| J_Allard said: Other platforms offering the same thing for free apparently is the point. Whether or not Gold is "mandatory" service (it isn't) is not the point. And why would superior performance and features of Live not matter in the end? They are what makes it worth a dime a day. Sorry but saying "xbl has messaging, psn has messaging too!" just doesn't cut it. PSN has video messaging and text messaging. Live has both of those plus voice messaging and party chat. And not only does it have more ways to chat, it works much better. When I get a text message on PSN I have to load up the XMB (which takes awhile if you're in game), cycle to my messages, inbox, then the message. And God help you if you want to try and reply while in game. On XBL I receive the message notification, hit the guide button, and it opens the message right up. Faster, easier. That's Live over PSN in a nutshell. Saying "hey they both have demos" isn't good enough either. Every single game on XBLA has a demo. It's required. There have been plenty of PSN games I would love to buy but have no means of trying because there is no demo. I could go on and on with this type of stuff but there is no point in this thread :) You guys have fun. |
Hey, I'm not saying that you anyone SHOULDN'T have to pay for live, cause in the end I don't care how you guys waste your monies. I just fail to see how I'm doing everything on PSN for free, while other people pay for the same features on XBL. Oh you say you can reply to a message faster on XBL? how much time is that really saving you?
