Aren't PS3 owners willing to switch sides if PSN stays indefinitely down?

How long are you willing to wait for sony to fix their network isssues before switching to x360?

was wondering about that after reading the below excerpt from a WSJ article regarding some PS3 owners threatening to jump ship over the PSN issues.

Last week's outage came at a particularly bad time for the videogame giant. Many of its teenage customers were hoping to virtually punch, kick and choke each other in new videogames, including Warner Bros. Entertainment's Mortal Kombat, over the three-day Easter weekend.

Instead, many of them griped on Facebook, Twitter and even the Digits Blog. Many of the upset gamers said they wanted more transparency from Sony as the process of rebuilding its service continues. Others threatened to switch sides, as it were, and join Microsoft's Xbox Live service, which largely offers the same features as the PlayStation Network.

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WSJ

People willing to buy a 360 just because of a PSN outage are pretty short sighted.

Im actually willing to activate my Live subscription and resevre Gears 3 for the beta. I hate not being able to play my games online.

I have like 1.5 hours left on Crysis 2, then what????

it'll have to be down for at least the whole year for me even consider purchasing an Xbox 360. I have too many games for my PS3 to just suddenly abandon them all and switch to a console where most of the exclusives don't appeal to me. :?

Pfft, I bought a PS3 and sold my Xbox 360 to get away from a mandatory fee.

A month off for something that I don't pay for doesn't affect me any.

Nope. PSN being down doesn't magically make a 360 library of games that I want to play.

If this network outage is such a big deal to you maybe its time to start doing other things than gaming non stop :P sure im lucky i own both PS3 and a 360 but to be blunt with this amazing weather here i've been out more or less all weekend and when im in i have a bass to keep me occupied if i only had PSN.

Tbh theres no point in making a big deal, its not the end of the bloody world like some people think for crying out loud.

Since that isn't going to happen, why bother thinking about it?

Pfft, I bought a PS3 and sold my Xbox 360 to get away from a mandatory fee.

A month off for something that I don't pay for doesn't affect me any.

GameShtopper

Never.

Some of us have lives outside of gaming and are well aware of the beautiful natural smell of spring air.

And we're not exactly stupid enough to be suckered into paying a subscription fee, when MP gaming is really not the end all be all of entertainment.

although I hate spending a fortune on stuff, I'd just get a PC. I already have xbl... I guess I need 2 systems to stay at ease.

Im actually willing to activate my Live subscription and resevre Gears 3 for the beta. I hate not being able to play my games online.

I have like 1.5 hours left on Crysis 2, then what????

RyanShazam

Last week's outage came at a particularly bad time for the videogame giant. Many of its teenage customerswere hoping to virtually punch, kick and choke each other in new videogames, including Warner Bros. Entertainment's Mortal Kombat, over the three-day Easter weekend.

Instead, many of them griped on Facebook, Twitter and even the Digits Blog. Many of the upset gamers said they wanted more transparency from Sony as the process of rebuilding its service continues. Others threatened to switch sides, as it were, and join Microsoft's Xbox Live service, which largely offers the same features as the PlayStation Network.

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WSJ

The ignorance. No one notices this? The people that grew up with MK are in their 20s and 30s now.

Yeah, no chance.

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Im actually willing to activate my Live subscription and resevre Gears 3 for the beta. I hate not being able to play my games online.

I have like 1.5 hours left on Crysis 2, then what????

lucky_star

I dont find it fun playing a game to get trophies or achievments. I mean i find it cool when i get a random trophey or achievment but i wont set out to get them.

If people are that obsessed and upset about this where they are going to fork over hundreds of dollars and a Live sub then they have bigger issues and should take a look at their life.xXDrPainXx

Well I already have a 360 and I hardly ever play it as is and I don't have Live anymore, so I wont be switch any time soon.

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Last week's outage came at a particularly bad time for the videogame giant. Many of its teenage customerswere hoping to virtually punch, kick and choke each other in new videogames, including Warner Bros. Entertainment's Mortal Kombat, over the three-day Easter weekend.

Instead, many of them griped on Facebook, Twitter and even the Digits Blog. Many of the upset gamers said they wanted more transparency from Sony as the process of rebuilding its service continues. Others threatened to switch sides, as it were, and join Microsoft's Xbox Live service, which largely offers the same features as the PlayStation Network.

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h575309

The ignorance. No one notices this? The people that grew up with MK are in their 20s and 30s now.

Im confused as to what you are trying to point out.

They never mentioned the original fanbase being teenagers. All they state is that many teenagers want to play versus mode during their break.

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[quote="WSJ"]

Last week's outage came at a particularly bad time for the videogame giant. Many of its teenage customerswere hoping to virtually punch, kick and choke each other in new videogames, including Warner Bros. Entertainment's Mortal Kombat, over the three-day Easter weekend.

Instead, many of them griped on Facebook, Twitter and even the Digits Blog. Many of the upset gamers said they wanted more transparency from Sony as the process of rebuilding its service continues. Others threatened to switch sides, as it were, and join Microsoft's Xbox Live service, which largely offers the same features as the PlayStation Network.

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RyanShazam

The ignorance. No one notices this? The people that grew up with MK are in their 20s and 30s now.

Im confused as to what you are trying to point out.

They never mentioned the original fanbase being teenagers. All they state is that many teenagers want to play versus mode during their break.

http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/07/17/survey%3A-average-u.s.-gamer-age-35%3B-40%25-are-women

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[quote="WSJ"]

Last week's outage came at a particularly bad time for the videogame giant. Many of its teenage customerswere hoping to virtually punch, kick and choke each other in new videogames, including Warner Bros. Entertainment's Mortal Kombat, over the three-day Easter weekend.

Instead, many of them griped on Facebook, Twitter and even the Digits Blog. Many of the upset gamers said they wanted more transparency from Sony as the process of rebuilding its service continues. Others threatened to switch sides, as it were, and join Microsoft's Xbox Live service, which largely offers the same features as the PlayStation Network.

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RyanShazam

The ignorance. No one notices this? The people that grew up with MK are in their 20s and 30s now.

Im confused as to what you are trying to point out.

They never mentioned the original fanbase being teenagers. All they state is that many teenagers want to play versus mode during their break.

It seems to me theyre insinuating anyone who wanted to play MK was a teenager. Unless they are refering to kids on spring break.

But everyone get Easter weekend off :?

Silly TC...people who like to play online a lot already have a 360 :)daviwinn

I thought they had a PC for online

you would have to be a no life loser to do that. if your entire existence revolves around online gaming then thats just sad.

But 360 doesn't have games.

Since that isn't going to happen, why bother thinking about it?

heretrix

I'd rather go without online if my other option was LIVE.

It won't be down forever... or even another week I bet.

I'd quite simply use Steam like I usually do. Free of charge and a better service overall.

remember last gen when online gaming was meh? everyone lived then, they can live now for a bit, also psn is free, i'm not paying for anything so sony can take as long as they need to fix their servers. i don't live on my gaming system, go outside, go hang with friends, other things to do then be in your room playing with people you don't know online.

Arent 360 owners switching to the system with games

People willing to buy a 360 just because of a PSN outage are pretty short sighted.

Yangire

The benefit of owning a PC AND a PS3...Merex760

This only concerns the console only people, heck i have been playing most of my games online with my PC. But on the other note i freaking cant wait to play some SOCOM 4 online since the day i bought it PSN went offline!