Aren't PS3 owners willing to switch sides if PSN stays ...

.. indefinitely down?

In my mind sony fanboys are like apple fanboys, they'd rather not play video games than go to the rival company. Or they'll go over and complain about how Sony was better at everything :P

but really, things will get fixed and people will forget

It always comes down to games.  I really wanna stick this shit to Sony, but inFamous 2 and Uncharted 3 look awesome.  Also, I'm trying to stick it to Microsoft for charging people to play online multiplayer.

I love single-post topics! You know it's a quality one when it's their first post...

" In my mind sony fanboys are like apple fanboys, they'd rather not play video games than go to the rival company. Or they'll go over and complain about how Sony was better at everything :Pbut really, things will get fixed and people will forget "

Why would it ever stay down indefinitely? Sony completely rebuilding their network but it's not going to take forever. Besides, using Xbox Live means buying a 360 and as a person who doesn't care for either Gears or Halo, I see no point in "switching sides". Furthermore, I have a decent gaming PC so that's what I'm doing my gaming on at the moment. AND even furthermore, the PS3 still works, playing offline is totally fine.

" In my mind sony fanboys are like apple fanboys, they'd rather not play video games than go to the rival company. Or they'll go over and complain about how Sony was better at everything :Pbut really, things will get fixed and people will forget "

I WAS pro-360. I became pro-PS3 when heavy rain came out. then motion controlled Heavy rain made me even more of a fan. Team Ico games are gonna make it my new wonder console.

Why jump ship when you can have both? Both have issues, doesn't matter.

 Also, what's this indefinitely down? They said hopefully in the next week. There's other things to do then play videogames and it does suck for sure. But when XBL went down for 2 weeks, I didn't gripe about it back in 08. Shit happens, and yes this is more extreme with the information being taken. But that's the risk we all take putting our information on the internet.

I mostly play games on my PC anyways, I can wait as long as needed.  Plus, there's plenty of great single player games.  The only way I see someone switching is if they have been looking at getting a 360 for awhile.

I'm not spending 290 to play gears

i would not jump to playing xbox 360 online. i stopped playing 360 online when i played ps3 online. i said damn this is the same thing so why am i paying to get the same service. i stopped paying for live and played ps3 online. it was pretty sweet to play it online.

For that I'll just save up for a kickass PC. I didn't pledge allegiance to Sony or anything I just don't have the funds to justify getting both consoles. If PSN indeed stays down than I'll probably just ride out this gen playing singleplayer games and portable stuff. 

PS3's first party outing is composed mostly of good singleplayer. The question is do you feel risking someone getting your info and draining your bank account just to download a new LPB level or play Motorstorm online.

While I like playing online on my PS3 every once in a while, most of the time I play offline.  So the outage doesn't really affect me that much.

" I WAS pro-360. I became pro-PS3 when heavy rain came out. then motion controlled Heavy rain made me even more of a fan. Team Ico games are gonna make it my new wonder console. "

Considering I really only use my PSN account for watching Netflix (which I could just as easily watch on my 360), this outage didn't really affect me other than the fact that my info may have been stolen by some asshole hacker . . .

Why does there have to be sides?  Fanboyism is dumb.

Also this seems like just a promotion for your blog.

" In my mind sony fanboys are like apple fanboys, they'd rather not play video games than go to the rival company. Or they'll go over and complain about how Sony was better at everything :Pbut really, things will get fixed and people will forget "

" @Xpgamer7 said:

" I WAS pro-360. I became pro-PS3 when heavy rain came out. then motion controlled Heavy rain made me even more of a fan. Team Ico games are gonna make it my new wonder console. "

I'm a pro fan of playin with people who dont suck. "

I have mostly no choice but to wait. All my Rock Band DLC is on PS3.

I am not capable of playing PSN currently  anyways so it doesnt affect me. Unless either i have info stolen, or the network is still down by the first week of may then it will never affect me. I play games on my PC and ps3, so I still have a means of playing games. I would never go to 360 because it doesnt have enough exclusives that interest me to  bring me over. The main reason i own a ps3 are for the exclusives. So sony wont be losing me unless my personal info was stolen during this whole deal. 

meh I got a pc so I ok.

