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Squilliam on 26 July 2008

Blu Ray

  • Better image quality
  • Scratch resistant surface
  • Better sound quality
  • Not backwards compatible with current DVD players
  • Most people are currently happy enough with DVD

It costs more than your average DVD too - by quite a decent margin, depending on where you source them from.

Xbox Live Gold

  • More online content
  • Better/More variety online games
  • Universal headsets allow for much better player interaction
  • Allows access to 12,000 streamable movies with a netflix accout
  • Argument PSN is good enough for most people.

Edit: Is there any difference between paying extra for Blu Ray disks and Xbox Live gold?

 



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ecurbj on 26 July 2008

What I like about DVD/CD's/Game Discs/Box Art/Blu-ray and etc.

Is that you can keep them in your possession.

For some reason Xbox Live movies are only rental. I want to see my movie countless times like once Dark Knight releases on Blu-ray I will surely look at that movie over and over again and be proud that I own it on Blu-ray.



JaggedSac on 26 July 2008

Shouldn't be compared.



SpartanFX on 26 July 2008
Squilliam said:

Blu Ray

  • Better image quality
  • Scratch resistant surface
  • Requires an expensive player
  • Not backwards compatible with current DVD players
  • Most people are currently happy enough with DVD

It costs more than your average DVD too - by quite a decent margin, depending on where you source them from.

Xbox Live Gold

  • More online content
  • Better/More variety online games
  • Universal headsets allow for much better player interaction
  • Allows access to 12,000 streamable movies with a netflix accout
  • Argument PSN is good enough for most people.

It costs more than the other online services but is almost universally seen as better.

So why when the Xbox360 and the PS3 are compared is the Blu ray player seen as a big plus? If you add up the extra cost for those disks in that format it could cost you over $100 per year and if you don't use it, it provides no advantage obviously.

They both cost more money than competing options, they both provide arguably a better experience/service and yet one is a horrible negative, adding up to hundreds of dollars over a consoles lifetime whereas the other is considered an excellent bonus that adds value to the console.

 

those two are exactly same thing

reqiures a new expensive player BEACUSE  it's not compatible with DVD players.

 

 

anyways I heard 10,000 times alone on this site that people have said that they will wait for  a game to go on bluray rather than buying the same game from PSN,,,,,physical format feels better

 

 

beside if we all had this mentality we would be stuck with VCD,,,,,time changes ,so does the technology.(space alone is enough reason )

 



 

 

 

Squilliam on 26 July 2008
JaggedSac said:
Shouldn't be compared.

Im not comparing them, im asking Why is blu ray some huge +++++++ feature and Xbox Live Gold considered a big -------- For the Xbox360.

They both cost more and they both deliver a better service over cheaper substitutes but in the end Blu ray is good and Xbox360 Live gold is bad.

 



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NiKKoM on 26 July 2008

Because Blu-Ray isn't an option so it doesn't cost more..but if you find a PS3 with a dvddrive and and all the games on dvd I would be happy to buy that from you..



 

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Gobias on 26 July 2008
Squilliam said:

Blu Ray

  • Better image quality
  • Scratch resistant surface
  • Requires an expensive player
  • Not backwards compatible with current DVD players
  • Most people are currently happy enough with DVD

It costs more than your average DVD too - by quite a decent margin, depending on where you source them from.

Xbox Live Gold

  • More online content
  • Better/More variety online games
  • Universal headsets allow for much better player interaction
  • Allows access to 12,000 streamable movies with a netflix accout
  • Argument PSN is good enough for most people.

It costs more than the other online services but is almost universally seen as better.

So why when the Xbox360 and the PS3 are compared is the Blu ray player seen as a big plus? If you add up the extra cost for those disks in that format it could cost you over $100 per year and if you don't use it, it provides no advantage obviously.

They both cost more money than competing options, they both provide arguably a better experience/service and yet one is a horrible negative, adding up to hundreds of dollars over a consoles lifetime whereas the other is considered an excellent bonus that adds value to the console.

 

This is an awful, awful post.

Xbox live has more online content than blu-ray??? Wow, who would have guessed?

It also has more online games than blu-ray?!

If you wanted this to be a comparison why didn't you compare the PSN+Blu-ray against Xbox live+HD-DVD? As it is, this is pointless.

