Peering into the depths of Qore

Well I was going to post something about the article but then I got the hummingbird 4 times between clicking the article, and trying to post a message so I am going to stop reading Joystiq. I know Firefox+Adscript=No Ads, but Firefox+Adscript also equals no job since I test software in Internet Explorer and installing other things like Firefox would be trouble. You should announce in your podcast when the hummingbird ad is officially gone. You should also let the people above you know that the hummingbird ad is driving away your viewers and that it doesn't work. It doesn't work technically with all it's broken script and the fact that you can't skip it half the time, and it doesn't even work as an ad! 99% of the people here don't even watch it past the hummingbird which is why it is referred to as the hummingbird ad. I have absolutely no idea what the ad is actually for, my best guess is that it is to sell hummingbird feeders! I know the site has to make money somehow, but this is not it. I don't mind the banners, heck I wouldn't even mind if the hummingbird actually worked as long as I didn't see it every single link I click. It seems kind of rediculous when you see it every time you vote on a comment. Hopefully you get it taken down soon so I can come back and actually read your site, not watch a hummingbird and then play games to try and get rid of it.

Looks pretty cool. It's about like getting Playstation the official mag, except on your ps3. not a bad price with calling all cars for free.

25 bucks for an annual subscription? Not worth it to me. I could get a subscription to a real magazine(by that i mean a physical one)for that much. to each there own though. Who knows it could be good.

I think this first issue so far is a good deal for $3. I'm only on the star wars previews so far, but I've already seen some new gameplay I haven't seen before (admittedly, I haven't followed the game religiously so this footage may or may not be out somewhere else) and heard some new info.

Also the obvious is the ticket to the socom beta. Good stuff there.

Production values seem to be good so far, but I'm still not sure if I'm ready to throw down for a full year subscription yet. Maybe if next month's content is good too then I'll do it.

Magazines are for reading on the can, not in front of big HDTVs.

Oh wait.. You can just use Remote Play right? ... Oh way, no you cant. Thats too obvious a notion. Silly me.

I'll give it a try.
Seems like they are getting a lot of flack for the ads. Perhaps the should consult joystiq about how to handle such situations.

SOCOM beta access alone might be worth the $3. If they keep providing exclusive beta access, it could be a reasonable deal - maybe.

Sounds like the PSN is slowly moving into a subscription model.

gonna go for the annual subscription tonight when i get off work. i figure it's less than half the cost of a new ps3 game, so it's not that bad. plus ive been thinking of picking up calling all cars anyway.

13 issues+SOCOM Beta+demos+calling all cars=$25

SOLD!

The Socom Beta sold me on getting the 1 month subscription, but I have heard it has old video's and sucks. With SOCOM being the first game I played online and the only game for sometime you know I will be downloading this tonight!

Actually I'm really glad I got rid of my PS3 and people still like their PS3's but the PSN will start charging a fee, it's a coming. Home is basic but if you want anything you have to pay extra and even offering online gameplay costs Sony money and like any other company Sony's in the business to make money. But really how could you justify spending $25 a year for an online magazine, Wow the PS3 needs games bad.

The bonus download of Calling all Cars!

I was about to say that I normally I don't subscribe to magazines because I'm purely interested on the bonus demos and well the included stuff but when you put it this way Annual Subscription FTW,I hope they include more cool stuff like this.

Too bad I don't have a PS3 yet.I won't have one until next month sinc eI'll be very busy.

Were it not for Calling All Cars / SOCOM, nobody would buy this. So why don't they just offer the downloads / beta up for some cash, and skip all this silly digital magazine nonsense?

I heard an interview on GameTheory with one of their old hosts who now works on Qore. He said that every month they would have "demos" included, and for starters the first one would be the Socom beta. So what does that mean for the future? They will pull demos or never release them on PSN in order for them to be exclusive to Qore? So.. now you end up paying for demos? If demos is supposed to be the big selling factor then PSN is the wrong platform for this since those same demos should be there to begin with.

My two cents.

the 360 kinda has the same thing with xbox insider but is it also free to silver users?

I'm sorry but paying money to get "insider information"(IE: stuff you can find on the internet for free) seems pretty damn ridiculous. Even if you're doing it just for the Socom Beta.

So XB Live is such a rip-off to the PS3 fanboys, but now people are going to say that this is such a great deal. I find that disingenuous at best.

They want us to pay to get insider info and into a beta – that’s not cool at all. They are giving the game away to soften the blow, but when MS charges a fee or gives a game to soften the blow of something (like an outage) the PS3 fanboys scream bloody murder.