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Your just saying any old exclusives there for the fun of it. Not all of them are good. Sure, the vast majority may be, but the PS3 has games to come back with. Forza 3 is a great game, I have it, but Gran Turismo will be better. Other Forzas....Naaaah. Lips? SingStar. Halo? Well, I don't like them anyway. Repetitive boringness. GT>PGR.

PlayStation Store has loads of great titles too, so lets not get carried away here.

Oh, and before you say anything else, 360>PS3.

I never said any different. Somebody said all good games on the 360 are multiplatform. I disagreed and pointed games that ARE NOT on anything BUT the 360, and most of the are great games.

Oh, and before you say anything else...I have both consoles, and 360=PS3

As for GT5, it's going to ROCK. However, the physics in GT5p and GT Academy are not very good. We are hoping that will improve dramatically at retail. As for which will be better? I don't know yet. The both have advantages and disadvantages, and both have different features.

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Erm, a lot of them are not, even if you include PC games. Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo Reach, Fable 2, Fable 3, Halo Wars, Shadow Complex, Frontlines, Alan Wake, Forza 1, Forza 2, Forza 3, Dead Rising 1, Crackdown 1, Crackdown 2, N3, N32, Chromehounds, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, Viva Pinata, Infinite Undiscovery, Kameo, PDZ, Lips, Lost Odyssey, PGR3, PGR4, Race Pro, Saints Row, Scene It and many more, including XBLA titles.

Sorry dude.

So you're saying that Fallout 3, Batman:AA, Bioshock / 2, GTA4 + DLC, Call of Duty 2 / 3 / 4 / MW / WaW / MW2, The Orange Box, Oblivion, Braid, Street Fighter 4, Guitar Hero / Rock Band, Bayonetta, Assassin's Creed / 2, GRAW, FIFA, Left 4 Dead / 2, Burnout: Paradise, Dead Space, Peggle, Bad Company / 2, in addition to the ones I quoted, all of which are multiplatform, are all not worth playing, since that makes up the bulk of the top 40 games on metacritic? Note that Alan Wake, Halo Reach, Fable 3, Crackdown 2, etc., haven't even come out yet, and can't be evaluated as to whether or not they are "worth playing".

No, I'm sorry.

BTW, he said "almost all". Semantics, I know.

ok, non-smart ass *bro-hug*.

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So you're saying that Fallout 3, Batman:AA, Bioshock / 2, GTA4 + DLC, Call of Duty 2 / 3 / 4 / MW / WaW / MW2, The Orange Box, Oblivion, Braid, Street Fighter 4, Guitar Hero / Rock Band, Bayonetta, Assassin's Creed / 2, GRAW, FIFA, Left 4 Dead / 2, Burnout: Paradise, Dead Space, Peggle, Bad Company / 2, in addition to the ones I quoted, all of which are multiplatform, are all not worth playing, since that makes up the bulk of the top 40 games on metacritic? Note that Alan Wake, Halo Reach, Fable 3, Crackdown 2, etc., haven't even come out yet, and can't be evaluated as to whether or not they are "worth playing".

No, I'm sorry.

BTW, he said "almost all". Semantics, I know.

ok, non-smart ass *bro-hug*.

I hope you're joking, no one said anything remotely like that, he was only saying that there are exclusive titles for the 360 worth playing, and he only said that because someone claimed that all the good titles for Xbox 360 were cross platform.

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I was a user of Ubuntu 9.04 PPC64 on PS3, and it was fun for about 10 minutes, then came the problems of getting stuff to work, especially flash, since adobe hasnt made a flash for the powerPC platform since 7, the only alternatives were gnash and SWFDec, neither work very well, and without hardware accelerated 3D graphics, most things were unplayable, with the exception of some early emulators, and older games like Doom and Quake.

IMHO Linux on the PS3 was fun but since it is so limited due to sony and the hypervisor, it really isnt worth the effort of fighting with Linux to get stuff to work, and I dont see the dropping of "OtherOS" really affecting the PS3 community that much, honestly, I just think Sony is doing it because Geohot gets closer and closer to hacking the PS3 with linux, and dropping Other OS support will completely sever that lifeline.

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Good news, someone's already found a way to bypass the firmware check.

Hopefully this is the thing that gets people to start focusing on exploiting the PS3 and we see a CFW come out of all of this.

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Erm, a lot of them are not, even if you include PC games. Gears of War 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo Reach, Fable 2, Fable 3, Halo Wars, Shadow Complex, Frontlines, Alan Wake, Forza 1, Forza 2, Forza 3, Dead Rising 1, Crackdown 1, Crackdown 2, N3, N32, Chromehounds, Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, Viva Pinata, Infinite Undiscovery, Kameo, PDZ, Lips, Lost Odyssey, PGR3, PGR4, Race Pro, Saints Row, Scene It and many more, including XBLA titles.

Sorry dude.

Saints Row is on the PS3 also.

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So does this actually add anything? As a slim user I could give a hoot about Linux, so if I have to download and install it also then wtf for?

How I understand it is that Sony have to completely wipe and reinstall the firmware to be rid of any sign of the other OS option.

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So does this actually add anything? As a slim user I could give a hoot about Linux, so if I have to download and install it also then wtf for?

Main features in system software update version 3.21

Settings

The [install Other OS] and [Default System] features have been deleted.

Other

? The playback quality of some PlayStation? format software that is downloaded (as a purchase or for free) from PlayStation?Store has been improved.

? A security patch was added to address security vulnerabilities that may occur when playing MP4 format video files.

What was the 'Default System' Option?

Curiosity got the better of me

Default System

Set which system software to use by default when turning on the system. This setting is available only when other system software options are installed on the hard disk.

