From what I understand Xbox Live is a little more complicated then the simple P2P gaming. Of course that's something maybe we can get Major Nelson to get an interview about.

well looks like i will have to give my 100% console nuetral opinion. the diffrentiating factor from live silver and live gold is that live gold lets u play online, psn is free to play online,b so in this aspect psn is miles better. live has better comunicating functions as in voice messeging. psn is easier to navigate, and with the ucoming home release,b psn wil be much cooler to get together friends on. live market place has more content its been out longer, butthe content is meh imo, 1000's of themes etc and short game tip videos that u pay for, on psn u can youtube for game tip videos and music etc. psn imo is better than live psn is a much smoother experiance than a cluck click live, psn is better imo, i know its a tough one to call but ps3 is a better console than 360 and wii but live is also good for the people who make use out of it, imo it dont offer value for money live has a strong commmunity, u will find lots of ppl to play with ranging from normal gamers to utter twats, having said that u find those on psn also. so my final summery is psn> live but both these services trump wii vc, wii vc is jibberishly crap. the prices r ripoff and wen i purchased bubble bobble vc nes, it came commplete with that shitty annoying noise everytime u jump. im signing out cya 2mro ppl.............................................................................

Live is currently better because it has a better community, PSN is closing the gap though they need to include headsets