Well my cousin has COD4 and so do I and when he comes over he doesn't seem to notice anything wrong and when I go over I don't seem to notice anything worth paying $70 for.

Do you come over with games that aren't online on PSN? The fact that your only comparing basically COD4 pretty much means you don't get it. Read the quote and what it's saying.

Also you keep quoting $70 when an Xbox live membership doesn't cost $70. It costs $45.

More demos, more games, more players, free streaming movies if you have a netflix membership... and some other stuff make quite a convincing deal for some people.

It's obvious that if they were both free XBL would be leaps and bounds ahead of PS3. So it's really just a matter of how much you are willing to pay for better quality.

So 360 is better then PSN.  It's obvious.

For what XBL already does and what it promises to do in the future, it's simply better. In general, it has more content and better implementation into game titles. The Netflix deal is going to be huge and may finally prompt me to join Netflix.

If you're going to use "screaming kids" as a reason to hate Xbox Live, then I simply don't consider your opinion to be reliable. All the console networks have screaming kids on them. You know what I do to combat that issue? I form teams only with my friends. That way I don't have to listen to it. I play BF:BC online almost strictly in squads consisting only of my friends. I approach Freeburn mode on Burnout Paradise the same way.

And finally, I don't get the "lag" comments about the blades. I think the interface is pretty responsive most of the time unless I'm getting lag from my internet connection which is sometimes a little spotty. And if you have trouble figuring out the organization of the blade system on Live, you're probably either younger than 8 or older than 80. Honestly, is it that hard to figure out? The answer is no.

Why is that so strange?  I have to pay 60 Euro = Almost 95$  It is possible in his region that he has to pay over a 100$.

 PSN doesn't have 'slow ass downloads', you probably don't have your router configured correctly.  I download things just fine.

Also, you don't have to have 'the best bluetooth headset' or it will echo.  I have 3 bluetooth headsets and 2 USB headsets and I get no echo - and two of them cost me less than $50 - one just happened to have a crappy battery so I had to get another=P  At least with the PS3, you can use whatever headset you want...what about the 360??  You get like 2 choices?  Yay..

For a site moderator, you're pretty arrogant.  At least I'm not a mod.  The 360 blades are WAY slower - yes.  Marketplace isn't unorganized, its WAY SLOWER.  Live does have more demos, I'll give you that.  DLC maybe...all I see in DLC is 'You thought this game only cost $60?  Hah..if you really wanna play online, try $70!"  The extra content is nice..but it's part of MS nickle-and-diming you to death.  I don't know about movies, so I can't really comment on that.

And the trophies and custom music - OK.  I give you that..it's a new feature on PSN.  Did XBL have that when it first began?  Hmm...don't think so..it does now, and now is what matters - but a year from now, this point will be moot.  Home being delayed is also another thing I'll give you, but what's that got to do with the online service?  If Home is such a big deal, then when it comes out, PSN will flat-out OWN XBL because it has absolutely nothing comparable to it.  Luckily for you, I don't see it that way, because while Home looks cool - I could care less if it ever really came out.  I don't get on my game console to socialize.  I get on to - as Will Ferrel so eloquently puts it - F*ck sh*t up.  I'm not a casual gamer, I'm a hardcore gamer.  Call me crazy.

 It's $70 here in Canada because Microsoft doesn't respect the value of other countries currencies.  Sony does.

Xbox Controllers are $85 for a recharagable, rumble.  PS3 are $54 and not only rechargable and rumble but motion too.  Pay less get more with a PS3.  You also get two analog sticks mirrored for each thumb.  360 inverts the left analog stick simply to make it look different, no functionality in doing so just couldn't think of anything else to do I guess.  Movement and sight work hand in hand and your hands sync better having them opposite.

CaptainPrefrences is a mod?

OT: Halo games are justification enough for most people to pay for live, like it or not.

The fact that XBL is not free means that there is a big number of gamers that don't go online for cost reasons.
As a result the membership lelvels for PSN will be that much higher once the console numbers increase to similar levels.
So the XBL has more gamers point is very temporary and no one can dispute this...

The voice chat features of XBL are miles beyond the current PS3 capabilities. Add to that Live Messenger integration and the chat features are just plain better. (Dont flame me, I am a Sony Advocate)

That's good and all for the UK, but in America a 360 pro plus 2 years of Live equals a PS3. And once the 20gb model sells out within the next month or so, you'll only be able to get a 360 pro and 1 year of Live for the price of a PS3. Not such a good value here in the single biggest market in the world.

The features of Live are great or so I hear. Cross game chat in particular is the major advantage, but that's the only one I can honestly think of.