Couldn't agree more mate.

I really don't believe that things are as bad for the general PS3 user as the hype insists. If you have a jacked console then that is probably a different matter.

I don't believe that tech people there are incompetent. Systems like that can't be run by rank amateurs. And the same protagonists are telling us all that Sony's systems are not 100% secure on one hand, and that no system can be 100% secure on the other.

Some points will be valid, others not. But the reaction to misinformation from Sony's PR machine is to say nothing. And that is the bit I blame Sony for. I have reasonable experience of running large installation contracts in a multi trade environment. And when the s**t hits the fan everybody takes a defensive position.

But not keeping the client informed is the biggest mistake you can possibly make if you want to keep him as your client. And in this case it is 50+ million clients.

I won't be swapping to 360 and couldn't justify the expense of two consoles at the moment anyway. But when the next gen consoles arrive (whether 3 or 5 years away) I probably won't be a Playstation owner.

Once bitten twice shy and all that.
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And on an unrelated note T2D, where have your dulcet tones been hiding over the Easter fiasco?
Weather was great so a nice holiday perhaps?

Been very quiet on here in general.
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Edited by mrnelster (Fri 06-May-11 08:16:52)

Follow the Howard Stringer link.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/05/06/update-on-...

Too little to late? And probably still no play this weekend either.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/05/06/important-...
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Sometimes i choose to take a back seat mate and watch to see other threads develop from people like yourself and a few others.

I tend to think i contribute quite a bit to the gaming forum even though some may think its dribble or repeated.

On the rare occasions i leave it for 2 or 3 days hoping there are many informative posts but sadly when i have logged on you get 1 or 2 replies and if its people that don't normally post then they are normally one liners

Have not said Much regarding Sony because yourself and the regulars have been doing that for me,what i would post is far to strong for these boards and T2D has been watching the Sony Debacle closely believe me.

Wouldn't you love to be a fly on the office window of the board room meeting full of top Sony Executives.

As for the Sony service mate when it does return [eventually] then you got to download Outland.............Class game mrnelster and with online co/op to boot.

Whats on the horizon for you mate in the way of games,does Brink or LA Noir interest you,Brink been a Team Based Multiplayer FPS and LA Noir from Rockstar the developers of GTA series and my favourite game of 2010 Red Dead Redemption.

No holidays mate but spent plenty of time outside with a Glass or 6 of Pimms with the next door neighbours...............Must be getting old as its not the thing i normally drink.

My drinking days are long gone about 20 years ago and i am only partial now to a lager on really hot days...................I have a favourite at the moment called Amigos or Desperado..............Its tequila flavoured lager and its really really nice especially freezing cold...............ummmm Taste it now

Just stocked the fridge up with it actually................

Excuse the above paragraph as it has nothing to do with gaming but i wanted you to see it and not be put in another section,to be honest i dont ever visit any of the other forums unless i have issues that i can not resolve.

Edited by time2die (Fri 06-May-11 13:54:29)

Nice find mate but again i point out the obvious and its called a time frame ?

Is it that hard when you have so called Top technicians to give us some sort of reliable date as to when the Network will be back up and running,i dare say the mass hysteria that will be when millions logging on to change there passwords will be the next thing to bring the servers down 10 minutes after they have been reinstated.

Basically what is that informative post actually telling the like of me and you and millions of others NOTHING that was not reported by Sony 2 weeks ago,same old dribble,no commitment to any date or time frame and it kind of sucks BIGTIME

I have not even bothered to switch my Playstation on for the past few weeks as i am sure it will be on the 6 o clock news when they finally get the service running.

The more i think about how long this is taking the more i am tempted to switch pre/orders quicker than the time i said i would give them to get it going and that is this Monday coming.

That will be around 3 weeks Playstation network down and with Brink out on Friday it makes me think of terrible problems with the service and best go for the 360 version even though 99% of the time i would go with the Playstation 3 version.

Edited by time2die (Fri 06-May-11 14:07:51)

No holidays mate but spent plenty of time outside with a Glass or 6 of Pimms with the next door neighbours...............Must be getting old as its not the thing i normally drink.

LOL! Ditto. Went o a barby over easter and Pimms was all that was going as it was a "respectable do". Turned my nose up a bit, but after an hour I was glugging it down happily! Not my usual choice either but it goes down far too easily on hot day.

