Sony Won't Approve Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Promos

[Lunar Templar]

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ok ..... its EA's game (can't believe i'm about to side with EA ... but ...) where dose Sony even have the right to say no to events like this? or have they gotten, dumber, since i 'left'

Oh look its you again the sony hypocrite.
Ot: It's probably sony not wanting to lower psn barriers without a good reason.

hypocrite?
*gets a chair and waits for that explanation*

Whining about the fact that the ps3 is not backwards compatible while everybody screamed at sony to make it cheaper 100 dollars in fact,Which was only possible by also removing the backwards compatibility alongside using crappier ram.
Im not meaning to be an ass but in my books it is hypocritical to say being able to remove 100 to 200 dollars of the production cost in trade of Bcb.
And saying that that is evil just smacks of stupidity

so .... i should be just peachy keen with Sony actively trying to rip me off, by making me pay for games i already own? there's better ways to make something cheaper, and i hardly see how emulation last gen tech is that big a price booster.

not that it maters, my PS3 is gone so i don't have to put up with they're bull shit anymore.

btw, that's not hypocritical. hypocrisy is speaking out against something then doing it anyway. IE. Zeel playing ME3 would make him a hypocrite

 

[Sporky111]

Sony seems to be allergic to good PR.

 

[Blazing Steel]

God damn it Sony! I was looking forward to gething a free Geth/Baterian .

 

[RJ 17]

Just another reason that I'm glad I went 360 rather than PS3.

 

[Puddleknock]

As one of the rare breed that does indeed play ME3 on the PS3 I'm not really bothered by this. I do enjoy the mutliplayer and it would be great to be involved in these promos, but I wont lose any sleep over not getting them. I can still play the game and that's what matters.

 

[Meight08]

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ok ..... its EA's game (can't believe i'm about to side with EA ... but ...) where dose Sony even have the right to say no to events like this? or have they gotten, dumber, since i 'left'

Oh look its you again the sony hypocrite.
Ot: It's probably sony not wanting to lower psn barriers without a good reason.

hypocrite?
*gets a chair and waits for that explanation*

Whining about the fact that the ps3 is not backwards compatible while everybody screamed at sony to make it cheaper 100 dollars in fact,Which was only possible by also removing the backwards compatibility alongside using crappier ram.
Im not meaning to be an ass but in my books it is hypocritical to say being able to remove 100 to 200 dollars of the production cost in trade of Bcb.
And saying that that is evil just smacks of stupidity

so .... i should be just peachy keen with Sony actively trying to rip me off, by making me pay for games i already own? there's better ways to make something cheaper, and i hardly see how emulation last gen tech is that big a price booster.

not that it maters, my PS3 is gone so i don't have to put up with they're bull shit anymore.

btw, that's not hypocritical. hypocrisy is speaking out against something then doing it anyway. IE. Zeel playing ME3 would make him a hypocrite

1:How are they ripping you off when you still got your ps2?
This is for people who have never played god hand and want a copy.
This is basically GOG for consoles.
What makes:
gog selling old games which some people still own the disc of to you
Better than.
sony selling old games which some people still own the disc off.
Difference?

2:what ps2 games have you never owned but might want to own?
Their now 1 download away.

3: the ps3 version one used the Emotion engine CPU basically a ps2.
So the ps3 had a built in ps2 which sony scrapped to drop the price.

sony resseling old games is not done to rip you off its made to let people who want to jump in late be able to without buying a ps2
And sorry about the hypocrisy comment i did not pay attention in english class.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Did...did Sony just make EA look like the good guys?

 

[Lunar Templar]

1:How are they ripping you off when you still got your ps2?
This is for people who have never played god hand and want a copy.
This is basically GOG for consoles.
What makes:
gog selling old games which some people still own the disc of to you
Better than.
sony selling old games which some people still own the disc off.
Difference?

2:what ps2 games have you never owned but might want to own?
Their now 1 download away.

3: the ps3 version one used the Emotion engine CPU basically a ps2.
So the ps3 had a built in ps2 which sony scrapped to drop the price.

sony resseling old games is not done to rip you off its made to let people who want to jump in late be able to without buying a ps2
And sorry about the hypocrisy comment i did not pay attention in english class.

