Aaron Lockard’s Gaming Thoughts

I already have one post about gametags, well here goes another one. Nintendo may never get their act together and get gamertags for their online service but it looks like Sony is. While showing off their games at the last convention they attended they accidentally showed a gamescreen in which gamertags were mentioned. Immediately after showing this page the man controlling the PS3 said “Opps, your not supposed to see that” SO this almost guarantees gamertags are heading to the PS3.

So the Playstation 3 will have gamertags, will gamertags be a solitary feature or will the PS3 get the whole Xbox Live experience? Sony has long talked up it’s free online service but hasn’t really delivered as expected, sure you can go online and play games but gamers want just a bit more.

I think Sony’s online gameplay will include all or at least most of the features that Xbox Live does thus proving that Microsoft’s fee for such a service is uncalled for. Although, Sony could always charge for their gamertag service it doesn’t look very likely that they will. Afterall, Sony has repeated attacked the price for Xbox Live.

So what is the conclusion here? The conclusion is Sony will have an Xbox Live like online service that will most likely be free of charge. This will entice people to buy the PS3 over the Xbox 360 and prove what we have known, the price for the Xbox Live service is not needed.