1. We’d like to thank everyone at ThreeSpeech for everything you’ve done for the PS3 community and those times when you featured what we’re trying to achieve at PS3 Attitude.

   We’re sorry to see you go… (sniff)

   
   Comment by DolphGB @ PS3 Attitude — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:00 pm

2. Looking forward to it!

   
   Comment by Shin-Ra — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:01 pm

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4. Hey Folks,

   this will be nice. Yes we european are strick back to sonys priority.

   
   Comment by crank79 — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:11 pm

5. Sweet, looking forward to it

   
   Comment by VoodooCharlie — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

6. Will be sad to see you go TS, thanks for a great two and a half years. Good luck to the EU Blog team!

   
   Comment by PS3 Forums @ GameSlurp — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

7. Just make ONE blog for PlayStation and post content relevant to everywhere.

   The same goes for PlayStation.com - the websites are different for each country and the features even differ. It’s stupid. Just put it all together.

   
   Comment by Neil — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:15 pm

8. While it is great to hear we are finally getting a official European PlayStation Blog it’s abit sad to see threespeech go. Thanks for all the updates ThreeSpeech.

   
   Comment by Paul — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:21 pm

9. [...] Hello to the EU blog! [ThreeSpeech] [...]

   
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10. That is GREAT news.

    
    Comment by darkos87 — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:28 pm

11. @ Neil

    How can they make one website for everyone when each territory has different release dates, pricing, etc?! That’s the whole problem with the US blog. It’s not always relevant to us.

    I think this is a good thing. ThreeSpeech has been great, but this way we’ll be getting our very own official blog.

    
    Comment by Sack-Girl — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:29 pm

12. AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Real communication with our beloved SCEE overlords!!
    2 years late, but better late than never.

    
    Comment by cg — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:29 pm

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    Pingback by PS3intense » Offizieller EU Blog kommt — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:29 pm

14. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    Total bummer that the Three Speech “branding” is gonna go up in smoke after so much dedication from the people who run it and the readers and contributors!

    Im sure the CLAN will keep the name so Three Speech can live on in eternal glory!!!!

    Honestly! I am gutted!!!! I can see an EU blog being neglected and un-personalised……please SCEE don’t screw it up.

    TS FTW RIP IDST LOL BRB OMG

    
    Comment by elephant_stone — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:43 pm

15. NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo……..

    *sobs*

    *hugs ThreeSpeech*

    *wanders off under a small drizzly cloud*

    
    Comment by mobiletone — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:45 pm

16. Thanks for all your work.

    Now, do anyone know if the EU PS.Blog will use the same style and layout the US PS.Blog uses? I surely hope so. It’s time Sony start to unify all their scattered websites.

    
    Comment by wollan — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:49 pm

17. “please SCEE don’t screw it up”

    yeeeeeeeeeeeh like that’s gonna happen. [/sarcasm]

    ADIOS to all the great guys and possibly girls i have met on here over this time, SONY keeps banging on about ‘community’ and then turns around and destroys possibly the best one on the internet dedicated to the PS3. shame on you SCEE, shame!

    anyone need a space filler then feel free to add me: PSN: mobiletone

    
    Comment by mobiletone — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:50 pm

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19. Thanks for the hardwork, but of course an official blog is better than a semi-official blog

    I agree with Neil that there should certainly be a UK and US PlayStation blog, though the rest of Europe does require more language work

    As for the official site, it needs improving. It should have auto log-in features so I don’t need to do that extra click to sign in, as firefox remembers my password

    
    Comment by Adam — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:52 pm

20. I see this is a necessary move, and whilst ThreeSpeech has done what it can, it’s time for Sony to handle this internally. We’ll see, but our hopes are high.

    
    Comment by Nofi — Apr 8, 2009 @ 4:52 pm

21. So now it will be even easier to compare commnuications between SCEA & SCEE lack of it! Only joking. Just remember the 3 golden rules to a decent & relevant website - content, content and more content. Al the best.

