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Monday, June 17, 2013

Head To Head! Next Gen Wars: E3 Coveragee

By: Gabriel Roderick

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So it seems that Ps4 is wining the early battle of the console wars!

To every 2 XboxOne pre-orders 3 more Ps4 ones are popping up in the US.

Seems Sony had the best presentation and best day one exclusives.

Save a 100$ and if you're a plus member you'll get Drive Club day 1. That's a 60$ game giving buyers more money to purchase a game along with their console very smart Sony. Or spend a 100$ more day one and get nothing but a console with the XboxOne?

For Nintendo Wii U sales haven't changed much but a spike in 3DS sales after showing many amazing game for it such as a new Mario, Super Smash Bros. and of course Pokemon X and Y most slated for this year.

I was hoping Nintendo would finally reveal cross game play with their new Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. but they didn't which could seriously hurt them in the console race. They remind me of Microsoft for the last few years at E3. Promising more but never living up to it. I hope this is wrong.

Memory comes in a few different sizes:
PS4- 500 GB (usual)
XboxOne- 500 GB that's a huge jump up from their 4GB/250GB/320GB most likely because of having to always be online
Wii U- 32Gb or 8GB the 32 seems the best for 50$ and most of their games becoming available first and online on the eShop.

Price points as they stand
XboxOne- 499.99$
PS4- 399.99$
Wii U- 349.99$ (Deluxe) 299.99$ (Basic)
3DS- 169.99$ (Regular) 199.99$ (XL)
Ps Vita- 299.99$

Release Dates:
All Nintendo Products are already available.
XboxOne - Within the first two weeks of November
Ps4 - Fall most likely the last week of October, early November

I have a strong feeling where going to see some price drops most likely with the Wii U since they beat Sony on handhelds a year ago. And most likely the PsVita drop to 199.99$

You decide, I have a good feeling that the PS4 is the best choice, not have to always be online, used games for the exclusives. Most likely Ubisoft will contribute seeing as they love Sony whereas Microsoft has EA which already charge micro-transactions for everything!

Plus better day ones with the PS4, better price point, unless you are following into all these MMO's coming out then the XboxOne is the better choice because you're already always online and updates seem to go more smoothly for this situation.

E3 Coverage:
So Microsoft took the stage first in the battle of the consoles for this mornings E3. You're Xbox Gold Memberships will carry!

Many great games where shown like Dead Rising 3, Witcher 3 and of course a new Halo. This Halo was just a quick teaser but had some of the best graphics I've ever seen. Other confirmed titles include a NEW Star Wars Battlefront and a game called TitanFall. A Xbox-one exclusive which is made by past members of Infinity Ward, and looks like COD with a Mech twist. COD Ghosts is slated for a release date of November 5th, 2013, so I'm assuming that the console will also be released by then.

**Video 1 Borrowed From Xbox**

Demo plays of Battlefield 4 were shown and of course after a few failed attempts the demo gameplay was shown and well worth the wait. It looks like if you're interested in Battlefield 4, this would be the ideal console to play it on! Looks fresh! The full list of confirmed and unconfirmed and possible dates can been seen on IGN's Website (by clicking the name)

The console is confirmed to be $499.99 and be launching sometime in November. Preorder now before the first allotment is out now at Gamestop!

Ubisoft's biggest title shown was the Tom Clancy's Divison coming out for the Ps4 and Xbox-One, which story seems to be just like the movie Contagion but of course with a Medal of Honor twist. You have a group of soldiers called the "Divison" put in place when everything else fails. Granted it's post pandemic feeding off the paranoia of Black Friday etc... IT could be a prequel to Last of Us. Another cool aspect is using the tablet in order to control air strikes, so you can help out you're friends on the go.

**Video 2 Borrowed From Ubisoft**

The biggest thing is this game is a MMORPG finally one brought to the console which looks great. The interactive feel to it is borrowed from Watch Dogs, giving you the perspective on whats going on, seeing the controls and call outs! Finally it has a true MMORPG and shooter feel.

The Crew a racing game, just like Need For Speed and essentially Fast Five type deal looks great. Everyone has a role, for this racing MMO. It's gonna be great. You will be traveling throughout the US changing you're cars, no realism just arcade and fun. Customizing cars while on you're tablet is a great concept to get them in the game later on.

