Despite the issues I have with the PSN at times, I’d miss games like LIMBO and Journey, games that would never make it onto a disk (at least here in Europe). My sheer ineptness was mildly entertaining for me too but more often than not I’m content to not show people just how bad I am. There may be some readers, hopefully not too many, who remember the hilarity that ensued when I took part in a Killzone 2 tournament some years ago. For me gaming is something I like to do by myself most of the time, displaying my lack of skill often feels embarrassing rather than entertaining. I wouldn’t even miss gaming online with my friends, something that I rarely take part in now anyway.
#How to boot people offline on a ps3 Patch#
Never having to worry about PSN maintenance or a patch appearing as you try to start the game, never opening yourself to the potential abuse that seems to come along with almost any online interaction these days – there’s a lot about it that appeals. This sounds oddly pleasing if I’m honest, a simpler existence.
No Netflix, no online multiplayer, no store or firmware updates (except those forced onto them with certain games). They, presumably, still purchase games, and maybe even play Blu-rays, but that’s it.
#How to boot people offline on a ps3 how to#
This is the situation for a good number of gamers (according to Sony at last year’s E3 about 20% of PS3’s aren’t online), those who’ve never worked out how to connect their PS3 or simply never cared enough. But if you’d never been online could you still have a good experience with your PS3? We’ve touched on this in the past, with Blair sharing his experiences while in university halls, the network blocking his access to the PSN. It’s almost as if you’ve got your childhood PlayStation all over again. The firmware’s never updated and you never download anything from the Store. The launch PS3 returns with you to your exile, never to see an internet connection. It triggers a memory of a time before your self-imposed exile, sitting with the original PlayStation and playing Gran Turismo and Crash Bandicoot, Pandemonium and Metal Gear Solid.Ī month later you return, picking up a PlayStation 3 and the cheapest TV you can find, never having owned one before. On your monthly trip into town for supplies you notice a sign announcing the PS3 launch. You’re so isolated you couldn’t have an Internet connection even if you wanted to. You live alone, a recluse in deepest Alaska, a land of nothing but snow, grizzly bears and oil or a hermit in the Australian outback, watching kangaroos and vast expanses of nothing all day. A thought experiment: It’s a month before the PS3 launch.
0 kommentar(er)