1) for every one else? not. for me? total rip off, and a bullshit ploy to 'fight used game sales' and really, i just find it irksome when it was reverse compatible at launch

2) only a few, i already own most the games for it i want, none of which are on PSN

3) never mind the PS3's hardware is more then capable of running PS2 games on its own and could probably still run PS2 games with a few tweaks to the coding.

which is fine for them, but i still don't like it, not when its pretty easy to get those PS2 games still, unlike a lot of the Nintendo games on the virtual console, some of which aren't affordable anymore.

and its cool, just confusing at first (the hypocrite bit)

 

[Meight08]

1:How are they ripping you off when you still got your ps2?
This is for people who have never played god hand and want a copy.
This is basically GOG for consoles.
What makes:
gog selling old games which some people still own the disc of to you
Better than.
sony selling old games which some people still own the disc off.
Difference?

2:what ps2 games have you never owned but might want to own?
Their now 1 download away.

3: the ps3 version one used the Emotion engine CPU basically a ps2.
So the ps3 had a built in ps2 which sony scrapped to drop the price.

sony resseling old games is not done to rip you off its made to let people who want to jump in late be able to without buying a ps2
And sorry about the hypocrisy comment i did not pay attention in english class.

1) for every one else? not. for me? total rip off, and a bullshit ploy to 'fight used game sales' and really, i just find it irksome when it was reverse compatible at launch

2) only a few, i already own most the games for it i want, none of which are on PSN

3) never mind the PS3's hardware is more then capable of running PS2 games on its own and could probably still run PS2 games with a few tweaks to the coding.

which is fine for them, but i still don't like it, not when its pretty easy to get those PS2 games still, unlike a lot of the Nintendo games on the virtual console, some of which aren't affordable anymore.

and its cool, just confusing at first (the hypocrite bit)

1:If you want the backwards compatibility back.
Sony will have to.
1 Build a new motherboard.
2 Put a new emotion engine in it.
3 Charge alot more money for it.
So if you want sony te make Bcb return yopu would have to buy a new ps3 because refitting will be impossible.

2&3:Sony is not allowed to modify the code to be run on the ps3.They got the permission to sell the game not the ip which allows them to modify it.
Second it does not matter if the hardware can run it the software cant run on the hardware and they can not modify the software.
Even if they wanted to they can not make the games run on the ps3.
Second software emulation SUCKS.
Hell ps2 emulation is nearly impossible even on modern day pc's.
Try to make it run on a ps3. software emulation will just be a broken buggy mess.

so the only way sony can return BcB is.
1 Make a new playstation model and sell it.
2 Use incredibly shitty and buggy software emulation and enjoy the patch it will need every time a new ps2 game comes to the store.

So what do you want?
Buy a new ps3 with the chip returned which you an ex-sony gamer profiteered from.
Rely on SHITTY software emulation.
Just buy a new ps2.

 

[Meight08]

Did...did Sony just make EA look like the good guys?

Probably just sony wanting no possible back doors into the firewall.
It could easily be possible to hack a game server connected to psn and use that to hack the psn.

 

[Lunar Templar]

2&3:Sony is not allowed to modify the code to be run on the ps3.They got the permission to sell the game not the ip which allows them to modify it.
Second it does not matter if the hardware can run it the software cant run on the hardware and they can not modify the software.
Even if they wanted to they can not make the games run on the ps3.
Second software emulation SUCKS.
Hell ps2 emulation is nearly impossible even on modern day pc's.
Try to make it run on a ps3. software emulation will just be a broken buggy mess.

actually .... its not, there's one PS2 emu that actually runs the games pretty well, there's a little slow down, (or a lot of its SotC, it tanks down to a frame rate of like 10) but over all it runs pretty good. I'd give it another couple updates before they have the bugs worked out (like Burnout 3's interesting color pallet, or Okami not working at all)

yes, i check this shit out easier to have one system that dose every thing rather then 4 with a mess of cables and cords

 

[Azure-Supernova]

I don't get it, I've seen Sony do this for at least one other online game. I know Uncharted 3 has random weekend events with XP boosts and testing for new modes and stuff. Seems kinda weird.

 

[irishda]

It is possible that Sony doesn't have PSN set up to do this type of thing. Does anyone recall any promotional events on any other games?

