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PS3 to be free online... maybeDavedough @ Jun 13, 2006 11:01 | 71 comments
"You can't charge money for network matching and other basic services. These things are just taken for granted on the PC." Mr. Kutaragi was noted for saying, while reaffirming that Sony' online presence will be a force to be reckoned with.
Unlike Microsoft with their Xbox Live yearly subscription, Sony feels that people should pay for what they want and not be forced to pay a fee, just to connect.
Sony also hinted at the ability to use it's Cell processor in a multi-tiered environment thereby using the collective processing power of all the PS3s connected to their server as the power behind their conceived cyber-world.
According to Kutaragi, Sony will have network services available from launch day and has stated that digital storage and streaming will be a product to come. He hopes this move may eventually get rid of the need for optical drives, allowing the user to store content on an off-site server farm, gaining access whenever they connect. "If you have all the data on servers, you probably no longer need disk drives... But to do this, the server is crucial. It's a difficult problem," said Kutaragi.
An interesting alternative to these claims, however, comes from Sony's Public Relations department in which they were quoted in saying that Sony has yet to release a pricing scheme for online services.
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A recent interview with Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi alludes to the fact that Sony will not charge users for connecting to the PS3 online service. He stated that Sony's current business model will rely on downloadable content as the bread and butter while basic service should remain free.
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Comment by: dMerc (Jun 15, 2006 00:58) Everyone saying that the ps3 is more expensive than the xbox...
It's 599 with the blu ray player. If you have an xbox, you are going to have to pay at least another 200 for an HD-DVD drive. That means your paying a hundred more than the PS3...if...they only charge 200 for the drive.
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Comment by: deedeebee (Jun 15, 2006 01:41) Will this thread only be complete when every last Xbox fanboy chimes in with "you get what you pay for" and calls those who will buy the PS3 "fanboys?"
Come on, get cracking, Xbox fanboys, there are still one or two of you out there who haven't said "you get what you pay for." |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jun 15, 2006 02:35) deedeebee
I am not a 360 fan but you do get everythign you pay for in a sence its a desently built system with good online paly however the games are simpley not there yet for me....
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Uumm the PS2 pad is the best game pad made yet ,even the Xbox took its basic layout and sued it for the 360. The PS3 pad is the normal PS2 pad with a simple motion sensor replaceing the Rumble feature,its a sad atemped to catch up...... I have a brain...I think......
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Comment by: lxhotboy (Jun 15, 2006 05:38) LOL... man we got some confused ones here. If people are going to keep saying the ps2 launched at $500 at least tell what country and currency you are talking about. If someone payed $500 here in the US then you got screwed and they didnot even bother to use a lubricant while doing it.
As for the ps2 pad. Why redesign the entire pad? Most people love the ps2 controller so why make a entire new pad just b.c you have a new system. I was always told if it aint broke then dont fix it. |
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Comment by: saadfozi (Jun 15, 2006 06:57) well my friend bought his for 500 the day it was released. the next day it went down to i believe 300 bucks. and i am talking about US currency and that was purchased from toysrus. i dont really care thought cause i bought the second one off of him a month later for like 150. hahaha |
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Comment by: flyingv (Jun 15, 2006 11:53) Well it sounds like you got a deal but your friend got really screwed!!! Listen to ZIppyDSM, he's been around and knows what he's talking about. 
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Comment by: SanStarko (Jun 15, 2006 14:10) saadfozi
"well my friend bought his for 500 the day it was released. the next day it went down to i believe 300 bucks"
You're mate is either lying to you or he's managed to get himself so ripped off it's laughable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/october00/ps2launch/ http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/608/608318p1.html
The PS2 was $299.99 on release day, it wasn't $500. No company in their right mind would release something for $500 one day then the nextday drop the price by $200. It would be PR suicide.
Oh, and if you're mate is still around tell him i've got a SNES I can sell him for $1000, it's a bargain I tell you. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jun 15, 2006 14:42) lxhotboy the trouble with that they didnt redesign the PS3 pad they hacked soemthign togather *L*
flyingv dun hold me to my word I have been knowen to be wrong :P
saadfozi sony did try to relase that DVR version fo the PSX or was it PS2 for 800? *L* 0_o
---------- This was buging me so I did some more reasearch I guess your right it started at 299 then went down to 250 and stayed there for a year or so then down to 200 and stayed there for another year or so. Mmm it seems the Xbox was 300 as well but why do I remember it at 350? 0-o maby it was with a game bundle? 0-o
ah well my brain is crusty >< LOL I guess I was rright to go with my gut...the price stinks and theres no getting around that they have bitten off more than they can chew and I dout the fan boys will come to there resuce perfetly,that siad I dont see it dropping more than 100 by next Xmas....oh well all we poor gamers cna do is watch and complain :P
To this date I have spent about 400 od PS2 aprts and such and thats jsut tog et the damn thign working *L*you can add another 200 just for games and accserries alone L* |
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Comment by: hot_ice (Jun 15, 2006 15:42) Well anyways, I don't like this new trend of paying over 500$ for a gaming console, and then, slowly getting more revenue with online gameplay and etc.
