Xbox Live VS PSN---Round 7 of the Console Wars

[dunno001]

>Impulsivity said:
>10 things that make the PSN better.
Spin things much? Most of what you're using is opinion, and some of it is factually wrong. Let me analyze some of your points.

>1) it is 100% free and has the same capabilities as the 360
Not true. 100% free implies no costs ever. DLC has prices, thus making it incorrect. Because DLC exists on all of the systems, nobody offers 100% free access. Now, if I want to simply look around, any of them are free. Yes, there are some free features on PSN not offered on XBL. But that doesn't mean everything is free. As for the "same" capabilities, again, wrong. Each platform has different features not existing on the other. You go on to talk about Home on PSN. Yes, this isn't on XBL. That right there is a different capability.

>2) it includes a full internet browser.
And truthfully, it's not a big selling point. Internet browsers on consoles, well, suck. I don't care whether it's PS3 or Wii, PSP or DS. They all suck. As for your mentioning Linux, well, that's no longer applicable to newer models. Besides, if I were to do that, I'd want a computer with more control over its components, like, say, RAM.

>3) The PS3 has nearly unlimited space to store things and uses any 3rd party hard drive when you need more space.
Yes, it'll take any drive. But you better not need to change it. The first thing the PS3 wants to do with your new drive in it is format it. I do see where you come from on price, however, there was also that LE 360 with a 250 GB drive, thus there is an ignored size.

>4) The PS3 includes wireless, just like every modern electronics device other then the 360, which only has a 100 dollar adapter.
Yes, not including it was silly. But if you're going to allow 3rd party drives for the PS3, you also have to allow 3rd party Wi-Fi adaptors for the 360. And they can be found significantly cheaper. (For that matter, finding MS's own for under that $100 MSRP isn't hard either.)

>5) The 360 has no support for large scale gaming. All the big 360 games have small multiplayer matches (10-24 players) as the only choice
>available. There are multiple PS3 games that support upwards of 60 players currently. MAG, when it is released soon, will support over 10
>times more players then any 360 game.
Nice spin here on the wording. 24 players is not the system limit, rather, it's the largest that happens to have been made. And as for your PS3 supporting "upwards of", that does mean that every game does it. It's merely putting a focus on multiplayer, usually at the cost of single player. MAG is the perfect example of that- sure, it can do 256 players in game- at the cost of absolutely no single player mode. For someone like me, who prefers single player, this would be a selling point to the 360. So it's a preferential opinion in the end even still.

>8) Downloading and playing movies/games is also far easier, both because the PSN interface is better and because of not having to deal with the aforementioned points crap.
Again, the interface is an opinional view. I find the 360 one easier to use, but that's me. And the second half of this sentence was already mentioned as your ding in the 7th point. If you're going to give bulletpoints, don't double-dip.

>9) When you start up your PS3 your interface isn't nearly as cluttered with marketing junk.
Again, this is in the eye of the beholder. I also don't care for creed, but I see the interface as including a news section. X thing is availiable, and if X happens to interest me, I'm glad to know about it. (Oh, and you'll get this whether you pay or not.)

>10) If you had a 360 from Launch you would have spent over 250 dollars at a minimum for Xbox live.
Really?? 'Over X at a minimum' is a redundancy first of all. Secondly, you've failed at math class, as this is the 360s 5th year, so if you paid retail from the beginning, you would have paid $250. Not "over" this, nor is it a "minimum", as evidenced by the number of people who report paying about $30 per year. And I can't even assume that to be minimum at $150, because some people have seen them even cheaper than that! Sure, PSN hasn't charged for your time, but what if your friends are on XBL? Then it doesn't matter if you think the better games are on PS3; if you want to play with your friends, and they have a 360, it's not going to be an option. And again, your "opinion" of the worthwhile games can't be used as fact.