Nothing.
No F*CKING HL-3
No F*CKING Ep-3.
No F*CKING Portal 2 (except for console... who gives a F*CK...)
F*CK L4D3, nobody plays that shit.
I'm pissed, feel free to ignore me and this thread.

yep.
I was F*CKING pissed. I spent the last 9 damn hours at work, hoping to god that they would be releasing CS2 or something equally good. But F*CK no. Its about F*CKING consoles.

But then again it is pretty cool, that Steam is going to PS3. Its a superior system and they can do a lot with it.

I still facepalmed when i read it though

Did you also hear, that keeping your Steam content was going to cost $50 a month, just like Xbox Live? The great thing that's always been PS3 is it's free patching and playing. Enter Valve, and it's no more.

F*CK you Valve, officially... F*CK you.

Your source?

$50 a month for keeping what content?

Launching worldwide on June 29, PlayStation Plus could very well catch Xbox Live Gold with its pants down. A new paid subscription service from Sony, PlayStation Plus will give PS3 owners different features and opportunities based on whether they subscribe to the new service. The current PSN model of free online play and downloads will still exist, but PlayStation Plus subscribers will get exclusive discounts on PlayStation Store content, free and exclusive access to select games, early beta invitations, and they'll have new content downloaded automatically to their PS3 even if the system's not in use. These are all great updates, but they're only incremental. The biggest feature of PlayStation Plus, and the one that's really exciting, may actually make PSN become Sony's Trojan horse into digital distribution: full game trials.

PlayStation Plus members will have access to full versions of certain PS3 and PlayStation Network titles, including PS One classics. The downloadable titles, which will change every month like an on-demand setup, will be available for download from the PlayStation Store for a set period of time and be playable for a certain period as well (say, two weeks, like a library book). Once the trial period expires, the game can be purchased online if the PS3 owner so desires. PlayStation Plus members will also have free access to the full versions of specific PS3 and PSN titles, including WipEout HD, Minis, Age of Zombies and Rally Cross. These free games will be available to Plus members as long as they keep their PlayStation Plus membership active.

PS3 owners will be able to purchase PlayStation Plus membership exclusively through the PlayStation Store beginning June 29, and they'll need to install PS3 firmware version 3.40, which will be released June 22. PlayStation Plus will be available in two price categories: a 90-day version for $17.99 and a 365-day (annual) subscription for $49.99. SCEA will also debut the service with a promo in which subscribers get three free bonus months if they sign-up for an annual membership.

Game demos have been one of the most beloved features of the current-gen consoles, but full game trials via PlayStation Plus make that concept look elementary by comparison. To be fair, Microsoft's poised to make a similar, albeit reactive, announcement now that the Xbox 360 slim will be in stores this week with a 250GB hard drive. That's a lot of storage space, and it certainly makes full game downloads a possibility. But Sony's unveiling of PlayStation Plus definitely shows the company has gone on the offensive with online entertainment and innovation, and we've not previously seen those signs of life -- let alone such signs of a strategic online roadmap -- from the SCEA camp. For all the grief Sony has gotten during the PS3's lifecycle about its online system, PlayStation Plus may both redeem the company's three-year history and put The House that Kaz Built firmly in the online driver's seat.




Sparknotes : $50 = Discounts, Free exlucsive access to certain games, Early Beta invitation, Downloads even while offline, and Full Game Trials. As in you can rent the entire game basically for free.

Online play, matchmaking and what not is still free

LINK: http://www.dailygame.net/news/archives/009244.php

Well for console doesn't sound like half a bad idea...for 50 bucks a year shit.


I thought we were talking steam on pc chargin' the way Acid's sentence was worded, guess I was wrong.

they said portal 2 would be on ps3, 360, pc and mac. i watched it on g4. i didnt see the sony conference, but they talked about it and im pretty sure thats what they said

I heard Tempest was going to cost $.25 a play. What shit.



I won't pay any subscription fee for any type of game. That whole concept is retarded. It would be different if I didn't have to shell out $60 but I doubt that will ever go away with a subscription so screw it. I like turtles. I can get a lot of ammo for the amount kids are spending on subscription fees.

I'm not paying for anything more than I have to just to play a F*CKING video game. Console games are expensive as shit as it is. Just like Xbox 360 did with Xbox Live... I'm not going to pay XX.XX dollars a month just to be able to watch videos on Netflix, which I own an account for, or getting access to things like Twitter/Facebook which are completely free services already. Most people who have a console have a PC. Why pay more money for things that should be free. Why would I pay money to get into a beta that should be free? It's literally the best way to sell a product-- by watching a game grow as you playtest it. Downloading while offline? How about implementing that for free to give your customers a solid reason to continue to use your console?

Sorry, but the best things in life are free.

That would be why I love PC Games... but keep in mind that part of the reason XBL costs is due to server costs undertaken by MS. For Steam, except for L4D and a few content servers everything else is payed for by the communities. Since you can't host your own XBL/PSN server they need to charge.

Not saying it's justified (They certainly have enough $) or i'd do it, just some food for thought.

And yes they are certainly turning a profit off of useless features. I agree w/ acid on the Facebook/twitter/netflix topics.

anyways, the PS3 things is completely optional, and you can still play without have a subscription

yah I didn't see anywhere in there abotu them charging for those features. It sounds to me more like they are going to knock GameFly out of business.

lolgameflylol

well let's see what's gonna be in it when it comes out, im not paying money if they only got crappy dl's and out of date free games :P

My source was E3.