Scratch one Gears of War 3 demo

@aray48

I suppose because its GeoW. But I wouldn't play that game if you gave it to me for free.

@aray48

Why *isn't* it news? I didn't know that this demo existed until I read this, and I doubt you did either. Sounds like news to me.

@SisypheanLife
Then what are you doing commenting here, trollface?

@aray48
I know right? You're supposed to release a demo before the game comes out so people will buy it day 1. Releasing a demo months after the game is out is stupid because then you have to compete with other games. And we're talking about some other AAA games in the passed 2 months...BF3, MW3, Skyrim...I mean if you haven't got GoW for Christmas then you're probably not getting it any time soon either.

@teeftwo
They did release a "demo" before the game came out. It was called a beta and it was awesome.

@fohf A beta is not a demo given that a beta is likely to contain bugs and is often limited in it's userbase.

@Liquidfingers

The tried that with Brütal Legend and it didnt work out so well.

@Liquidfingers
The first Dead Space demo also did that. It made the game seem like it sucked, luckily for me I was already going to buy it and the game turned out to be awesome.

@MarkezJM
if anything Live should be free like PSN. That, or they make the the cost of 360 games cheaper since you have to pay to play online. It isn't fair that PS players get to hop online free of charge whenever and you pay for the same game.

@Baagawk

Except that live is ridiculously better than the PSN interface, gold doesn't really cost that much at all, and saying that 360 games should be cheaper is ridiculous. PSN sucks. My brother finally got back on the bandwagon with a console for his kids got a 360, because of Kinect, and the ease of use for lil youngans is so far beyond PS3 it's silly.

Not to mention the fact that the update situation with PS3 is inexcusable. I wanted to rent a movie the other night and I had to sit through 40 minutes of updates. It's beyond pathetic.

@Baagawk

News flash, PSN won't be free on the PS4.

@Baagawk
Here we go again

@MarkezJM

Dude you have to go back further to get to the 2007 comments section. PSN stopped sucking years ago.

@MarkezJM - I agree 100% about the update situation.

I actually paid more to rent a movie on Zune recently that I would've to rent it on the PSN Video Store (the one I wanted to watch was one of their 99 cent rentals at the time) solely because I knew I hadn't applied the most recent software update and didn't want to sit through the update process.

@eat it - While I wouldn't go near as far as saying that PSN sucks (outside of the update situation), it still has a long way to go to get to where Xbox Live is.

@Mcmax3000

Says the guy with the XBL avatar.

@Baagawk
You know what happens to having free online multiplayer? Your company gets hacked and you can't play online for a few months. Then again, with PSN down, we did catch Osama Bin Laden. LOL

@MNArmyBoy

you're acting like Sony was the only video game company to get hacked this past year. Did you not read the article about the other 2 dozen companies?

@Mcmax3000

XBL has a long way to go to reach the simplicity and design of PSN.
more is not always better

@TheOnlyNameAvailable
The new XBOX dashboard is a little clunky, but you don't have to use it most of the timel. When the 360 turns on, whatever you have in the disc tray is already highlighted, and you just have to press down once to get to quickplay and play whatever else you're interested in. You rarely ever need to mess around with the "hubs"

LOL at your fugly screenshot avatar!

@trickybuz93

lol, that's hilarious. yeah, you pretty much are, even when we've got all this serious debt.

@trickybuz93 - From the sounds of it in other comments I've read, it seems to be US only. Not sure why since the game is available in most XBL regions.

@MarkezJM

Double balls. Fail reply.

PS that broad on Damages is hawt. No, not Glen Close.

@MarkezJM

Comparing XMB to to XBL? Maybe PSN to XBL?

XBL Free: Offline gaming only. Bunch of "upgrade to Gold" ads. late demos. no streaming services. Microsoft screwing people over as usual.

PSN: Online gaming. text chat. voice chat. picture messaging. free use of streaming services. Sony appealing to gamers with common sense.

PSN w/ PlayStation Plus: Same as regular PSN, but with cloud storage for game saves. automatic updates. automatic downloads. early access to demos. beta invites. FREE games. FREE themes. Deep discounts on select games and DLC. Game trials.

XBL Gold: Cross game chat. You pay Microsoft to use your Xbox.

I would have sold my 360 long ago, but I keep getting 12 month XBL cards for Christmas. I prefer PSN to XBL, it's a much better service in my opinion, mostly because it's free, and if you do pay, you get a lot of awesome things. (INB4 run-on sentence!)

XMB vs. Xbox Dashboard?

XMB: Simple and effective.

Xbox Dashboard: Each update looks better than the previous, but things get more complicated and the interface becomes less effective. ADS, ADS, AND MORE ADS. You start to forget this is a paid service. I'm afraid to see what the next Dashboard will look like. Will we have to watch 30 sec. commercials before we can play Forza 5?

/end rant

@Mr Hett
While you're complaints about XBL are totally valid, I still have a far better experience playing 360 games online than I do PS3 games. The party/chat/messaging system, as well as the painless, quick updates, compared to the PS3's minimal communication options and slower, often needlessly complex updates, keep me far away from my PS3 when I want to play a game online. I hate paying $40 a year for a service with ads as much as the next guy, but compared to the alternative? I'll take it.

@MarkezJM

hold up do you still see my name as Space?

I wish I could have kept it but I had to change it when the redesign came around

You made the most sense. We play games, that should be the focus. Not cross game chat. I dislike both Sony and MS, but I prefer PSN for the nonexistence of annoying ads and it's free access. But you know it's only like that because Sony had to rush in order to catch up to MS, otherwise Sony would be screwing everybody over just as much if not more so like usual.

@Teeree
"We play games, that should be the focus"
Party chat has a huge impact on how I play multiplayer games. It allows me to jump into a room with my friends, talk about what game we want to play next, and then easily send and receive invites to said games. It allows us to communicate in game and work as a team without hearing the occasional 6 year old throw out racial slurs. It makes playing games online a vastly better experience.

@CaramelZappa
I used party chat. It took me a half-hour into get into a game and play for that exact reason. Everyone would shut up and come to a decision of what exactly they wanted to play rather than just calling me on a cell phone when they came to a decision and were ready to play. I've lost hours of my lifetime waiting and waiting...... and waiting. Party chat is old news. Its not worth $60/year.

@neoXmahi
Sony also gives early access demos and game trials to PSN+ subscribers. It's idiotic to reserve advertising to customers who pay a premium instead of letting everyone have access and thus expand your potential market, but you can't knock Microsoft for doing it and then pretend that Sony doesn't.