Sony TIME!

Only 20 minutes past what time they promised us!

New vita games coming, like this summer Telltale Games Walking Dead, 404 days which will be a vita bundle coming with now all 6 episodes of the game. And of course Final Fantasy X and X-2 have been announced for it. One exclusive PS4 game called The Order and looks great, I hate to say it but Van Helsing meets Fuse! Can't wait to see where that goes!

**Video 3 Borrowed From IGN**

February Titles:
Killzone Shadow Falls - Launch Title
Drive Club - Launch Title
InFamous Second Son - Q1 2014
Knack - Launch Title

The Dark Sorcerer essentially resembled the plot twist of Iron Man 3 with the Mandarin. And course from Square Enix we we're offered two amazing trailers, Final Fantasy versus XIII or Final Fantasy XV a whole new adventure! And then Kingdom Hearts 3 which is still IN production. Epic trailers for both, which are exclusives for PS4.

If you need a fix for either now, Final Fantasy XIV will be coming soon and of course Kingdom Hearts 1.5 ONLY on PS3.

Of course more and more Last of Us trailers but a sick Beyond: Two Souls trailer showing a military and whole other side than what has been showed thus far!

Games like Batman and GTA V will have epic exclusives, while Batman's story and new trailer looks amazing still not revealing all the assassin's BUT Joker will in fact be in the game! Also combat and detective skills look epic.

Elder Scrolls Online coming to PS4 as well as PC.

We finally see PS4 and it looks like a giant black wii. The game will in fact play used games with no restrictions!
NO ONLINE needed to play, never need to check in online if don't want to! If you don't connect within 24 hours like Xbox One no worries. All PS+ memberships carry over! Free PS4 titles for Plus members.

What could be better than a slap in the face of Microsoft and end the conference with Destiny. Reminds me of Mass Effect, Halo and other type shooter games. Actually cloud based technology won't start till 2014, US first.

$399.99! NO DATE!?!?! A wise move?

Nintendo's Direct Conference @ E3 2013, starts off very choppy and laggy from their website. After seeing some great features on to connecting better with you're Pokemon it was confirmed that X and Y would be released October 12th, 2013 worldwide!

**Video 4 Borrowed From Nintendo**

A fantastic trailer for Super Smash Bros 3DS and Wii U. Promising two titles and hopefully cross gameplay.

The next title shown after buffering every 3 seconds is Super Mario 3D World which looks just like Super Mario RPG and Super Mario 3D Land combined. But with multiplayer. This will be launched in December! Now Mario Kart 8 i.e Mario Kart Inception! Coming Spring 2014.

Now a new Wii Party U, you will indeed a wii u tablet with hundreds of mini games and feature games. They pushed the date back to further notice, along with Wii U Fit to October and December respectively.

The Legend of Zelda Windwaker HD remake looks amazing, the Tingle Tuner portal you can use with MiiVerse so you can get help and the comments will watch on shore to help! Seeing as Gamecube and GBA are now obsolete. WITH a release date of October.

Finally a new Donkey Kong. You have once again two player multiplayer! Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze coming this November. And another trailer of X, which looks like Final Fantasy, Xenoblade and Borderlands 2 all rolled into one.

Stay tune for all the latest news and updates as they become available.

So far in my opinion Sony stole the show while Microsoft and Nintendo definitely lacked in winning over the crowd.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Preview: "Project X Zone" (2013) "Awakening Simulations"

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By: Gabriel Roderick

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Monday, June 10, 2013

E3 2013 Coverage:

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By: Gabriel Roderick

**Video 1 Borrowed From Xbox**

**Video 2 Borrowed From Ubisoft**

**Video 3 Borrowed From IGN**

**Video 4 Borrowed From Nintendo**

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Update: What WE ALL Want @ E3

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By: Gabriel Roderick

**Borrowed From HDPLAYR**

Now for Nintendo I expect them to shift into 5th gear on this one!

For the Wii U, you probably think I'm going to ask for Zelda but NOPE I want to see more on Wonderful 101. To me it looks like Nintendo craziness and Viewtiful Joe all rolled up into epic game.