    
    Comment by BlueGene — Apr 8, 2009 @ 5:05 pm

22. Looking foward to the new blog! Thanks Threespeech for filling the gap.

    Thanks also to everyone on the EU Playstation forums who voted for an official EU blog! Otherwise this never would have happened.

    Thanks again Threespeech!

    
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24. Good news. It looks like SCEE are really taking notice of our demands for better communication

    
    Comment by Rob — Apr 8, 2009 @ 5:27 pm

25. [...] jetzt bekannt wurde, wird aus threespeech.com ab dem 17.April 2009 der erste offizielle europäische Playstation [...]

    
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26. Can’t believe it’s been two and a half years. Thanks for all the effort and opportunities guys, it’s been great.

    
    Comment by Tom Eccles — Apr 8, 2009 @ 5:47 pm

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28. Well, this is really what I hoped for (along with many of us) but thanks to Three Speech and its community for providing a nice alternative. I have been reading here for over two years!

    I have also made a post about this momentous event at the SCEE Equality Appeal site. It seems we can cross off one of our ‘demands’ from the petition we have hosted there.

    http://www.sceeea.com

    Cheers all!

    
    Comment by Gadbury / Obli — Apr 8, 2009 @ 6:11 pm

29. Big, big shame. Something interesting and personal in feel dies - something dull and EU-wide appears…. That’s progress

    
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34. I’ll be sad to see you go Three Speech! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to write a couple of articles here, attend one of your awesome Three Rooms events in London, and to meet a lot of really nice people with similar interests to my own (PS3 of course!) I hope that the new blog allows us to submit comments in the same way that you have. (Otherwise I’ll have to try to find a new way to dodge doing work whilst in the office ;)).

    Thanks again guys.

    
    Comment by reakt — Apr 8, 2009 @ 6:41 pm

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36. great jobs u guys have done during the past 2 years. best of luck for the future and long live the playstation

    
    Comment by cukaracha — Apr 8, 2009 @ 6:55 pm

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38. bang on reakt, I’ve been to 3rooms 1time too (I won my heat in the warhawk battle - then the tech let us down) and hearby suggest the new EU blog is launched at 3rooms with us ol’ timers, 3speech staff and the new boys in full attendance. Tell you what, I’ll even bring my turntables - 3Speech - sort it and go out in style!

    
    Comment by MrJimmy — Apr 8, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

39. Threespeech were clearly hung out to dry by PlayStation in the UK/Europe - not given sufficient access to insider infi and also not alllowed the freedom to comment like a true community blog. Given that, I think they’ve done a very decent job. I’m sure the new EuroBlog will be twice as informative and only half as entertaining and quirky

    
    Comment by Belfast Steps — Apr 8, 2009 @ 7:27 pm

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41. Comment from Joystiq

    SpiderMike @ Apr 8th 2009 2:33PM

    Of course you wouldn’t. You’re not an EU resident.

    To those that have followed Threespeech and have been grateful for all the info they have been able to provide, despite SCE hindering EU users at every turn, the whole article just wreaks of sarcasm and petty jibes at what WAS a really good substitute for a site Sony should have made in the first place.

    But yet again, the Americans have to come first cos the UK is just some insignificant island surrounded by insignificant EU sub countries that really don’t matter to them.

    
    Comment by BassyFacey — Apr 8, 2009 @ 7:36 pm

42. Thanks for the great news, and for keeping up with all the moaning
    And I hope to see ThreeSpeech on the blog as well.

    
    Comment by sentry23 — Apr 8, 2009 @ 7:40 pm

43. shame to see you go TS - i’ve had some good times on here starting way back when my launch day article

    i’ll miss you (not least because you’re one of the few gaming sites i can access through the work firewall) and all the funny people on here who have shared banter … mobiletone, JohnSketch, fanpages, E-ROLE (… the list goes on) … a “real” PS3 community that tried to share the odd intelligent debate and often just an odd debate

    somehow i don’t think the new blog will have the same feel, and will end up being overrun wiv da kids who fink da PSFREE is da best WOOT!

