Doobie_wop said:
I prefer PSN
- I have a larger variety of sleep modes to choose from. This helps when I'm downloading stuff.
- I actually prefer the exclusive games online ( I was really big on Resistance 2, Killzone 2 and Warhawk a while back).
- I prefer the PS3 D-Pad when navigating the store. The Xbox D-Pad is just horrible, sometimes I'd be trying to go up on the demo section and then it was change the menu by going left, which restarts my search progression and it pisses me off.
- I like that PSN has fewer developer restrictions.
- I like that I can use any Bluetooth headset for PSN, while I'm limited to Microsoft supported headsets for the 360.
- I do not know what everyone's talking about with PSNs download speed compared to Microsoft's. The download speed is exactly the same on my connection. Even the Live updates ( I updated for the first time in a while just the other night) took the same amount of time.
- I do use the browser from time to time. The browser isn't as bad as people make it out to be, but it's nothing compared to a full PC, it's still useful though for those random Youtube videos you want to show to the whole family.
- I actually like Home. I rarely use it, but when I do, I'm impressed and I spend a decent amount of time just walking around and starting chats. It's an interesting thing and it's free, I like that I have a free option just sitting on my XMB.
- All my friends have PS3's. They frequently play COD online and so I'm rarely alone when I play. I've learnt to make friends on PSN depending on the specific game, every game I've played, I played with different people (Little Big Planet audience is going to be different to the Killzone 2 audience).
- I hate playing online with idiots and I've found that PSN has a lot less idiots than Live. My friend and I played Halo 3 and COD4 online for a while after they launched ( on his 360) and Jesus fucking Christ are people annoying. I was surprised to see him pick fights with everyone that spoke and how everyone enjoyed yelling at everyone else and it was just messy and rude. My friend (who can be a dick) was talking to this 12 year old kid on Halo and he was just wasting him with insults. I wasn't impressed.
- I like PSN for it's PS1 games and it's weird Japanese games.
- I also find that prices vary far more on PSN, while most of the titles I want on Live are pretty much dead set on a specific price.
- A few extra reasons why I choose PSN over Live includes some hardware specific reasons which either enhance or take away from the experience online. My 360 sounds like a jet engine, if I spend the 20 minutes it needs to install a game to the hard drive. then it sounds like a lawnmower, I do not like the sound my 360 makes when I play games on it. It's fine for exclusives, but when I have another option to choose from, then I'm going to choose the other option.
I only have a 20 gb hard drive, which means I only have about 13 gb for some reason (which is disgusting). I don't want to spend $100 on a new hard drive, so I prefer to download all my games and demo's from PSN. I also don't have to go through the habit of deleting stuff, so I can install the next game I want play on the 360.
- I like the PSN store better. People keep saying how the Live store is way better and easier to navigate, but I don't think that's to be true at all. The PSN store is easy to navigate through, the search feature is useful, I know were everything is and all laid in a classy looking menu. the Live menu looks messy in comparison and it's colour scheme just doesn't fall in my favour.
- When I use to play my PSP, the interactivity with my PS3 and PSN was extremely useful.
- The final reason why I like PSN better than Live is that I can do all these other things that I prefer for free, while I'd have to pay $80 to do thing's I don't prefer to do on Live. Take into account that I had Live for free for a whole month and outside of a broken Gears of War 2 match and just a few random drop ins with some of my other online games, I never went back to it after the first week, mainly because it didn't impress me.
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