Beer Monkey
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Stinkles said:
After you eat a lot of Indian food.
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PS3 FW 1.6 Thread. (Out now, updated feature list in first post)
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After you eat a lot of Indian food.
speculawyer
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kaching said:
Nothing stopping them from disabling it on the 60gb model either . . . except that it would be really stupid for them to do that.
Blimblim said:
I agree. I sure hope that the PS3 can reside in some lower power standby state without having the GPU, HD, BD and other components running full tilt.
What would be really cool is "wake on lan" functionality but I don't see that being practical for the large number of users stuck behind firewalls, NATs, dynamic IP addresses etc.
Are we talking about the same thing here? Remote Play. Nothing to do with the PS Store.spwolf said:
Right, because the reason they only offer the feature in the 60GB model is to enhance the perception of its value over the 20GB model. It's not like they couldn't have offered LAN-based pairing from the start for the 20GB model, to complement the adhoc pairing via wifi that the 60GB offered. You certainly don't need to get WAN-based remote play working first to enable that.speculawyer said:
Standby isn't at all the same thing as being idle, it's just merely using enough power for the red led and to monitor the ON button and bluetooth. Every "important" component is down.Onix said:
I guess a wake on lan is definitely possible, but I for one don't want to leave any of the next-gen systems on when I'm not here to monitor them. Call me paranoid, but with this much heat being outputted (even if the PS3 itself stays lukewarm), I certainly wouldn't dare let it power on without me being there.
Heck, I wouldn't leave my apartment with a 360 on for more than 5 minutes, I trust the PS3 hardware (a lot) more but I'm going to do it.
It's just terrible how little I trust these next-gen systems.
Pristine_Condition
Member
Bad_Boy said:
He's serious, ya'll.
So why were you talking about buying stuff from the PS Store?spwolf said:
Yet they chose to enable remote play via an adhoc wifi connection only, which happens to favor the 60GB model. If they had wanted to enable it for both models, they could have offered infrastructure pairing within a home network instead.
I will be incredibly pissed off if there is no in game XMB. The OS/system features are just not ready for primetime with the message Sony (and furthermore, Microsoft) is trying to communicate. I don't think it's at all acceptable to have to leave a game to have to check messages. Why can't I see my friends list from anywhere? It just seems so damn conflicting.
True, background downloading is nice, but I don't really need that...I need the features that will enhance my game experience.
Remote play is total garbage IMO, I have no idea what you would use it for.
True, background downloading is nice, but I don't really need that...I need the features that will enhance my game experience.
Remote play is total garbage IMO, I have no idea what you would use it for.
mylilbuddy
Banned
beermonkey@tehbias said:
and thats almost high enough a difference to pay for the 360 power and 1 yr of xbox live.
Blimblim said:
Well, when I first got my PS3 it stayed on for 3 days straight! Now it's usually on for at least 24 hours at a stretch, anyone on my friends list can attest to that. Heck, I usually have it playing something when I go to sleep. I'll let you know if I burn to the ground:lol
Beer Monkey
Member
Y2Kevbug11 said:
It's far from proven that the majority of the console market really cares about extended matchmaking/community features, so what we're seeing is different approaches being taken to determine what they *are* most interested in. And isn't that what hardware competition is good for, after all? To allow us to see different approaches and make a choice as to which we prefer?
beermonkey@tehbias said:
I don't really think "visible friends list" counts though. How can you not have that? There absolutely needs to be some equivalent to what Microsoft offers here on the Playstation side, and I pretty much feel that way because Sony's own implementation suggests it should be there. Why do I need to know I got a message from Beamber, let's say, if I can't actually check that message until I quit? What if he was asking if I wanted to play Resistance?
Come on! This is basic stuff!
speculawyer
Member
Norse said:
Mostly playing DVDs to my toddler daughter . . . I'm such a bad parent. It does get a lot of hours in though, that is probably why I've had two 360s die on me.
Norse said:
Yeah, a lot of cheap points though . . . College Hoops 2K6 that I played for about 20 minutes. Prey. King Kong.
