The Sony Thread

[JameO]

Originally Posted by JameO

Turned it on to play SOCOM 4 and to my surprise, they still have connections to the update server, so I was forced into a huge update as my console had been off for about 6 months. I ain't anxious for it to be back either, I can wait to play SOCOM online.

About the Xbox Live bit, I have had friends that had flaky issues with wireless as well, but from my view it looked like a router issue. I would rather run cable with repeaters everywhere than to go wireless. A major turning point for me is the large download times for updates that seem to be every week or so. Any xbox live update I received took a few seconds and I was back into my game again. It is almost like they are adding a service pack to the ps3 every week, insane! Anyways, this said I will still be playing games like SOCOM online with friends, but xbox live will always be the better online experience. Sure it has a price tag, but well worth it in my opinion. Now one thing I would like is dedicated servers, heck I would even pay extra monthly for each game if they had dedicated servers. Some games setup just doesn't seem to pick the right host (Black Ops) and leads to host changes and games being dropped.

Edit: So apparently the second day that they were in the blind, "computers rebooted at random times when they were not scheduled to", well that might be a key indication of it being compromised. And then there is people all over the web saying don't blame Sony, no network is safe. Yes this is true, but also if they did the updates like they were instructed to and also if they had installed things like firewalls or honeypots then they could have known a lot quicker of the break in and not leave your entire infrastructure open for 3 full days. There is no network unbreakable, but there is also no excuse for choosing to opt out of very neccessary pieces of equipment.

Edit 2: Apparently I am a n00b, sorry for the double post. Not enough sleep leads to dumb moves like this.