PlayStation 3

aber selbst wenn wir jetzt mal die X360 meinen, kann man bei dem damaligen Laucnhpreis von teuer sprechen ? Selbst wenn kein HDMI usw eingebaut war ? ich denke doch eigentlich nicht. Zumal HDMI eh nicht wirklich notwendig ist. Da wäre der wii mit seiner cube Technik schon ehr ein Kandidat.
Im übrigen finde ich das mit dem Laufwerk nicht dreist. Denn es gibt nirgendwo ein Gesetz das ein Laufwerk idiotensicher sein muß. Es war ja kein defekt oder eine Fehlkonstucktion, diese laufwerke sind halt einfach nicht dafür designt das man sie im Betrieb bewegt. Dein externes PC laufwerk schüttelst du doch auch nicht oder ? Das hätte sich imo auch später nicht verbessert, da es keine Technikfrage war, sondern eine Frage des Preises. Eben damit man die 360 beim start schon für so wenig Geld anbieten konnte, und dennoch sehr hohe Rechenleistung bieten kann. Da hat MS mit jedem cent gerechnet.

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das bei der 360 NICHTMAL ne KNOPF BATTERIE eingebaut ist, damit die uhr weiterläuft wenn man den strom abschaltet...

Naja, das ist allerdings bei sehr sehr vielen hifi Produkten so Die 360 ist ja kein Wecker.

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Online Rewind: Who's Still Playing Older PS3 Multiplayer Games?

Calling All Cars

Released: 5/07
Online Activity: None

David Jaffe's little arcadey car combat game was, frankly, awesome, but it suffered from a minimal number of online players and thus was mainly relegated to local bouts with friends (something that we'd venture was one of the original ideas anyway, as there's nothing quite like the intensity that comes from grabbing four friends and trash talking as the game see-sawed back and forth). More than a year and a half later, despite the servers apparently still being up, things are just as barren online, with us finding nary a single game over the past week or so to join. It would appear the super-fun local play is the only way to have said super fun these days.

Fatal Inertia EX
Released: 6/08
Online Activity: None

KOEI Canada's second attempt at crafting a new kind of anti-grav, weapons-based racer was, by most (if not all) accounts a better effort its second time out. The game was speedier, the framerate better, and, for a time, there were actual people to play online. It would appear, however, that time has passed, as just like Calling All Cars, we couldn't find a single player in the quickmatch menu, and with no lobbies or server browsers to plumb, it certainly seems like there's no real online presence for the game anymore. Shame, too, because it was kinda fun for a while.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Released: 4/08
Online Activity: High

We had a hell of a time getting GT5 Prologue updated (a recurring theme with most games, as seemingly everything has been patched over the past few months). Whether because the update servers weren't up to the task of doling out what must be a pretty big update file (Sony has offered a handful of
fairly meaty updates to things since launch early last year), we tried to grab the update (which is the only way you can actually play online)... and tried... and tried... It took six failures mid-download and plenty of watching the in-game's progress bar creep sloooowly forward, then stutter, then fall back for a bit before apparently re-downloading earlier pieces before we were able to get online.

Once we did, though, the results were hardly surprising: GT5 is still packed with plenty of gearheads (well, except for the very first class, but who wants to" race" in a Cappuccino?), and online play was relatively smooth, even if we still don't like how the game judges ramming penalties. If you're holding off on digging into Gran Turismo until the proper fifth installment hits, it might not be a bad idea to pick this one up and get a little practice under your belt. Your online stats will thank you when the full game hits.

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Released: 10/07
Online Activity: Low

This one was going to be interesting. Yes, Guitar Hero is insanely popular, but with two other games (albeit one of them a rather quick cash-in, but the other was a full-blown sequel and then some), would the Legends of Rock player base have forsaken things for the greener pastures of a full band experience -- especially because most of those songs they downloaded while playing GHIII couldn't be applied to the World Tour experience? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is yes, but there were still a enough stragglers channeling their inner Slash to at least give us a bit of competition (and, not surprisingly, they were rather good). It took a few rounds of searching for quickmatches to find someone -- anyone -- to play with, but more than half our tries were rewarded with opponents. So yes, if you have GHIII, you can still find some people online, but most have upgraded to World Tour.

Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds
Released: 3/08
Online Activity: Medium

Despite coming out over nine months ago, Out of Bounds is still going strong. The problem here wasn't in finding a game, though. Despite having a slightly different setup in that you could basically register for tournaments and then hop back on at your scheduled tee time, there were at least a couple dozen people playing in the game's main lobbies in friendly matches, so even a pick-up game was possible. Tourneys seem to be going strong too. No, the issue we had was in just getting into the online lobby. The game has been patched twice, and both patches took -- we kid you not -- hours to actually install. More than four hours, to be precise.

Once we were all up to speed, it was fine, and we only had one patch failure (which preserved all the previously downloaded files and started again from that point, seemingly unlike GT5 Prologue), but if you're planning on getting a friend into things for the first time, be prepared for a lengthy set-up sequence of both a manual install and required updates before you can actually play online together.

MotorStorm
Released: 3/07
Online Activity: Dead

Like a few other games on our list, MotorStorm has already seen a sequel since it was first introduced rather close to the PS3's launch. Since then, the number of players on the PSN has grown considerably, and while the game wasn't exactly hurting for players in the beginning, MotorStorm 2 has easily best it in online features and number of people jostling for first place against each other. Maybe that's why Sony killed the original game's servers. If you're looking to get into some off-road tangles online, you'll have to do it in Pacific Rift.

Resistance: Fall of Man
Released: 11/06
Online Activity: Medium

Insomniac's PS3 launch title enjoyed an incredible run; it's not going too far to say that, for a while, this was the PS3's Halo (or perhaps SOCOM if you're looking for a purely PlayStation comparison) in that the game was being played -- and religiously by some -- up until the moment the sequel hit with a far more attractive set of online features. Insomniac, to its credit, hasn't stopped supporting the original game now that it's released a proper sequel. In fact, late last year it released the normal paid map packs for free, allowing the same 40 player lag-free matches to continue with an influx of cheapskates and vets alike. The original Resistance is still one of the best multiplayer games on the system, so if you've been curious how it all started, you'll still find plenty of Auger fodder online.

SEGA Rally Revo
Released: 10/07
Online Activity: Low

We were a little surprised to see that, yes, Revo is still online after hearing that SEGA had killed the servers a little while back. It's alive, though not especially well if the number of people playing online is any indication. Part of the problem is that there are precious few games to jump into, and you can't join a race once it's started. We caught a few games that were already operating in this fashion and decided to host our own in the hopes that others would jump in after finishing their races, but alas it wasn't meant to be. Every time we went back to searching for other games after about five minutes of waiting in our host lobby, there was nary a soul to be found. So there are people playing, but actually getting into a game might be rather tough.

Soulcalibur IV
Released: 7/08
Online Activity: Medium

Soulcalibur IV hasn't been out for all that long compared to some of the other games on our list, and thanks to an extensive customization system, plenty of people are still online showing off their created characters -- some of which are freakishly well-put-together considering the tools that were provided. Things are still relatively lag-free and getting into a match is a snap. Winning it, however... well, that's a little tougher, as people have had a good six months to bone up on their online sparring skills. Still, the game does match you according to your online rank, so even starting players should find even matches.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Released: 8/07

Online Activity: Low

Surprisingly, we actually managed to find a friendly match almost instantly by just quick joining a game. Unfortunately, we may well have been the only people playing online, as the quick match system kept pairing us up with the same person... who would proceed to choose the hidden players and then rock our faces with huge combos. It was still fun, as Puzzle Fighter in general is a blast, but we did notice that whomever we were playing with may have had a bad connection, as things were pretty laggy, making lining up pieces a bit of a pain. Still, there's at least someone online as of us typing this.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Released: 8/07
Online Activity: Low

We'll admit, this one surprised us a little too. We honestly didn't expect any people online, but we were able to quickmatch into a game pretty damned quickly. The problem? While we could find a game, there weren't a whole lot of other players joining, and some of the online user base... well, there are a lot of asses in GRAW2, we'll just put it that way. The actual variety in game types also left plenty to be desired; if we didn't feel like gunning someone down in a ranked deathmatch-type game, then we either had to host ourselves and hope someone would join (not likely).

