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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    11/25/09

    In reply to Astro A40 Chat Headset Review
    Another option is seeking out Tritton's lineup. As soon as my adapter dongle gets here, I'm getting the AX 720s for 119.99 at best buy.
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    Image of aegies aegies
    11/25/09

    @anexanhume: I have both at my desk at work. The Tritons sound awful by themselves, and in comparison to the A40s, they're unlistenable.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    11/25/09

    @aegies: I have heard so many conflicting views and opinions on the tritton pros vs 720s vs turtle beaches vs a40s that it's just all noise now. It came down to the 720's working with 360 and ps3, having a good price in my range, and decent feedback from the users.
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    Image of Span_Wolf Span_Wolf
    11/25/09

    @anexanhume: I have an AX Pro, no complaints.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    11/25/09

    @Span_Wolf: I had those and returned them before using them based on feedback of people who had used both those and the 720s.
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    Image of Span_Wolf Span_Wolf
    11/25/09

    @anexanhume: They got good reviews, that's all I have to say.

    #speakup
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/24/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    It was just a matter of time. With the PS3 price drop, this was kind of predictable.
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    Image of VenomIreland VenomIreland
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    Guys: "Hirai issued a subsequent statement indicating the present level of service would remain gratis. "
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    Image of Scaramanga Scaramanga
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    I'm suspecting they will add services like Steam's Cloud. Where you can save and sync your save files & configurations online and sync them between different devices. For instance, being able to quickly switch between PC & PS3 versions of MW2 or MMO's like FF14.

    It would be interesting if Sony expands it to a more Apple iDrive-esque route where you can save GBs of storage space for thing beyond gaming. Maybe allowing you to stream movies, pictures, music via browser you have stored on your online storage space, etc. Or maybe they allow digitally-distributed game rental service.

    But whatever these 'premium' services are they better not be at the cost of core services. It would be a mistake to charge for basic online gameplay and delay demos like XBL Gold service does.

    They need to add value, not remove value from their core customers...
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    Wow. "Rich lineup of content".

    They're not being very subtle about this, are they?
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    "But it's unlikely that Sony will charge for the services they give away now, such as the ability to play for free online."

    I'm not sure but is it legal for them to charge for the services they currently provide free? They advertise FREE PSN as a feature when you purchase the product (PS3). If they change the terms while you own the product you should have some sort of recourse to get your money back or be subsequently compensated.

    Any lawyers out there?
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    Edited by N@tedog at 11/23/09 2:21 PM N@tedog was starred N@tedog was unstarred
    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/23/09

    @N@tedog: Here is the thing:

    The article mentions that everything that is free now will stay free.

    Xbox also says free live. Fine print however mentions free silver live.
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    Image of Jacob Sheppard Jacob Sheppard
    11/23/09

    @N@tedog: Yes they can, read the Terms of Service, they can do whatever they like really with the PSN and PS3. You technically don't own your PS3 system software or games even. You bought the right to play them with the condition you follow the TOS. This is the reason the 360 was able to lock hard drives and lock Live Accounts.
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    Image of Ferrum.mihi Ferrum.mihi
    11/23/09

    @N@tedog: So...

    The short answer should be that Sony can change the service to a paid for deal without any problems as they are giving you notice of the change.

    Your suggestion creates a few questions which do not seem to have been thought through. For example, what would be fair compensation? How could you determine the fair term of time that should be compensated for? What is the injury if no costs have been charged without the owners permission? What would be a fair compensation for those people who have enjoyed the free service as promised? Also, if you purchased the console and received the promised service for free and it was later changed, could you actually represent that you did not receive the free service?

    In my opinion, a service provider should have more leeway to alter the terms of an agreement because the duration of the interaction period is longer (as opposed to buying a product which is a single instant sorta thing). Because more leeway appears due, I would presume that a basic position is that the fair thing would be to allow service providers to alter terms of service as necessary to continue to provide their service... unless the consumer is bound to continue using that service, at which point it would swing the other way.

    To truly answer your question it is much more complicated than is appropriate for this forum. It sounds like you are combining a suggestion for a breach of contract with a false advertising claim. To evaluate these claims, it would be necessary to determine all sorts of facts and other matters. Ultimately though it is probably moot because, the agreement might, AND PROBABLY DOES, expressly provide for a change of terms at any time, with notice, making it totally appropriate for them to make such changes. This sort of language would be expected with a service like PSN because operating costs may change and financial situations might affect the parties (the consumer and Sony) in a way that would require an alternate business model.

