The problem though Fanatical is that those features, like the many the PS3 came with, are not always needed and or appreciated. It's RARE that I like to take a game online, in fact, the ONLY game I play online with the PS3 is Warhawk. XBL gives me peer to peer gameplay (which is not the greatest :/ ), a smaller number of players compared to the PSN, and I have to pay for it. It's got it's advantages, and I'd certainly say it's the most robust console online experience as of yet, but "best" is questionable.
The fact that I don't have to pay to play online already makes it more of a gameplay feature and less of a service. Microsoft may need to make live free at some point if PSN and Steam continue to grow. Games for windows is already not doing so well and if it's console competition gets any better it will put them in a tight spot.
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