Therefore, it's much more than 500-600-700$, and they've already snared Sony Fanboys with their pricing scheme... |
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Comment by: saadfozi (Jun 15, 2006 17:16) lmfao, but he says he already got an snes ;) anyways it turns out it was a bundle pack. i forgot to mention that. |
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Comment by: gogochar (Jun 15, 2006 22:02) I don't care if it will be free or not. I'm in to buy one! |
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Comment by: NINVIN21 (Jun 15, 2006 22:35) My local game shop (eb-games) Is not takeing any more reserves.lol Thats crazy most the people are poor were I live, well just wanted to say you better put your order in cause there going fast. |
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Comment by: lxhotboy (Jun 16, 2006 01:11) @ZIppyDSM
Oh i wasnot saying they redesigned the ps3 controller. Some people are complaing b.c it is basically the same pad again. I dont want them to change the controller basic design at all. Like it the way it is. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jun 16, 2006 22:32) lxhotboy I look at the beta design and could it as being complete,forget the vibrator jokes,the new PS3 pad its a sad tilt and paly clone of its former self in most ways .... 0_o |
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Comment by: saadfozi (Jun 17, 2006 09:07) lol... i know this may sound stupid but is the new ps3 controller the one in the picture next to the ps3? if it is i dont really mind it because it is just like the old controller and that was pretty comfortable |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jun 17, 2006 09:17) saadfozi the New PS3 pad is liek your avrage PS2 pad but without the rumble feautre they put the tilt and paly thing in *basic mosion senceing* |
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Comment by: borhan9 (Jun 17, 2006 09:31) Quote: I toatlly agree with this statment. Noe if only PC services would be like that. |
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Comment by: saadfozi (Jun 17, 2006 09:51) o man that is pretty lame. i always loved the rumbling feature in the ps2 controller but im sure the motion sensor isnt gonna be all that bad. the only reason i liked the rumble was because it got me into the game and motion sensors bring the intensity of the game to the next level |
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Comment by: SanStarko (Jun 17, 2006 11:44) The problem with this whole PS3 online thing is that Sony are being as vague as possible when releasing news about it.
For me, if it was going to be totally free then they'd be out there making a big deal about it and telling everyone. As it would be a big selling point for the PS3. But instead they're making the odd vague comment but not really telling us anything.
For my money it'll turn out the same as Xbox Live. There'll be the basic level which will be free but you'll not be able to do much. Then there'll be the premium service which you pay for that lets you play games, etc.
Sony seem to be trying to see how badly they can make the launch of the PS3. You've got the ridiculous price, the non-information about the online service, the hyped graphics being no better than stuff on the 360, the piss poor Wii motion sensor ripoff, head people in the company basically saying that PS fans are sheep who'll buy anything with the PS name.
It just baffles me that a company with so much riding on this console seem to be making such a hash of things. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jun 17, 2006 11:47) SanStarko as greedy as sony is? no way in hell its going to be free,thier goign to have basic and premium like the 360.
THe PS3 has missed on so many points
Price
Motion senceing
2 oddly hashed togather versions
It almsot makes the Hardware issues of the 360 look like nothing. the frist year for the PS3 is going to be imporant its then and only then will they start dealing with any and all issues that come up.....until then only god knows and hes to beusy playing a Wii 0-o LOL |
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Comment by: SanStarko (Jun 17, 2006 12:07) ZIppyDSM said:
"SanStarko as greedy as sony is? no way in hell its going to be free,thier goign to have basic and premium like the 360"
Erm...that's what I said. :)
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Comment by: hot_ice (Jun 17, 2006 16:11) Pff the PS3, now they are around the 1000$ dollars range, when did that happen?
Now, they will charge us for online play! Pff! Funnnyyyyyyy.... |
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Comment by: NINVIN21 (Jun 17, 2006 17:08) SanStarko said The problem with this whole PS3 online thing is that Sony are being as vague as possible when releasing news about it.
Yeah thats because there scared x-box is going to sue them.
PS3 online is going to be just like x-box live
Except x-box wants 50$ a year for the service.
Sony Bites Microsoft
Juan Castro
Thu Jun 1, 8:00 PM
Microsoft's Chris Lewis believes Sony has ripped off Microsoft's Xbox Live service, according to a recent interview on Eurogamer. This comes after Sony's E3 press conference, where Sony bigwigs stated their upcoming online strategy would be essential to the PS3.
"I'm flattered that they've followed our clear direction," Lewis told UK site Eurogamer. "Plagiarism is a good thing - that in itself isn't such a problem, it's what the market wants. But we've known that's what the market wanted all along."
According to Sony, its online service will be free of charge to consumers, where as Microsoft charges 50 dollars for a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live. Still, Microsoft isn't sold on Sony's promise. Interestingly, Lewis admits he doesn't really know what Sony's online service will offer consumers.
"I think the service is still hazy in my view in terms of how it's really going to work for the consumer," he said. "How the pricing is going to work still to me seems very unclear."
Look for Sony to release more information on its online service in coming months.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jun 17, 2006 18:04) NINVIN21 I wouldnt call it a rip off unless they manage to caputre the esscnse of Live,like I dont call the motion senceing a rip off of the Wii its more a rip off of the Game boys tilt and paly.....LOL I have a brain...I think......
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Comment by: lxhotboy (Jun 19, 2006 07:41) Unless microsoft put a patent on their online services i dont think sony is worrying about a law suit. |
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