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PullusPardus said:

Yeah PS Plus is really great, but only for the free stuff, their discounts sometimes a bit lame (like 5 dollars off only from a 60 dollar game, wut?) , but their free stuff is amazing, i got so many games that I downloaded and never heard of , and a lot of them are good games, sometimes games i didn't bother with buying , like BloodRayne, now i got for free.

but I still like Steam the best out of these services, and XBL the least

PSN 

Pros : Free. also PS Plus is great, No lag even for countries outside of USA, mostly region free content, also OPTIONAL PS Plus.

Cons : the goddamn slow updates, everytime i want to play something I have to update my PS3 , then update my games, I just want to pop a disk in and play, thats what consoles are for damnit! , no voice chat outside games, some region locking crap (you have to buy the same region game to play on servers) , Trophies, I fucking hate trophies, they're so slow and so meaninless and are a bitch to "Sync to servers" when you play for long periods.

Steam

No region locking servers, has everything the other services have and does it better, Free, and has HUGE discounts, also very easy to use, and have no Adverts (except for game adverts and discounts) , and ironically , I am finding Steam to be faster to boot than consoles, sure it needs updates, but they're not very common , and steam updates fast.

Cons : no "update later" , and this is something that happens to me a lot, I take long breaks from games and when I want to go back to play them , there is an update, and I can't play the games until the update finish, This is also a trend in consoles lately, which kinda defeats the purpose of a console, its crap, also Steam is a wallet whore, i have soo many games on my backlog, its not even funny (this is not a con, maybe it is)

 

XBL : fast updates, and fast download speeds, voice chat outside of game, Windows Phone intergration, Achievements are not annoying as trophies But -read down-

cons : almost too many to list, Its not free (NO YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR stop lying to yourself) , Region locking like a boss , some games don't even work even after buying them , because I don't live in the best country in the world , and it pisses me off more than anything, Adverts i don't give a fuck about (honestly i don't care about Obama and Whathisface and I don't care about Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga) , almost nothing is free, and if its free, its a piece of shit, also achievements are super lame , and barely have anything special when you do get them.

What I don't understand is why Xbox Live has ads when you pay for the service. The only ads I see on the PS Store are all related to games and it's a free service. 



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ZaneWane said:
d21lewis said:
I don't understand how you can say you paid for it and then got something for free in the same sentence!

truer words

Just leave if you aren't going to bother reading other posts to get a better understanding of whats going on.



Horrorfest said:
JayWood2010 said:
riderz13371 said:
JayWood2010 said:
riderz13371 said:

This post is just me boasting about how AMAZING PS Plus is.

Alright I literally got PS Plus for the first time 10 minutes ago (I've had a PS3 for almost 4 years). I NEVER realized how much content you could get for free. I paid 18$ for 3 months and have already gotten 80$ worth of content for FREE. I'm sorry but if you are an avid Playstation gamer and you don't have PS Plus then you should be ashamed of yourself (lol). Seriously though, does Xbox live offer anything else other than the ability to play online? I'm not trying to start a hate thread but I just simply can't understand why someone would choose Xbox Live over PSN. I'm so mad that I missed out on the Red Dead Redemption thing for September. Just got inFamous 2 so I guess I'll be fine =P.  Does anyone know if they offer these amazing games for free every month? Like for example I know in September it was Red Dead and I'm guessing this month it's inFamous. PS PLUS IS THE GREATEST.

I love you all. (yes homo)


Because XBL has proven to be superior over PSN.  Messages, inviting friends, party chats, avatars,etc is all that makes XBL better.  I'm not saying PSN is bad, but it's not as good as XBL either.  A good free service would be steam which does many things as good as XBL but better sometimes too.  Why I don't care about PSN+ is because the content that they have I simply do not want.  What I want I buy and I get it earlier when I buy it myself.  I want Journey, so I buy it, I'm not going to wait for PSN+ to offer it.

I guess it all depends on what you prefer. Myself for instance, I personally do not care about things such as avatars or themes. To me it's all about the games, discounts and the exclusive/early access to betas. But I do get where you are coming from. I myself would like if PS3 could have party chat but that's already been said to never be available. Hopefully PS4 has it. I wasn't trying to bash Xbox Live I'm just not very knowledgable on what sort of content it offers to members. 