I earned my 1000 on Tomb Raider though.
I run my laptop 24/7. I've run all my PCs 24/7. I think my last PC drew more wattage than a PS3. I think I'll be fine running mine 24/7. Remote play is what I've been itching to hear about. PLEASE, can anyone confirm if this is gonna be supported by the 20GB model? If so, I might have to jump on the next one I see before they disappear from retail completely. I'm sure I'd be able to find one squirreled away somewhere, but I don't want to go with the Core unless it supports Remote Play over WAN. My 4GB stick has no place for vids at present. I'd like to save all of it for games and stream anime from the PS3. Awesome if true. PEACE.
PEACE.BobTheFork
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Mine went to the shop with dead disc drive. I really never felt like it was getting hot before. But now I honestly worry about it. The ps3 IMO gets hot, as to be expected, its never put out any heat thats made me even think about taking my hand off it, but I would say its hot. I used mine 6-8 a days every days for 3 months, I watched all my dvd, BD and psone, 2 games on it. despite being worried because my ps3 DID go to repairs, I think you need to worry about overusing the drive way before any overheating issues occur
squatingyeti
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reilo said:
You should win an award for having the balls to say that with so many paranoid people around nowadays. By the way, they should change it to Global Cooling, because if the icecaps keep melting, we'll have another ice age, not a nice warm up like people think.
A wake on LAN would be awesome for any console. Tell your superiors Stinkles.....somehow, make it so!
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Y2Kevbug11 said:
Yeah I'm ****ing pissed too about Sony not talking more about in-game XMB access. The shit is the #1 thing I want right now that's not a game for the system!
Thunderbear
Mawio Gawaxy iz da Wheeson hee pways games
I think this is an awesome feature. I'll be able to keep my portfolio on my PS3 whenever I go out and just bring my psp. Love it.
Pristine_Condition
Member
Bad_Boy said:
Dead serious. Serious as an IRS audit, ya'll.
Every time I've ever booted my PS3, his machine is on. It's crazy. I wonder how many invites he gets a day that go ignored?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Pimpwerx said:
Nobody wants to hear that smart talk Pimp.
To add to that, maybe they could also get this feature running on the PSP @ the same time too. I agree, this is a feature I really, really want. Just for stuff like file management really. I know it should be possible too, since a lot of OS functions are integrated into the games. All file-handling uses the XMB interface, as does the network connection. Why can't we get access to other stuff like the music folder at the same time? It's currently the biggest gripe I have about the PSP, and I'm sure it would be even worse for the PS3 since that's gonna be my media hub. I would like that ironed out by the time I get a PS3, but I can rest easy now knowing that the most important feature has been implemented...at least guaranteed for the 60GB model. PEACE.mckmas8808 said:
Y2Kevbug11 said:
The PSP's combination of video and music is one of the reasons I take it on long trips. If this remote-play lets me download new movies and music at each wireless hotspot I come too (say an airport) then it'll be great. Unfortunately, remote-play does seem to hint at streaming-only...
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
reilo said:
What are your download speeds? Mine are around 580kb/sec for my PC, X360, and the Wii while for teh PS3, they clock in around 100kb/sec. What router are you using? My PS3 is about 8 feet from my router in a direct path of the antenna.
This thread is why I won't be leaving my PS3 on as a media server or a Home server.
Is having friends over to watch movies in Home while you're sleeping kind of cool? Yes. Is it worth $15+ a month in electricity? Hell no. (At the overage rate in San Francisco it would cost $45 a month.)
They need to fix putting the PS3 in a low-power state. It's idiotic for people to spend several multiples on wasted electricity what it would cost Sony to just host dedicated servers.
Is having friends over to watch movies in Home while you're sleeping kind of cool? Yes. Is it worth $15+ a month in electricity? Hell no. (At the overage rate in San Francisco it would cost $45 a month.)
They need to fix putting the PS3 in a low-power state. It's idiotic for people to spend several multiples on wasted electricity what it would cost Sony to just host dedicated servers.