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

Released: 6/07
Online Activity: Low

This is the original Vegas, not the sequel, and like GRAW2, the PS3 version of next-gen Rainbow Six arrived about six months after the 360 counterpart, which means most of the people who were die-hards of the series either picked it up on the 360 to begin with, or stayed there in the months and years afterward. There is a ray of hope, however: Vegas sports co-op play in addition to normal vs. matches, which tends to give a game a bit more in the way of legs. This holds true even in the first Vegas, though don't expect full games by any stretch, and things seem to be pretty concentrated on a few modes, namely Co-op Terrorist Hunt and Attack & Defend. Most of the others are all but lifeless.

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Released: 10/07
Online Activity: Low

The kids, it would seem, still love their Tony Hawk games, and why not? The series has had an online presence since Tony Hawk 3 helped sell PS2 modems before Sony finally got around to releasing the Network Adapter. Neversoft's implementation in Proving Ground was actually pretty seamless, too, which no doubt accounts for the few people still playing. Actually, "playing" may be too precise a word. It's mostly just folks hanging out in their skate lounges by their lonesome looking for others, but there are people online, certainly. You may want to host your own game if you're interested in more competitive endeavors, however -- especially because some of the other players' games can be a little laggy at times.

Turok
Released: 2/08
Online Activity: Low

For a modern shooter, Turok's online modes were surprisingly basic and barebones. That's not to say they weren't fun for a little while, but without any sort of progressive unlocks or new modes (not beyond having dinos in the mix, mind you), things weren't all that populated to begin with. Now? Well, there's still people playing online, actually, but not in insanely high numbers. Since co-op is supported, you may want to roll with someone else through the main storyline, because the online matches are mostly relegated to dueling with just one other person in free-for-alls. There's also the issue of keeping people in the games, but who can blame 'em when they searched for a Large-scale (12 players) FFA game and only found one other. Best bet is co-op or a large team game, which still seems to have some life left.

Unreal Tournament III

Released: 12/07
Online Activity: Low

Not a huge surprise here, but yes, there are still people playing UTIII, but not in huge numbers. Luckily, Epic was smart enough to include one of the staples of the series, bots, to help thicken up games, meaning even if it's just you and someone else, there's always a ton of targets to hit. Those targets' skill will largely depend on how things were set up prior to you joining, but there's no shortage of (bot-filled) action to find. This includes every mode we tried, which isn't something we could say for most of the games on the list. Hooray for bots, eh?

[SIZE=20]Warhawk[/SIZE]
Released: 8/07
Online Activity: [SIZE=20]High[/SIZE]

There are some that would say Warhawk is Sony's trump card. Despite having been released going on almost a year and a half ago, despite what seems like a bazillion expansions and add-ons, despite requiring a bit more teamwork than most online multiplayer games, Warhawk is an exquisitely balanced, insanely fun game that works on multiple scales simultaneously. We have no shame in calling it one of the best multiplayer experience we've ever had, and it would seem we're not alone. Warhawk is still packed with people that play at all hours of the day or night (thanks no doubt to the game being open worldwide), so finding a game, be it on the newbie servers so you can get your bearings or on the rock-solid, lag-free official servers or just creating one of your own to play with friends is absolute cake. This is probably the surest game on our list.

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Original von Alexis
Da fehlt ja CoD und Battlefield zB..

Ich denke da steht's nicht zur Debatte, dass die online oft gezockt werden.

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Warhawk hatte ich mir damals die UK Headset Edition gekauft. Wieder vertickt, nicht mein Spiel.

Schad

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Original von beatmaker
Es laufen doch alle blu-rays aus dem Uk auf einer deutschen PS3 oder ?

Ja, EU = ein regional code
Dt. Ton solltest du aber nicht standardmäßig erwarten.