ms tries 2 stop in-game xmb thru patent so they still have a reasn to charge $50

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#1 virtuas
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lets face it, the reason ms is releasing all these patent is to stop the release of ps3'sw ingame xmb with trophies, music, gamerscore, etc because they wont have anymore reason to charge their customer $50 for online gaming. Its very dumb to pay 50 dollars when the other system is offering it for free.
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#2 SaintsRowSam
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the patent was approved in 2006, and MS issued it in 2004, that cracks killin you bra
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#3 Pro_wrestler
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The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.
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#4 beast667
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:| we get that without paying $50. That $50 is only for online play. PS3 already offers everything for free that XBL charges for, and lacks some of the things XBL does for free.
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#5 thrones
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The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.Pro_wrestler

I rofl'd.

But seriously, the point is that most people on XBL will never know of the otherside in PSN.

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#6 dotWithShoes
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:| we get that without paying $50. PS3 already offers everything for free that XBL charges for, and lacks some of the things XBL does for free.beast667

We pay for online gaming.. thats about it, everything else.. free.sorta.

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#7 whocares4peace
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Yes. How dare MS copyright technology and not allow their competition to copy it?

Imagine their nerve

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#8 beast667
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[QUOTE="beast667"]:| we get that without paying $50. PS3 already offers everything for free that XBL charges for, and lacks some of the things XBL does for free.dotWithShoes

We pay for online gaming.. thats about it, everything else.. free.sorta.

Right. I'm not sure why I didn't explictly say that in my post.
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#9 Blue-Sky
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Its not MS fault that SONY isn't innovative enough to come up with their own method.
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#10 -GhostMLD-
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u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out.
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#11 Hot_Potato
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u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. -GhostMLD-

Just admit it, Live is a rip. I cancelled auto renewal for my account, couldn't stand it.

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#12 virtuas
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u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. -GhostMLD-

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

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#13 -GhostMLD-
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[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. virtuas

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

use wikipedia and type xbox live.

but i expect you to either be too lazy, or just not care. pity.

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#14 kyacat
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Sony online not always going to be free forever eventually Sony will start charging ps3 owners later down the road and $50 buck for a year of xbl is good deal if you like play online games

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#15 darkIink
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[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. virtuas

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course:  notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

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#16 TMontana1004
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You don't like them? Mute them. There is a quick mute function in pretty much every game I think. There actually a lot of cool people on XBL.

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#17 dotWithShoes
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[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. Hot_Potato

Just admit it, Live is a rip. I cancelled auto renewal for my account, couldn't stand it.

What couldn't you stand? What was your gamertag?

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#18 jimm895
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I don't think the patent will hold up because really how many other PC services use the same basics in there service (many have been around longer than the XBOX). So this means all these other services would have the rite to sue M$ for copying there idea.

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#19 TheRealMC01
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[QUOTE="virtuas"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. darkIink

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course: notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

and here's the PSN community:

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#20 mVolta
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[QUOTE="darkIink"][QUOTE="virtuas"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. TheRealMC01

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course: notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

and here's the PSN community:

hey atleast ther floors arent gonna call me a homo*&^%^((&%# ^*$#$^ ^%$ @#$^ $%^&*( *()((*^& $%%%%^*(&(^#^&&(*son of a ^&^(*^$%^

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[QUOTE="TheRealMC01"][QUOTE="darkIink"][QUOTE="virtuas"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. mVolta

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course: notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

and here's the PSN community:

hey atleast ther floors arent gonna call me a homo*&^%^((&%# ^*$#$^ ^%$ @#$^ $%^&*( *()((*^& $%%%%^*(&(^#^&&(*son of a ^&^(*^$%^

so u admit to preferring to be a loner while online. interesting.

