Why do PS3 owners not like to play online?

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

Also, one could maybe make the case that PSN users, while not as plentiful as Live online users, maybe spread alot more to different games, while Live gamers tend to clump to 3 or 4 games.

My friends tend to either paly COD, Halo, or random Arcade titles.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

Im sure they do. not every game needs to have the communitys of Halo adn MW to have people palying on them. And even if they dont, who cares. Dosent make PS3 bad.

SilentlyMad

Modern Warfare 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Killzone 2, these are the games I play online on ps3 and they are always full of people

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"] That seems to be the case. The games my PSN friends are playing vary wildly, while on XBL my friends are generally playing Halo, Gears, or CoD. And only a couple exceptions.Skittles_McGee

My friends tend to either paly COD, Halo, or random Arcade titles.

Ive got like 4 people playing plants vs zombies. Really, I only game online with one of my friends on my list. Its usualy Halo, which i dont even paly that much.

You know what's worse than UC2's player count anyway? Rogue Warrior's player count. It actually has a player count, and some guy has played like a thousand matches of it. That's just saddening.Skittles_McGee

I cant imagine taht game being very stable online. I mean, if they obviously didnt give a crap about the singleplayer, i highly dount they gave any more effort for the multiplayer.

[QUOTE="SilentlyMad"][QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

Im sure they do. not every game needs to have the communitys of Halo adn MW to have people palying on them. And even if they dont, who cares. Dosent make PS3 bad.

static197

Modern Warfare 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Killzone 2, these are the games I play online on ps3 and they are always full of people

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]You know what's worse than UC2's player count anyway? Rogue Warrior's player count. It actually has a player count, and some guy has played like a thousand matches of it. That's just saddening.XboximusPrime

I cant imagine taht game being very stable online. I mean, if they obviously didnt give a crap about the singleplayer, i highly dount they gave any more effort for the multiplayer.

[QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]You know what's worse than UC2's player count anyway? Rogue Warrior's player count. It actually has a player count, and some guy has played like a thousand matches of it. That's just saddening.Skittles_McGee

I cant imagine taht game being very stable online. I mean, if they obviously didnt give a crap about the singleplayer, i highly dount they gave any more effort for the multiplayer.

Im still considering renting it just to experince it.

They're too busy on System Wars talking about how good their exclusives look.

Thank god I'm not.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"][QUOTE="XboximusPrime"]

I cant imagine taht game being very stable online. I mean, if they obviously didnt give a crap about the singleplayer, i highly dount they gave any more effort for the multiplayer.

Im still considering renting it just to experince it.

Because there are no REAL multiplayer games on the PS3. U2 and KZ2s multiplayer fails.

I could care less about online play. Especially with my newest greatest game UT3. I have plenty of BOTS to go against and have fun with. I lost interest with ONLINE a LONG LONG time ago when I was still a 360 owner. Its just gotten so boring to me. Could care less if I play online ever again.

I didnt buy Uncharted 2 to play it online... There's very few game that I even bother with the online. As far as the MP in the game goes I did like it very much, but I dont know many people with PS3's so I didnt bother much with the online portion of the game.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I really doubt a an online demo of an old game is going to have a big community. There's always full servers when I play, maybe you shouldn't try getting connected at 5am. I don't mind hearing multiple languages either and I am English, the creators of the language. Being within europe though we're less xenophobic anyway, most people will understand english if you're desperate to form a strategy. Bad Company 2 has the right idea, everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing without screaming down the mic. Maybe PSN gamers gel together better than LIVE players.SilentlyMad

[QUOTE="SilentlyMad"][QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I really doubt a an online demo of an old game is going to have a big community. There's always full servers when I play, maybe you shouldn't try getting connected at 5am. I don't mind hearing multiple languages either and I am English, the creators of the language. Being within europe though we're less xenophobic anyway, most people will understand english if you're desperate to form a strategy. Bad Company 2 has the right idea, everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing without screaming down the mic. Maybe PSN gamers gel together better than LIVE players.tomarlyn

Honestly, if I wanted to play online, I'd play my PC. PS3/360 isn't really capable of providing me an enjoyable online experience in comparison. The community, terrible mic quality, 100+Ms average pings, etc. - it's ass.Mcspanky37

oh noes ! how will i ever play a match with only thousands of people to play with:roll:

Only tens of thousands of people. Only. Is this for serials?Skittles_McGee

You must be new here.

