How is XBL better than PSN?

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Machina-AX said:

So far the differences I've noticed these differences (not had my 360 long so I haven't utilised all of its features, there may be more):

XBL - More demos.
- More add-on content (although a lot of it is pretty useless).
- New demos are often added on XBL long before PSN.
- Gamerscore.
- In-game dashboard.
- Custom soundtrack/music.

PSN - Free.
- Dedicated servers - I have noticed that online multiplayer is slightly more reliable on my PS3. Whether that's just luck or whether it's because of this difference I'm not sure...
- A number of full PS3 games available to download (e.g Warhawk & GT5:P) and PSP games to download (e.g Tekken 5: DR & Echochrome).
- Good-looking PSN games - I've noticed that most XBLA games have pretty poor graphics compared to PSN games, but maybe I haven't downloaded the decent XBLA demos? I'm in need of good XBLA recommendations tbh.

 

And yes I did read your caveat in the 2nd paragraph, but Sony has been pretty quiet on those features. They haven't been implemented yet so:

1 - We don't know how well in-game XMB, music and trophies will work.
2 - They don't count yet because we simply don't have them yet.

 

Just to make this clear for those that mention dedicated servers on the PS3, not all games on the PS3 have dedicated servers.  It is up to the developer or publisher to provide dedicated servers.  For most (if not all) Sony published online games there are dedicated servers provided.  For non-Sony games it is inconsistent.  Some games use matchmaking servers similar to XBL (eg. CoD4).  So, if you are buying a multiplayer game for the PS3 only because of dedicated servers, research the game first.

I give this thread a 9.6.