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[QUOTE="TheRealMC01"][QUOTE="darkIink"][QUOTE="virtuas"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. mVolta

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course: notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

and here's the PSN community:

hey atleast ther floors arent gonna call me a homo*&^%^((&%# ^*$#$^ ^%$ @#$^ $%^&*( *()((*^& $%%%%^*(&(^#^&&(*son of a ^&^(*^$%^

have fun playing w/ yourself!
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#23 TheRealMC01
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[QUOTE="TheRealMC01"][QUOTE="darkIink"][QUOTE="virtuas"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. mVolta

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course: notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

and here's the PSN community:

hey atleast ther floors arent gonna call me a homo*&^%^((&%# ^*$#$^ ^%$ @#$^ $%^&*( *()((*^& $%%%%^*(&(^#^&&(*son of a ^&^(*^$%^

no, you're going to be calling yourself a homo#%^!#%&!$%&*@&@&

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#24 Vyse_The_Daring
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hey atleast ther floors arent gonna call me a homo*&^%^((&%# ^*$#$^ ^%$ @#$^ $%^&*( *()((*^& $%%%%^*(&(^#^&&(*son of a ^&^(*^$%^

mVolta

They might, if only the microphones were standard. I guess you'll never know.

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#25 ShimmerMan
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Every Online capable game that is hosted on PSN has to be paid for by the developers. Sony does not support them. For Xbox Live the players pay for this. Microsoft hosts every game, it costs the developers nothing. Which means more online capable games for the Xbox360. This is the main and only reason for paying the annual $50. And in my opinion its worth it. So even with the updates to the PSN, untill Sony actually starts hosting games for developers it will probably never rival Xbox Live.
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#26 Riverwolf007
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Hey look, the guys that paid $100 for a hdd that worked with 2 PS2 games last gen want to tell me what a ripoff xbl is. :lol:
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#27 BatmanBegins24
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XMB is part of the OS, you don't need to pay for Xbox live to use it. The fee is only for online play. And I rather pay $50 a year for XBL than use PSN. Metal Gear Solid 4 might be one of the greatest games ever made but the online mode is clunky. I had to sign up for two IDs and go through all of these hoops just to play. On XBL you press a button to look for a match and your done. Now if PSN was as good as XBL I would complain about paying, but it isn't.
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#29 blackice1983
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[QUOTE="TheRealMC01"][QUOTE="darkIink"][QUOTE="virtuas"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. stereointegrity

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course: notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

and here's the PSN community:

and here is what most of the kids on live are like

playstation fans lol

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#30 ShimmerMan
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If you forget about the fact that they're dressed as game characters, a couple of those girls are actually kind of kinky.. But that one girl dressed as sephiroth is just plain **** disturbing..
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#31 stereointegrity
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playstation fans lol

blackice1983

lol microsoft fans

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#32 stereointegrity
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Hey look, the guys that paid $100 for a hdd that worked with 2 PS2 games last gen want to tell me what a ripoff xbl is. :lol:Riverwolf007
what....

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#33 ImOldGreg
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the patent was approved in 2006, and MS issued it in 2004, that cracks killin you braSaintsRowSam

:lol:

Epic win, dead in the first post

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#34 ImOldGreg
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[QUOTE="darkIink"][QUOTE="virtuas"]

[QUOTE="-GhostMLD-"]u clearly dont know what LIVE offers aside from multiplayer gaming. do urself a favor and find out. TheRealMC01

the all too awesome COMMUNITY?

why of course: notice the age of the guys in the pic, you hear their high pitched voices in every halo and cod4 game (totally worth $50).

and here's the PSN community:

man I dont know, Ive had some pretty awesome conversations with that pole...:P

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#35 blackice1983
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[QUOTE="blackice1983"]

playstation fans lol

stereointegrity

lol microsoft fans

the h**o and lame levels were higher in the pics i posted so you lose

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#36 xsubtownerx
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The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.Pro_wrestler

agreed.

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XMB is part of the OS, you don't need to pay for Xbox live to use it. The fee is only for online play. And I rather pay $50 a year for XBL than use PSN. Metal Gear Solid 4 might be one of the greatest games ever made but the online mode is clunky. I had to sign up for two IDs and go through all of these hoops just to play. On XBL you press a button to look for a match and your done. Now if PSN was as good as XBL I would complain about paying, but it isn't.BatmanBegins24

thats the only game on the ps3 that u have to do that for. And i think the great MGS4 can get away with that

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#38 loftus42
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[QUOTE="Pro_wrestler"]The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.thrones

I rofl'd.