Uncharted series had the only multiplayer promotionals I can think of, but I'm sure World at War and Black Ops had their own too.

OT: If I own a playstation, (which I do) I'm either one of two people. Either A: I'm someone who doesn't play Mass Effect anyways (this one's me), so I don't really care. Or B: I do play Mass Effect, and I get a little upset that Sony didn't greenlight a promotion. But then I remember I'm going to play the game anyways, so I keep playing.

This isn't gonna drive anyone away from the PS3 or Mass Effect, and really isn't that big of a deal. Majority of PS3 users (since the majority of their user age group is 18-24, at least by 2009's statistics) probably got more going on in their life to worry about.

 

[elcamino41383]

This all still makes no difference to me. The last 3 times I played multiplayer on my PS3, it froze my whole system. Granted that was almost 3 weeks ago and I haven't touched it since, but that's because I'm afraid of my PS3 bricking again. I already lost my backwards compatible one, I don't want to lose my 250GB one as well. I think its BS that Bioware said "The multiplayer won't have any affect on the outcome of the main story." Yet my galaxy readiness never moved in game unless I did some multiplayer. It went up 4% before I kept getting the freezes. And this apparently has no affect on the games over all ending? That's the one and only Bullshit I call on Bioware over the whole Mass Effect 3 thing. I haven't finished the game yet partly do to wanting a "better ending" (despite them all apparently being shit) so I wanted to do some MP before finishing up. That and the whole "extended cut" coming out in the summer apparently. I may as well just wait.

 

[El Luck]

hmm..EA, sorry if I don't take your word at face value, but this isn't the first time you've passed the buck.

 

[Frostbite3789]

hmm..EA, sorry if I don't take your word at face value, but this isn't the first time you've passed the buck.

Considering they're doing these events on two other platforms...I mean what? Like at this point you're really reaching to make EA look bad.

 

[AbstractStream]

What the hell, Sony? Now I have to miss this event too? Ugh.
If it's because of a security risk, then fine whatever. If not, I'd like to know what's up.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

They are probably scared about users sending their data to EA. Maybe they think its a security risk?

I would think that it would be similar to the 360 experience, in that I have to connect to the EA servers to play multiplayer. Wouldn't that mean that PS3 users are connecting to the same servers? Or does the PS3 have separate servers for its players that play the ME3 multiplayer?

It really makes no sense for Sony to be doing this. It's not like EA is making money off of these events. The events are free and players get free stuff. So, I wonder if Sony doesn't want their players to get free stuff from people that aren't with Sony.

If EA wants to run promotional weekends, they can go ahead and build their own console, with their own computer network to run it on. -Sony

Did Sony actually say that? I would like to see a link, if they did then they are really digging a six foot hole for themselves, because that statement is sheer lunacy.

My question would be, has any other developer or publisher tried to have such special events with their games, and has Sony let them? If not, then Sony doesn't want to keep multiplayer games alive very long. Such promotions are what keep multiplayer games alive for me, and it seems it has become a regular thing for multiplayer in games as of the past few years, at least on the 360. Halo Reach runs new ones every week where players can get extra credits to buy armor pieces.

Sony as no real reason to be doing this, and I feel sorry for people that play ME3 multiplayer on the PS3.

 

[Innegativeion]

And I still have a sony fanboy friend who keeps telling me PSN is better than live

Well free is free, but free is free free.

Of course, looking at it from a free perspective, free free can free what free to free free free.

... unless it's free.

I guess one could say you get what you pay for, but PSN has always been just as good as Live gold in my experience, and personally I just like the PSN store better.

 

[Kouen]

That kinda sucks for PS3 users :/

Not that I have the game on any platform but I know its annoying to have a cut down version or not being included in an otherwise multi platform event or system (See Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing PC Version... No Online MP no DLC)

But maybe this is the kick in the rear end that Sony needs to maybe pick up the pace and approve it.

Maybe EA will run a week long event of some sort to help pay back the PS3 users that couldn't before hand (not that technically they owe the player anything)

Hell ps2 emulation is nearly impossible even on modern day pc's.
Try to make it run on a ps3. software emulation will just be a broken buggy mess.

PCSX2... Jus Sayin'