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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Xbox Live VS PSN---Round 7 of the Console Wars

Impulsivity said:
10 things that make the PSN better.

1) it is 100% free and has the same capabilities as the 360

2) it includes a full internet browser. I have successfully used my PS3 to watch Hulu, listen to Pandora internet radio and more. This is WITHOUT installing Linux, which gives even more freedom to use the web on your console. I've had the amazing revolutions the 360 touts (for paying customers) like Twitter and Facebook for years now.

3) The PS3 has nearly unlimited space to store things and uses any 3rd party hard drive when you need more space. I have a 1TB drive in my release PS3 currently with over a hundred movies stored on the hard drive on top of tons of games and game installs. The 360 maxes out at 1/8th that amount and even that tiny 120GB hard drive costs well over 140 bucks which is about 3 times more then a 3rd party one.

4) The PS3 includes wireless, just like every modern electronics device other then the 360, which only has a 100 dollar adapter.

5) The 360 has no support for large scale gaming. All the big 360 games have small multiplayer matches (10-24 players) as the only choice available. There are multiple PS3 games that support upwards of 60 players currently. MAG, when it is released soon, will support over 10 times more players then any 360 game.

6) Though initially not great, home is getting much better. It is significantly better then the 360s virtual world app which doesn't exist outside paper doll avatars you see on your home screen.

7) I buy things when I want them, for real money instead of Microsoft points that don't convert right to dollars and are non refundable once purchased (and they have to be purchased in blocks which very seldomly are equal to the amount you want to spend on the item you want to buy)

8) My PS3 browses media from any number of UPNP devices I have around the house. The 360 needs specific proprietary solutions to share with PCs based around god awful software like Windows Media Player. Downloading and playing movies/games is also far easier, both because the PSN interface is better and because of not having to deal with the aforementioned points crap.

9) When you start up your PS3 your interface isn't nearly as cluttered with marketing junk. As if having to pay 50 bucks a year isn't enough. I don't care about gaming with Creed, I don't even like their music, why would I care to play call of duty with them?

10) If you had a 360 from Launch you would have spent over 250 dollars at a minimum for Xbox live. I still haven't paid a penny for my release day PS3 online. Luckily virtually every good 360 game is available for free online play on the PS3 or PC, the same is not true of the best PS3 games since they tend to be pure exclusives as opposed to, at best, "console exclusives".

10/10 mate.



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V-r0cK said:
radiantshadow92 said:

I agree with the winner of this round, Xbox Live is better integrated and is the better experience. However i have to disagree with one thing, Achievements being better than trophies is not true imo, trophies give you more detail and the level up system is great, with achievement you receive points and thats fine, but all you can ever do is say yeah i have more points than you, theres no reason to platinum a game on the 360.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1052005p1.html =P

To be honest the reason the trophy whores scores are unreachable is that xbox has had achievements for 3 more years than the ps3.. And that It just seems like they are more unreachable because you can get up to 1000 points per game. His arguement is DESTROYED.



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Strategyking92 said:
V-r0cK said:
radiantshadow92 said:

I agree with the winner of this round, Xbox Live is better integrated and is the better experience. However i have to disagree with one thing, Achievements being better than trophies is not true imo, trophies give you more detail and the level up system is great, with achievement you receive points and thats fine, but all you can ever do is say yeah i have more points than you, theres no reason to platinum a game on the 360.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1052005p1.html =P

To be honest the reason the trophy whores scores are unreachable is that xbox has had achievements for 3 more years than the ps3.. And that It just seems like they are more unreachable because you can get up to 1000 points per game. His arguement is DESTROYED.

umm you can get plenty of trophies for games, but there is no reason to get all 1000 points...in trophies, you always wanna go for the plat



Someone on here, and I will not name names, still thinks that games on Live cannot use dedicated servers, an obvious fallacy.



i like xbl alot, but i think the trophy setup is better than the achievements setup. overall psn is getting alot better, just not quite their yet to surpass xbl.