    Let hope SCEE prove me wrong

    how about one final comp to get rid of all the ps3 related cr@p you have lying about the office?

    feel free to add me to your friends list (fid) and we can silently compare trophies, and look at what each other are playing before doing our own thing

    Farewell!

    
    Comment by fid — Apr 8, 2009 @ 8:23 pm

44. I guess like many others I will no longer be able to catch up on Playstation news at work anymore Damn firewall.

    Thanks must go to the TS Team, (hopefully no-one will be losing their job) for not only providing us with as much info as the seemingly anonymous SCEE crew would let you have, but for putting up with the constant whining.

    We should see a healthy spike in PS3 sales as now all the members of the corporate communications department will have to find out what one is!!

    Oh dear.

    
    Comment by Demibeard — Apr 8, 2009 @ 8:50 pm

45. Threespeech sucks, and always did suck. But why don’t sony hear our comments? We don’t want seperate US/EU sites..We want to feel like we are getting a global service. This is the age of ONLINE! Online is global. that’s the WHOLE POINT!!

    
    Comment by russ — Apr 8, 2009 @ 8:55 pm

46. [...] Hello to the EU blog! [Three Speech] [...]

    
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47. I guess like many others I will no longer be able to catch up on Playstation news at work anymore Damn firewall

    Thanks must go to the TS Team, (hopefully no-one is losing their job) for not only providing us with as much info as the seemingly anonymous SCEE crew would let you have, but for putting up with the constant whining.

    The good news is that we should see a healthy spike in PS3 sales as now all the members of the corporate communications department will have to find out what one is!!

    Oh dear. see you soon.

    
    Comment by Demibeard — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:00 pm

48. Woho!

    
    Comment by greger — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:08 pm

49. [...] Hello to the EU blog! [Three Speech] [...]

    
    Pingback by So Long Three Speech, Hello PlayStation Blog [Europe] | The Gamer's Guide — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:09 pm

50. So long TS. You were all we had! Thanks for all your great work!

    
    Comment by katamari-ball — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:17 pm

51. Thanks a million TheeSpeech. Thanks for all your great work and finally getting us a european blog!

    
    Comment by zodl — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:30 pm

52. Bye TS, its been fun and ive a feeling it could have been more fun if playstation had backed you properly

    
    Comment by From the north — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:36 pm

53. Real shame. I love the idea of a semi official space, a midzone between a company’s ideal and the public’s ideal. I guess SCEE couldn’t really cope with that though

    
    Comment by The Big Bopper — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:44 pm

54. nooooo

    Who is gonna break the news to Sketchy when he gets back from his run?

    The man will be gutted. As am I. Been here since (virtually) the beginning so sad to see the Threespeech branding go.

    I have enjoyed the more adult/mature nature of the banter and discussion on this site, so hope to see most of you over at the new blog.

    Already made a good few virtual pals through posting/the clan, so for me at least Threespeech has added a lot of value to my PS3 experience.

    cheers people

    
    Comment by mrsatansdojo — Apr 8, 2009 @ 9:49 pm

55. NOOOO! I love ThreeSpeech This is a very sad day. Not to mention the fact where I work block the eu.playstation domain but don’t block ThreeSpeech.com so I’ll no longer be able to read the news in work.

    Unless SCEA turn over a new leaf I can’t see them taking much trouble to contribute regular updates (they’ve never bothered here), it’ll probably be a clone of the US blog with the odd SCEA press release thrown in. And I very much doubt an official blog will allow fans to contribute in the same way.

    Can’t they just make ThreeSpeech into an official blog and just contribute to it a bit more? It has the balance right, I fear an EU blog will just become a mouth piece for EU press releases. You even have your own KillZone 2 clan!

    Will you be involved in the new site? Will the new site retain this domain name? We need more info!

    
    Comment by Apnomis — Apr 8, 2009 @ 10:00 pm

56. @Mr Jimmy - I remember that too - we must have been at the same event mate.

