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PlayStation news on the Web: What I’ve been reading

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

A roundup of some stories that I’ve found interesting, and you may too.

PS3 vs 360 In 2009- TheSixthAxis
A much-needed evaluation of the current state of play between the two gaming industry juggernaughts.

Nielsen: People prefer playing original Xbox over PS3 in 08′- PS3 Fanboy
Eugh, the original Xbox was horrible.  I know, I owned one and it’s nowhere near as good as the Xbox 360.

Research Group: PS2 is the Most-Played Console- Edge Online
This doesn’t surprise me.  It could possibly be said that the days of the PS2 were the golden age of gaming.

PS3’s Web Browser Usage Ahead of Wii- Edge Online
Well, the Wii’s merely a cheap toy, isn’t it?  I don’t feel I need to say anymore.

LittleBigPlanet glitch may erase parts of your save data- PS3 Fanboy
Again, this doesn’t surprise me.  Are developers making enough allowances for the amount of content a user profile may contain?  I think not.

MGS LittleBigPlanet Review- TheSixthAxis
They come to the same conclusion as I do: great content, but the five Acts are way too short.  Fantastic for Metal Gear Solid nuts.

That’s all for now.

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Since when did games become such ‘cheap’ commodities?

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

This has been bugging me for quite a bit, but across various forums and websites I’ve seen gamers talk about their PS3 games collections that are absolutely huge- we’re talking 50 games plus.  Sure, you can pick up some games for a reasonable £30, but most of the latest releases are around £40.  I’ve seen some stores try and get away with selling PS3 games for £50.  Shame on them.

I just find it astounding that many gamers in general these days will actually grab three or four games even if they are all released in the same week.  Maybe because money is a bit tight in my case, if I have any spare funds I’ll try and pick one of them.  Even if I was flush with money, I would still probably stick with getting one game as I don’t seem to have enough hours in the day to play everything.

Take the past month or so with the releases of LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, Call of Duty: World at War, FarCry 2 etc…  It was a big stretch for me even to get LittleBigPlanet in the end.  As for the other games?  I may get some of them as and when I can afford to do so, but by then, another must-have game will probably be out by then (hello, Killzone 2?).

As a result of not being able to go out and buy each and every game that is out there, I feel I respect my games more: I play longer on them, I cherish them.  Which is why I probably only have about ten or so games for my PS3.  I’m not counting PSN games or any games that people rent, their disposability is understandable.  But full retail games abandoned after a few plays, like some cheap soda can?

I just don’t get it- for me it is wasteful, and just shows decadence by those who have more money than sense.  Sure, over the period of about 5 years or so with a PS2, I notched up quite a games collection, but perhaps no more than 30 games.  Games seemed to be a lot cheaper those days as well, because they probably were.  These are just some thoughts of mine, however there are always two sides to a story.  I’d love to hear from anyone who has a ton of games and has something to say about it.  I’ll discount those people with an Xbox 360, as it has been out for a few years now.  Muchos gracias.

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You won’t be finding any Magpie ads in my twitterstream

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

You won’t be finding any Magpie ads in my twitterstream- The BBC’s dot.life blog sums the whole process up nicely: “It’s a very simple three-stage process. (1) Sign up to Magpie. (2) Ad-tweets appear in your stream. (3) All your followers block you.”  I’d just like to add that this idea goes against everything Twitter is meant to be.

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