PlayStation

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

I'm interested to know, are any of you PS3 owners thinking of switching? On all of the other boards I frequent, half the people are saying that they're going to trade in their PlayStation for an Xbox. While my confidence in Sony has declined somewhat, I'm going to support them.

I won't switch. Even during the small duration of time I had an Xbox360 I didn't go Live with it simply because I chose not to. Plus 80% of the people I met from PS2 online games went with the PS3 over the Xbox360. I won't ditch the PS3 or PSN just because of this incident. Live isn't immune to being hacked. What if it was? Then what? Trade the Xbox360 to get a PS3? That just doesn't make sense. I would like to play online like any other person but all I can do is wait patiently for it to go online again.

 

[Deleted member]

You are most correct good sir, XBL can be hacked as well. However, knowing that Sony has pissed off a ton of apparently skilled hackers makes me a bit uneasy.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

^ Well it's common knowledge Sony is a mean business. They've done a lot of mean moves, but... I can't say it's terrible. It's business.

 

[Fuelbi]

I'm still supporting Sony. I'm still fully confident that the services PSN+ brings are still waaaaaaaaaaay better than XBL

Besides, XBL could get easily hacked as well and the only reason why nobody has is because nobody hates Microsoft. Literally, the only reason why Sony was hacked in the first place is because a bunch of 12 year olds got pissed an acted like children on the fact that some hacker got sued and then gonna get hacked again because another bunch of 12 year olds are pissed at how Sony is handling this. I mean it's not like I can brush up a bit on computers and hack XBL myself just because I felt like it. It's literally that easy these days

I just wish my friends would realize that XBL could also get hacked as easily as Sony wa hacked because even though XBL IS the paid service, it still does not mean it is inherenty impossible to hack. Sure it might be a bit harder, but come on. No matter how much anybody tries to patch anything or make more secure, it is still possible to bypass. For example (and please don't tell me that video games and a service don't beck to compare I know, its to make a point) Pokemon BW makes it so that if you rom it, it has a no XP gain thing built into it to make it harder for pirates to play it. That was easily bypassed with a cheat code/patch on the emulator an poof it was playable again. Same with HGSS. It ha a black screen thing built in for rooms but people easily got around that as well

Point is, is that there is no way to make anything impossible to hack. Make it harder, sure. But never to make it impossible. He'll, even Sony said that they'd just make it harder for hackers to get identity info, but it's still possible. I don't understand why XBL would be the exception when it is still as susceptible to hacks as PSN is and why people would switch consoles over something hackers who give us all bad names

I encourage people, actually to not switch and show that we are still together and strong against these hackers

 

[Lythium]

I'm not switching. It's not as if it doesn't play the same games.

Plus, my 360 might explode if I turned it on. It's accumulated so much dust.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

I just put my system to bed when I know I won't be using it for a long time.

 

[xLeafybug =D]

As it stands, I don't have the money to replace my TE, so I doubt I'll be switching back.

 

[Lythium]

Yeah, same. All of my arcade sticks are for PS3.

 

[xLeafybug =D]

I really regret buying my TE for the PS3. For about $60 more, I could have just Dual-modded an Xbox one.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

I'm sticking with PS3. I'm just really used to it. I don't really even play online much so the PSN being down is more of a minor inconvenience than anything.

 

[F8AL]

There is no reason to switch from the PS3 to the 360 just because PSN has been down for over 2 weeks. With all the money you've invested in games and accessories, it would be counter-productive to spend it all again on a new console.

All consoles have their pros and cons. I hope Sony's new security/system on PSN is good enough to stop the supposed attacks planned for this weekend should it come back online.

 

[Serris]

That free month of PlayStation Plus?

Spoiler

It's meant to reimburse us for the month of free access lost.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

^ XD. Didn't think of that.

 

[Matt07]

No, I won't swap, and what F8AL said as well. Plus, I have more friends who play PS3, then 360.

 

[F8AL]

PSN is unlikely to return back online this week

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/06/psn-reactivation-delayed-for-further-testing-not-coming-back/

In an update on the PlayStation Blog, Sony's Patrick Seybold passes along the bad news that service renewal has been delayed to an unspecified time. "When we held the press conference in Japan last week," Seybold said, "based on what we knew, we expected to have the services online within a week. We were unaware of the extent of the attack on Sony Online Entertainment servers, and we are taking this opportunity to conduct further testing of the incredibly complex system."

Hang in there, PS3 owners! I'll keep you guys updated/posted on when the PSN returns/is supposed to be back online.

 

[Fuelbi]

Man 3 weeks is a lot :/

 

[F8AL]

Think of this whole ordeal as a way of clearing your games backlog. (Games which you've bought but haven't opened/finished yet.)

 

[Fuelbi]

I only have one game I haven't even started that I bought this week to get over my offline disease and that's Rock Band Green Day (which btw is surprisingly cheap at 20$ new O_O) and I can't even play that because I had forgotten my parents gave away my guitar to one of their friends ;____;

 

[Thino]

I wonder which free games we're gonna get from Sony

 

[Serris]

They'll probably offer inFamous and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune as a marketing move to promote inFamous 2 and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

 

[Matt07]

Think of this whole ordeal as a way of clearing your games backlog. (Games which you've bought but haven't opened/finished yet.)

