Steam, now PSN. One is better than XBL and free, and one is quickly catching up to XBL and free.

How can you defend giving MS your money? It's not worth it.  They're ripping you off.

lets hope MS makes live free at E3! lol i know it wont happen but heck i can hope!

PSN is improving ever day from store to in game XMB ,,,,not to mention the PS video store this summer.

you gotta give credit where it's due,,,PS3 owners asked for better online experience and in game XMB and sony listened, even though they don't charge us for it.

Like the Spring Dashboard update that never appeared?

We're only looking out for our brothers on the other side. ;)

i would'nt mind paying but maybe a price drop.

£35 a year (in the UK at least) for online is frankly very little. I have no issues paying for it and it certainly isnt / hasnt been a deciding purchasing factor for any of my friends either.

It would be nice if Ms give a few more rewards for Gold subscribers but not a necessity.

Sony seem all hype with their services, their new update should get their service up to near enough the standard that xbl has been for over 2 years. Sony must have invested heavily in PSN and espeicially Home. I wonder how their share holders feel about the amount of money the PS3 is losing right now.

I think they'd rather keep getting Xbox Live money than winning the non-prize for 2nd place in the console war...

Remember that the more users they have, the more expensive it is to run the service, so as time goes by it will get more and more expensive.

If they realize they're getting hurt due to Sony's updates, then they can act... by default, they won't.

What is the difference between a XBL Gold and Silver account? Is it just the ability to play games online? It has to be something more than that for $50.

Yes it should be, because by the end of this month XBOX LIVE will have no advantage over the PSN, heck the PSN will have advantages over XBOX LIVE and its completely free.