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species8472 · #21 (**permalink**) 01-01-2007, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by sheppyboy2000

1. You know, I turned on my PS3, put in Resistance, and did NOT have to update the firmware. In fact, if you did your damn research, you'd realize that EVERY GAME that forces a firmware update has it on the disc, thus meaning you don't need to update the firmware unless you're utilizing the online portions of the console, in which case, updates and patches are par for the course.

2. For forcing HDMI, awfully strange that one isn't included in the box. Nor is the HDMI the ONLY output. Your attack in this regard is about as valid as me bitching that my Xbox 360 didn't come with an Optical cable.

3. Umm, you realize, of course, that well over 28 million individual PS2 have gone online, right? And of course you realize that Xbox Live is bragging on 10 million users across two platforms, right? Granted, having people pay for services every other console has for free, aside from a unified buddy list, is an accomplishment.

4. Oh yes, and this is a much harsher experience then having to press the center button on the controller, hitting the sync button on the console, hitting the sync button on the controller, and hoping this time, it takes. Same thing with the Wii. If you ask me, plugging a cable and hitting a single button is actually easier than the competitors...

5. In all honesty, I don't like rumble. If they used it worth a damn, I would have a different opinion but aside from a handful of games, rumble is one of the first things I disable. It's an annoying gimmick at best and I don't really miss it.

6. I know five people who own PS3s and have yet to hear a complaint like "darn it, I was just trying to open the box and I couldn't get the system hooked up fast enough before I was no longer interested." I mean, hell, Wii is a much more complex set up than the PS3 and yet people rave about that console.

Well, hate to say it. I could go all night on this stuff, but I won't. I'm not saying PS3 is perfect (actually far from it. If you request it, I can compile a list of legitimate bitches) but I told you majority of your complaints are lame and guess what, so far I've proven that.

Yes, no HDMI in the box after Sony bragged about HD starting with them. No bad is that. Very bad. You do not brag about being the best HD experience than put the user out for another 20 to 50 bucks for a cable on top of the 600 bones already paid.

These are facts. Just because 5 out of a million do not complain means very little. The PS3 FAR from perfect. In fact at this point it is not much better than a PS2.

Those PS2 users are online with the PS2 because they have NO choice. What else are they going to do except that what Sony has been given? Nothing. Nothing they can do. And since the service is free, they cannot complain either.

Rumble is used well in many games. In fact in recent and upcoming games they are getting creative. In Double Agent it is used for well with other games making good use in the future. Now let's see how many dev uses Sony "afterthought" lets copy Nintendo motion sensing? Not many. In fact for the Wii not many devs are making good use of motion yet outside of Wii sports.

You can keep debating but you will always be the minority.

L8