BenVTrigger said:
naruball said:
BenVTrigger said:
Now Ive seen many on this and other forums bashing Live and saying it has nothing on Playstation Plus but subscriptions and userbase certainly say otherwise.
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I think you're one of the best and least biased users on VGC, but I strongly disagree with this view.
I know I probably sound like a broken record, but sales really don't equal quality. Also, in my humble opinion, the reason 360 and Live are successful is the fact that they became very popular very fast.
Take my landlord's son for example. He was contemplating buying a ps3 over 360 for its exclusives and after some serious thinking decided to go with the ps3. I gave him some of my video games (such as LBP and even killzone, since he's an fps fan) and he had a blast (according to his dad). Fast forward a few months later, he sold his ps3 and all his games and got a 360. Why? Cuz all his friends had live. That was the one and only reason according to his dad. In other words, he didn't choose it because of smooth online or cross game chat, but in order to play COD on live, because of his friends. I firmly believe that that's the case with most people, not just with 360, but any popular product (I don't think iphones are that good, but still sell amazing compared to other devices with equal or arguably better features).
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I actually agree with you on that. I think the thing that really pushed Xbox Live early on was it's rapid adoption rate. By launching early MS was able to get enough people rolled into their service that everyone else got into it because their friends were.
the main reason I worded it like that was there has been some major negativity on this site towards Xbox Live recently. While I understand why some people don't want to pay for it or don't think it's worth it I think many of the complainers are bashing to the service for other reasons.
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but why were the friends on live, at some point on this chain of friends someone picked live and like it without having any friends already onlive, i agree live purchases have been made because this same reason, shoot im sure some loser bought live just so he could stalk some girls gamer profile, but saying because it came out first and therefore it was given i dont know about that.
