smroadkill15 said:
Comparing psn+ with xbl gold, psn+ is definitely a better value and you get more for what you pay for, but in terms of a which service is better, psn is still lagging behind XBL. For the poeple that think I'm just blowing smoke out of my ass, I'll give several example:
1. Party Chat: I would say 98% of the xbl community uses this feature and just makes playing games or doing anything on xbl much better.
2. Download speeds/updates: Xbl is just much faster when it comes to downloading anything. Updates take 5 seconds and is all done in single update instead of several. Downloading any game,demo, video, app, etc. doesn't take very long on xbl.
3. Demo's: Every xbla game and indy game allows you to download a trial demo, and there are more retail demos also on live.
4. Playing splitscreen on two or more gold accounts: Any game with split screen on xbl lets you play with either a guest account or another gold account. I know this is a big issue on PSN and only several games allow you to have more than 1 primary PSN account play splitscreen, where as every game with splitscreen on xbl does.
5. More apps: Yes, both systems have apps you can download, but if you look at the growing number on xbl you can see there are more than psn and that number is only going to get bigger in the coming year. If you compare both services with the same app, say Netflix, the xbl version will almost always be superior with kinect features in everyone of them. Being able to say, "pause" while watching a movie on Netflix just adds a lot to the service.
6. Community/more active players: For me xbl feels more like a community and keeping in touch with friends is beyond simple. Everything just feels so much livelier on xbl.
Those are my main reason, and if you don't agree that's fine, but these are just my personal reasons. Like I stated previously PSN+=Better value, XBL Gold=Better service.
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1. Cross chat isn't on the PS3 because of hardware issues. It's on the Vita so we know were getting it next gen. It's definitely not a PSN issue.
2. The speed isn't that great to warrant it payable compared to a free service.
3. Demos are available on PSN.
4. Most likely coming next gen.
5. The apps are getting larger and less relevant to gaming. At this point they are getting them just to snuff out Direct TV.
6. Community on PSN and XBL are active. Neilsons said that the PS3 is the most active gaming console compared to the 360 and then the Wii and the same with Netflix.
...If this is what makes a service better to you. I feel for your argument next generation which is pretty much next year.
PSN+ is the gamers service. Period, giving you conditional games for the cost.
