I'm a PS3 owner and I don't. I guess it is just a select few. None of my friends game on-line via wireless either and they own PS3s too.
I was making a joke since PS3 people always add the cost of the wireless adaptor. I have my PS3 and 360 connected directly to my router.
Oh I see. I never did understand that argument by Sony fanboys either. No one in their right mind games online with wireless, unless they have no choice and even then I would make it work some how or another, LOL!
I'm a PS3 owner and I don't. I guess it is just a select few. None of my friends game on-line via wireless either and they own PS3s too.
I was making a joke since PS3 people always add the cost of the wireless adaptor. I have my PS3 and 360 connected directly to my router.
Oh I see. I never did understand that argument by Sony fanboys either. No one in their right mind games online with wireless, unless they have no choice and even then I would make it would some how or another, LOL!
I didn't have a computer in my basement where my consoles were until last month when I got my laptop so I would've had to get the router for the 360 until then. And I've been gaming online on my PS3 with my router two stories above my console for years now with very minimal lag.
[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="abdelmessih101"]And I've been gaming online on my PS3 with my router two stories above my console for years now with very minimal lag.abdelmessih101
it's not just lag, there's data loss What do you mean data loss? packets dropped or some such. Out of my league for explanation. Also, you have to be wary of other devices interfering with your wireless connection. Such as microwaves or other devices using the same frequency.
[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="abdelmessih101"]And I've been gaming online on my PS3 with my router two stories above my console for years now with very minimal lag.abdelmessih101
it's not just lag, there's data loss What do you mean data loss? I'm interested in hearing about this as well. Wireless is fine on a laptop why shouldn't it be fine on a simple ps3
[QUOTE="abdelmessih101"][QUOTE="Jandurin"] it's not just lag, there's data lossShatin
What do you mean data loss? I'm interested in hearing about this as well. Wireless is fine on a laptop why shouldn't it be fine on a simple ps3 it's fine for data transfer, but not (as fine) for gaming. Be it PC or console gaming.
[QUOTE="abdelmessih101"][QUOTE="Jandurin"] it's not just lag, there's data lossJandurin
What do you mean data loss? packets dropped or some such. Out of my league for explanation. Also, you have to be wary of other devices interfering with your wireless connection. Such as microwaves or other devices using the same frequency. I haven't had any problems at all other than the occasional bit of lag. My connection is almost always excellent. I almost always have a full connection bar when I'm playing Uncharted 2 and rarely get lag even though it's P2P. And I've never lagged on Resistance 1 or 2 which have dedicated servers. I have no clue what you're talking about with this, nor do I have any problems with my connection.
[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="abdelmessih101"] What do you mean data loss?abdelmessih101
packets dropped or some such. Out of my league for explanation. Also, you have to be wary of other devices interfering with your wireless connection. Such as microwaves or other devices using the same frequency. I haven't had any problems at all other than the occasional bit of lag. My connection is almost always excellent. I almost always have a full connection bar when I'm playing Uncharted 2 and rarely get lag even though it's P2P. And I've never lagged on Resistance 1 or 2 which have dedicated servers. I have no clue what you're talking about with this, nor do I have any problems with my connection.Okay, we all know data is sent over the interwebs and to save bandwidth, data is first broken into smaller parts (called packets). Informantion loss refers to when packets get lost on the way to you, thus making hard to reconstruct the data exactly the same as it was before it was sent.
[QUOTE="abdelmessih101"][QUOTE="Jandurin"] packets dropped or some such. Out of my league for explanation. Also, you have to be wary of other devices interfering with your wireless connection. Such as microwaves or other devices using the same frequency.Gta3-fan334
I haven't had any problems at all other than the occasional bit of lag. My connection is almost always excellent. I almost always have a full connection bar when I'm playing Uncharted 2 and rarely get lag even though it's P2P. And I've never lagged on Resistance 1 or 2 which have dedicated servers. I have no clue what you're talking about with this, nor do I have any problems with my connection.Okay, we all know data is sent over the interwebs and to save bandwidth, data is first broken into smaller parts (called packets). Informantion loss refers to when packets get lost on the way to you, thus making hard to reconstruct the data exactly the same as it was before it was sent.
Okay, so what happens as a result of this data loss?
