Yeesh. I just picked it up today and was looking forward to doing some online play. At least I have the other elventy games coming out today/next week to keep me busy while this gets sorted.

damn

I was so disappointed when I finally got my PS3 updated so i could play online and nothing...I guess my PS3 is going back into hibernation.

@Flesh Into Gear,
Someone is going to call you a troll, but you know what? You're absolutely right.

Halo 3 had very few problems at launch. Why the hell is every PS3 online launch so damn crappy? LBP was lagging my OFFLINE game because it was trying to get score/level/gamer updates during gameplay. Things got so bad that I just gave up for the night.

Beta testing my ass. I still love LBP though :)

If only somebody could have predicted a current-gen big title's servers would fuck up. If only.

Like Castle Crashers, like Soul Calibur, like Fable II . . .

The smoothest release with online functionality that i remember? The Burning Crusade expansion. It was so not broken when it released, so far as server issues. Or at the least, less broken than anyone could have ever expected.

But there's always this same launch day onlien problem with these consoles . . . strange that.

I agree with Flesh Into Gear 100%. Nail. on. the. head.

I like gaming. But more than that, I like for little stuff to just work because, its little stuff. I think making a good game takes a lot of care and time. And I from what I hear they made a really good game. But throw in the fact that they arent ready online and thats just a little thing, but in this case, its huge. And its nothing new for PS3. Little things like having an intergrated online community established at launch, not 2 years? later. And I understand that PSN is free, but Id rather pay for something thats ready to go out of the box and has most of the bugs worked out, than wait.. and wait.. for something like HOME, which im stoked about, but at this rate, it wont be working till next year. And I dont care if they said itll be out this year.

I am glad I have not got it yet. Maybe when I finally get it all the bugs will be fixed

Yeah the online has sooo much lag it's brutal to play right now.

Level stealing is an issue as there are already 2 levels that are the same by 2 different people and they are not the person who 1st created the level during the beta period.

I guess I am just make some levels with my GF until this smooths over.

Maybe it wasn't the Qu'ran song that caused the delay, they might have just needed an excuse for extra time, which wasn't sufficient. They could have told so.

A huge console game release having online problems at launch? Say it ain't so!

**I agree, I dont think this mishap **will** affect...

* The servers seems crap. Even the menu freezes when you are online. I really hope they fix, because otherwise the game don´t deservers a good score.

@Flesh Into Gear
Bioshock anyone? Halo is a property of microsoft isn't it so of course that's not jumping ships whereas the playstation as historically relied much more heavily upon 3rd party software and given the times it makes more sense to be multiplatform. So now that the ps3 is picking up steam and doing well enough you will start to see those ol xbox IP start to become multiplatform as well atleast if it makes sense to. There are few IPs from the xbox that would make a nice home on the playstation and given the fanboyism of their devs (fable i'm looking at you) you aren't too likely to see them switch.

@DemonEyes23

Well said, but my point wasnt at IPs in gerneral. My point was quality online play. Take the fact that I want Fallout 3, and thought about getting it seeing hows theres no online mode. But what swayed me to Xbox.. honestly, I wanted the achievement points. Because ive already got some, they are established to where I can measure them up with my friends on XboxLive, and the fact that I have friends on an online medium to compare my acheivements to. PSN? Not so much. Sure, ive bothered with some friends, but to enable trophys this late in the game, and not even make them retro-active. So I have to go back and redo all the shit ive already done on my PS3 games to get them? No thanks. Waste of my time.
Even something that doesnt have to do with clogged servers loses PS3 money because they are getting intoduced into the vast server-heavy world of online demand.

Johnny Justice wins.

@flesh

I don't really care about exclusive titles and who's system they are on, that's fanboy shit there. And in case you didn't know there was an article here yesterday Link, about some interesting software sales. It's definatly not the end all be all of the numbers game in any case and yes the Konami stat is skewed because of MGS4, but it shows an interesting take on where software game company's revenue comes from. Losing exclusive titles doesn't concern me in the least, it lets the developers maximize their profits which means better games for all.

There was something interesting I remember about what some survival guy said, "when gathering firewood for the night, get what you think you need then multiply it by 5." I think when estimating server needs for games like this use that same rule, take what you think you need then multiply it by 5.

I'm can't defend Live; but honestly who thought that Live would do well enough to have server problems o.O

I really like LBP. I played WoW for 2 years, and I was around when Steam first launched. Major server problems all around.

Customers shouldn't expect online functionality to be broken on Day 1. Especially when you have something really cool that could push holiday system sales.

We'll all forgive and forget, but I wish companies would actually use their exclusive betas to stress test their servers, and not just build hype for their game.

News to me. Been working on my own level for the last day and a half - online worked good yesterday morning though. Never thought creating would be as fun as playing, but I'm actually MORE into making my own level at the moment - I've put in something like 8 hours into creation already. That was pretty surprising to me.

Well, lets all hope they get it fixed soon. My online explorations yesterday were amazing and I was looking forward to jumping back in!

and the internets asplode with disapproval!

@ Tubatic.

Not sure what you're getting at but they didn't pull the online modes for any of those games, Castle Crashers is buggy, Fable 2 co-op is shit and Soul Calibur, well its a fighting game and I've never played a fighting game with a decent netcode.

But you can still play them online.

This is just fucked up, big title, Sony should have known better.

BUT ITS FREE SO DON'T BITCH GUYS.

As far as the PS brand being built n 3rd party titles, that's sort of a reconfiguring of the facts...The PS2s onslaught, and immense popularity caused it to be the platform of choice for development...Along with the fact that the Xbox was late to the party as far as release, and consumer confidence. I don't think there is much an arguement to be made that by the later portion of the Xboxes lifecycle that 3rd party titles were consistently better, at least graphically, on the Xbox.

But Sony has had, and still does have some insanely great at fantastic first party IPs, as well as the in house devs to create beautiful games. I mean, at least for me, most of what is out on the PS that I want to play are first party games.

I couldn't tell if the "it's free so don't bitch' line was supposed to be sarcastic or not...I hope it was, because the 'it's free' line is getting stale. Especially when the PSN adds a feature, like XMB, that has been available on XBL for years, and the PS3 guys go bonkers about how it's so awesome and just as good as XBL are losing the legs to stand on about since it is free we can't complain.

Either it's awesome, and free, or it is mediocre because it's free. Sure the Christmas breakdown of XBL sucked...And the intermittant issues this year have been annoying. But since I've had my XBL account over the last 6 years, the issues have been few and far between when it comes to reliability.

Gotta pick a side and stick with it...

AND finally, choosing PS3 or 360 with Fallout 3 should be no hard choice if you own both systems...Exclusive DLC (if you have an XBL tag) should be the 'no brainer'. Extra content that you won't see on another console would sway me...(along with the FPS-esque play suits the 360 controller for me better than the DS 3).

Hello. My name is Flesh Into Gears. I like my Xbox 360. A lot. My hatred of the Playstation 3 knows no bounds. There's no real reason for it. I don't work for Microsoft. My personal existence doesn't hinge on the success or failure of the Playstation 3. But, for some reason, I feel extremely compelled to be angry at the Playstation. Maybe I just can't help myself. Perhaps some better socialization would've helped me. Either way, I'm part of the problem.

It's very nice to meet you.