Check out Nintendo's teaser trailer:

**Borrowed From Nintendo**

Now for their 3DS it's simple Pokemon X and Y. I want to know everything about this game and why it should be on the 3DS. Don't get me wrong it's about time seeing as the 3DS has been out for about 2 years, and to me Black and White 2 where awful. I want the best Pokemon adventure with all new pokemon, as long as I can get Sandshrew an can use him in 3D everything will be okay!

Maybe if Nintendo was smart they'd make a game like Pokemon Z for Wii U that can port you're games over from a 3DS kind of like Pokemon Battle Revolution BUT BETTER! We have the technology so let's use it. The 3DS is compatible of being a second controller.

Finally we have Sony, who is also like Microsoft revealing a new console.

I bet you can't guess what Playstation 3 game I'm excited for!

Both main characters were in Marvel movies, one playing a villain the other played a hero.

Give up? I'm pumped for Beyond: Two Souls!

This game is coming from Quanitc Dreams, the wonderful creators of Heavy Rain, and now that they're using a 100% of their physics engine, this will be the most beautiful game of all time.

**Borrowed From Sony**

Now for they're new console the Playstation 4, many games have caught my eye.

But most recently the game Knack, which will be a Sony exclusive. It's essentially a next gen Little Big Planet but with touches of Crash Bandicoot, God of War and Katamari games all rolled into epicness. I can't wait to play it. From the trailers I've seen it also looks a lot like Incredible Hulk!

Now you know what I'm excited for!

By: Nevill Adeyeye

Nevill told us, "with 2 hot new consoles coming out and Nintendo doing things a little different this year my fellow gamers and myself at Our Honest View are pretty excited for all the coverage and new to be coming out in the following week or so. I'm here today to talk about 4 of my most excited games that are going to be shown at E3 this year.

1: Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Kojima got my pants very tight with the Phantom Pain trailer he put out not to long ago, which made me go back and pick up a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4. After putting about 7 hours into it got stale and boring, but the Phantom Pain brought all that back. Especially now that Kiefer Sutherland is rumored to be playing..SNAKE

2: Dragon Age III Inquisition: Bio-wares Short comings with Dragons Age 2 puts their backs to the wall, and with Mass Effect 3 not being the total package most people wanted I fell like Bio-Ware is going to come out of the gate swing and HOPEFULLY show some gameplay or something for the next gen.

3: Beyond Two Souls: SO this game is being made by Quantic Dream............. They made Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain........... NUFFF SAID!!!! Well Gabe already said everything else!

4: New Final Fantasy Title: I could really get into the FF 13 series, but not matter what I will always have faith in Square Enix to bring me something that I can get my teeth into hopefully they deliver."

After speaking with Nevill, I turned my attention to talking with Adam Zimmerman, the video game ninja. He seems to be the most neutral to every video game and has the most experience playing!

He had this to say, "If I were to list everything I wanted to see at this years E3, it would take til after

Adam Zimmerman

E3 was finished to read the entire list. So to save everyone a lot of time, I’ll keep it a little broad.
From Nintendo, even though they aren’t doing a traditional press conference like Sony or Microsoft, I still want to see a strong showing from them. They have already showed off their “new” hardware with the WiiU and 3DS XL. I don’t want to see them announce another 8 colors for the 3DS or something stupid like that.

"I also don’t want to see them focus on new services or features. All I want from them is for them to address their biggest issue from the last 3 home console generations, which has been a lack of games. Yes they have had their great first party games, but can any of you remember the last great game on a Nintendo console that wasn’t made by Nintendo? Resident Evil maybe? Heck, I would go all the way back to Eternal Darkness. They need games, and lots of them. Of course I’d like to see new titles in their core franchises like Mario, Mario Party, Zelda, etc. I’d also love to see an Animal Crossing game for the WiiU that worked with the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the 3DS (check out the review for this game within the next couple of days). Beyond those titles though, I want, and they need, some exclusive new franchise that can compete with the Halo’s, Gears of War’s, and God of War’s of the world. I’m not saying they need something as violent as God of War, but they need something for the mature audience that is exclusive to their console. When the WiiU was unveiled they touted that there were going to be games from lots of 3rd party developers aimed at the mature audience. Outside of a few initial ports of games from other systems like Batman and Mass Effect though, that really hasn’t happened."

