PSN vs. Xbox Live - which is better now?

[JaggedSac]

ameratsu said:

JaggedSac said:

ameratsu said:

JaggedSac said:

Nope, that is completely the developer's fault.  Halo 3 is a good example of someone without gold playing over Live and locally with someone with Gold.  You are just considered as a guest.  This is functionality that MS provides in their API.

 

So in Halo 3 can I load my silver profile I have if im playing with a gold user and save my stats? Or does everything I do reset when I stop playing?

You cannot use a silver profile to play online.  You have to play on a "guest" profile of the gold player you are playing with.

 

 That's complete BS then. Do you know rediculous it is trying to play castle crashers with a level 1 character when everyone else is level 20? It's impossible. Premium service my foot if I can't use my own profile (and my own built up characters) when playing with a gold user online.  In this regard it sounds identicial to PSN, which the exception that some ps3 games actually allow "guests" to use their own profiles to save stats. But ofcourse PSN is free.

Well, if I were the developer, I would allow a guest to have a level similar to the gold profile.  I would not, however, allow the silver user to use their profile.  That would be piggy backing.