(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As the "PSN outage" extends and tensions run high, there has been a high increase in threads that generally say the same thing. They all seem to point to one factor, that a lot of people only play games for the multiplayer.

Now, I'm alot older than some users ( I'm 27 ) and when I was a kid, if you wanted to play games with your friends you would have to go to their house, not just party up. So for me, playing offline is no problem.

Playing Offline

Although most of the popular games seem to be designed as a multiplayer game, they still contain a story mode and many games have multiple offline modes.

I recently bought the new Mortal Kombat, there's so much to do that I probably won't play it online until I finished all the other things I've started. I also have been playing the Crysis 2 and Black Ops campaigns, because if PSN was up I'd just be playing the multiplayer.

These can help take the hours of boredom away. Already completed it? well put it on the hardest setting and go back in.

You could probably find a guide right here on NGU!

Trophies

All games have these, use this time to go back and get ones that you forgot about or couldn't be bothered with. If your bored and your ps3 is your only source of entertainment, then trophy hunting can be a good sport.

When I first ever got a ps3, I didn't even have internet, trophy hunting was all I could do.

I know trophies may not be everyone's interest, but it does look cool to have a few platinums in your collection.

(Online trophies usually make up a small percentage of the total amount.)

Again, you can probably find help with trophies here on NGU.

Your ps3 can also;

Play stored music
Play CDs
Play Blue Rays and DVDs
Browse on the internet

So there are plenty of things that you can still do with your ps3, and even more things are available away from your ps3.

Live your life?

Enjoy the weather
Go play some sports
Go to the gym
Go to the cinema
Get a haircut
Do anything !!!

Life has so much to offer you, but you just won't take it.

i am a trophy hunter and got all the trophies on most of my games but like bfbc2 i have a lot of mp trophies still to achieve. i even rented Harry potter and the deathly hallows for an ez platinum but even that game has online trophies

At least you haven't been as bored as some people have. :y:

Single player games are usually all renters, because they are only fun until you complete them, which never takes long. So they are not really worth buying. (obviously some exceptions) Good multiplayer games usually have boring single player. ie. Most Call of Duties.

i think offline is great....crysis 2, bulletstorm and deadspace2 all have great campaigns....i havent played online for about 1.5-2 months now

Well you asked if it's that important, yes it's that important. I bought the game for 1 feature only, i didn't give a damn about anything else. All i cared about was the free online service.

I want to talk with my friends and play with them...

I am 26, and although I had to live the same degrading childhood of memory cards and being face to face with the person raping you. nowadays being online is just better. more variety, and less chance of knowing someones "style" or screen-peaking. face it, offline gaming is only an introduction to the game, online is where the real gameplay is. I would be furious if I payed $60 for 4 hours of gameplay.

if u really bought it for online play thats sad. you should just move to xbox

playing online is fun. But since this outage I either been playing MLB The Show or my 360. I aint tripping to much because in due time PSN will be back up. I hate that this happen but hopefully something good will come out of it.