As for Sony your right as usual. When the marketing machine goes into action it doesn't matter what the tech guys think. It's all about PR and damage limitation.

I work with a friend who is a millionaire many times over through owning and running a civil engineering company. He has always looked after me and now we have a business together in the form of a renewable energy company, working on larger scale projects. We finished the last big project just before christmas at the Open University in Milton Keynes, producing 1100litres of hot water a day via a solar thermal panel installation on the roof of their new technical headquarters. Very intimidating project in such clever surroundings, but we managed to pull it off.

Trouble is the marketing guy earned more than we did out of it! As far as I'm concerned marketing is the route of all evil, but you can't do larger scale operations without it. You've got to be in it to win it as they say, and you need them to get you in the door. If he gets us in a few more and I make a few quid out of it, perhaps I will find it easier to tolerate him. Whilst not compromising my principles you understand

So I can imagine being a fly on the wall in that meeting, all the money men looking for someone else to blame!

Anyway, I digress. As for Outland I will give it a go when it comes onto the Store. It will make an interesting change to FPS while I wait for BF3 in the autumn, especially since you enlightened me about Sniper. I thought it looked a fair game, so I'm glad I posted before buying it!

Still undecided about Brink though. Might wait for a while and see how that one turns out. There seems to be a lot of options within game, but I' dont really see them working that well to be honest. Especially if the maps are not that large.

Unfortunately I am gagging for some online play and have been trying to sign in most evenings. Pretty lame I know, but watching the telly is driving me mental!
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I was thinking about you and your connections wows the other day and not that i meant to have a slight giggle to myself but you finally get a decent connection and the PSN goes down and you can not really give it the test your connection deserves.

Brink does look quite deep i grant you that and the customization seems very detailed and time consuming and looks like it needs something i lack..........Patience !!!

Its a FPS and as long as it hits decent scores im sold even though when i watch some of the multiplayer vids it looks very much Team Fortress and graphics are not exactly next generation.

If its good mate i will post on here after a few hours of single player and i might just have 10 minutes online for a quick test.

Pimms is a nice refreshing drink on a Hot day with the added fruit and ice and i kind of look forward to them now and its something myself and the girlfriend have grown fond of .

The Gaming forums are normally quiet mate apart from the few regulars,sunshine and nice weather makes them even worse for new posts but that understandable i guess.

First thing i do when i log on is come to these forums to see what is going hoping there is a topic that gets me typing.

Laugh? I nearly cried! That said though the downloads are mad on the right site. I downloaded the iTunes update the other day. 98MB in just over 20 seconds. Awesome. Then it took 45 minutes to install the [censored] thing! Horrible program.

Anyway, I used to be a Resistance man, mainly because it was the first next gen game I played, coming with the console. And it was my first experience of online multiplayer.

I liked Resistance 2 but found the story uninspiring second time round. Not Nathan Hale's fault as a character, just too much of the same story wise. And I really didn't like the new online multiplayer. The co-op was ok, but didn't get on with the MP.

Now I'm looking at the third installment with a new main character, mainly for old times sake but I will probably enjoy it. But I'm starting to get interested in Rage aswell. I'm not sure why yet, but I've heard rumblings of "love it or hate it" as far as the multiplayer goes. Gonna have a root around over the weekend to find opinion as to why. But the FPS/RPG thing is appealing and the graphics look really nice.

But those words "high frame rate" are getting mentioned again. And that always makes me worry about the PS3 version on multiplatform releases.

That said, it grabs me much more than Brink does.

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And there we have it. The grand product of all the unfounded hysteria.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/05/sony-offer...

Would any corporation offer this service if there was any real danger of massive fraud and identity theft? Not likely. It could bankrupt them. Some very rich people are rubbing there hands together right now, as they prepare to make even more money from scare mongering, initiated by those within the same industry that should probably know better.

Self fulfilling prophecy springs to mind.

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Yeah that itunes is a pain in the backside and is mighty frustrating waiting for the program to install..

I have a version of Rage on my Ipad downloaded from itunes,i hope the console version is a different game as the ipod game is not that exciting to be honest.

Just been looking at the latest PSN news which is basically none and i very much doubt this service will be back on this weekend.