Are we not nit picking somewhat, the GUI is still being updated and improved and its not like that one little feature stops anybody from enjoying their PS3.
All the problems I have with it seem like they'd be very easy fixes to implement. But instead, we get the .xx security fixes and new things that actually are worthwhile being added to Home (like partying up and launching into a game) instead of the XMB.
And let's not even get started on the PSN's shortcomings. Yes, Microsoft had a 4 year lead with Xbox Live on the original Xbox, but if you use that argument, Microsoft will always be ahead. Sony could've cut and paste Xbox Live's basic functionality and it would blow away the current PSN (game invites, streaming soundtracks, etc.). Considering the PSN's shortcomings, it really seems like Sony's PSN designers have never played an online game, and certainly not one on the competition's machine.
I don't know where your getting this idea that the PSN is somehow unplayable online, i have had just as good a experience over PSN as i have had with XBlive, as a matter of fact with the PSN having more dedicated servers for games i have had more lag free gaming over the PSN than i have with XBlive.....each has their own strength and weaknesses but neither is perfect
I never said anywhere that PSN was unplayable. Its interface is...lacking, for lack of a better word. Again, there are features that seem like common sense after playing Xbox Live that Sony should implement across all games but are choosing to ignore for now (custom soundtracks, in-game messaging, etc.). There are plenty of other online models to follow as well if they want to top what Xbox Live has to offer, yet they've been content to inexplicably throw all their time and resources into Home. Yes, it's quite likely that they will implement these things somewhere down the line, but considering how the PS3's doing, sooner is better than later.
Honestly, I want Sony to come out swinging with their online system so Microsoft doesn't get complacent, and maybe even reduces the price of Xbox Live. Neither Sony nor Nintendo have shown that they're capable of doing that with any success.
MS just wont be beat on software because that's what they do best, and everybody who has been on the receiving end of a RROD will know this first hand....Sony are the kings of hardware MS are the kings of Software....why they don't just get together and make one super duper console i have no idea.
Actually I'd say Nintendo is the king of hardware, or did we forget the PS1 and PS2's hardware problems already?
As for one console, I doubt you'd ever get the console makers and game developers to agree on how anything would work for that one console, let alone ever off the drawing board.
Simply put MS lied about backward compat big time, they said BC would be available to everybody who bought the prem 20gig version at launch, unfortunately BC on the 360 is a joke with a very very limited collection of original games that will work on it, MS should should have just not bothered, which up till now it looks like they have not.
And Sony's completely innocent despite REMOVING BC from all new PS3s being sold which will make up the bulk of the PS3's marketshare by the time this generation is all over. There's plenty of asinine behavior on both fronts here.
Your 360 must be broken. As a media player with DVDs and streaming video, the machine is not loud at all (this includes both my near-launch unit and the one I got last month as a media extender for my bedroom). It's not completely quiet, but "small vacuum cleaner" only applies when playing games off a DVD, which admittedly does sound like a plane taking off.
I have never used the 360 as a media player as i don't see the point of having two devices on to allow you watch a movie or listen to music, that's were having a HDD as standard allows you to actually store all those media files on the HDD wins hands down.
I have them both hooked up to the same network and TV, so they can do double duty streaming photos, video and music. While I love the PS3 as a BD player, photo viewer (the different slideshow options kick ass) and music player (why Microsoft didn't bother to upgrade their crappy music player beyond a simple re-skinning in the NXE update is beyond me), the 360 consistently plays more of my video files; I think it has to do with older versions of DIVX or XVID or some other codec not being supported by the PS3. I'd put them on pretty even ground on the media front.
The PS3 and the 360 have both fumbled the ball this Gen big time with their various issues and problems, i think next time round both companies will have a more difficult time in getting the masses to buy into their hardware on launch, i know i wont be buying any next gen console at launch next time until i know its hardware is reliable, it has some decent software and the online works correctly.
I'd include the Wii in there as well, particularly on the software front. While the soccer moms may love it as a new item to put next to their exercise bikes and other must-have gadgets, it sure hasn't done much for the more hardcore gamers.
Sparky said:
What the PS3 is looking for is a certain folder structure. If you create folders called Video, Music and Photo and then drop the media you want into the appropriate folder the PS3 will find it with no problems.
Thanks for the info--I'll give it a try. Hopefully this same logic works when copying files from an external HDD to the PS3 HDD, which has resulted in a mess of unsorted files in one giant directory for me up until now.
