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DarkLord2008 on 03 July 2008

This is not a flame thread. I just want to get to the bottom of this. According to countless people on the forums, it appears PSN is "still" (and I use the quoted word loosely) not better or as good as LIVE.

Now, also according to the same people In-Game XMB/Dashboard, Custom Soundtracks, and Achievements/Trophies are included on the Xbox 360 regardless of LIVE subscription and so its not part of the membership incentives.

Based on that LOGIC, ... tell me exactly why LIVE is better than PSN and why you're very much happy to pay for it?

I'll listen to all of your replies, and don't argue any of it despite grievances, I just want to know all this hoop-la and tom foolery is about; because when i'm was on LIVE a couple months ago before I gave the 360 to my brother, I really didn't see the special, gold-ring of opportunity that came with it.

As of now; for me .. you are paying to play online with LIVE; as you are playing online for free with PSN.



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madskillz on 03 July 2008

*walks in, pulls up flame-retardant suit and Nomex-covered lawn chair, a pack of marshmallows and Vienna Beef weinys and a skewer*

I am sure you'll get some responses, but this topic was started (and closed I believe).

*anticipates flamefest and thread closed in 3, 2 ...*



akuma587 on 03 July 2008

We had a thread like this a week or so ago and pretty much all your questions should be answered. I would go look for it.



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Mistershine on 03 July 2008

Cause you can use this:



Shameless on 03 July 2008
DarkLord2008 said:

This is not a flame thread. I just want to get to the bottom of this. According to countless people on the forums, it appears PSN is "still" (and I use the quoted word loosely) not better or as good as LIVE.

Now, also according to the same people In-Game XMB/Dashboard, Custom Soundtracks, and Achievements/Trophies are included on the Xbox 360 regardless of LIVE subscription and so its not part of the membership incentives.

Based on that LOGIC, ... tell me exactly why LIVE is better than PSN and why you're very much happy to pay for it?

I'll listen to all of your replies, and don't argue any of it despite grievances, I just want to know all this hoop-la and tom foolery is about; because when i'm was on LIVE a couple months ago before I gave the 360 to my brother, I really didn't see the special, gold-ring of opportunity that came with it.

As of now; for me .. you are paying to play online with LIVE; as you are playing online for free with PSN.

Have you seen how many games have trophy support and custom soundtrack support so far on the PS3? One and it's not a retail title.

Add to that the fact that you can cross-game invite on the 360, a huge library of downloadable games (much larger than PSN), achievements on all games, custom soundtracks on all games, voice messaging in-game and a much larger online community and you have your reason.

 



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gebx on 03 July 2008

Because the only movie/television studio to sign up on PSN is Sony...
Because 90% of demos released on PSN are delayed or don't even make it
Because other then Sony exclusives, 0 beta's have been available to the PSN
Because Leo-J alone accounts for 120,000 of the supposed 10 millions PSN accounts.
Because Home is still just a promise and still hasn't been released
Because private "text" chating while playing games is retarded..
Because it took Sony 19 months for the basic blocks that MS has had for years

Because.. Because.. Because...



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JaggedSac on 03 July 2008

Perhaps you could just look at the tons of other threads that have been popping up lately about this. But these guys have said some good points too.



jenny on 03 July 2008

It basically has all of firmware 2.4 but had it all 5 years ago, and Sony is still having problems getting it to work



JaggedSac on 03 July 2008

Well, the problems they are having with it are pretty common when rolling out something of this nature, but the main problem is that past games do not have compatibility with this stuff out of the box. I find that egregious.



mr.elite on 03 July 2008

I'd sacrifice my achievements for a year on live if it allowed me to buy one more game each year using psn.



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