Ask for for Microsoft and Sony he said, " I want the exact same thing. I want to know all about their new systems. I want to know when they are coming out, how much they are going to cost, and what the launch games are going to be. I am sick of hearing about what’s coming out in the “launch window” as far as games go. That’s about a 4 month time period. I want to know exactly how much money I am going to have to plunk down on day one to get all the stuff I must have. Also, just like Nintendo, I don’t want them to focus on new services the systems will provide. I want all the focus to be on the hardware and the games.

Besides all the games that have already been announced and shown off a bit already, there are new games being made in certain franchises that I would love to see make some kind of appearance at E3. Dragon Age 3, Rainbow 6, and the new Mass Effect trilogy lead that list for me. I know some info has already come out about 2 of those games, but nothing for a while now. I want more! Some other games I would love to see new entries announced for would be a new Ratchet and Clank, Fallout, and the game that I will most likely be pining for until the day I die, a new Road Rash. As far as Ratchet goes, I mean a real Ratchet and Clank, not a crappy entry like All 4 One or Full Frontal Assault (which still hasn’t been released on Vita like it was supposed to way back in November)."

What are you looking forward to?

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Ouya Another Console Not Showing Off At E3

By: Gabriel Roderick

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Okay, okay, with E3 in less than a month away, the developers of Ouya made a HUGE announcement.

Microsoft and Sony better set their game up to the max. But with a Microsoft conference in less than three days, chances are not much will be shown by them either. Leaving the realism that E3 may be boring this year if it's just one huge presenter. Ouya technically will not be at E3, it'll be outside. While Nintendo will not be presenting at E3, Ouya, Sony and Xbox 360 will be.

Ouya will be presenting outside so that everyone can see it. Ouya’s Kellee Santiago has told us that the Ouya booth will be in “a parking lot directly across from the Convention Center's South Hall (address is 601 W. Pico Blvd.)” The dates are June 11th through the 13th, no press passes or anything crazy, just yourself bring ya friends!

Any developers will have till the end of May to submit their games that they'd like to be demoed or showcased at the event!

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUYA IS:

The Ouya console has been announced.

Don't know what the Ouya is?

Well it's the smallest console, easily transported from friend's house to friend' house. It requires no disks therefore they can't be scratched or have to be bought.

You will be able to download games directly to this console the size of a Rubik's cube. So you'll have to use a credit or debit card in order to set up a account to download.

Just like a certain program that has destroyed physical PC games..OH I know Steam!

Ouya makers have promised favorite franchise such as Final Fantasy brought to you in full screen HD. It will use a nVIDIA quad-core CPU and outputs via HDMI to sum it up to a stunning 1080p resolution!

And for only a 100$ why the hell not give this a shot! A lot cheaper than buying a new xbox 360 or ps3! www.gamestop.com/browse?nav=16k-3-ouya,28zu0

Don't get me wrong I still have my reservations but this game can support up to 4 gamers at once with Bluetooth controller.! Has built in a wirless.

Oh yeah!

And most importantly if you want to develop games, just plug your laptop into the micro-USB port and anyone can release an OUYA game!

This thing has pretty sweet specs!
Memory: 1GB Ram
CPU: nVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-Core
Storage: 8 GB Internal Flash Storage (Of course this expandable via USB Port)
Connectivity: Wifi (802.11 b/g/n), Ethernet port, and Bluetooth
USB: One USB 2.0 port, one micro USB port
Output: HDMI (up to 1080p HD)

The only downsides I'm seeing are what's the library going to consist of and of course how big the games are. These are obviously small prices to pay to give this thing a shot for 100$. I can always buy a external hard drive, which on xbox 4gb would cost you at least another 129.99$ totaling over 300$.

Plus I am still unsure about the library but if this takes of who knows what could happen to the library? There is a unofficial list of games surfacing online promising some fun arcade adventures. Such as Minecraft as well! This could be a strong launch!