    This is only my opinion and not legal advice, as I am not an attorney, but only a humble law student and not capable of any representations as such.
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    11/23/09

    @Ferrum.mihi: Okay. I understand what you're saying. Would it fall within the lines of a TOS revision from a telecom company though? Don't I have a certain number of days to cancel any contract with my service provider after they change the TOS? I feel there would be a similar circumstance in this case or am I way off?

    I'm just thinking of an extreme case where I may purchase a device with free services that a short time later I am then charged for after a TOS revision. I imagine there would have to be some sort of consumer protection from that.
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    Image of Ferrum.mihi Ferrum.mihi
    11/26/09

    @N@tedog: Under your hypothetical, where Sony charges you retroactively for a service that you have already used under the impression that it was free (because it is currently advertised as free), I would assume that in that case it would be possible to make the cancellation or something similar to what you are suggesting.. **BUT**, that is a *very* unlikely scenario.

    Retroactive charges are unlikely because it would create exactly the situation you are suggesting (and Sony would likely want to avoid that situation), it would create HORRIBLE ill will towards Sony most likely, AND, in my experience, Sony has a very clear way of changing the Terms of Service.

    The first assumption I would make is that Sony will adopt a model of payment similar to Xbox Live Gold Accounts. This model has users pay in advance of service for a set rate that provides access to the service for a certain number of months, or, alternatively, pay prior to receiving service each month. It would not be retroactive charges if Sony sends you a bill for the Next months services. There, they are making the presumption that you want to continue service and so are sending you a bill to enable that, however, because they have not provided the services yet, you should be free *not* to engage such services by notifying them you are uninterested (or presumably by not using the services at all). Ultimately, retroactive charges would be the sort of fiasco that Sony should easily side step and is a very unlikely situation.

    This is only my opinion and not legal advice, as I am not an attorney, but only a humble law student and not capable of any representations as such.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    Everytime you think Sony's finally got it right, they go and screw the pooch. Is there anything they can get right and keep it that way?

    Do they always have to go fuck up a good thing?
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    11/23/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: I'm a cheap bastard, but paying for Xbox live got easier once I used the playstation network a few times at friends' houses. PSN sucks.
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    Gundem promoted this comment BlueBeard was starred BlueBeard was unstarred
    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/23/09

    @BlueBeard: Tell me about it.

    There is absolutly no moderation in some games. I was playing CoD4 at a friend's place (on PSN). First of all half of teh people didn't have mics when they did it was shitty bluetooth with ridiculous amount of noise and static. Clan names that has words such as f** and nigr.
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    Image of tazfan5040 tazfan5040
    11/23/09

    @Gundem: My roommates clan tag on live is COK. You can't blame Sony for users not having mics or using inappropriate clan tags. Do you seriously expect Sony to manage the quality of everyone's mic? Because if you do, that's bull.
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    Image of lotussix001 lotussix001
    11/23/09

    @Gundem: don't really mean to spam, but a cd was released addressing the issue of online gaming and racism. download it for free @ www.mcbobbyk.com
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/23/09

    @lotussix001: lol what? I'm at work. Give me a brief description.
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/23/09

    @tazfan5040:

    Microsoft does it, why can't Sony? I mean sony had the meanest censorship when PS2 online was abrely launched. I remember playing tiwsted metal black and there was no chat feature. however after entering some codes you'd get this basic on screen qwerty sort of chat. You couldn't even say "Hard one".
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    I, like others, don't think they're going to start charging for anything we've been getting free for now.

    As far as early demo access and paid goodies for free, they do that already with Qore (Which runs on a subscription BTW so that system has been in place a while for FXIV).

    Hopefully this will just be some subscriptions for things like comics, movies and paid themes(I wonder how well those are selling).
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    All my friends are on XBL so that's where I hang out. I don't see this changing anything for the most part. Game rentals would be pretty cool but if you have to download a 30GB game to rent it that could take a while even on my 20Mbs Fios.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    Perhaps this means for folks to have the Netflix software downloaded on their PS3 that they will have to pay for the Premium PSN, much like Microsoft does for Xbox owners. Suddenly that Netflix disc is sounding like a pretty good deal.

    Jokes aside, it will be interesting to see how Sony differentiates this.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/23/09

    In reply to PlayStation 3's PSN Will Get Premium Level Pay Subscription in 2010
    Man, do I feel like an idiot hoping that XBox Live Gold would become a free service to compete with PSN...
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    Image of Chronocidal Guy Chronocidal Guy
    11/23/09

    @Xagest: As much as I'd like to be able to play online with friends, I refuse to pay microsoft so I can use an internet connection I already pay for.