    
    Comment by reakt — Apr 8, 2009 @ 10:07 pm

57. As a TSR member I am also gutted. I think we had a good bunch of posters on this site. Lets hope the good times continue to roll as from the 17th.

    
    Comment by CartBlanche — Apr 8, 2009 @ 10:07 pm

58. @ Cart, I hope so too - assuming the EU blog even allow comments (gasp! lol). I’m guessing they’ll link to your PSN sign on too - so any regulars that don’t use their PSN ID here might want to make their PSN ID know before this site dies so we know who’s who! I can’t help thinking it will lose it’s intimacy though, look at the EU forum, it’s just a mass of posts from thousands of people, any comments will just get lost in the crowd…

    Also I hope this doesn’t mean they’ll have to translate any blog articles into 37 different languages before they’re posted meaning that any news they post will have already appeared on other sources 3 weeks earlier!!!!

    @ Elephant_Stone, nice idea about keeping the clan name in Memory of ThreeSpeech! Maybe we should register alternate domain and keep the blog going in an unofficial capacity!

    
    Comment by Apnomis — Apr 8, 2009 @ 10:21 pm

59. @reakt - we were!

    thinking about it - reakt, JS, me plus a couple of notable others have an evil blog crookedconsole.com which has lacked any kind of focus for ages, my new realworld(tm) job has completely wiped out my time for it, so here is an idea - any/all of you, go have a look at it and email me from there, I’ll add you ALL as authors and we’ll see what happens, also anyone wants to take on the full admin, let me know, otherwise I’ll keep it covered.

    
    Comment by MrJimmy — Apr 8, 2009 @ 10:27 pm

60. Gonna have to get in the clan then! its going to be crap seeing you go TS, it really doesnt seem like two and a half years. posted little, but read every post. Everyone make sure you all post under the same names, you too TS.

    “Please SCEE dont screw it up”

    lets hope eh? we’re ps3 owners, we’re good at hoping

    see ya TS [sob sob]

    
    Comment by Photek — Apr 8, 2009 @ 10:52 pm

61. Well if the ThreeSpeech guys make the new Blog, no one can really screw this up. I cant wait to see it, i just hope all people who worked on ThreeSpeech will also work on that one so no job will be lost.

    
    Comment by GTAce — Apr 8, 2009 @ 11:00 pm

62. [...] Hello to the EU blog! [Three Speech] [...]

    
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63. yay a eu blog. thanks.

    
    Comment by martin — Apr 8, 2009 @ 11:26 pm

64. Noooooooooooooooooo.

    
    Comment by rick_2k — Apr 8, 2009 @ 11:41 pm

65. GREAT

    now i will have a chance to get an official answer why i cant pay with paypal or psn cards, i do not and cannot get a CREDIT CARD.

    
    Comment by Tiduz — Apr 8, 2009 @ 11:58 pm

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68. man, threespeech has come along way. still remember the 3space event a few years back with phil harrison before the ps3 Eu launch. good times. thanks alot to everyone at threespeech, i hope the staff and members will still be present in the new blog.

    thanks again

    PSN: TheDirector

    
    Comment by The Director — Apr 9, 2009 @ 3:54 am

69. [...] Hello to the EU blog! [Three Speech] [...]

    
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70. psn cards in europe !!!! many persons wont to buy but can not .

    
    Comment by monoliet — Apr 9, 2009 @ 4:28 am

71. hopefully,some of sony will listen on the new site
    but then again they didn’t listen for the last couple of years anyway

    
    Comment by T3rr0rT!m3 — Apr 9, 2009 @ 5:24 am

72. the best thing about 3speech is/was the contributions from posters, the way they were allowed to create the content, will the “official” blog allow that… doubt it

    
    Comment by danm — Apr 9, 2009 @ 5:37 am

73. I cant believe you announce you are now becoming official and Sony will have a blog in the EU regions and people use the opportunity to start bashing Sony.

    Guys come on lets remember all the great news and comps that TS has put on over the last few years, heck before the great network of community sites and fan sites for the PS started up this was pretty much the place to get all your PS3 news.

