difference between PSN and xbox live

this is for people who have both PS3 and 360. how would you compare the online experiance between the two systems. I mean is xbox live really worth 60$ compared to PSN which is free. cuz think about it.... by the time I'm done with my 360, say in about 5 years, I will have spent a total of 420$ just for online(although live could eventually be free eventually) so basically i will have spent the amount of money that an entire console costs just to play online...

The Biggest thing Xbox LIve has over PSN, is the Chatting option's are better (PSN has good Chat options, XBOX Live has AWESOME Chat options). That about sums it up for me. If that's worth it for you, then there you go, it is for me.

EDIT : Also, right now, there are more movies online, and Demo's (Sure, they are older, but they are there)for Xbox Live. It's an older service, and got the train moving sooner, but for someone that could be an issue.

ni

xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....LibertySaint

not in canada( the 420 also is combined with wo subscriptions I have already bought)

xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....LibertySaint

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Canada, and $80 in Europe (Thanks Euro Posters for clearing that up).

ni[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....quizee

not in canada( the 420 also is combined with wo subscriptions I have already bought)

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....SolidTy

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Europe/Canada.

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....SolidTy

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Europe/Canada.

In the UK it's costs around £40 for a year, which would be around $80 I think.

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....LibertySaint

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Europe/Canada.

Well, that's a deal. Buy a couple, I work for a major retailer and following the Microsoft MSRP it's higher than that. I say buy a couple at that price, sport. I know a place that are selling Sixaxis Controllers for $40 new (Even though they are supposed to be $50).

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....ONLYDOD

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Europe/Canada.

In the UK it's costs around £40 for a year, which would be around $80 I think.

OH, my bad. I found out the price some time ago, and I guess that poster was wrong. $80 huh, hmmm.

Depends how you use them.

For me the differences are really minor. The only thing i'd want from the PSN is proper in game music.

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....ONLYDOD

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Europe/Canada.

In the UK it's costs around £40 for a year, which would be around $80 I think.

Depends how you use them.

For me the differences are really minor. The only thing i'd want from the PSN is proper in game music.

SSJ_Nega

Which isn't really the service, that's a difference between XBOX360 and PS3. However, yeah, the PSN service could fix that with an update (2.41 made strides in that dept.)

okay yeah the 44.99 price was a sale back when i bought the card. Accourding to ebgames:

= $49.99 including one free month

Regarding Walmart they don't have the pre-paid card on their website under xbox 360 at www.wal-mart.ca

One's free, the other is not.

One's free, the other is not.

azad_champ

one's better guess which one

Where I come from we pay about 150% tax on electronics.

For instance, I bought my launch PS3 for 4380 NIS which is according to today's dollar ...about 1000$.

I have numerous friends with 360 and PS3s. Most 360 owners I know have "chipped" or firwmare hacked their system to get games because the price here is unbareable at 100$ per game. So they obviously dont play online.

The extra price for online is one of the reasons why I never bought a 360 in the first place.

It just doesnt sound right paying more and for a filthy rich company such as M$ ontop of the hundreds of dollars the system itself costs.

I personaly dont have much complaints for PSN.

I just wish they'd open the Video Store to outside US residents and be done with that damn Home already :\

[QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

ParadiddleFill

one's better guess which one

PSN, cause it's free. And the best thing in life are free(:

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

azad_champ

one's better guess which one

PSN, cause it's free. And the best thing in life are free(:

dirt is free are you saying its better then gold?

[QUOTE="azad_champ"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

ParadiddleFill

one's better guess which one

PSN, cause it's free. And the best thing in life are free(:

dirt is free are you saying its better then gold?

Say, is love better from someone who likes you, or a prostitute?

and please don't verbally abuse me if i said something stupidquizee

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....ONLYDOD

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Europe/Canada.

In the UK it's costs around £40 for a year, which would be around $80 I think.

Hmmm...$80 a year, doesn't seem to bad.

[QUOTE="ONLYDOD"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....SolidTy

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Europe/Canada.

In the UK it's costs around £40 for a year, which would be around $80 I think.

Hmmm...$80 a year, doesn't seem to bad.

Where I come from we pay about 150% tax on electronics.

For instance, I bought my launch PS3 for 4380 NIS which is according to today's dollar ...about 1000$.

I have numerous friends with 360 and PS3s. Most 360 owners I know have "chipped" or firwmare hacked their system to get games because the price here is unbareable at 100$ per game. So they obviously dont play online.

The extra price for online is one of the reasons why I never bought a 360 in the first place.

It just doesnt sound right paying more and for a filthy rich company such as M$ ontop of the hundreds of dollars the system itself costs.

I personaly dont have much complaints for PSN.

I just wish they'd open the Video Store to outside US residents and be done with that damn Home already :\

1xcalibur1

[QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

ParadiddleFill

one's better guess which one

The one with Home.

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

loganh92

one's better guess which one

The one with Home.

End of thread. PSN+Home...I love how box owners justify getting ripped off.

in england its $80 a yeartoast_burner

are you serious?? what a rip off

With PSN, developers are left on their own, to do whatever they want, meaning, they could make you sign up for their website and make gaming IDs and such, and you won't be able to even use your PSN ID. While with XBL you're guaranteed to use your gamertag with every game.

