before fully committing. /tin foil hat
D3CYPH3R
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04 November 2005 16:06
never used a console online, for me the idea of multiplay on a colsole is getting a few mates and some beers round and having a ****ing funny night of gaming. online gaming is best server on the PC.
Landen
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04 November 2005 19:56
Well to be honest I doubt I would use a ps3 or 360 for online gaming, consoles have decades of catching up before they can even consider competeing with PCs in the Online market. But I don't think this a particularly good idea when the console theyre in direct competition with has put lots of emphasis on its Live abilities. Ive not been very impressed with Sony and the PS3 at all really. Those tech demos of the ps3 'would' look like were just BS, hate stuff like that.


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