The biggest thing about this that separates it besides price is the idea that Steam will be compatible on this console. Meaning my Steam library will be able to be played on my ouya console. This leaves me wondering will the graphics be better than my pc? And 8GB won't hold one of my steam games!

Still many questions on the Ouya but for a 100$ I'm on the band wagon and willing to believe this console has as much potential as all next gen. consoles.

It hits shelves on June 25th, 2013!

Friday, May 10, 2013

Review: "The Great Gatsby" (2013) "Old Sport, I Taught Jay-Z Everything He Know."

By: Gabriel Roderick

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Before I can even start the review of Baz Lurhmann’s The Great Gatsby you must first listen to this song that set's the scene. Gatsby is "No Church In The Wild"

Alright shall we begin Old Sport?

This movie opens up a little different then the book, where it's Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) reflecting on that fateful summer of meeting and getting to know Mr. Jay Gatsby (Leonardo Di'Caprio).

The casting of this movie could not be more spot on from the descriptions of the book. I think we could all agree that Lurhmann hit the nail on the head, casting Maguire as Nick Carraway, Di'Caprio as Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan.

I like his approach of filming the book with Nick giving us the narrative and story telling perspective of what happened but it also foreshadowed the events of the movie very earlier, as it shows up his folder of "mental issues" (That's as far as I'll go with that). So very little surprise is left for those who haven't read the book.

Any time Di'Caprio's characters story is told from the narrative from the beginning of the film that can tend to spell bad news for our main guy!

No more spoilers I promise!

I think I'll start with a few things that bugged me about the film.

For one the film is more centered around Nick Carraway dealing with the world rather than Gatsby. I feel their relationship is so rushed and in 2 hours that sums up 3 months of their friendship?

No sorry that doesn't work for me!

I like the idea of having Nick tell us a story but stop making it all about you, the book is titled, the Great Gatsby after all!

The other thing that bugged me about the film was it's run time. It's nearly 2 and a half hours and begins to drag near the the middle! Which is surprisings seeing as if they were going to spend that much time on the movie they could have spent more time developing more detailed relationships.

This method of speeding through detailed events is used as a quick narrative by Nick and some clips of events. I liked and hated that idea seeing as you had 2 hours for the film! I like it because it adds some historical events and accuracy as if Nick was really there! However Nick quickly brushes through it as rushing to catch up to the interesting parts!

However even though the story drags midway it quickly speeds up for the last half hour giving us no real mourning time or time to digest what had taken place. I left with anger as Nick's closing monologue essentially destroyed the characters that he had just built through the story.

NOW shall we Old Sport talk about the good times?

Yes?

Okay so the acting of this film as I said early was amazing!

The cast fits and acts the part so well I feel like I was transported to the 1920s and actually attending one of Gatsby's gorgeous parties. Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton) gives such a villain role it's not even funny. Though for the time period is he really the bad guy?

Is Gatsby?

Once you find out everything and Gatsby's true story though he lies can you feel sorry for someone that lied for love? His intentions always seem good to him and Nick but can they be?

They even had humorous moments just for you, puns and even sex jokes. They are in the book and Luzhrmann brings them to life for you in case you missed them!

This was a book that made you question who is wrong and who is right, who is flawed and who is perfect.

Luzhrmann couldn't have done a better job!

When you have such a gorgeous cast to watch usually you don't notice the scenery. But this film's scenery looks as good as the cast.

The city is painted as if it was 1920s, the cars, the clothes, the skies, the ground, the homes! Everything gives this a 1920s feel. Gatsby's parties are the highlight of the time era, and look visual stunning, demonstrating music, dancing, and the overall party scene do to bootlegging is just spectacular.

To add dramatic effects to the film when something is troubling a character or is about the character specific, they focus on the character and nothing else. Which is like a book and that page is for the character.

Except one thing however that SHOULDN'T fit the story is the music. Well classical, jazzy time period appropriate music is sued in the film it's combined with modern HipHop music.

With the jazz era would we have these elaborate hiphop music and scenes?

Probably not!

However Jay-Z was brought in to make this possible, every song that was in the film fit the scene. It's a funny twist because you have musicians playing the time period music.