Welcome to System Wars! Where things only matter if they have millions of sales and people on at once and where a score below 9.5 is a flop for most things and above is overrated.

[QUOTE="Skittles_McGee"]Only tens of thousands of people. Only. Is this for serials?SPYDER0416

You must be new here.

Welcome to System Wars! Where things only matter if they have millions of sales and people on at once and where a score below 9.5 is a flop for most things and above is overrated.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"][QUOTE="SilentlyMad"]Wow very defensive post and seems I hit a nerve. 1-Sure England created english but the world only cares about it because of America. You really think England has the same influence to make the world want to speak your tongue? Seriously? Lets face it America is a superpower and England not so much. 2- Yes since I choose America as my region I would rather hear my native tongue but since just under 56k of the world plays UC2 on a weekend that will not happen. 3-It does not matter if they know what they are doing I should not have to listen/mute to 1/2 the group speak asian just because not enough people play the game.SilentlyMad

We do, its just we never stick with one game. We migrate from one great online game to another.

Even a game I love will be lucky to get 1 month of solid play (with the occasional come back), then I move on to another onlne game. The longest online game I played consecutively was MGO, for about 2-1/2 months.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I really doubt a an online demo of an old game is going to have a big community. There's always full servers when I play, maybe you shouldn't try getting connected at 5am. I don't mind hearing multiple languages either and I am English, the creators of the language. Being within europe though we're less xenophobic anyway, most people will understand english if you're desperate to form a strategy. Bad Company 2 has the right idea, everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing without screaming down the mic. Maybe PSN gamers gel together better than LIVE players.SilentlyMad

"Speak asian". Lol. Fail.

[QUOTE="SilentlyMad"][QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I really doubt a an online demo of an old game is going to have a big community. There's always full servers when I play, maybe you shouldn't try getting connected at 5am. I don't mind hearing multiple languages either and I am English, the creators of the language. Being within europe though we're less xenophobic anyway, most people will understand english if you're desperate to form a strategy. Bad Company 2 has the right idea, everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing without screaming down the mic. Maybe PSN gamers gel together better than LIVE players.GodofEmpires

I was a XBL whore last gen, always on. That didn't have an enormous community either but it was new. I remember two american guys in Return To Castle Wolfenstein talking openly about necrophilia and their personal techniques. There's some total freaks out there, the lack of mics with PSN is like gun control.

Now the PS3 has some real flagship online games and a good reputation. I'm sure its community will grow ten fold within the coming years and remember the experience is free, they have nothing to lose. Thats still not suggesting the current community is weak or limited in any way however. The fact the community is so varied is really nice, how many Japanese people do you have on your friends list? I have 3, they really like Lost Planet 2.

Last time i played cold 4 on ps3 they were around 500k+ playing (dec) , and Uc2 and gears have about the same amount of player playing a week.

[QUOTE="GodofEmpires"][QUOTE="SilentlyMad"]Wow very defensive post and seems I hit a nerve. 1-Sure England created english but the world only cares about it because of America. You really think England has the same influence to make the world want to speak your tongue? Seriously? Lets face it America is a superpower and England not so much. 2- Yes since I choose America as my region I would rather hear my native tongue but since just under 56k of the world plays UC2 on a weekend that will not happen. 3-It does not matter if they know what they are doing I should not have to listen/mute to 1/2 the group speak asian just because not enough people play the game.tomarlyn

PS3 owner's do play online. The service might not be as good as xbox live, but it's free. Plus xbox pro's and elite's bundle mic's with them. Yes, I too was suprised about uncharted and killzone not having more players. I don't get that either, but give it time. I've met a ton of people playing.

