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It would be near impossible to strike a deal with a publisher to get those kind of games on a disk, but online stores allow them not only to exist but to thrive. Despite the issues I have with the PSN at times, IвЂ™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 IвЂ™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 wouldnвЂ™t even miss gaming online with my friends, something that I rarely take part in now anyway.

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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 вЂ“ thereвЂ™s a lot about it that appeals. This sounds oddly pleasing if IвЂ™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 thatвЂ™s it.

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This is the situation for a good number of gamers (according to Sony at last yearвЂ™s E3 about 20% of PS3вЂ™s arenвЂ™t online), those whoвЂ™ve never worked out how to connect their PS3 or simply never cared enough. But if youвЂ™d never been online could you still have a good experience with your PS3? WeвЂ™ve touched on this in the past, with Blair sharing his experiences while in university halls, the network blocking his access to the PSN. ItвЂ™s almost as if youвЂ™ve got your childhood PlayStation all over again. The firmwareвЂ™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.ДЄ 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. YouвЂ™re so isolated you couldnвЂ™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: ItвЂ™s a month before the PS3 launch.

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