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I just wanted to give the PS3 a bit of praise, I have been playing game of thrones on it the past couple of days, (not the telltale game) and really enjoying it. Just going back to the PS3 and yes the system itself is a bit ropey in that the dashboard is a bit sluggish and it can be prone to the odd slowdown I just wanted to praise that generation of gaming. I think for most people on here it is an era where you were playing xbox 360 games and generally it was the better console but I have quite the fondness for the PS3 and was the era where I actually had a love in with call of duty (back when we could end a game with a nuke). That said I have a red PS3 (the one below is just a generic image off the tinterweb) and sitting alongside the ps5 the design of the physical console is so much nicer - It's a hell of a lot smaller but just looks lovely. But yeah I thought this era brought about some of our best franchises to date, it's where the last of us started, demons souls turned up, we saw mass effect, uncharted, gears of war and the assassins creed games turn up as well.

There use ro be free games as I recall but it was ps plus where you had to subscribe. Love how the ps3 was free to play online but I think the only hame I played the shit out of was BoP 2 l.

Chelsea sacked Potter too which means they'll try and scupper Tottenham's approach for Nangelsmann.

Interesting that Brighton are 5 places above Chelsea, same no. of games played and with a superior goal difference 🤔

Most gaming related events seem to focus on current and upcoming games but looking at numerous ComicCon's there's some focus on teaser trailers for new things but a lot of the panels and guests are from old shows. So I think it could be cool to have a retro focused one in a similar vein especially as 5, 10+ years later people might be more open about some of the things that happened during production.

PS3 used to be the console everyone on this forum played CoD. As you say, the 360 was the better console, but as far as I recall there was no monthly fee to play games online with the PS3, which is definitely a tick in its favour.

I think Potter is a good manager but does seem to have a problem with his teams getting the ball in the back of the net. Once Chelsea rediscover their ability to score goals they'll be a force to be recognised, as other than that they have excellent players in abundance...

Episode 39 is LIVE!!! We discuss the demise of E3, as well as the recent demo of DnD's new VTT among other things.

Wow, Potter now as well! Talk about a Super Sunday, not for prem managers 🙄

I see Brendan has been sacked by Leicester, that team really has fallen off. Knowing my luck he'll be the next Spurs manager🙈

Well that’s a nice surprise to log back in to 🥰 Can I have it as Steam please.

A new handheld device to rival the Steam Deck They originally revealed this as an April fool but it was clear it wasn't and is the real deal

PlayStation VR2 and PlayStation VR2 Sense controller: the next generation of VR gaming on PS5 BLOG.PLAYSTATION.COM Horizon Call of the Mountain from Guerrilla and Firesprite revealed for PS VR2

I saw the Linus preview on it, the display and fps look great. I'm looking forward to more and more of these handhelds being created, hopefully a SteamDeck 2 in future too.

I saw this today. Devs were challenged to make the worst UI interface for volume control. Some of them are amazing 😅

I saw this today too, the curling one is my favourite, closely followed by the tipping one 🤣

Ah fair enough, I did not realise that was how COD worked back then and explains it ^_^ Agreed on the PS3 interface, going back to it this week and it really is the consoles biggest flaw. It is not smooth at all.

Xbox Live servers were far better in terms of stability, lower latency and capacity. COD games ran strictly peer-to-peer in those days so things like this were key. This is what Xbox customers were paying for with their monthly/annual live subscription. The difference between Black Ops on the 360 and PS3 was night and day for example. The platform itself was far more fleshed out and polished compared to PSN's clunky, slow and rather bland interface. There was also the infamous PSN hack which caused a 6 week outage back in 2011. Can't complain though as getting all these services for free was brilliant value so compromises and a lack of quality had to be expected. PS+ on the PS4 was absolute dire value for money though but it's something Sony had to do to remain sustainable.

Second this, you never had to pay for ps+ for ps3, in fact PS+ came out in 2010 whilst the PS3 came out in 2006 ^_^ Someone correct me if I am wrong here but I am not sure how being on XBOX would mean a better connection than playstation? Surely the COD servers are run by Activision so aside from connecting to the PSN or XBOX server for your account details it would be purely down to Activision servers? That said I think there was a study in the last couple of years that also confirmed that XBOX live has gone down more in the past few years than PSN so reliability is not necessarily better (not by much from memory but even so it somewhat disputes the xbox network being flawless comment).

You could play any PS3 multiplayer game without PS+. Only since the PS4 was PS+ a requirement to play games online against other users. I didn't have to pay Sony a penny from COD4 to MW3 and every other online game in between.

Agreed. You needed PSN+ for multiplayer games. That was the only reason I would get it. Same with PS4. I believe with PSN the "free to play" games no longer require PSN+. So warzone, overwatch, destiny should be free. Call of duty (MP) however still requires the PSN+ On XBOX you need to pay. However my experience is that its totally worth it. If I play cod from house on XBOX, the network is flawless. If I play on my PS4, same game same maps it sketchy as hell which is why I'm on XBOX all the time now.

A real shame because this year was the chance for smaller companies to take the big stage after many of the AAA ones declined an invite to maintain their own shows. It would’ve been the first E3 since the pandemic but it seems the wider interest wasn’t quite there. Ubisoft had centre stage but they backed out last week to attend Summer Game Fest along with Devolver Digtial. There was also apparently a huge lack of information with some publishers unsure it was even going ahead and too apprehensive to commit. All this just two months before the event and no confirmed developers set in stone. Looks like SGF will take the reigns from now on as E3 was out of touch and completely disorganised. A real shame because it was an iconic event that never recovered in recent years

Satisfactory did their giant heads and giant lizard doggos again While not strictly "gaming" it's tangential, I quite liked BeQueits one

I recently used pistols on shipment 24/7 for the event camo challenges and was surprised at how well I did and how effective headshots were with the .50GS

Leicester all of a sudden look in real trouble and I fear for them with their run-in. Low on confidence too. Potter could do a good job there though funnily enough. Potter just probably lost too many in a short space of time I suppose. I was hopeful the new owners could be the ones to say 'its rebuilding time' give him a few years and say it openly, but I suppose if you spend nearly £1 billion pounds I guess they don't want to be that patient. The game is actually getting far more technical at the top and I do think some gaps are closing with the others.

It was a good shout and can see why you said it. Agree with all your thoughts on your recent podcast too. They do need to pivot, as Adrian said but thats if we ever see one again like you made clear. Its a strange feeling because you do feel like its an end of era in some sorts. Even though I love being at home when I work now for many family and personal reasons, stuff like this always felt like a huge physical hype train coming our ways and there was a little hope I could make it there one day to feel the experience live. With most just doing it through youtube as its cheaper it makes sense business wise, but feels strange we are moving further and further away from physical things more than ever. If it was me, I'd rebrand and do a show that is all about nostalgia moving forward. Get big developer names up and get interesting facts out about old games, and then get a few new secrets if you can when they go there. Just make it essentially a big huge Arcade Club style event.

Nice one fellas.

Your diet's trash dude, get good 😂

Wow, thanks!

I called that back in episode 31 of my podcast. Not surprising at all. At least we have the memories.

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All the big boys are having their own events it seems. I don't care about E3 but would like to see some new IPs or footage of games that I'm waiting to play.