hmmm, well I do use the PS3's internet browser and I find it incredibly handy.

I don't use it for browsing very often (as it is a bit fiddly)  but I do use it for streaming Movies and TV shows.  I think the browser is an excellent feature to have and I really don't see why Microsoft don't want to implement it, surely it wouldn't be too hard to set up (they do know a bit about internet browsers afterall!).

They could give people the option of using a browser, and if they don't want to use it then they don't have to.

So yeah maybe he is right the browser does suck ass (Would love to know what he does like about he PS3 though) but what I have always liked about the 360 is the choice it has always provided.

I think he is right web browsing is rubbish on a TV and certainly what they have done with tight integration with Facebook and twitter is far superior but what about things which are not integrated or never will be. Surely even a rubbish interface is superior to that. After all plenty of people navigate the web via smartphones and they seem to manage.

One last point though in his favour I have never once thought heck I wish I could browse the internet from my 360 always preferring to use my PC.

I agree with him. I hate the web browser on PS3.

that used to happen , they updated though.

Severance said: its not really the PS3's fault though, they need a firefox support and it will be fine. plus from my experience, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is a nightmare turned real but since Greenberg is microsoft i don't think he can say that

Stop using Firefox as a crutch. The Wii's browser is better than the PS3's.

Not including a browser is just another microsoft dick move. They don't want a browser on there and don't want you to be able to easily access media without a windows PC so you will buy a windows PC (where they actually make money).

They could add a browser like the PS3/Wii, add UPnP support so you can pull media off networked hard drives and other sources (no PC needed) like the PS3, let you use 3rd party parts to cheaply upgrade your storage (I can get a 750GB HD for the PS3 for about 120 bucks, less then the 120GB Hard Drive on the 360) and store tons of media on the PS3.

The 360 is purposely given small capacity and limited so you have to store your media on a computer (of course only windows computers work). They add in external hard drive support finally, and limit it to 16GBs, less then you can get in a friggin Wii SD card.

I can totally make the PS3 my only device in the living room and use it to do just about anything I want without needing to go back and forth to a computer. Alternately the 360 is like an extender to a separate PC so I have to mess with 2 devices to get anything done (and leave 2 devices on wasting power to watch movies and things like that).

It's just like having to pay to play games online instead of getting it free like every other platform in the world. It's stupid, unnecessary and I'd say indefensible but many people seem willing to defend deficiencies like no wifi, pay for play, no browser, no 3rd party peripherals and all the rest.

Stockholm Syndrome maybe?

S.T.A.G.E. said: Severance said: its not really the PS3's fault though, they need a firefox support and it will be fine. plus from my experience, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is a nightmare turned real but since Greenberg is microsoft i don't think he can say that Stop using Firefox as a crutch. The Wii's browser is better than the PS3's.

Only because the WiiMote acts as a better mouse pointer (At least untill Move comes out), The PS3 is way better at streaming movies.  

S.T.A.G.E. said: Severance said: its not really the PS3's fault though, they need a firefox support and it will be fine. plus from my experience, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is a nightmare turned real but since Greenberg is microsoft i don't think he can say that Stop using Firefox as a crutch. The Wii's browser is better than the PS3's.

  The Wii browser would be better if it didn't have such awful resolution.  If the PS3 could get an opera browser too at 1080p that would be great.

  I still prefer the PS3 browser vs the Wii though until that happens, almost entirely because of the resolution issue.  I can see more of a website on my iphone then on my Wii.

I must admit I'm not a fan of the browser either. It's better than nothing if that's all you have.

Well, I use the ps3 browser for downloading themes directly to my ps3...thats about it. I have a laptop next to my ps3 so its pointless to use the ps3 to surf the web. I wonder why he made no comment on the wii browser