" @thoseposers: People have already forgotten that XBL went down for A LONGGGGGG ASSSSS time during the holidays of 07... Remember getting Undertow for free? That was worth it right? :P "

well, Im not switching sides. but at least this will force Sony to improve security. i just hope all this info that was available to hackers wasn't taken, and it just was something to bring down PSN and that's it.

of course, if wishes were horses, then beggars could ride.

Good thing I have both a PS3 and a 360 and enjoy separate games on each console. JRPGs alone are enough to keep me loving my PS3 and I don't need online for those :)

Nope. I don't see that happening. The PS3 has a certain level of quality that I'm used to that doesn't have some sort of multiplayer focus that most 360 games have. Uncharted, God Of War, inFamous, Gran Turismo, Resistance, LittleBIGPlanet. There are others, but I'm never going to leave a console just because of multiplayer or online when there are games like what I've listed out there and coming out in the future that I wouldn't be able to resist.

Also, the Team Ico Collection. I'm not leaving any time soon.

" @H7O: Are you serious? There's more important things to consider when "switching sides" than simple brand loyalty or fanboyism. Namely the not insignificant cost of buying a new console and having to pay for an online service instead of getting it for free."

of course i will stick to them, jeez give them a break they are trying their best to fix the problem, patience is the key.

" @gunslingerNZ said:

" @H7O: Are you serious? There's more important things to consider when "switching sides" than simple brand loyalty or fanboyism. Namely the not insignificant cost of buying a new console and having to pay for an online service instead of getting it for free."

This.  I really don't understand the logic behind asking if PS3 gamers are going to switch sides.  Switching consoles isn't like switching your preferred brand of shampoo; it entails dropping at least $200 on another piece of hardware which you don't already own a bunch of games for.  "

if they are taking their time trying to get it back up, they might as well improve the infrastructure.

To be honest I don't really care, I never play online on PS3 because I just don't find it as well integrated and functional as Xbox Live is. I don't like the XMB at all, makes inviting friends a chore.

I'm happily playing God of War III, connected to PSN or not.

Ever since I got my original Xbox with Live I've always thought of the Playstation as my offline console and the Xbox as my online one, which is the same thing that has happened this generation. (well I play my PC more but still!)

Everyone seems to be over-thinking this a whole bunch and it's kind of weird to watch. PSN will come back up and all will resume as normal because people will get to play games online again. 

" Everyone seems to be over-thinking this a whole bunch and it's kind of weird to watch. PSN will come back up and all will resume as normal because people will get to play games online again. 

We'll look back on this in a year, realize that it sucked but we moved on and, once again, come to the realization that everything was blown way out of proportion.

"

To paraphrase what was said during the Bombcast, you know that PSN is going to be the most secure system on the Internet once it comes back up right?  As if they're not going to have people eyeballing every light on their servers for the next six months...

Versus XIII is staying PS3 exclusive because Nomura hates the Xbox so Square Enix fans will stay on PS3.

Great now we have people joining to make these threads.

Anyway fuck xbox. I'm movin to Wii

Back in my day, we didn't have online play. We had local modes, AND THAT WAS IT!

I enjoy gaming on both the PS3 and Xbox 360, and this will do nothing to my mind on either consoles. Hell, I've stuck with them after one broken PS3, and 2 broken Xbox 360's. Why? Because I enjoy gaming, and these are pieces of plastic -- inanimate objects.  

I already have a 360 and have nothing but contempt for fanboys. Only sympathy I have is that others cannot afford both, so you want the system you got to get the most good games. human nature.

 Right now I could not advise someone to get a PSN account, would be my answer. That in turn could very well affect their decision if they want it to.

Switch sides what is this? I ain't no damn fanboy and I go where the games are. I also mostly play single player games so when services go down I am still good for the most part. None of these companies are cutting me a check so I have no loyalty to any of them.

Hope they do.  I'll have more people to play in Street Fighter.   :)

Well, if psn stays down guess I'm stuck playing with my local friends!  I'm not about to pay 60 dollars just to use my own internet connection to connect to a p2p network.  Anyways, if I want to play online, I have steam for that.  The only thing that really cheeses me off about all of this is the possible information leak sony created and the fact that I waited to use my MK9 classic costumes. >:(