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The reason achievements are better than trophies are simply that every game has them.



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radiantshadow92 said:
Strategyking92 said:
V-r0cK said:
radiantshadow92 said:

I agree with the winner of this round, Xbox Live is better integrated and is the better experience. However i have to disagree with one thing, Achievements being better than trophies is not true imo, trophies give you more detail and the level up system is great, with achievement you receive points and thats fine, but all you can ever do is say yeah i have more points than you, theres no reason to platinum a game on the 360.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1052005p1.html =P

To be honest the reason the trophy whores' scores are unreachable is that xbox has had achievements for 3 more years than the ps3.. And that It just seems like they are more unreachable because you can get up to 1000 points per game. His arguement is DESTROYED.

umm you can get plenty of trophies for games, but there is no reason to get all 1000 points...in trophies, you always wanna go for the plat

You can get plenty achievements for games, but there is no reason  get a platinum.. In achievements you always wanna go for the highest earning ones and the completion emblem.

 

You still don't argue what I wrote before either.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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WilliamWatts said:
Garnett said:
WilliamWatts said:

Huh? I use both services and they are fine. If there was a similar charge for PSN I would pay it and I don't make a great distinction between the two. I wouldn't say Xbox Live is vastly better if it was free and I wouldn't say that PSN was vastly worse in comparison if there was a fee. Infact my opinion of both services doesn't relate to the price they charge.

IMO its like

 

I boot up my PS3

 

Start to play my game

 

40 minutes in and i realize i havnt checked my inbox

 

Whoops im not online

 

where as the 360 is

 

I boot up my 360 

 

The dashboard changes, and you know that your online. Its a vital part of the Xbox.

Huh? I still don't understand where you're going with this.

Xbl is more important than PSN because its a vital part of the dashboard.



Garnett said:
WilliamWatts said:
Garnett said:
WilliamWatts said:

Huh? I use both services and they are fine. If there was a similar charge for PSN I would pay it and I don't make a great distinction between the two. I wouldn't say Xbox Live is vastly better if it was free and I wouldn't say that PSN was vastly worse in comparison if there was a fee. Infact my opinion of both services doesn't relate to the price they charge.

IMO its like

 

I boot up my PS3

 

Start to play my game

 

40 minutes in and i realize i havnt checked my inbox

 

Whoops im not online

 

where as the 360 is

 

I boot up my 360 

 

The dashboard changes, and you know that your online. Its a vital part of the Xbox.

Huh? I still don't understand where you're going with this.

Xbl is more important than PSN because its a vital part of the dashboard.

May I add that like the video mentioned.. If people actually watched it... That the xbox 360 is an online console. about 5/6 of it deals with online such as the marketplace tabs, community tab, spotlight tab etc. Everything about the console ends up being integrated. From buying items in game, to chatting with friends in other games. It's just on a whole nother level.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

Strategyking92 said:
radiantshadow92 said:
Strategyking92 said:
V-r0cK said:
radiantshadow92 said:

I agree with the winner of this round, Xbox Live is better integrated and is the better experience. However i have to disagree with one thing, Achievements being better than trophies is not true imo, trophies give you more detail and the level up system is great, with achievement you receive points and thats fine, but all you can ever do is say yeah i have more points than you, theres no reason to platinum a game on the 360.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1052005p1.html =P

To be honest the reason the trophy whores' scores are unreachable is that xbox has had achievements for 3 more years than the ps3.. And that It just seems like they are more unreachable because you can get up to 1000 points per game. His arguement is DESTROYED.

umm you can get plenty of trophies for games, but there is no reason to get all 1000 points...in trophies, you always wanna go for the plat

You can get plenty achievements for games, but there is no reason  get a platinum.. In achievements you always wanna go for the highest earning ones and the completion emblem.

 

You still don't argue what I wrote before either.

I must add XBL has our own thing like Plat. Its called "Games completed" and all of our games have them.