The Great Sony Meltdown

[Last Known Hero]

I was playing modern warfare 2 last night then randomly got kicked.. enjoy the read: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/ ... -meltdown/

[SpiritWebb]

I just heard about this...haha, thats funny! Glad i dont own one.

[Jackolantern]

Wow, how lame. I own both a PS3 and a 360 but honestly don't play games much on either one. This is definitely not what Sony needed right now considering how badly they are losing in the US market's console war. Sony needs to stay afloat enough in the console market to make a PS4, or who knows how badly the next generation of consoles will go if there is only one major next-gen console (Nintendo doesn't seem interested in the next-gen console business after the last 2 failures; they seem quite comfortable in the casual sector which does not really directly compete against the Xbox 360 for the same customers). The NES was the last single next-gen console monopoly and even "easy-going" Nintendo used the advantage to bully out other potential competitors and did tons of other evil stuff.

As a side note, it is kind of odd that only the old, large PS3 has been affected, as they have shown over time to be the most reliable. Heck, the first two models of the deluxe PS3 sell for about $200 - $400 more than the others on Ebay just based on that.

[hallsofvallhalla]

this is exactly what like to hear. PS3 price reduction!!!

xbox360 online experience is hella better.

[Sakar]

Haha! Nice one Sony

I play almost entirely on PC for a few reasons:
1) The only TV to play the games on I have to share with my little bro, and my games aren't exactly suitable for a 4 year old to watch
2) PC versions can often be modded, great for adding more content to a game
3) PC versions sometimes also look better than console version *cough*Bad Company 2*cough*. If you have a powerful rig, that is
4) No having to pay for online play (unless it's an MMO, but I don't play those)

[Jackolantern]

this is exactly what like to hear. PS3 price reduction!!!

xbox360 online experience is hella better.

Well, I will stick up for the PS3 in that regard. Sony decided before the release of the PS3 that they wanted to augment the online services of the PS2 (which was a nearly non-existent mish-mash of 3rd-party services) but they did not want to charge for it. Is Xbox Live better? Yes. But is it so much better that it is worth paying an extra monthly fee? Not for me. If I want to play something online, all I care about is that it makes finding a game to join easy. Both PSN and XBL do that just fine for me. I don't care about the other bells and whistles of XBL. It is nice that XBL has more DLC on it, but really that is just more product the company is hocking at me, so that is not necessarily an overwhelming plus for me

[Last Known Hero]

The way I see it is that shit happens, it sucks for Sony (I am a big supporter since I have been with sony for a while for their products). I will continue to use their products or services because I try to be a loyal customer, this same thing could have happened to XBL and caused more of a stink since you have to pay for online.

[Ravinos]

I have own one of the slims so I really didn't notice anything wrong. The good thing is they got it fixed before the midnight launch of Bad Company 2

If anyone wants to add me my PSN name is Ravinos