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Yeah that's a bit ridiculous, but if all you do in your free time is play Call of Duty then I suppose it makes sense.
Don't worry Sony, I will buy your black box of doom, as soon as the next price cut comes around. Hopefully that might be sooner rather than later after all this bad publicity.
This outage is inspiring me to do a daily series of poorly written c-blogs about my frustration. AND SO HELP ME IF PEOPLE START COMMENTING IN THEM WITH RANDOM PICTURES!
Yeah, it is an important demographic, except if are the guys who ONLY play COD and not another game. But yes, Sony must put PSN online soon or the damage will only increase. This delay is hurting everyone.
I don't think this will be a huge loss for anyone except themselves. These are probably the people who just buy every major multi-platform title like Call of Duty and play it till the next one comes out, while skipping all the other good titles out on the PS3 exclusively. So they're just giving retailers more money out of their pocket so they can go back to shooting people and calling them noobs.
didn't realize the CoD demographic was that serious on the PS3, at least now they can get their map packs early I guess lol. But I got my PS3 for some exclusives only. I've never even played online with my PS3 to be honest so this PSN being down does not effect me. When I want to play online with my friends , I turn on my 360. XBox Live is only 5 bucks a month anyway. Cheaper than any MMO like WoW and cheaper than what EA wants to charge Madden players lol.
can't say i haven't thought about it, but with gamestop trash trade in prices plus the ps3 exclusives that i want to play the single player for keeps me from trading it in. I just won't be connecting to the psn network ever again.
Well, obviously this was going to happen to some extent. "One Belgian retailer.." What? Well, that's random as hell and how is this relevant at all? Keep talk about the U.S. those other countries don't matter. :P
The only logical response to most of those consumers:
"And nothing of value was lost."
Seriously. The PS3 has the best exclusives. I'm not about to say that I forgive Sony and love them regardless. But I love gaming and so I'm holding onto the console that presents actual value in gaming beyond playing with other people which I will be able to do again within a month and I have doubts that Sony will not let things get this bad again...
Even if this is in those particular consumers best interests (because God forbid they read a book or do something other than play games online) it really just confirms why the mainstream market is losing me with every passing year.
"And nothing of value was lost."
Seriously. The PS3 has the best exclusives. I'm not about to say that I forgive Sony and love them regardless. But I love gaming and so I'm holding onto the console that presents actual value in gaming beyond playing with other people which I will be able to do again within a month and I have doubts that Sony will not let things get this bad again...
Even if this is in those particular consumers best interests (because God forbid they read a book or do something other than play games online) it really just confirms why the mainstream market is losing me with every passing year.
Definitely not a good sign for Sony. Even if these people only buy the CODs and their map packs every year, they are still an influential (and opinionated) demographic in the gaming world. It's probably more realistic to say that they spend a good amount on gaming.
Right about now MS thankful that people couldn't just trade in their RROD XBoxs.
Right about now MS thankful that people couldn't just trade in their RROD XBoxs.
...seriously though, I don't think the PS3 will take that big of a hit sales-wise.
The Japanese sales have been the PS3's saving grace since launch. I don't think the Japanese are as rabid about online gaming as the rest of the world is.
In short, Japanese gamers have kept the PS3 in the fight, and they probably don't care that PSN is down.
The Japanese sales have been the PS3's saving grace since launch. I don't think the Japanese are as rabid about online gaming as the rest of the world is.
In short, Japanese gamers have kept the PS3 in the fight, and they probably don't care that PSN is down.
softcore CoD players have too much money and too little economic sense. They'd be better off just buying a fucking Xbox to sit beside their PS3 for the next two weeks. Idiots.
...I think the big impact will be felt next gen when gamers choose whether or not to re-up with Sony.
It's possible that Sony could turn this around, but I'm betting they lose even more market share next gen.
It's possible that Sony could turn this around, but I'm betting they lose even more market share next gen.
i just don't get it. there's NOTHING special about CoD at all. yeah, it's fun but it's only your basic FPS...
someone please, EXPLAIN!
someone please, EXPLAIN!
I couldn't imagine getting rid of my PS3. The Bluray player alone is enough reason to keep it. The exclusives are just an added bonus.
I bet they still have to pay quite a bit out of pocket to upgrade, you never get a good deal on trade ins.
I suppose if you play COD all the time it makes sense.
I suppose if you play COD all the time it makes sense.
I was at GameStop today and there were two fella's trading their PS3's in for 360's, of course the GameStop employee asked why and it was as you would expect, because of the PSN being down.
I guess those people weren't big on watching Blu-rays. My PS3 is a glorified Blu-ray player that I occasionally play console exclusives on. For everything else, I play on my Xbox.
I have just been playing Dynasty Warriors 7 while I wait for PSN to come back up. I know plenty of people that have just been maxing out their trophies.
If there's been a new release I absolutely need online for, I just buy it for my PC.
If there's been a new release I absolutely need online for, I just buy it for my PC.
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