[QUOTE="abdelmessih101"] I haven't had any problems at all other than the occasional bit of lag. My connection is almost always excellent. I almost always have a full connection bar when I'm playing Uncharted 2 and rarely get lag even though it's P2P. And I've never lagged on Resistance 1 or 2 which have dedicated servers. I have no clue what you're talking about with this, nor do I have any problems with my connection.abdelmessih101
Okay, we all know data is sent over the interwebs and to save bandwidth, data is first broken into smaller parts (called packets). Informantion loss refers to when packets get lost on the way to you, thus making hard to reconstruct the data exactly the same as it was before it was sent.
Okay, so what happens as a result of this data loss?Lag. The orginal data said guy X is at location X, but if packets get lost, say the one saying guy X is at location X, then on your end guy x appears to still be at location Y (even though he is now at location x, you just can't see him.)
Why would you buy a wireless adaptor if you are going to do nothing but play SP? Also who plays on-line games via wireless? You must be desperate or something?
RonnieLottinSF
****, i do all my gaming(pc, 360, ps3) through wifi, though my 360 is corded to my pc getting wifi from that
but wifi aint all that bad, i never get any kind of constant lag or ping differences between wifi and wired, the only bad part is the occasional spike, which so happens to actually come at bad times whenever it does feel like spiking, but still rare...although then theres the **** microwave or sometimes wireless house phone ringing which likes to completely knock me out of connection, can be rage inducing sometimes
i really need to set my room up with wired some day though
Why would you buy a wireless adaptor if you are going to do nothing but play SP? Also who plays on-line games via wireless? You must be desperate or something?
kidcool189
****, i do all my gaming(pc, 360, ps3) through wifi, though my 360 is corded to my pc getting wifi from that
but wifi aint all that bad, i never get any kind of constant lag or ping differences between wifi and wired, the only bad part is the occasional spike, which so happens to actually come at bad times whenever it does feel like spiking, but still rare...although then theres the **** microwave or sometimes wireless house phone ringing which likes to completely knock me out of connection, can be rage inducing sometimes
i really need to set my room up with wired some day though I used my PS3 for about 2.5 years wired, and have been using it wireless for the last 8 months. I have seen no difference in my online experiences. I have not seen any lag effects or issues outside of those known to be problems with the games themselves (like the mics not working in Bad Company, etc.). As for the question of what to buy, its going to come down to what style of games you like the best. The 360 exclusives seem to lean towards the scifi/zombie type stuff (Halo, Gears, Mass Effect, Crackdown, L4D). It seems they are always shooting up some bugs, aliens, or zombie looking monsters. PS3 is more traditional with Uncharted, Infamous, Little Big Planet, MGS4, etc. Yes, there are some Scifi concepts laced in, but other than games like Resistance, they stick with more traditional/current times enemies and concepts. Even Killzone 2 is actually human vs human (Helghast are humans with slightly altered physiology from the planet they colonized). I would recommend PS3 just because it is very strong in action/adventure games. As a single player gamer, you would have a ton of content to enjoy. Also, some give online play like Uncharted 2, MGS4, and Little Big Planet. You could get your online fix as well.
What looks more attractive to you? If you had this money to blow and you have alway been a single player kinda guy but are looking to try out multiplayer what would you buy?
Shatin
Well, If you're trying to get into Multiplayer I'd definitely go with Xbox 360 and Left 4 Dead 2. Both systems are awesome, Uncharted 2 is pretty good for multiplayer as well. I wish I had this kind of money to spend. :P
[QUOTE="Gta3-fan334"]Okay, we all know data is sent over the interwebs and to save bandwidth, data is first broken into smaller parts (called packets). Informantion loss refers to when packets get lost on the way to you, thus making hard to reconstruct the data exactly the same as it was before it was sent.
Gta3-fan334
Okay, so what happens as a result of this data loss?Lag. The orginal data said guy X is at location X, but if packets get lost, say the one saying guy X is at location X, then on your end guy x appears to still be at location Y (even though he is now at location x, you just can't see him.) Okay, thanks for the explanation.
I've seen that in Uncharted 2, but I can count those times on one hand, which pretty good considering I've played over 500 games online.
I'd like to see some numbers to back up the argument that wireless causes lag. I did a little Googling, but the only hard numbers I could find indicated about 15ms of added lag. If that sounds bad, you may want to see if Game Mode is turned on on your TV - because if it isn't, you could be looking at at least that much lag, if not double.
I'm well aware that a flaky connection can induce lag, but let's see some numbers collected with decent signal strength.
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