If I don't use blu-ray it doesn't provide and advantage? Last time I checked, every time I put a game in my PS3 I'm using blu-ray.

You also need an "expensive player" to use Xbox live, and a netflix account if you want to download movies, all 3 of which cost money.

Edit: I don't think anyone has argued that Xbox Live is bad, but paying for it is, thats why its always a negative instead of a positive. Blu-ray is just an added bonus.



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Squilliam on 26 July 2008
Gobias said:
Squilliam said:

Blu Ray

  • Better image quality
  • Scratch resistant surface
  • Requires an expensive player
  • Not backwards compatible with current DVD players
  • Most people are currently happy enough with DVD

It costs more than your average DVD too - by quite a decent margin, depending on where you source them from.

Xbox Live Gold

  • More online content
  • Better/More variety online games
  • Universal headsets allow for much better player interaction
  • Allows access to 12,000 streamable movies with a netflix accout
  • Argument PSN is good enough for most people.

It costs more than the other online services but is almost universally seen as better.

So why when the Xbox360 and the PS3 are compared is the Blu ray player seen as a big plus? If you add up the extra cost for those disks in that format it could cost you over $100 per year and if you don't use it, it provides no advantage obviously.

They both cost more money than competing options, they both provide arguably a better experience/service and yet one is a horrible negative, adding up to hundreds of dollars over a consoles lifetime whereas the other is considered an excellent bonus that adds value to the console.

 

This is an awful, awful post.

Xbox live has more online content than blu-ray??? Wow, who would have guessed?

It also has more online games than blu-ray?!

If you wanted this to be a comparison why didn't you compare the PSN+Blu-ray against Xbox live+HD-DVD? As it is, this is pointless.

If I don't use blu-ray it doesn't provide and advantage? Last time I checked, every time I put a game in my PS3 I'm using blu-ray.

You also need an "expensive player" to use Xbox live, and a netflix account if you want to download movies, all 3 of which cost money.

Dude thats seriously bad reading comprehension....

 



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Gobias on 26 July 2008
Squilliam said:
Gobias said:
Squilliam said:

Blu Ray

  • Better image quality
  • Scratch resistant surface
  • Requires an expensive player
  • Not backwards compatible with current DVD players
  • Most people are currently happy enough with DVD

It costs more than your average DVD too - by quite a decent margin, depending on where you source them from.

Xbox Live Gold

  • More online content
  • Better/More variety online games
  • Universal headsets allow for much better player interaction
  • Allows access to 12,000 streamable movies with a netflix accout
  • Argument PSN is good enough for most people.

It costs more than the other online services but is almost universally seen as better.

So why when the Xbox360 and the PS3 are compared is the Blu ray player seen as a big plus? If you add up the extra cost for those disks in that format it could cost you over $100 per year and if you don't use it, it provides no advantage obviously.

They both cost more money than competing options, they both provide arguably a better experience/service and yet one is a horrible negative, adding up to hundreds of dollars over a consoles lifetime whereas the other is considered an excellent bonus that adds value to the console.

 

This is an awful, awful post.

Xbox live has more online content than blu-ray??? Wow, who would have guessed?

It also has more online games than blu-ray?!

If you wanted this to be a comparison why didn't you compare the PSN+Blu-ray against Xbox live+HD-DVD? As it is, this is pointless.

If I don't use blu-ray it doesn't provide and advantage? Last time I checked, every time I put a game in my PS3 I'm using blu-ray.

You also need an "expensive player" to use Xbox live, and a netflix account if you want to download movies, all 3 of which cost money.

Dude thats seriously bad reading comprehension....

 

You're trying to understand why one is a positive and one is a negative, but they aren't comparable at all, so thats why this post is retarded. k?

I added this to my original post just so I could address your actual point (even though its terrible)

"Edit: I don't think anyone has argued that Xbox Live is bad, but paying for it is, thats why its always a negative instead of a positive. Blu-ray is just an added bonus."



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Shadowblind on 26 July 2008

XBL is considered one of the best features of the Xbox.

Anyone who didn't know that really ought to unstick their head from their ***. Same goes for blu-ray, even though its not optional.

@Gobias: the last part of your argument literally oozes fanboyism. It was painful to look at.



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