What's worse: Being unemployed or getting fired?

[naruball]

Ka-pi96 said:
Depends on why and how long/many times someone has been unemployed or fired.

As for which looks better on a CV that again depends on how many times they've been fired and how long it took before it happened, while it wouldn't say why on the CV the new employer is going to look at references so if they don't have any good references despite having quite a few previous jobs it will look pretty bad.

Ok, say that you and your best friend both go to college together and finish at the same time with similar grades. You both start applying for jobs as game developers for months. He gets a job, but you don't. After a year of working on a project, he's fired. It's not like he didn't do well, just not well enough. They replace him with someone a bit better/more talented/willing to work extra long unpaid hours. You can't find a job as a game developer and all you can get is part time jobs as a waiter. You ask how he's doing and he goes "Life sucks, man. It's hard to explain. You won't get it. Getting fired is the worst feeling in the world".

Who do you think has it worse. You or him?