    So to TS i say thanks for doing a great job, and to the EU blog i say Hello and welcome, ( are you really prepared for all the ungrateful gamers in this region?).

    
    Comment by Nathaniel — Apr 9, 2009 @ 6:27 am

74. This was, of course, inevitable given we have known about the pending availability of the new Official European Blog for a while, but many of us, myself very much included, with be saddened by this announcement.

    Thank you for your support, guidance and, not least, commitment & perseverance (often through adversity), Three Speech.

    I wish everybody involved in the production and ongoing maintenance of this site good luck with any future ventures, and hope you have also benefited as much as our community has during the past few years.

    Are you planning a combined ‘farewell to Three Speech’ & a new Blog launch party? If not in person, an organised PlayStation® Home meeting may be an idea. Is anybody interested?

    Finally, if there are no plans to redirect the http://www.ThreeSpeech.com address back to the new Blog site, and the domain name is not going to be retained, I would like to register an interest in acquiring either just the domain or, if also on offer, the entire site concept (and content, if possible).

    Myself and the other ‘Regulars’ were looking for a more permanent location, and it would be an ideal opportunity to meet our needs whilst ensuring your name lives on.

    Best wishes,

    BFN,

    fp.
    Clan Officer
    Three Speech Regulars

    
    Comment by fanpages — Apr 9, 2009 @ 6:39 am

75. @ FanPages

    Exactly what I was thinking - can we get the domain name please pretty please with a cherry on top?!

    Either that or get Gorilla to change our KZ2 clan name to the “official EU blog clan” or something haha

    Seriously though, this site and what it has come to be known as (internationally!) is fantastic and its legacy should be preserved.

    And a meet up is a fantastic idea….both physically AND in Home (mainly because I live near Lincoln and cant get to London easily )

    Im still crying

    
    Comment by elephant_stone — Apr 9, 2009 @ 7:13 am

76. damn, it can’t die so.. http://threespeech.co.cc/

    just set this up, over breakfast!! nothing there really now but will work on it later, promise. lots of log inoptions for commenting, so, feel free to join or bookmark or don’t.

    better get to work!

    
    Comment by mobiletone — Apr 9, 2009 @ 7:38 am

77. RIP TS. Thanks for the memories. I hope SCEE don’t make a mockery of the community that’s grown from this blog site. I hope they do it the justice it deserves!

    
    Comment by M0nk3y_R1mm3r — Apr 9, 2009 @ 8:35 am

78. It’s a real shame that your going, you will be missed
    but your legend will never die.

    
    Comment by Strike — Apr 9, 2009 @ 8:50 am

79. Thanks for everything Three Speech, the pre-launch events were great

    
    Comment by Pete Cullen — Apr 9, 2009 @ 9:16 am

80. Well done Three Speech on a hard job over the last couple of years. Whilst it will be nice to have a more direct discussion with Sony, it’ll be a shame to see this site go.

    
    Comment by SillySprout — Apr 9, 2009 @ 9:53 am

81. I Went away for one days break, just one, and when I’m gone all hell breaks loose lol

    I can’t believe it’s the end, I will make, bake and eat a cake in memory of ThreeSpeech.

    
    Comment by E-ROLE — Apr 9, 2009 @ 9:58 am

82. @ E-ROLE

    See what happens when you go out with girls!!!!!

    pablo

    
    Comment by mrsatansdojo — Apr 9, 2009 @ 10:15 am

83. Sorry to see TS is closing, will be missed.

    
    Comment by Robothamster — Apr 9, 2009 @ 10:32 am

84. This will be great as long as we get the support we need. Sad to see threespeech go. Although i never commented much, i did get a lot of my news from here (in fact its one of only 3 rss i ever bother with) and thought it was a decent community.

    Sayonara 3speech Kohnichiwa EU Blog

    
    Comment by Jeegee — Apr 9, 2009 @ 10:34 am

85. Oh no! Can I be cheeky and ask that you pop some advert on the pages and continue your good work here? I like ThreeSpeech, and fear that an “official” site will lose this community spirit that we have here.