PS3? Set to start the PS3? system software.

Other OS Set to start other system software installed on the hard disk.

Hints

?To change the default system back to the standard PS3? system software, refer to the instructions supplied with the software for the other system in use.

?Even when other system software is set as the default system, the standard PS3? system software will start if you touch the power button on the system front for more than five seconds when turning on the system

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Good news, someone's already found a way to bypass the firmware check.

Hopefully this is the thing that gets people to start focusing on exploiting the PS3 and we see a CFW come out of all of this.

This is exactly why these things happened. "Ohhhh but it's for only legal purposes" Yeah sure... just like every DS flashcart only runs Homebrew.

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good for, still going to take him a STUPID amount of time.... they really haven't done anything yet.

http://www.faqs.org/...8#ixzz0feEg2cT4

im all for him doing it, i would love it. but i just don't see it happening anytime soon.

Good things come to those who wait.

And very nice on the proxy bypass :laugh: Will keep me going until CFW is out. I only need to finish GoW3 then my PS3 can go back to collecting dust.

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So you're saying that Fallout 3, Batman:AA, Bioshock / 2, GTA4 + DLC, Call of Duty 2 / 3 / 4 / MW / WaW / MW2, The Orange Box, Oblivion, Braid, Street Fighter 4, Guitar Hero / Rock Band, Bayonetta, Assassin's Creed / 2, GRAW, FIFA, Left 4 Dead / 2, Burnout: Paradise, Dead Space, Peggle, Bad Company / 2, in addition to the ones I quoted, all of which are multiplatform, are all not worth playing, since that makes up the bulk of the top 40 games on metacritic? Note that Alan Wake, Halo Reach, Fable 3, Crackdown 2, etc., haven't even come out yet, and can't be evaluated as to whether or not they are "worth playing".

No, I'm sorry.

BTW, he said "almost all". Semantics, I know.

ok, non-smart ass *bro-hug*.

1. This had nothing to do with you.

2. You don't even know what the discussion was at hand (obvious by your post).

Actually, it wasn't, and isn't. Saints Row 2 is however.

As is Scene It, but that's just being nit-picky :)

Not all of them. no.gif

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Illegal games is not right but if comes out everyone (almost everyone) does it!

I would hope to get home brew to get a Decent Media Center, like Windows Media Center style!

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Good news, someone's already found a way to bypass the firmware check.

Hopefully this is the thing that gets people to start focusing on exploiting the PS3 and we see a CFW come out of all of this.

Wow, that was made last year, why has no one heard of it before? o_0

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I just updated to the new Firmware... I really DON'T care about about Homebrews on PS3... Homebrews on DS and PSP yeah, but not PS3 and Xbox 360

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Lmao funny how 2 of te games mentioned aren't on PS3 and people get ****ed off about it and then blame valve for being crap AFTER just saying how amazing they are. These PEOPLE are half the customers that walk in evey week and the games in question are Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2.

So I think your confused when you put that on the list. It would rather come out on MAC natively then the PS3. Lmao that says a lot and I respect valve for it.

That bring said, all you saying " no one uses it or no one cares" OBVIOUSLY DONT UNDERSTAND that sony is removing a option that was ADVERTISED with the fat systems. Just because the slims don't have it doesn't mean ****. Slims didn't have it advertised. Also WHAT IF THEY REMOVE BC? next thing you know the people in this thread defending sonys action are gonna say "the slims don't have bc so it doesn't matter" will be the biggest Sony fanboy ever.

You do understand that Sonys just copping out now. What they should do is stand by there system. And since so many slims are being sold they shouldn't worry about the fats. And since they can't patch the problem let it be. If slims sold more then worry about that. Many people upgraded to slims or bought new ones. There's not that many fats left that will hinder Sony. But doing this just gave geohot permission to **** THEM OFF more and exploit the **** out of the firmware.

I'm glad because no one really bothered with the ps3 but now one of the person for the job will do it. I have faith in geohot. The minute he finds a simple hole he will abuse the hell out of it and I'll be behind him full force for the fact that Sony deserves it.

The point of it is Sony ****ed up and is continuing to **** up. Can't wait till they remove BC For some stupid ass reason or remove anything else. Sony Sony Sony you are full of fail this time around.

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Running 3.21 now.

Maybe SONY will reward us and put software based BC in the next update AND cross-game voice chat.

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Running 3.21 now.

Maybe SONY will reward us and put software based BC in the next update AND cross-game voice chat.

LOL you have way to high hopes. Hoping Sony will add BC now is silly and redicioulous. They failed that the first time they said " we will provide a software produced solution". BS.

it'll take them even longer to add cross game chat.

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Lmao funny how 2 of te games mentioned aren't on PS3 and people get ****ed off about it and then blame valve for being crap AFTER just saying how amazing they are. These PEOPLE are half the customers that walk in evey week and the games in question are Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2.

So I think your confused when you put that on the list. It would rather come out on MAC natively then the PS3. Lmao that says a lot and I respect valve for it.

I assume your post is aimed at me, and I also assume that you forgot that there's a PC version of L4D / L4D2, which would be a non-XBox 360 platform.

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Please refrain from using the word "fanboy".

Taken straight from the Gamers' Hangout guidelines:

That bring said, all you saying " no one uses it or no one cares" OBVIOUSLY DONT UNDERSTAND that sony is removing a option that was ADVERTISED with the fat systems. Just because the slims don't have it doesn't mean ****. Slims didn't have it advertised. Also WHAT IF THEY REMOVE BC? next thing you know the people in this thread defending sonys action are gonna say "the slims don't have bc so it doesn't matter" will be the biggest Sony fanboy ever.

:rolleyes:

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