PS3 UT3 allows the import of mods, but that is user created additional content - not studio created content, so I’m undecided as to whether that should stand.

The exclusive titles are proving themselves to be contenders, without a doubt, but they’re so few & far apart plus they can be completed in days rather than the weeks or months I remember games such as Elite and Populous taking me to finish - hence the glaring gaps in the market. I do have my fingers crossed for Fallout 3 being a good long term committer, but it’s not an exclusive title. So what next? Final Fantasy?

With the notable exception of MGS4, I can’t honestly say the PS3 versions of any of the current titles are any better than other versions, especially when they keep getting delayed release dates. Fatal Inertia? Tried the demo yet? It made me want to cry - “oh, it’s much better than the other version” - that it might be, but it’s still substandard.

I’m so hoping they release WipEout HD soon & negate any fears I have. I want to own the king of consoles, hence I bought the PS3 at release, but so far I feel like the unwanted uncle who turns up to the party uninvited & drunk, letches at the girls & bores relatives with stories of glories past…

Looks like you are trolling again….

No problem.

Hopefully with the recent news that Sony are looking to create an ‘official’ European/UK communications channel to complement the existing US Blog site, and the good ground work that ThreeSpeech.com has offered, we should not have to resort to sourcing information ourselves.

But, to be honest, I can count on the fingers of one hand, the number of times I have looked at the XrossMediaBar [XMB] RSS Feed &/or logged into the official site via the PS3 browser.

If the PSP can have ‘Google’ search results within the XMB (with the latest two firmware updates), I’m sure it won’t be long before we can subscribe to news channels on the PS3.

Which reminds me… Electronic Arts send me information relating to the products I have bought once they detect I have played online (after the initial sign-up procedure to the service). If the amount of e-mail traffic could be restricted to one or two per month & not be too over-bearing, I would like to see other Companies offering similar services.

BFN,

fp.

If you are going to promote a non-region specific console so that game titles bought outside of your region can be played locally, and certain titles use localised servers for online connections (meaning, for example, that a US bought item has to connect to a US server), then you cannot restrict access to a regional ‘Store for fear of rending that game useless online.

If upgrades, updates, patches &/or game packs are available as downloadable content you also need to keep the channels to the other regions open so that the non-local game title can be supported too.

Also, it helps if you are reporting facts about the number of users of the PlayStation Network too…

[ http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/26/over-9-8-million-served-on-psn/ ]

What with multiple Master & multiple Sub accounts for each Master account the actual quantity of unique parties ’served’ will be less that 9.8 million, but it is a great statistic to quote to rivals

BFN,

fp.

And as for the whole downloading from the US store business; as I’m sure its pointed out by someone each time, Sony actually “fixed” the Uncharted demo when UK users complained about the US demo being region locked, so I can’t see them barring people from the PSN.

Not difficult to understand if I’d known that. The statement was obviously too transparent to see!

Sorry I annoyed you… but I had not heard that information prior to your comment.

@47 [Adam]:
The problem with IP address-centric content is that people in Europe who connect to the InterWeb by US servers would never be able to see local news/downloads.

@46 [John]:
As for breaking legally binding agreements, see my comments in the “PSN Update” blog entry of 8 May 2008:

(Comment #27 & onwards)
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BFN,

fp.