PSN boss disses Xbox Live's interface, game delisting

by Kyle Orland { Jul 3rd 2008 at 4:57PM }

No sooner does Sony (briefly) improve the PS3 user interface with the much-talked-about version 2.4 firmware update, than some at the company feel cocky enough to start badmouthing the competition's interface. Speaking to Next-Gen, PlayStation Network Director of Operations Eric Lempel took the bait, comparing Sony's redesigned PlayStation Store to Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace. "I think if I look over at the competitors' UI they may have some issues just displaying content," Lempel said, "and scrolling up and down lists isn't the easiest way to find things." Tell that to McSweeny's, why don'tcha?

Lempel also pointed out that the PlayStation Store interface has "a lot of room with virtual shelf space to put a lot of things," a not-so-subtle jab at Microsoft's recently announced plan to de-list some Xbox Live Arcade games. "Depending on what type of UI you have you can accommodate a lot of titles," Lempel continued, "and specifically with our new store redesign which launched back in April we have a great ability to merchandise a wide variety of titles." That's all well and good, assuming your PS3 is currently working.

[Via X3F]

Tags: console wars, console-wars, consolewars, interface, Microsoft, PlayStation-Network, PSN, Sony, XBL, XBLA, XBLM, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, XboxLive, XboxLiveArcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

theturtle363 @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:03PM

At least XBL doesn't get hacked

Peter Vazkey @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:10PM

among other things

Moffka @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:09PM

The PSN never got hacked.... Playstation.com got hacked and that has nothing to do with the PS3 systems.

theturtle363 @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:10PM

Except, you know, the whole playstation part

Moffka @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:14PM

And it doesn't affect any systems. Playstation.com has no link to the systems.

theturtle363 @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:17PM

that's hardly the same as having nothing to do with it

Trev @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:29PM

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=131

eNrique @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:45PM

well. don't be so sure

http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/xbox-live-hacked-accounts-stolen-245887.php

btw, why in the fucking world i cannot delete my credit card number of my xbox live account????
i dont feel so comfortable that way

Tiptup300 @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:54PM

Trev, those were phishing scams.

Trev @ Jul 3rd 2008 7:43PM

And what is it on playstation.com? Phishing scam. Only no one has lost their PSN account.

It still stands that: 1. The PSN was not hacked. 2. LIVE accounts have been compromised. 3. Xbox fanboys are pretending the opposite of both of the previous.

(I'm not calling turtle a fanboy, but there are plenty of them here)

hotnutz @ Jul 4th 2008 5:57AM

>> Trev, those were phishing scams.

Oh, so phishing scam does not count as because social engineering is not considered a form of hacking now? I'm sorry, XBL accounts WERE comprised due to poor security training at MS. That's the truth plain and simple. The PSN has not had it happen (yet) but who's to say that it won't? The FUD spread by some of the people on this site is simply unbelievable.

MC Double Def DP @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:05PM

I enjoy both systems but Sony should be keeping their mouth shut at the moment. PSN getting hacked and new firmware bricking systems... now is not the time for sh*t talkin!

4MyFriends @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:04PM

I have to agree. I know they are adding things that should had been in PSN from day one, and they are getting a bit arrogant now, but they need to worry about what they are going to do for the rest of the year now that MGS4 was released last month.

Misfit Toy @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:25PM

Sony? Arrogant? Shocker!!!

Benny @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:27PM

Yeah the corporate dick-swinging ia just boring. Do these companies not understand that it's the bite people care about, not the bark.

J @ Jul 3rd 2008 7:58PM

@MC double douche
First of all, your avatar, and your comment makes you come off as a complete jackass. If that's what you were going for, please don't be flattered.

This is the first firmware update that messed up a FEW ps3's. And sony was quick to ADMIT it and removed the firmware. Although not as quick as MS was to admitting they had an RROD issue, I'm sure. MS still hasn't admitted to all the other hardware issues.

how many firmware updates messed up xboxes? and you pay for that with ADs, at least! even though u can update for free. I mentioned the pay part because idiots have been saying the sony firmware update "failed" thanks to psn being free. Either way, MS, nor you has any credibility when it comes to Sony's current situation.

And this is nowhere near as fucked up as 360's RROD epidemic. People haven't brought up that story in a while, but we mention it every time a dick like you shows up. Put you back in the corner of the room where you belong.

Lastly, you're flat out wrong. PSN didn't get hacked........ PERIOD. Stupid.

Sadly, all the morons that voted you up knew you were full of shit, but they're so desperate for any negative misinformation about Sony they can get, since they're so insecure.

You must be new around here. If you're going to lie, don't pretend to be objective and be a little more creative, or stfu.

...actually, stfu anyway.

