Why dont all PS3 games use the PSN system?

[Onaxis]

Games that dont use the PSN system:

- Resistance (uses their own online system)
- Motorstorm (uses their own online system)
- Call Of Duty 4
- Unreal Tournament 3 (uses GameSpy)
- All EA Games
- The Orange Box
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
- more...

Games that do use the PSN service:
- GripShift
- Tekken 5 Online: Dark Ressurection
- Go! Puzzle
- Go! Sudoku
- Snakeball
- more...

Is this why Microsoft charges for Xbox Live so they can pay developers to use the system because every 360 game uses the Live online system.

[coriacesar]

i wonder too.. i dont like how cod4 is, u cant even have a filter... what gives?!

[VendeTTaa]

On the flipside of cod4 though, RFOM's online structure was very good, and Warhawk also did the job quite nicely. I think that it's a must for games to display ping when browsing for games. I dont have anything against including matchmaking, but I would also like the option in every game to be able to pick a server manually.

In fact, RFOM worked so well I would be interested in them releasing some sort of middleware tool that incorporated their structure for all those devs too lazy or underfunded to properly implement a ps3 online infrastructure.

[amandeep2]

i think it would be better to use one universal system. i remember on ps2 onlines games you had to make an account for every online game lol

[Acidox]

I don't get what your getting at here? That they don't use the same servers, or that the PSN features arn't intergrated?

[loverboifreak]

think of how screwed up things would be if everything used the psn intergration service, besides i think Sony wants to go in a different direction with this than MS.

[carbs]

the thing is COD 4 is that it always freezes! Whenever I try to connect, it just hangs there! With UT3 or NHL 08, it is normal. What gives?