    Oh well, that’s progress I suppose.

    Well ThreeSpeech, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time reading and sometimes commenting here. I’m rather sad to know it’s ending. I wish you all the very best, and hope the transision to the new official site is smooth.

    Warmest wishes

    LordOfRuin

    
    Comment by LordOfRuin — Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:01 am

86. excellent. lets replace an interesting friendly grown up blog with a bland euro blog. way to frggin go

    
    Comment by BarryHayle — Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:19 am

87. *Sniff* I got most of my PSN friends list from you guys on Threespeech… See you on the other side, and @ clan meets (if I find some freaking time off work)

    
    Comment by Mr.Monkey — Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:52 am

88. @ Three Speech Regulars

    Speaking of time off work….I might not be able to make it to tonight’s KZ2 Clan match @ 9:30 :’(

    Damn it

    
    Comment by elephant_stone — Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:58 am

89. @Stone

    I should be around for tonight’s match. Did you play last night?

    i briefly watched the battle replay on the site…

    

    Looks like they had twice as many players.

    
    Comment by mrsatansdojo — Apr 9, 2009 @ 12:03 pm

90. @MrSatansDojo

    I was 2 minutes too late to join last night…at the moment my spare time is taken up by painting walls and fixing floors in my new house……grrrr

    I played the cool down match afterwards, which I managed to frag a few regulars!

    
    Comment by elephant_stone — Apr 9, 2009 @ 12:26 pm

91. If anyone else is feeling sad about threespeech leaving us, perhaps this will cheer you up:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjjy6FFvabo

    
    Comment by mrsatansdojo — Apr 9, 2009 @ 12:34 pm

92. I GO AWAY TO CORNWALL FOR 3 DAYS, COME BACK AND YOUR LEAVING ME!¬!!!!!!!!!!!!

    What sort of relationship did we have ThreeSpeech? ot even a phone call….an email…*sobs*…I gavew you my soul and you turn around and go off with some fancy dancy EU blog…

    *sniff sniff*

    If you’re nreally leaving me - i want the house and car…you can keep custody of sackboy and girl *snivvles*

    
    Comment by JohnSketch — Apr 9, 2009 @ 12:49 pm

93. Good job guys!
    Looking forward to it

    
    Comment by sam_w — Apr 9, 2009 @ 1:03 pm

94. I told you Sketchy would be upset.

    Get it all out now fella, no room for tears at 9.30pm tonight. Must.avenge.yesterday!

    
    Comment by mrsatansdojo — Apr 9, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

95. OMG!! Yes finally… been waiting for this news like forever. Seems like the poll on the Official US PS Blog helped out with the question… would you like us to cover EU news

    So ThreeSpeech be prepared to answer these questions over and over again:

    - Where are the pre-paid cards?
    - Where is the video store?
    - Why do we have to wait for this and that….
    - What else did I forget to mention lolz

    Anyways great news and looking forward to it.

    BTW please bring in PSN login.. or atleast update us on it

    Cheers!

    
    Comment by TimoTheThug — Apr 9, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

96. It was about time this happened. We need an official blog to finally get answers, too bad its taken Sony this long to get their thumbs out their arses and do it.

    
    Comment by Terry G — Apr 9, 2009 @ 2:03 pm

97. A bit sad…

    
    Comment by Zta — Apr 9, 2009 @ 3:07 pm

98. It’s a shame to see you go ThreeSpeech

    
    Comment by Randomcowburner — Apr 9, 2009 @ 3:53 pm

99. WHY can’t SONY make their crappy Eu blog (In 37 languages and multiple Store updates on a Thursday) to keep all the fanboys on the awful eu.forums happy and still keep TS alive, i for one don’t recall being asked what i thought, and i doubt any other TSR member was either, SCEE has sneaked up behind us in the dark and royally f–ked us over, yeah, thanks Sony, and thanks all you cretins from the EU blogs for killing us off.

    i hope you’re all bl–dy d-mn well happy with yourselves.

    you only have to look at the US Blog to see how pointless commenting on any article is, and if you really think SCEEs lackies are going to comment like SCEA do, than i suggest you stop dreaming.