Yea...I only have about 10 games to do that with .

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Think of this whole ordeal as a way of clearing your games backlog. (Games which you've bought but haven't opened/finished yet.)

Or you could go get Starcraft and play that.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

3 weeks of PSN being down is pretty surprising but I still have faith it'll return.

 

[Fuelbi]

They'll probably offer inFamous and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune as a marketing move to promote inFamous 2 and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

Man had it come up this week I'd expect them to do some other game but seeing as were getting 3 weeks or perhaps a month, then yeah I expect either of those games

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

Works good for me. About to get my 4th platinum, Dragon Age.

 

[Crimson King]

I'm interested to know, are any of you PS3 owners thinking of switching? On all of the other boards I frequent, half the people are saying that they're going to trade in their PlayStation for an Xbox. While my confidence in Sony has declined somewhat, I'm going to support them.

The only reason I even own a Playstation is because Wii is boring and all teh games of interest for 360 are on PC, and I have a gaming computer. Everything of interest is on PS3 exclusively or on both PS3 and 360.

Also, it makes a lot of sense that PSN is still down because of the latest attack on SOE servers, which were more extensive. I really hope the hackers get caught because they have easily jumped into serious felony territory. I know with some hackers who actually get out of fail for felonies, they are banned from accessing the internet for a VERY long time if not ever.

 

[Lythium]

Yeah, I'm actually managing to get some PC gaming done for once.

Though I just bought Darksiders for $18 so I'll probably play that. :3c

 

[Deleted member]

This is the huge downside of only having COD games. The single player campaigns will last you about a day, and the plot is... lacking, to say the least.

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

I play a lot more offline than online anyways..my PS3 library:

inFamous [Platinumed]
Spiderman SD [Platinumed]
FFXIII [Platinumed]
God of War Collection
Dragon Age [83%]
Mortal Kombat[25%]
MvC3(64*)
SSFIV[19*)

Only 3 of those games are online mostly, an I quit two of um. MK is <3 though.

Edit: I will admit though, I've been wanting to train online in MK an I've wanted to play Moon Diver with my irl friend FOREVER now.

 

[Deleted member]

How the heck do you guys platinum FFXIII? For the life of me I just can't beat Orphan with a 5 star rating!

 

[Lythium]

You probably have to cheese it. :3c

/doesn't actually know

I have no idea how many trophies I have.

 

[F8AL]

Quick question for you PS3 owners, do you guys take trophies seriously? Cause on the 360, a lot of players care about getting achievements and upping their gamerscore.

 

[Fuelbi]

I don't because I never cared for Achievements anyways

I dunno how though but I do end up liking Achievements better than Trophies though. Could be the little pop up that appears at the bottom or something idk

 

[Deleted member]

I sure don't. Trophies to me are just added bonuses for actually playing COD's story mode. 90% of the people on my friends list don't even have a single trophy.

 

[Lythium]

I definitely don't take them seriously, but they're nice to have. I smile a little whenever I get one. Plus, it doesn't happen often, but occasionally, I'll play the game more than I normally would to get a trophy. Just because.

Also, my boyfriend and I play on the same account, so I'm like MWHAHAHA whenever I get a trophy that he didn't get.

 

[Serris]

So, my PlayStation Network account information must have finally gotten into the hands of a spambot, because my attempt to log into my GMail account forced me to verify my ownership of it via a code sent to my phone, then reset my password. I probably should have done it sooner, but at least no harm was done. All of the attempts to send malicious emails were blocked by the system.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

So, my PlayStation Network account information must have finally gotten into the hands of a spambot, because my attempt to log into my GMail account forced me to verify my ownership of it via a code sent to my phone, then reset my password. I probably should have done it sooner, but at least no harm was done. All of the attempts to send malicious emails were blocked by the system.

Dang it. So already this hacking is effecting people here. The only rush of it coming back online is so I can change all my information...

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

I take trophies seriously. 100% on Spiderman SD, inFamous, FFXIII atm. Dragon Age, GoW, GoW2 will join.

SSFIV pisses me off at being 19%...

64% on MVC3 and 90% on Sonic the Hedgehog is ok though.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Quick question for you PS3 owners, do you guys take trophies seriously? Cause on the 360, a lot of players care about getting achievements and upping their gamerscore.

I don't really care about them, but if there are cool ones that aren't lame or stupid then I go for them sometimes. Some of the AC ones come to mind, AC2 is the only game I've ever come close to 100%ing (I think I'm at like 95%) because those achievements involve cool and innovative stuff, not just kill X people with Y weapon.

 

[Atlus8]

Hmmm . . . only game I play online is SSFIV! Haven't touched the game lately at all since I'm waiting on AE, but I'll pick up a 360 if the PSN goes down like this again! However, I would still buy most of my games for PS3!

Sometimes I do like to collect some trophies to pass the time so it's a nice thing to have around!