Then bam combined with that is modern music that adds a modern twist to the movie. Just like Luzhrmann's other film Romeo and Juliet.

Like I said normally this doesn't work but with themes in the book that carry over to modern times. Anyone can relate to what Nick felt like bumping fancy's with New York's socialites.

Something big that Luzhrmann misses the mark on is the overall theme of alcohol depleting American society and trying everyone into flawed creatures. Nick gives minor hits in the beginning of the film like his folder, and the fact that he tells us the second time he get's drunk.

As Nick tells us the story he's seemingly sober, however during the actually story it begs the question is anyone sober? It's not that Luzhrmann misses the mark it's the fact that he leaves it up to the viewers to figure out the message Nick is trying to give you. Or is he?

Not that there ever will be a sequel but the way the movie is filmed it left room to make one, or for Nick to try to adjust to a new life. Since in the book Nick discussed that he, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby could not adapt to the life they tried so hard to live.

Our Honest View gives The Great Gatsby 8.9/10. This movie is a great interpretation of the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It has it's flaws just like the character's portrayed in the film. Looks of questions arise after watching this movie and I was hoping that they'd be answered seeing as this is a interpretation from the book that originally posed these questions.

+ Narrative
+ Scenery
+ Cast
+ Jay Z

- Runtime
- Missed Themes
- No Room For Mourning.

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Playstation Plus ONLY READ IF YOU LIKE FREE STUFF

By: Gabriel Roderick

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Ever wonder what would happen if you paid for your time on your PS3 or Vita?

We all know what you get for paying Microsoft $59.99 a year. Content first, better online severs blah blah blah!

So what if that means nothing to you?

Well if you have a current Sony console and you don't subscribe to their plus membership well I don't know what's wrong with you!

Plus offers you so much! Say you put in a new game, 9 times out of 10 you'll need patches for this game or any other game you want to play. Once you put in the game, the console will ask you when you want the games to patch update! This also includes system updates, I mean how many times have you wanted to game and have to WAIT to update the console.

This is unheard of!

SO, I have my PS3 update around 3 AM since I am usually sleeping the system turns on, downloads any patches or updates, installs them and turns off. Plain and simple. So when I go to play a game or need a system update it' there for me.

Now your probably wondering, how much does something last this cost??

It comes in two different forms. Like Xbox Live.

3 months for 17.99 or a Year for 49.99. I don't get why would get the free month unless you wanted to try ps+. However Sony wants you to join so bad that they GIVE you a free thirty days when you buy a brand new console. This is STILL pointless because guess what Ps+ gives you, free games!

18 games a year to be exact! So once your membership expires the game stays installed but you can't play it until you purchase more +! So it makes sense to buy the year to continue game play.

You figure 18 games for under 5$ a month, not to damn bad!

The 18 include:
12 PS3 games (1 each month, Aprils game is Demon Souls)
Always free are Infamous 2, Littlebig Planet 2, and Ratchet and Clank All-For-One
6 Vita games
Always free are Uncharted, Gravity Rush and Wipeout 2048

However each month is a sweet full game! I can't wait for May because it's Sleeping Dogs (the Sleeper of last summer, no pun intended) but a 40$ game for free? That plus the other 3 games just paid for itself!

Some true PLUS' to being a member will get you exclusive betas to games that aren't out yet, such as God of War, Defiance and many others I played months before they were released and before non plus members could get their hands on the. The other nifty thing is a lot of games come with a 1 hour trial. Nothing more nothing less you play from the beginning of the game as if it was a disk form. Then after a hour it's done! These games include Bioshock Infinite, Army of Two Devil's Cartel and even Persona 4 Area. So before you go out and spend a million dollars on games try them out first.

Also did I mention the discounts! You get from 10%-to75% off exclusive items each month. for example right now all the God of War and Metal Gear games are on sale for crazy low amounts of money!

Granted you get content faster with Xbox and better severs for online but you are also spending a arm and a leg for this content. Whereas for Sony you pay $49.99 a year and get more content, exclusive content, more convenient updates and oh yeah free games for a whole year! I'm not telling you that this is better than Live but it does have better advantages and still some disadvantages. However if you have a PS3 and not a member then I don't know why you even have a ps3 then!

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