    TS was special (mrSketch was very special :P) and had a mature/different feeling to it that i have not found on any other PS3 forum, i liked it here, i don’t want to go and hang out with a bunch of Eurobrat fanboys who have no grasp of grammar or proper syntax.

    the UK has always had pride that we were different to the rest of Europe, TS was such a place.. i shall miss TS very much, truly a one of a kind.

    ALL TOGETHER NOW LADS

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpJh46DG_Zw

    thanks for all the good times TS + fellow commentators/posters

    *sobs into t-shirt.. goes to get drunk*

    
    Comment by mobiletone — Apr 9, 2009 @ 5:19 pm

100. Good riddance.

     No offence intended to ThreeSpeech employees or posters but Threespeech was always just a half baked marketing scam.
     TS was was made by a marketing and communications ageny called Ramp Industry. They were employed by SCEE to push their brand which is why we never got any answers and anything negative was totally glossed over.

     Now we get to confront the organ grinder instead of the monkey.

     
     Comment by Ton Capone — Apr 9, 2009 @ 6:25 pm

101. [...] Hello to the EU Blog! - Three Speech Digg it Tweet This Related Posts: [...]

     
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102. I’ll be sad to see ThreeSpeech go. Fair play to CrowdDNA for running an entertaining, fun, warm blog in what I can imagine were fairly challenging circumstances

     
     Comment by The H — Apr 9, 2009 @ 7:26 pm

103. Over on this thread - http://threespeech.com/blog/2009/04/this-summer-an-official-playstation-blog-will-be-coming-to-europe/ - it says the new EU blog won’t appear until Summer!!! That could be anywhere from July to September! I’m doubly shocked now considering TS is shutting down next week.

     
     Comment by CartBlanche — Apr 9, 2009 @ 7:37 pm

104. Ah the memories…

     bitching about the PSN weekly update

     more bitchin about the PSN weekly update

     bitching about ingame XMB

     bitching about the bitching

     and, of course, bitching about the PSN weekly update

     God speed, ThreeSpeech.

     
     Comment by Gobucks — Apr 9, 2009 @ 8:19 pm

105. Thanks for the blog, TS, at least we Europeans also have had something.

     
     Comment by JaKhris — Apr 9, 2009 @ 10:27 pm

106. will readers also be able to contribute content on the european blog??? no, thought not……..

     
     Comment by pianoman — Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:06 pm

107. @Tone

     I’m no more special than you

     *gets CrowdDNA a cake”

     
     Comment by JohnSketch — Apr 10, 2009 @ 1:03 pm

108. Will it be in german, too?

     
     Comment by blub — Apr 10, 2009 @ 6:53 pm

109. the end of FREE SPEECH is here!!!

     
     Comment by bob — Apr 11, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

110. great stuff! looking forward to EU PS blog. hope it will be successful.

     sad to see threespeech closing down.

     
     Comment by PanixATK — Apr 11, 2009 @ 9:33 pm

111. mobiletone, that’s quite a xenophobic and selfish attitude to have. Many more Playstation owners would rather see an official EU Playstation blog instead of ThreeSpeech. If ThreeSpeech gave a damn, they could continue in some form but the reality is that they were paid by Sony to do a marketing job and now Sony want to do it themselves. Sorry ThreeSpeech, I know you were restricted.

     The ThreeSpeech community did have charm and there are some great members here, but it acted as more of a hang-out than anything really useful for Playstation owners. Lets take off the rose-tinted shades and not forget the late, regurgitated official news postings, the total lack of communication between us and Sony, and the many questions we asked repeatedly falling on deaf ears. I hope this will change with an official EU blog, what with the US blog being a good yard stick and I sincerely hope SCEE are trying to change for the better.