Also, even though creating a PSN ID is free, there's no option for you to change your PSN ID. You can't even delete it. You have to just forget about it. While you could change your XBL gamertag for a fee, so it reduces people making all kinds of gamertags. It just really make you wonder how many PSN ID were counted due to the fact you could create infinite PSN IDs, using different email addresses, and knowing you could create infinite email addresses.

Also, XBL has more content, events like Comic-Con, only found on Xbox LIVE.

Also, XBL has more content, events like Comic-Con, only found on Xbox LIVE.

ReverseCycology

With PSN, developers are left on their own, to do whatever they want, meaning, they could make you sign up for their website and make gaming IDs and such, and you won't be able to even use your PSN ID. While with XBL you're guaranteed to use your gamertag with every game.

Also, even though creating a PSN ID is free, there's no option for you to change your PSN ID. You can't even delete it. You have to just forget about it. While you could change your XBL gamertag for a fee, so it reduces people making all kinds of gamertags. It just really make you wonder how many PSN ID were counted due to the fact you could create infinite PSN IDs, using different email addresses, and knowing you could create infinite email addresses.

ReverseCycology

True but there is also the fact that people make multiple XBL gamertags so that they can get the month free online service with a silver membership, so you end up with more XBL gamertags then there actually are people playing on live.

As for the initial topic I'd say that the only major differences are one PSN being free and Live costing money(however that could change soon as Games for Windows Live is now free) and PSN network lacks in game chat features and a game invite option from the cross media bar.

You can argue about lag issues but the truth is you get that on both services depending on your ISP (for me I've had more problems on Live but I know that's not the case for others.)

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

loganh92

one's better guess which one

The one with Home.

home is completely separate from psn

[QUOTE="loganh92"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

PvtGump8

one's better guess which one

The one with Home.

End of thread. PSN+Home...I love how box owners justify getting ripped off.

live+netflix says hi

[QUOTE="PvtGump8"][QUOTE="loganh92"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

ParadiddleFill

one's better guess which one

The one with Home.

End of thread. PSN+Home...I love how box owners justify getting ripped off.

live+netflix says hi

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"]xbl is 44.99 a year with one free month so 45 bucks for 13 months....SolidTy

No, it's not. It's $50 per year. If you know about a place where it is on sale, that doesn't mean that is the right price.

Hey, the PS3 is $200, because I know a guy. Sorry, doesn't work that way.

Also, I believe Xbox Live is $60 per year in Canada, and $80 in Europe (Thanks Euro Posters for clearing that up).

60€ a year, which is going by the 1.5€ for 1$ (thats the exchange rate atm isn't it?) 90$, UK is difrent beacose they still got the pound not euro

oh and the ps3 is 600$ here, the xbox360 elite (can't find the normal one) is 690$

[QUOTE="1xcalibur1"]

Where I come from we pay about 150% tax on electronics.

For instance, I bought my launch PS3 for 4380 NIS which is according to today's dollar ...about 1000$.

I have numerous friends with 360 and PS3s. Most 360 owners I know have "chipped" or firwmare hacked their system to get games because the price here is unbareable at 100$ per game. So they obviously dont play online.

The extra price for online is one of the reasons why I never bought a 360 in the first place.

It just doesnt sound right paying more and for a filthy rich company such as M$ ontop of the hundreds of dollars the system itself costs.

I personaly dont have much complaints for PSN.

I just wish they'd open the Video Store to outside US residents and be done with that damn Home already :\

LibertySaint

LOL

I think PS3 (much like any electronic circuit on this planet) is manufactured in Taiwan so things should be pretty cheap there.

I'm from Israel anyways.

Well just look at it like this

PSN updates can brick your system

XBL updates wont

So tell me which one you would like ?

Well just look at it like this

PSN updates can brick your system

XBL updates wont

So tell me which one you would like ?

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

lmao, desperation setting in :P

go find your other ghost friend, you need more training.

Well just look at it like this

PSN updates can brick your system

XBL updates wont

So tell me which one you would like ?

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Hello? RROD anyone?

Plain gaming can brick your system...

[QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="PvtGump8"][QUOTE="loganh92"][QUOTE="ParadiddleFill"][QUOTE="azad_champ"]

One's free, the other is not.

thrones

one's better guess which one

The one with Home.

End of thread. PSN+Home...I love how box owners justify getting ripped off.

live+netflix says hi

Well just look at it like this

PSN updates can brick your system

XBL updates wont

So tell me which one you would like ?

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

Oh brother, what are trying to do? Egg on RROD comments.

C'mon, you're setting yourself up here.

[QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]

Well just look at it like this

PSN updates can brick your system

XBL updates wont

So tell me which one you would like ?

1xcalibur1

Hello? RROD anyone?

Plain gaming can brick your system...

Too late. I called it.

this is for people who have both PS3 and 360. how would you compare the online experiance between the two systems. I mean is xbox live really worth 60$ compared to PSN which is free. cuz think about it.... by the time I'm done with my 360, say in about 5 years, I will have spent a total of 420$ just for online(although live could eventually be free eventually) so basically i will have spent the amount of money that an entire console costs just to play online...

quizee