Grrr…..  Why does Sony make simple things so complicated?

I’ll start with the answer to the titular question. After firing up the PS3 with your new Dual Shock 3 (DS3) controller:

• start Resistance Fall of Man (RFoM)
• choose “Multiplayer”
• choose “online game” - the following notice will appear:

“An update to Resistance: Fall of Man is available. This update is required for online play. Download update?

• choose ‘yes’
• exit the game when the download is complete
• start it up again.

You’ll finally have 10 year old technology in your sparkly new PS3 - yeah!!!

Who came up with this clever idea? How are people that want to play the single player campaign offline supposed to know this?

Now for the back-story.

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Tags: dual shock 3, playstation, ps3, resistance fall of man, rumble

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The new PS3 Playstation store is a much needed improvement over the older store.

The Old Playstation Store:

The old store (pictured to the left) booted slowly, was unresponsive, had tiny print and was almost unusable. It relied on a ‘mouse’ like interface with a pointer that needed to be moved around the screen with the PS3 controller’s analogue stick. It was very difficult to use and imprecise.

The New Playstation Store:

• The new store boots up faster
• Thankfully, the mouse-pointer interface is gone
• The main menu now presents a grouped items column on the left
• Selecting an item group brings up a much easier to read sub-menu (see the “New Releases” submenu below).
• The submenu has a navigable list of possible selections on the right
• Selection details show up in a big, easier to read, panel on the left.

• Everything is faster and crisper (more pics on joystiq here).

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