Background downloading on the PSN vs the 360 (Sony needs to man up).

XBL: you can queue up to SIX (6) tasks to download, and go ahead doing ANYTHING on the 360 besides play online games (for obvious reasons). But it gets better folks! With the latest update, you can even TURN OFF YOUR 360 controller and console's main power and downloads will CONTINUE to go on (in the same fashion that the Wii is connected to the net using a miniscule amount of energy). When everything is completely downloaded, the 360 completely shuts itself off.

PSN: you can download a demo and navigate the PSN store at the same time. And that's about it.

Wii Online: nothing yet.

:( 

BREAKING NEWS: with the 1.6 firmware update, the PS3 can queue up to 6(I believe it was 6) downloads at once.  You can also do anything that is not Network related while downloading...including playing PS3 games.

I am sure Sony will also implement the "turning console off after downloads complete".

XBL: you can queue up to SIX (6) tasks to download, and go ahead doing ANYTHING on the 360 besides play online games (for obvious reasons). But it gets better folks! With the latest update, you can even TURN OFF YOUR 360 controller and console's main power and downloads will CONTINUE to go on (in the same fashion that the Wii is connected to the net using a miniscule amount of energy). When everything is completely downloaded, the 360 completely shuts itself off.

PSN: you can download a demo and navigate the PSN store at the same time. And that's about it.

Wii Online: nothing yet.

 

:( 

SEAL10304

I've qued up to 10 items on PSN And you can play games,listen to music, browse the net or watch a movie while it downloads  

As Crazy said, this belongs on SW.