But seriously, the point is that most people on XBL will never know of the otherside in PSN.

Most people wont, but I do. Just downloaded the new update, does it include in-game XMB. So far PSn is light years behind. I would pay 5.00 dollars a month easily for Xbox Live. In-game XMB will bring it closer, but still have to see what it consists of. Live is integrated for ALL games. Will in-game XMB be for all games? If not just an add-on does not make it close to Live. IMO, it would make it still WAYYYYY behind Live.
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#39 Nex_Rex
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have fun playing w/ yourself!wolverine4262

:lol:



But from what I know MS is only patenting the method of doing it.
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#40 CaptinKyle
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I always do ;)
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#41 CaptinKyle
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The Sad thing is you all are making fun of each other. I hate kids who play online, but obviously PS3 and Xbox 360 appeal to kids and preteens so both systems will have losers. I wish Xbox Live was Free, but unfortunatly it isn't. I only play online games nothing else. I hate playing Halo 3 online.
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#42 deactivated-587acdd100f19
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What the freak is in-game xmb?
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[QUOTE="Pro_wrestler"]The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.thrones

I rofl'd.

But seriously, the point is that most people on XBL will never know of the otherside in PSN.

didn't say anything humorous

give them a reason to consider PSN over XBL. UT3 is dead on PS3 because people simply don't communicate whilst the live community has been doing so for 6 years. Even if they did formulate verbally its not as though there are an abundance of users playing UT3.

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#44 loftus42
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What the freak is in-game xmb?Ghost_Dub
the same thing as in game messaging, and invties. Sony's version. Xmb is Sony's OS, like the PSP, if yoiu have seen it. now just press the center button, Like on Live. And you can message someone without interupting your game.
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#46 deactivated-587acdd100f19
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[QUOTE="Pro_wrestler"]The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.AmyMizuno
Because Xbox live is notorious for having a wonderful, caring community.

99% of gamers are all jerks no matter what system they play. I say bring back same room multiplayer and forget about online multiplayer. That way, when someone calls you a ****** or a **** you can punch them in the face. :P
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#47 loudharley
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I dont care about paying the 50 dollars a month for the 360 because it works great and does everything an online game service should.Ps3 is free but just doesnt work as well as live.
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#48 WilliamRLBaker
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I don't think the patent will hold up because really how many other PC services use the same basics in there service (many have been around longer than the XBOX). So this means all these other services would have the rite to sue M$ for copying there idea.

jimm895

except they patented the method not the exocution, a company is legally allowed to patent a method on how to do something, and it WILL stand up in court.

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#49 WilliamRLBaker
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what....

stereointegrity

Last gen sony flaunted the Whole HDD idea and comprehensive online and never delivered on either form, in america 2-3 games took advantage of the game and then sony phased the abbility out of ps2's stranding developers working on hdd functions and companies still relying on server systems using the HDD namely they stranded square enix with ff 11 ensuring no new ff11 players would come around.

Just a lil info about 40-60 games used the HDD in japan...oddly enough.

[QUOTE="Pro_wrestler"]The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.AmyMizuno
Because Xbox live is notorious for having a wonderful, caring community.

Astoundingly only xbox live users are offensive or mean the rest of the world is infact peaceful many nations in the world have voted on destroying xbox live users, but being so peaceful they couldn't figure out how..

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#50 loftus42
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[QUOTE="Pro_wrestler"]The Live community is worth $50 a year honestly.AmyMizuno
Because Xbox live is notorious for having a wonderful, caring community.

Hey girl, just mute the bums. Add me if u want. I'm off and on occasionaly. have them but dont play many shooters, but wiill go on for the right people. there are good people on there. loftus1 is my gamer tag, and PSn tag. Looking for more PSn players. have not been on there much. Most of my time is spent at work, or Live, but really looking to expand my PSn network. LOL, sounds like i'm 16 again.