Engadget says: Xbox 360 Helped Define The Decade

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Squilliam said:

Xoj said:

and who said this is about u only? PC had better online for years, 360 only moved that to a console, but that isn't define a decade.

u know they are people playing modern warfare 2 and left for dead 2 on pc without owning a 360, not paying for online, and with better graphics and controls than all consoles right now?

How exactly is it better online? Does the PC have a unified online system? Does it have unified friends lists? Does it have seamless integration of voice chat, by this I mean every game and totally noob friendly to use. The way I see it, the PC online system is very fragmented and to keep up with it all you need multiple programs like MSN, Skype, ventrillo, xfire, steam etc and not to mention the games which roll their own service. Furthermore many of these programs conflict with each other like for instance steam and ventrillo. Whilst I may not be a pro gamer on the PC my friend who was a top 20 player in AOE3 was and that was his life.

I can see how someone can say that the PC service can be individually better but you can't call it as consistant nor as easy to use as the Xbox Live service.

steam.

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