    *goes back to PC*
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/23/09

    @Xagest: Sob. I know the feeling.
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    Image of SteveDaveMcQueen SteveDaveMcQueen
    11/23/09

    @Chronocidal Guy: You're paying to play the games from their console on the internet, not for another internet connection, dufus. If $5 a month is too much for you, then maybe you should use your video game buying money for food instead.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/23/09

    @SteveDaveMcQueen:
    It's still incredibly hard to justify when you can play the same game on a PC without the extra charge...
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    Image of SteveDaveMcQueen SteveDaveMcQueen
    11/23/09

    @Xagest: I get what you're saying, but I find it incredibly hard to justify you finding it very hard to justify less than 17 cents per day for XBL. It's really not that big a deal. I'm not trying to patronize either. I do get what you're saying, but if you break it down it's not costing anybody a lot of money. One time, I was pissed because my Xbox died on me and I was talking to a CSR who didn't know S. I was in evil consumer mode and was about to tell the dude that I needed to get my money back for the days I wasn't going to be able to play with my XBL subscription, but then I realized it would have been a miniscule amount; really not worth making a big deal about.

    It is making Microsoft a shit-ton of money though.

    #tips
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    Image of Kirkaiya Kirkaiya
    11/23/09

    In reply to The Cell Processor Is Going Extinct (Updated)
    Aside from the PS3 stuff (Sony can always choose a different processor), the real loss is of another scalable, multi-core alternative to x86/x64.

    The PowerPC, the UltraSparc, the DEC/Compaq/Whoever "Alpha", are all either going, or near, extinct.

    "And one architecture to rule them all, one instruction set to bind them, one design to bring them all, and in the PC bind them..."
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    Image of Random434 Random434
    11/23/09

    @Kirkaiya: The cell was not an X86 compeditor.. the commercial cell was a RISC core, like PowerPC chips before it, along with the Cell stream processors it controled(. Basically, it was a CPU/GPU SOC.. With the RISC core controling the streams..

    It was, at best, a Co-Processor, like the GPUS on ATI and Nvidia cards.
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    Kirkaiya promoted this comment Edited by Random434 at 11/23/09 10:57 AM Random434 was starred Random434 was unstarred
    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/23/09

    In reply to The Cell Processor Is Going Extinct (Updated)
    Does that mean no PS4s? Who will develope the next version? Who will keep making the current gen?
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    Image of wicketr wicketr
    11/23/09

    @Noobs-R-Us:
    That's a goooood question. With the PS3 supposed 10 year product. They will need the "Cell Processor" for about 6 more years.
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    Image of emag emag
    11/23/09

    @wicketr: The story is about IBM not continuing development of the Cell line. The PS3's Cell processor will continued to be manufactured and sold.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/20/09

    In reply to GameStop's Black Friday Console Deals Are Kinda Weak
    If I was already planning on buying a PS3, this is enough to make me try to get one at Gamestop, which is probably what they're aiming for.
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    Image of ObligatoryChickCommenter ObligatoryChickCommenter
    11/20/09

    @Segador: A better bet might be WalMart. As pointed out in the post, the Gamestop ad is misleading because GOW collection is actually only 1 game and it only sells for $40 new. Dark Knight is a great Blu Ray to start off your collection and both games in the Walmart deal are excellent. LBP is a great game but with so much free content available, it may be more economical to the original edition as opposed to the GoTY which looks to be a part of the Gamestop deal.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/20/09

    @ObligatoryChickCommenter: Both deals are alright, IMO. I'd just rather have a game than a blu-ray disk.
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    Image of FP_slomo788 FP_slomo788
    11/20/09

    @Segador: Gamestop: 2 games, one is $40.

    Walmart: 2 games, $60 each, plus a BD movie.

    You can find LBP for much cheaper than both Batman and inFamous, because those two came out this year whereas LBP is more than a year old. GoW is a $40 package, again you're saving more by going with Walmart.
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/20/09

    In reply to GameStop's Black Friday Console Deals Are Kinda Weak
    Why is it that PS3 games hold their value so much longer than Xbox 360 games. You've got games like Uncharted and Heavenly Sword which stay expensive for years. Infamous looks like it will follow that suit. Is it because there are so few good exclusive games on PS3?
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    11/20/09

    @yantelope: Supply and Demand? I'm still waiting for LBP to drop below $35 to pick it up and it's been out for way too long to not be $20.
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    Image of TreFacTor TreFacTor
    11/20/09

    @yantelope: This article is a year old, but the numbers remain largely the same, this was the best I could offer you in a quick search
    [www.gamesindustry.biz]
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    N@tedog promoted this comment TreFacTor was starred TreFacTor was unstarred
    Image of --Core-- --Core--
    11/20/09

    @N@tedog: I'm with this guy on his theory. Supply and demand.
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