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IMO, yes, definitly (and I own both consoles). Why? Free - home (for what it's now and what it will be) - easier to use - sexier. Nothing else to say. Discuss.



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Depends on how you define better.

If better is "better value for what you get," PSN certainly wins.

If better is "better range of content and options," Xbox Live still has a slight edge, though this is much smaller than it used to be.



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I wouldn't go around saying Home makes it better yet considering the steaming pile of vomit Home is at the moment.

Actually, I'm sorry, calling it a steaming pile of vomit is wrong of me and I apologize. That implies that Home is something. Home is this sterile lifelss thing that has nothing other than lines for really bad flash games you still have to download and microtransactions nobody actually wants.



You don't like home, ok that's your opinion, but calling it a "pile of vomit" isn't appropriate. In fact, the only pile of vomit I can see around here is your poor answer.



Didn't know you knew and spoke for the entire population of Earth, twesterm.

If so, I'm sure you can read my mind :)



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They both have certain advantages. I can't really say one is better than the other.



  

Hey, all I have to say is find me one positive Home review/impression and I'll find 10 negative ones.

True, some people like it, but there are also people that like Haze, Too Human, Bomberman Zero, Sonic: The Hedgehog (the older 360 one), and many other bad things. Just because some people like it doesn't mean it's good.

Right now Home is in fact an embarrassment.  It was rushed out the door very quickly (well, very early) and now the vast majority of people that don't have fanboy blinders on think it's crap.  True, it has potential but they've already let everyone play the bad so there's little incentive to come back for the good.



The advantage PSN has over Live is the fact that its free. However because you pay (A measly $50) for Live, Microsoft can afford to increase the quality. Sony increases quality to its detriment while Microsoft doesn't.



And a little more on Home, they've had nearly four years to make it good. Most games gets made in 2-3 years. Do you really think it's going to get that much better if this is the best they can come up with?

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And ontopic, they both have their ups and downs and neither is actually better than the other.  Personally I prefer live because I hate downloading things in the PSN but that's just my opinion.



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