Just how good/bad is the PS3 Online experience?...

There are no problems with lag playing on live at all so the point is moot surely? Peer to peer or dedicated servers, what does it matter? :)

The comment from 'Margaret' is funny because it is blatant trolling. He has a reputation for this sort of thing sadly.
 
It's improving after every firmware and the more recent games because devs have had more time to perfect it.

By the next Fifa (2010 or whatever), I think all will be sorted and be as good as LIVE.
 
Andrex said:
There are no problems with lag playing on live at all so the point is moot surely? Peer to peer or dedicated servers, what does it matter? :)

The comment from 'Margaret' is funny because it is blatant trolling. He has a reputation for this sort of thing sadly.
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lol, your post is funny, he isn't trolling. I am sure from a fun aspect people cutting games of COD short is highly fun. My experience with P2P games on the 360 is annoying, I hate getting into a game for 'Host ended game'. That's not what I pay £25 a year for. Now if they had dedicated servers and it cost more I would happily pay a little bit more.

I must admit I haven't played my PS3 online as I (as yet) don't have any online games, but I am hoping KZ2 will be a better experience than COD4 on the 360.
 
anticonscience said:
lol, your post is funny, he isn't trolling. I am sure from a fun aspect people cutting games of COD short is highly fun. My experience with P2P games on the 360 is annoying, I hate getting into a game for 'Host ended game'. That's not what I pay £25 a year for. Now if they had dedicated servers and it cost more I would happily pay a little bit more.

I must admit I haven't played my PS3 online as I (as yet) don't have any online games, but I am hoping KZ2 will be a better experience than COD4 on the 360.
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Surely wether a game uses dedicated servers is down to the developer and not the platform?

How many games on the PS3 actually use dedicated servers? I thought only the 1st party games definately did.

I struggle at the thought of how much server power you'd need to cover the needs of every gamer on every game on either platform.

Say one server can support 1000 people across a variety of different games (unlikely) you'd still need 1000 servers to host just a million people.

I don't know a great deal about the hosting and layout of the PS3 structure, but I'd say without P2P Xbox Live wouldn't work.
 
anticonscience said:
lol, your post is funny, he isn't trolling. I am sure from a fun aspect people cutting games of COD short is highly fun. My experience with P2P games on the 360 is annoying, I hate getting into a game for 'Host ended game'. That's not what I pay £25 a year for. Now if they had dedicated servers and it cost more I would happily pay a little bit more.

I must admit I haven't played my PS3 online as I (as yet) don't have any online games, but I am hoping KZ2 will be a better experience than COD4 on the 360.
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I stand corrected then :)
 
anticonscience said:
I am sure from the £20 per user x 10 million plus users each paying this that M$ could offer dedicated servers.
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It's not the money that concerns me. It's the space, and logistics of it.

Where would you put all these servers, with a good enough connections to provide millions with lag free games?

As I said, I know little about large scale networking, but even I know that's a hell of a lot of data to push around.

Fine for a few games, but an entire consoles worth? Surely it's not possible/remotely viable? :( :confused:
 
orderoftheflame said:
It's not the money that concerns me. It's the space, and logistics of it.

Where would you put all these servers, with a good enough connections to provide millions with lag free games?

As I said, I know little about large scale networking, but even I know that's a hell of a lot of data to push around.

Fine for a few games, but an entire consoles worth? Surely it's not possible/remotely viable? :( :confused:
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Well I'd imagine it would be quite organic and they would be able to figure out how much space / power each game requred due to having 24/7 gaming and usage stats, they probably allow games to have a certain % of server space time +/- 5% each way to allow amount of games to grow and fall during peak times.

Rich
 
bottom line really is that psn works fine, its not amazing but it does what you need it to. its free, you can invite friends to play, you can play online.

i hear its not as good as xbox live but i couldnt tell you.
 
Joebob said:
Can't see whats confusing or funny?

PS3 uses dedicated servers on most online games while 360 uses peer to peer... which bit don't you understand?
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Thats misleading. PS3 has dedicated servers for first party games. 3rd party games of which there are more of do not offer this, they offer the same as Live, P2P.
 
orderoftheflame said:
Do the games that support invites work cross game? i.e going from playing one game into the lobby on another after an invite. :confused:
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I've never seen the point in cross game invites, and tbh, by the time i dig out the disc for the game i have been invited too, it i usually too late.

PS3 online experience is fine, i have no problems with it. It does the exact same as what i use on live.
 
Dude.. Just try and go to a mates and try both if you can - or only read posts from people who have experienced both consoles online multiplayer.. this is slowly becoming fan boy heaven...

personally I have no loyalty to either console.
PS3 tops with MGS, GTP, LBP etc..
for COD, Halo and ALL other multiplayer games I have had across both consoles 360 comes out tops ( i must admint Res2 ws pretty impressive online) but one good online game does not make the PS3 a winner.
 
Just got a PS3 last week and online it has been great. Got my list of friends, it tells me when they are online, games work well online, little lag if any... very pleased. This is from someone moving from a PC for games. It has been a doddle!
 
Thanks for all the replies everyone.....

No one seems to have said that the PS3 games suffer from poor servers and high pings, which is all i was concerned about with it being a free service.

I think all things considered, im leaning towards a PS3....and the Killzone 2 bundle is very tempting.
 
Cooper said:
Thanks for all the replies everyone.....

No one seems to have said that the PS3 games suffer from poor servers and high pings, which is all i was concerned about with it being a free service.

I think all things considered, im leaning towards a PS3....and the Killzone 2 bundle is very tempting.
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If you just want to play games online then there is no difference in most 3rd party games. Like a few mentioned, for 1st party games PS3 may have the edge as it has dedicated servers on some (not all) of these.

If a 360 game lets you play with mates, then the PS3 version will with probably similar performance (most are P2P). The difference will be that you cannot do cross game invites and be able to voice chat independently of the game (both overrated features imo).


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Memphis said:
Congratulations, but that has nothing to do with the network what so ever. If Resistance 2 was cross-platform, I'm sure it would be as good on both consoles.
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Its my experience of online gaming with the PS3.
I didnt have any problems with Burnout paradise this afternoon either, what is there to make an issue out of angry person?

I'd tell you what online is like with my 360, but it hasnt been switched on since Christmas, and my memory isnt what it once was.
 
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Both parties need a clip around the ear hole and to step up their game, just liek the fangirls on this forum really.
 
One thing that I like about the 360 is the party system,

You can party with a group of friends then you can jump from game to game in that party and you will always get in the same groups online,

Makes it so much easier,

Also I can be playing one game and chatting to a friend playing a completely different game,
 
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