EA Screws Over PS3 Gamers
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you know party speak for the xbox? that's what cross game speak is (I think), and custom soundtrack is, instead of listening to the ingame soudtrack, you can listen to the song you have on your HDDMarkness said:
OT: anyone figure out what game it is? also, big surprise EA released a game that will look inferior to other games? that happens already, so I guess they don't need to worry about it. of course, dead space, my favorite game of 2008, was made by EA, and dantes inferno.... dammit EA, why do you make me love you, then make me want to disembowel your family?
I'm going with: This was all fabricated and "inside sources" generally aren't on the inside of anything.
Agreed. Wheres my scruffy with the word second under him? Hes here somewhere.........LordGarbageMan said:
Sadly, I think it sort of says something about Sony's understanding of it's target customers that these features are even being discussed as if it's "New".
I wasn't even aware you couldn't talk to others on the PSN unless those SPECIFIC conditions were met, nor was I aware that you couldn't play your music while playing a game. I guess that just goes to show how shocking it is that this technology wasn't already available. It's such a basic seeming feature that I didn't even bother noticing it was missing because I never tried to do it under the assumption that it was probably already there anyway.
What I DO think is annoying as hell and one of my BIGGER gripes about Sony's failure to deliver to it's customers simple things are still my two biggest laments about the system:
1. Two YEARS LATER, I STILL can NOT change the color of the test on the dashboard screen. I cannot STRESS how angry this makes me that it remains on that default white, rendering the ability to set any picture as your wallpaper COMPLETELY FREAKING USELESS! No matter what picture I use, there is always that ONE area of white-space that makes it impossible to read what is on the menu. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED YET SONY?!?
2. During DVD's or Videos, I can only either WATCH, or exit to the dashboard. WHY can I NOT access my friend's list while watching a DVD? or the PSN store? Again, a simple function that the "inferior" Xbox can do, but NOT the PS3??
Granted neither of these things are dealbreakers for owning PS3, but all of these little issues combine together to paint me a bigger picture that ME, the current customer, is the LAST thing on Sony's mind right now. They are more concerned with selling NEW units than servicing the loyal fans who already bought one.
I wasn't even aware you couldn't talk to others on the PSN unless those SPECIFIC conditions were met, nor was I aware that you couldn't play your music while playing a game. I guess that just goes to show how shocking it is that this technology wasn't already available. It's such a basic seeming feature that I didn't even bother noticing it was missing because I never tried to do it under the assumption that it was probably already there anyway.
What I DO think is annoying as hell and one of my BIGGER gripes about Sony's failure to deliver to it's customers simple things are still my two biggest laments about the system:
1. Two YEARS LATER, I STILL can NOT change the color of the test on the dashboard screen. I cannot STRESS how angry this makes me that it remains on that default white, rendering the ability to set any picture as your wallpaper COMPLETELY FREAKING USELESS! No matter what picture I use, there is always that ONE area of white-space that makes it impossible to read what is on the menu. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED YET SONY?!?
2. During DVD's or Videos, I can only either WATCH, or exit to the dashboard. WHY can I NOT access my friend's list while watching a DVD? or the PSN store? Again, a simple function that the "inferior" Xbox can do, but NOT the PS3??
Granted neither of these things are dealbreakers for owning PS3, but all of these little issues combine together to paint me a bigger picture that ME, the current customer, is the LAST thing on Sony's mind right now. They are more concerned with selling NEW units than servicing the loyal fans who already bought one.
If this is true, it makes me happy that I don't really buy EA games; my wife does like the sims but I'm not really into sports games.
Sony should've called their bluff (EA really wouldn't cut itself out of such a big portion of the market) and made custom soundtracks available anyway.
I laugh at these guys saying "just use an ipod." which is fine if you're just playing through the speakers on your tv but as I have a decent sound system I want everything to integrate.
It's not a complicated function, they should've been able to wrap their heads around it by now. Or at least make it mandatory for developers like they did with trophies. I'd rather have custom soundtracks than trophies.
Sony should've called their bluff (EA really wouldn't cut itself out of such a big portion of the market) and made custom soundtracks available anyway.
I laugh at these guys saying "just use an ipod." which is fine if you're just playing through the speakers on your tv but as I have a decent sound system I want everything to integrate.
It's not a complicated function, they should've been able to wrap their heads around it by now. Or at least make it mandatory for developers like they did with trophies. I'd rather have custom soundtracks than trophies.
EA again ? thank god that rockstar said no to merge with them as for custom sound track ,just use your boom box or stereo for that ,and x game chat would be distracting and is a waste of time to bring it , i think thet should update their web browser,the xmb is fine and condemn ps home
This.Nipah_ said:
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I have Vista 64-bit, and all the CnC games work for me. All of them.Ph33nix said:
Frankly, I couldn't stand playing online without the party system on Xbox LIVE. Talking to friends instead of hearing squeaky idiots complain when they get ruined, across different games? Hell yes.
The music thing, it's nice, but not as important.
Would "X-Chat", as the PS3 fans/fanboys call it, really change much? As far as I've seen, not that many PS3 owners use mics that often.
EA screwed over all sports gamers by taking away the NFL license from 2k. I haven't purchased a Madden game since.
Don't blame EA, blame Sony.... they didn't properly prepare for a true online platform, which is why PSN continually has to play catch up with XBox Live. Microsoft's box may have it's technical problems, but if there's one thing Microsoft did right with the original, it's XBox Live. Sure you have to pay for the service but they make it worth it by having nice features such as these. Microsoft is an internet and communications veteran... they have extensive experience in the world of PC gaming and basically made the 360 a PC with controllers, so they get all the features of a PC. This is why media center and XBox live work so well with it.
I'd always felt that Playstation was primarily for solitary gamers anyhow as they have very few good co-op games to begin with. Most of their exclusives are single-player titles or have shoddily built multi-player (read: Resistance). While I'm no fan of EA, they shouldn't be blamed for building games to the original PS3 specs. Changing their model now makes their entire back catalogue incompatible, and that is a lot of games. I believe the poor implementation of PSN was one of the reasons why Left 4 Dead was kept off the PS3, so once again, don't blame Valve, blame Sony.
I'd always felt that Playstation was primarily for solitary gamers anyhow as they have very few good co-op games to begin with. Most of their exclusives are single-player titles or have shoddily built multi-player (read: Resistance). While I'm no fan of EA, they shouldn't be blamed for building games to the original PS3 specs. Changing their model now makes their entire back catalogue incompatible, and that is a lot of games. I believe the poor implementation of PSN was one of the reasons why Left 4 Dead was kept off the PS3, so once again, don't blame Valve, blame Sony.
Apparently it's just a rumor, at least if we're to believe Sony & EA 
http://www.ps3news.com/PlayStation-3/ea-and-sony-deny-ps3-cross-game-voice-chat-rumors/
http://www.ps3news.com/PlayStation-3/ea-and-sony-deny-ps3-cross-game-voice-chat-rumors/