[QUOTE="GodofEmpires"][QUOTE="SilentlyMad"]Wow very defensive post and seems I hit a nerve. 1-Sure England created english but the world only cares about it because of America. You really think England has the same influence to make the world want to speak your tongue? Seriously? Lets face it America is a superpower and England not so much. 2- Yes since I choose America as my region I would rather hear my native tongue but since just under 56k of the world plays UC2 on a weekend that will not happen. 3-It does not matter if they know what they are doing I should not have to listen/mute to 1/2 the group speak asian just because not enough people play the game.tomarlyn

I was a XBL whore last gen, always on. That didn't have an enormous community either but it was new. I remember two american guys in Return To Castle Wolfenstein talking openly about necrophilia and their personal techniques. There's some total freaks out there, the lack of mics with PSN is like gun control.

Now the PS3 has some real flagship online games and a good reputation. I'm sure its community will grow ten fold within the coming years and remember the experience is free, they have nothing to lose. Thats still not suggesting the current community is weak or limited in any way however. The fact the community is so varied is really nice, how many Japanese people do you have on your friends list? I have 3, they really like Lost Planet 2.

Reminds me of a MGO moment where two people where having a text chat, and one asked what the heck bestiality was.

The ensuing text chat and explanation on screen, in the middle of a game, made me LOL so hard.

Oh the MGO memories.

Heck I just downloaded Warhawk demo. You are able to play one of the online maps with the demo. I played it twice and there was only 11 people out of a possible 33. Seriously WTF!

SilentlyMad

Actually Warhawk still has a very strong community for being a 3 year old game.

I haven't played the demo since 2008 but it was very popular back then.

Im not surprised if the demo is as dead as you say it is now because I assume most people that actually liked it bought the full game. And once you buy the game you are no longer able to play the demo.

I still play this game because of the community and very good competition. Also the ranking system is another motivational desire to keep playing.

They play online, on multiplats.

[QUOTE="GodofEmpires"][QUOTE="SilentlyMad"]Wow very defensive post and seems I hit a nerve. 1-Sure England created english but the world only cares about it because of America. You really think England has the same influence to make the world want to speak your tongue? Seriously? Lets face it America is a superpower and England not so much. 2- Yes since I choose America as my region I would rather hear my native tongue but since just under 56k of the world plays UC2 on a weekend that will not happen. 3-It does not matter if they know what they are doing I should not have to listen/mute to 1/2 the group speak asian just because not enough people play the game.tomarlyn

I was a XBL whore last gen, always on. That didn't have an enormous community either but it was new. I remember two american guys in Return To Castle Wolfenstein talking openly about necrophilia and their personal techniques. There's some total freaks out there, the lack of mics with PSN is like gun control.

Now the PS3 has some real flagship online games and a good reputation. I'm sure its community will grow ten fold within the coming years and remember the experience is free, they have nothing to lose. Thats still not suggesting the current community is weak or limited in any way however. The fact the community is so varied is really nice, how many Japanese people do you have on your friends list? I have 3, they really like Lost Planet 2.

Lol I was just playing uncharted 2 online aswell. The game only gets 55000 players each day cause ppl are to busy with MW2

[QUOTE="SilentlyMad"]

Heck I just downloaded Warhawk demo. You are able to play one of the online maps with the demo. I played it twice and there was only 11 people out of a possible 33. Seriously WTF!

EnergyAbsorber

Actually Warhawk still has a very strong community for being a 3 year old game.

I haven't played the demo since 2008 but it was very popular back then.

Im not surprised ifthe demois as dead as you say it is now because I assume most people that actually liked it bought the full game. And once you buy the game you are no longer able to play the demo.