     
     Comment by Gadbury / Obli — Apr 11, 2009 @ 9:37 pm

112. What _should_ happen is that the EU blog goes ahead full steam - but that the staff from Crowd administrate and moderate it ^__^

     
     Comment by JohnSketch — Apr 13, 2009 @ 11:04 am

113. Good riddance. It’s about time Sony started to listen to UK customers directly, not through some muffled ear-plugs disguised as ThreeSpeech.

     
     Comment by Zed Zee — Apr 13, 2009 @ 2:00 pm

114. OK… I’ll be honest… I originally used ThreeSpeech to send traffic to 1upGamers.com where I had previously taken the role of Forums Moderator.

     However, after a month or so, this site’s comment submission parsing engine placed all my posts into the moderation queue only to resurface days later when the text I was attempting to relay was then out of date.

     This was doing neither my own site, nor the PlayStation community any favours.

     So, I then dropped my references to 1upGamers, and used ThreeSpeech as a convenient place to store & retrieve any interesting snippets of news I found whilst surfin’ across the World Wide Wait. I always knew I could direct traffic here if I couldn’t be bothered to find the original source

     It was a convenient arrangement that increased the “impression count” on various pages here, and in turn meant my attempts to promote 1upGamers.com on other Forums were disguised.

     I then stopped being selfish & started to read the comments made by others. In majority I found an adult-oriented forum where people with differing views could discuss the various PlayStation brands, Sony & subsidiaries, first & other party development houses, and many aspects of the video gaming industry intelligently & without fear of recrimination.

     A few years have passed since then, but I have not found any other forum-based site on the Internet in the last 14 years I have been online that has not been spoiled by one or two recurring visitors, or by those who have their own agenda & dismiss comments made by anybody else who does not agree with their own narrow viewpoint.

     Now the time has finally come to say farewell, I will certainly miss ThreeSpeech; not least for what it offered me, but for what it offered the video game industry as a whole.

     On a number of occasions, Three Speech have approached me to write content for the site, but because my articles would eventually be moderated by a Sony representative, I ultimately felt this was too much of a restriction as what I wanted to say would not be published as I intended it. Constructive criticism may have been allowed, but general negativity would certainly not have been tolerated. So, I thanked the kind offer those at Three Speech had placed before me, but opted to continue as I was not “selling out” or succumbing to the temptation of seeing my name promoted to article author knowing that what I really wanted to say was somewhat different.

     The nature of this Forum with the lack of moderation of individual comment text has meant that anything I have submitted has (eventually) been published without editing, and for this fact alone, I am proud to be a regular contributor.

     Once Three Speech has closed their virtual doors this week, if the alternate suggestion from Sony does not offer me the same freedom then I will not be participating. I have not bothered with the current European PlayStation forums as I find the content too difficult to navigate, and the US Blog is so full of “me too”, “first”, and “awesome” posts it just dilutes the content where somebody actually raises a worthwhile point or useful suggestion.

     Three Speech ‘regulars’ voice opinions, raised issues, and offer suggestions the likes of which I have not seen anywhere else. It will be a real shame if the community built up here in the last two & a half years is forced to go elsewhere if the official Blog is not ready in the immediate or very near future.

     In the meantime, if you would like to participate in the next generation of semi-official bloggery… please make your intentions known now, as I will be recruiting for “Four Word” soon

     BFN,

     fp.
     Clan Officer
     ThreeSpeech Regulars

     
     Comment by fanpages — Apr 13, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

115. Good luck guys!

     
     Comment by RonyDean — Apr 13, 2009 @ 11:43 pm

116. Sad to see you go TS.. RIP

     A special thanks to all the posters who have helped me out/made me laugh/argued with me, don’t think the new eu blog will be half as much fun or have half the feeling of community this place has.

     
     Comment by marvzilla — Apr 14, 2009 @ 11:51 am

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120. 1 Day…YEAH!

     
     Comment by FatTrousers — Apr 16, 2009 @ 1:20 am

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