Playstation Network Hacked Again

[DocWalt]

+1 on Jeff. I've used a PS3 extensively (borrowed a friend's for about six months) and I just couldn't get used to the strange things it did. He had a 60GB model and it ended up dieing. His family has three slim PS3s now mostly for the BD capabilities.

I did really enjoy the Drake series though, it actually felt like I was playing a movie.

[UTRacerX9]

I just couldn't get used to the strange things it did.

Such as? Only problem I've ever had with mine (notwithstanding the original 60GB one I had that a drunken friend of my roommate peed on and fried ) is a hard drive went out, and I really didn't care that much because for under $100, I was able to drastically increase the size and speed of the drive after years of use.

Occasionally it will freeze up if it gets too hot, but that is a rare occurrence.

[DocWalt]

The web browser would randomly crash. The updating process is slow as balls. My friend and I both have 30mbps down so that's not the issue, the PS3 is just slow. It would freeze up at random. Certain games wouldn't let you play without an internet connection (I believe M$ forces every game to have offline play)

Want me to continue? I have to go to class now

[Dbeltran24]

No red lights flashing.

I have a side business repairing XBOXs and PS3s. Just to clarify things, I fix more PS3s for YLOD than XBOXs with RROD. So that arguement is invalid. Oh and the Yellow light turns RED and Flashes

Current ration of repairs is 4 PS3s to every 1 XBOX.

XBOX over PS3 anyday.

[J-Groove]

I own all 3 systems.

The Wii gets played a lot, mario games, Zelda games, Mario Kart gets played multiple ties a week with family online.

The XBox I have for a couple of games. All the rockstar games, LA NOIR, Red Dead etc. Also Batman and the big one is Forza, I play online with my Dad.

The PS3 I own no games for, but I use it for my bluray player in the living room, and to stream videos from my computer in the office to my TV. It is a media hub.

-John

[onebadmollafolla]

Guess I'll have to respond with my experience at some point. To give you a preview, I had the PS3 since it came out (60gig model) and up until a year ago used it exclusively until I was forced to convert due to a hardware malfunction on the ps3.

I'll never go back to it. More on that when I have time.

I have had a 360 and PS3 at my place for years. The 360 sounds like a wind tunnel when you boot it up too. If you want to go off your experience that is fine. Fail rates on the XBOX are substantially higher.

[UTRacerX9]

I have a side business repairing XBOXs and PS3s. Just to clarify things, I fix more PS3s for YLOD than XBOXs with RROD. So that arguement is invalid. Oh and the Yellow light turns RED and Flashes

Current ration of repairs is 4 PS3s to every 1 XBOX.

That's because people want to fix a PS3. The XBOX is seen as disposable and people just go get a new one after their 2nd or 3rd one fails.

[dodgers_fan]

I have had a 360 and PS3 at my place for years. The 360 sounds like a wind tunnel when you boot it up too. If you want to go off your experience that is fine. Fail rates on the XBOX are substantially higher.

I agree, ive owned 5 xbox's and all of them died due to the RROD, i really disliked how it sounded like a big fan was on every time the system was on, and it worked better as a room heater than a game player, another thing was paying the 50 or 60 bucks just for xbox live for a year, after a while it was pointless cause i would go months without using it.

The only things i dislike about the ps3 is that it takes forever to download some files, thats pretty much it though.
And i think the online gameplay is somewhat the same except that theres alot more nonsense talking on xbox because there systems come with a mic.

Just my 2 cents

[ictponder]

You can do the same thing with the PS3. I have two of them, one in my media room and one downstairs. One I stream everything to, and the one downstairs I stream music to play through my stereo system.

As an aside... I'll never understand how some of you can be bashing the PS3 if you've never even owned one. I mean really, were you mad you couldn't afford one when they first came out or something? As far as gaming systems go, I've been in the game since the Atari 2600. When the PS3 came out, it gave you a ton of value for the money, BD player (when a regular BD player was selling for about $300 or more anyway) gaming system with 1080P output, bluetooth, streaming media, web browser... It's a computer that allows you to play movies and PS3 games. So far, I'd say it's been the best gaming system to come out yet.

My in-laws own one and I have played with it plenty when I'm over there. It's cool, but I like my xbox more.

[eljefefx]

I have had a 360 and PS3 at my place for years. The 360 sounds like a wind tunnel when you boot it up too. If you want to go off your experience that is fine. Fail rates on the XBOX are substantially higher.

Well, granted, I have a newer-gen xbox. I never notice the fan, as it's not something that I look for. That being said, I always noticed my PS3 when it was on, this problem having been solved to a point on the newer models.

My hardware malfunction that I ran into is not one that has any known solution. That malfunction is currently 2.5 years old and his name is Gage and he decided to shove five dvd's into my ps3, damaging it beyond my -and my wallet's- capability to repair. Some time after that there was some kind of special occasion, Target was having a sale and next thing I knew I was coming home with a new 360+Kinect.

Now, being a lifelong Sony Fanboy, I was hesitant to like the M$ abomination sitting in my living room. The fucker couldn't play Blu-Ray, the controller was the size of a VW Passat and there was a power converter that could easily be used as a home defense weapon if the shit really hit the fan.

I hated it. Up until the moment I turned it on.

The online integration was fantastic. No longer did I have the issue of the PS3 kicking off all other devices from the wifi/hardline and it was quite a bit quicker. So far so good. Added a couple of my work buddies to my friends list -oh hey, look, something a bit more substantial than the simple picture provided by the PSN. Looking better.

As time went by, I found that the integration and implementation of the overall system was a bit more seamless on the xBox than on the PS3. A PS3 is a graphical powerhouse, that is to be sure, but it is not very refined - be it the online aspect or GUI it always seemed like these aspects were rushed simply to get it out there.

An understandable decision.

Years later though, it's been issue after issue, most notably with the recent hacking issues. When the 360 first came out it used the "blade" system. MS dumped that and went to its current set up not long after the release, most likely because it was garbage. If only Sony would have realized the same thing with Sony @Home, but that's a different topic all together. Updates are always a pain, and not just for the system but for individual games. I use to dread updates coming out for CoD or ACII because I knew that if the PS3 was hooked up to the LAN, my ass was not going to be playing anything that night. The worst I ever had was 23 times trying to update CoD. Eventually I just unplugged the damn thing from the 'net and never plugged it back in unless I absolutely needed to.

More later. Have to go play Daddy.