I still play this game because of the community and very good competition. Also the ranking system is another motivational desire to keep playing.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]

[QUOTE="GodofEmpires"] 1. Thats a very ignorant post. I'm American, and yes, we're a superpower, but so is England. 2. I usually find a full match on UC2 within 10-30 seconds, which is not bad considering the main focus of UC2 and why it received so many awards is the single player. Many people I know don't like the MP either, probably because "it's not MW2 so its sucks!!!" 3. I mute people who don't speak my language, too, and I'm pretty sure people mute me when I talk with my friends about random stuff on PSN. SilentlyMad

I was a XBL whore last gen, always on. That didn't have an enormous community either but it was new. I remember two american guys in Return To Castle Wolfenstein talking openly about necrophilia and their personal techniques. There's some total freaks out there, the lack of mics with PSN is like gun control.

Now the PS3 has some real flagship online games and a good reputation. I'm sure its community will grow ten fold within the coming years and remember the experience is free, they have nothing to lose. Thats still not suggesting the current community is weak or limited in any way however. The fact the community is so varied is really nice, how many Japanese people do you have on your friends list? I have 3, they really like Lost Planet 2.

No one ever said anything about PSN being a no-trash talk service...:|

And see? You found a UC2 match :P

I don't really like playing online at all. If I do, its usually just TF2 on my computer or co-op on the 360.

Lol I was just playing uncharted 2 online aswell. The game only gets 55000 players each day cause ppl are to busy with MW2

EdenProxy

[QUOTE="EnergyAbsorber"]

[QUOTE="SilentlyMad"]

Heck I just downloaded Warhawk demo. You are able to play one of the online maps with the demo. I played it twice and there was only 11 people out of a possible 33. Seriously WTF!

SilentlyMad

Actually Warhawk still has a very strong community for being a 3 year old game.

I haven't played the demo since 2008 but it was very popular back then.

Im not surprised ifthe demois as dead as you say it is now because I assume most people that actually liked it bought the full game. And once you buy the game you are no longer able to play the demo.

I still play this game because of the community and very good competition. Also the ranking system is another motivational desire to keep playing.

That map is also on the full game, CTF Island Battle "Installation" I believe is the demo..but they seperated the servers for demo players and full game players.

I recommend that you go to control options and take off Invert Up and down for aiming on everything. Also the aim speed is set at 50 % but 85-90% is much better. And I got the tank aim speed set to 100% because it aims and move the slowest.

Because there are no REAL multiplayer games on the PS3. U2 and KZ2s multiplayer fails.

erglesmergle

[QUOTE="SilentlyMad"][QUOTE="EnergyAbsorber"]

Actually Warhawk still has a very strong community for being a 3 year old game.

I haven't played the demo since 2008 but it was very popular back then.

Im not surprised ifthe demois as dead as you say it is now because I assume most people that actually liked it bought the full game. And once you buy the game you are no longer able to play the demo.

I still play this game because of the community and very good competition. Also the ranking system is another motivational desire to keep playing.

EnergyAbsorber

That map is also on the full game, CTF Island Battle "Installation" I believe is the demo..but they seperated the servers for demo players and full game players.

I recommend that you go to control options and take off Invert Up and down for aiming on everything. Also the aim speed is set at 50 % but 85-90% is much better. And I got the tank aim speed set to 100% because it aims and move the slowest.

[QUOTE="EdenProxy"]

Lol I was just playing uncharted 2 online aswell. The game only gets 55000 players each day cause ppl are to busy with MW2

SilentlyMad

I don't have any Japanese people on my friends list. My friends speak English so I we can communicate. Yes, I'm pretty sure in a couple years the PS3 community will grow, as PSN is impoved. GodofEmpires

[QUOTE="SilentlyMad"][QUOTE="EdenProxy"]

Lol I was just playing uncharted 2 online aswell. The game only gets 55000 players each day cause ppl are to busy with MW2

GodofEmpires

Ok well I am going now. I am going to play UC2 online and I am sure wait awhile every match. It is fun but just not enough of you people play it lol.SilentlyMad