If you don't have both then I don't believe you should be shouting that PSN+ is the best.  And yes PS4 should have party chats, or at least cross game chat.  PSN needs to fix its messaging system, inviting friends, and a more accessible online dashboard that you can access at all times.  I know some people prefer free online like the person above me but Sony, Microsft, and Nintendo does have to pay for the servers we use so I dont mind giving 5 dollars a month for an online service whether it's to PSN or XBL.  XBL is very successful so I wouldn't doubt if PSN+ is mandatory next gen but who knows, it's also a good marketing tactic keeping it free.  Really though if you haven't tried steam, try it.  It's free and knocks PSN out of the park.  

There is nothing wrong with messaging in PSN. Quit trolling.


lol I'm not trolling. Please continue reading before calling me a troll.  This thread is trolling more than anybody commenting in it.  As I said, Steam is probaby the best online service so please leave me out of your petty arguments.  PSN has been known for its problems for years.  If you like PSN+ then great for you but don't push it on people as if its the best service when it is not




       

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riderz13371 said:

What I don't understand is why Xbox Live has ads when you pay for the service. The only ads I see on the PS Store are all related to games and it's a free service. 


they can easily make "Silver" users have adverts and gold members don't and still have the profit to keep it going, Its not 1997 anymore, even amature MIT students can keep a server running without money.



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riderz13371 said:
PullusPardus said:

Yeah PS Plus is really great, but only for the free stuff, their discounts sometimes a bit lame (like 5 dollars off only from a 60 dollar game, wut?) , but their free stuff is amazing, i got so many games that I downloaded and never heard of , and a lot of them are good games, sometimes games i didn't bother with buying , like BloodRayne, now i got for free.

but I still like Steam the best out of these services, and XBL the least

PSN 

Pros : Free. also PS Plus is great, No lag even for countries outside of USA, mostly region free content, also OPTIONAL PS Plus.

Cons : the goddamn slow updates, everytime i want to play something I have to update my PS3 , then update my games, I just want to pop a disk in and play, thats what consoles are for damnit! , no voice chat outside games, some region locking crap (you have to buy the same region game to play on servers) , Trophies, I fucking hate trophies, they're so slow and so meaninless and are a bitch to "Sync to servers" when you play for long periods.

Steam

No region locking servers, has everything the other services have and does it better, Free, and has HUGE discounts, also very easy to use, and have no Adverts (except for game adverts and discounts) , and ironically , I am finding Steam to be faster to boot than consoles, sure it needs updates, but they're not very common , and steam updates fast.

Cons : no "update later" , and this is something that happens to me a lot, I take long breaks from games and when I want to go back to play them , there is an update, and I can't play the games until the update finish, This is also a trend in consoles lately, which kinda defeats the purpose of a console, its crap, also Steam is a wallet whore, i have soo many games on my backlog, its not even funny (this is not a con, maybe it is)

 

XBL : fast updates, and fast download speeds, voice chat outside of game, Windows Phone intergration, Achievements are not annoying as trophies But -read down-

cons : almost too many to list, Its not free (NO YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR stop lying to yourself) , Region locking like a boss , some games don't even work even after buying them , because I don't live in the best country in the world , and it pisses me off more than anything, Adverts i don't give a fuck about (honestly i don't care about Obama and Whathisface and I don't care about Justin Beiber and Lady Gaga) , almost nothing is free, and if its free, its a piece of shit, also achievements are super lame , and barely have anything special when you do get them.

What I don't understand is why Xbox Live has ads when you pay for the service. The only ads I see on the PS Store are all related to games and it's a free service. 

Every game I've bought works, it has adverts on the home page in the bottom corner that is barely noticeable with no sound.  Besides that it advertises games, and those are 90% of the time a movie btw not justin beiber or lady gaga.   Avhievements as well as you not liking trophies are your Opinion.  If your going to put pros and cons on things be fair about it.  Having trophies and achievements are most certainly not cons.




       

Damn this went from me showing my enjoyment of PS Plus to people fighting over what service is better. I think i'll go watch The Campaign and have some laughs lol. If anyone want's the torrent PM me.



PS+ is the best service to come out of this gen.



PDF said:
only thing i dont like is I did not know when you sign up its on a automatic renewal system.

it is, but only if you don't remove your credit card data - I remove it every time after I recharged my account



Turkish said:
PS+ is the best service to come out of this gen.

Brace yourself, the hate messages are coming.