HEY EVERYBODY, HAVE A HAPPY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAAAAAAAFE, 4TH OF JULY! ;)

Ordeith @ Jul 3rd 2008 9:22PM

His avatar has become a kind of anti-DRM icon.

Meaning the video it is from and the DRM sony keeps pushing are equally absurd.

Kenny @ Jul 3rd 2008 10:50PM

Quick, somebody get a wah-mbulance for J!

cry some more

MC Double Def DP @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:55PM

J, I stopped reading your comment after 'douche' but it pleases me that my little comment made you soil your panties and cause you to write an essay about it.

John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jul 4th 2008 12:27AM

@MC Pee Pants

Way to spew FUD, bullshit fanboy rhetoric and hyperbole only matched by the likes of Infinite un-legend THE Premature Asshat.

MC Double Def DP @ Jul 4th 2008 1:08AM

Did I hear you right? Did I hear you sayin'...?

deaftly @ Jul 4th 2008 11:57AM

SDF ANGRY AT TRUTH!!

Snowblind @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:05PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a good deal of content has already been removed from PSN, as far as I can tell. Game demo's inparticular don't seem to stick around for very long.

MS removing crappy Arcade games that nobody plays doesn't seem like such a big deal to me. But I do agree that the Market Place needs a redesign, so I hope those rumours are true. Although I wouldn't say the PSN is anything to gloat about, especially as almost everything they did with it seemed to be entirely influenced by Xbox Live.

Eric @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:36PM

Dude, where is that pic from? It's driving me nuts, I know I know it.....

Josh @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:45PM

Movie trailers (theatrical, DVD, and Blu-ray) are removed all the time. Only the latest ones stay up there.

Any bit of the rest of the content, however, has only very rarely been removed.

Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Jul 3rd 2008 9:17PM

Yeah, they'll get taken off the main content pages, but if you go into View All by Title, you'll see lots of old stuff is still around. I just went in and saw an old Oblivion video that isn't on the normal Videos page, and the Lair OST.

Jon. A @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:06PM

Honestly, I think that's also a jab at the Wii Shop Channel.

Peter Vazkey @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:11PM

Can't talk crap about something they can't compete with.

Jake11 @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:06PM

BUUURN. I think XBLM is great, after you download a demo, it works, no installation BS.

Moffka @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:07PM

Umm... Kyle Orland... having the 2.40 patch removed for the time being or myself having already installed it, doesn't mean your PS3 isn't working. You might want to rephrase that blatant lie at the end.

Omnidoom @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:16PM

No, but it did ruin some PS3s. . .

Farseer (GDI) @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:43PM

Wow dude, either chill out or add an (SDF) tag to your name...

NATO_Duke @ Jul 3rd 2008 7:18PM

Dude, you are so SDF.

DangerMouse @ Jul 3rd 2008 8:21PM

yah srsly sdf or gtfo lol

tits.

Mal F4cti0n @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:08PM

I guess it is a good idea to release all sorts of features after the release of the console than to have it set up. Oh, and releasing updates that completely fry everyone's hard disc. A broken XMB, Achievement....er, I mean Trophies, and broken in game chat are what makes a good PSN.

Idiots. Hey Kettle, know thy own color!

Moffka @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:11PM

Microsoft has had plenty of updates that bricked peoples systems... I think everyone already forgot about that.

Moffka @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:12PM

Microsoft has had plenty of updates that bricked peoples systems... I think everyone already forgot about that.

Jakka @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:32PM

Such as? I don't remember any during the last year.Maybe they were so quick at fixing it.

Hala Madrid!! (Madrileno hasta la muerte!) @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:51PM

@Moffka

No matter how hard you wanna try to defend Sony, they're always talking shit about the 360, and now that it finally happened to their console, they should just keep their mouth shut.

Noshino @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:53PM

"completely fry everyone's hard disc"

Were are you pulling this info from? your ass?

Jakka

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/07/class-action-lawsuit-could-be-building-against-microsoft-for-360/
http://www.joystiq.com/2005/12/12/patch-renders-xbox-games-unplayable-on-360/

Mal F4cti0n @ Jul 3rd 2008 10:09PM

Noshino,

The 2.40 update caused problems and freezes and people got their hard drives with all their game and personal data erased. Not literally fried, as in it doesn't work anymore, but fried as in they lost all the data.

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:08PM

Little Bastard, YOU WISH PSN was on par with LIVE.

Oops, did I say that out loud? o_O Exsqueeze me.

Eric @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:34PM

Hey Fenix, how do you change your pic? I go to my profile on Joysiq and upload a new pic but it never takes. Does it have to be a certain format like bitmap?

Have you seen all the new GOW multiplayer vids? CODWAW,RFOM2 and SOCOM can all sit and spin - all I want is my new Gears. Nov cannot get here soon enough.