how come xbl is so much better than psn?

i own a ps3 and am happy with the live. lots of times when i played xbox at friends house it lags. what more can xbox have on their internet that makes up for that yearly cost xbox charges. i know cross game voice chat but that is the only thing i can think of. really though all i do is plat games and message friends anyways so why is xbl so much better.

People need to justify what they spend their money on by arguing I guess. I have zero problems with PSN, but when it goes down for a few hours every few months the lems come out of the woodwork and say "you get what you pay for". Most of my friends have PS3s so I spend the most of my time there and Im sure that is a big reason for people prefering XBL as well.

Because there's Xfans that all play on it with friends so they say it is.

El_PS3_Best

I get 85 octane unleaded for free. Dave pays $2 a gallon for 92 octane unleaded. The 85 octane I use is all that my car needs to have plenty of power and run, but Dave tells me it's worth paying for the 92 octane. Is he right? I don't think so, do you?

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Because there's Xfans that all play on it with friends so they say it is.

clone01

I played on Xlive for 3 years. I know what I'm talking about, plus I know many Xlive gamers that have told me they like it because that's where their friends play.

i own a ps3 and am happy with the live. lots of times when i played xbox at friends house it lags. what more can xbox have on their internet that makes up for that yearly cost xbox charges. i know cross game voice chat but that is the only thing i can think of. really though all i do is plat games and message friends anyways so why is xbl so much better.

dopey32

live is not better then psn but it dose have some features that the psn dosent have and the only one i can think of is the cross game voice chat they make a big deal about it and i guess you can download Demos, DLC etc.. faster. takes me about 10-30 min to download a demo on the PSN but it used to be really bad at the begining

Well, considering it costs $50 a year, I bet a lot of people would be pissed if it wasn't better.

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Because there's Xfans that all play on it with friends so they say it is.

El_PS3_Best

I played on Xlive for 3 years. I know what I'm talking about, plus I know many Xlive gamers that have told me they like it because that's where their friends play.

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i own a ps3 and am happy with the live. lots of times when i played xbox at friends house it lags. what more can xbox have on their internet that makes up for that yearly cost xbox charges. i know cross game voice chat but that is the only thing i can think of. really though all i do is plat games and message friends anyways so why is xbl so much better.

DontBeHatin1983

live is not better then psn but it dose have some features that the psn dosent have and the only one i can think of is the cross game voice chat they make a big deal about it and i guess you can download Demos, DLC etc.. faster. takes me about 10-30 min to download a demo on the PSN but it used to be really bad at the begining

It takes me about 5-15 mins. It has a lot to do with your ISP speed.

it isn't better, it's basically the same thing.

In my experience (I own a PS3, my friends own 360).. The 360's interface and XBL in general is superior in just about every way to PSN.. And the cost of it is negligent.. Its roughly around $3 a month if you get 12 month cards from Amazon. I never seen anything out of the ordinary, both of them could have lag.. Its just XBL is far more stream lined, has far more features, way better interface in things like the live arcade where I can actually look at screenshots, videos, and just about 99% of every game has a trial.. the Playstation store rarely ever have demos, videos of it.. Often times you have to go online to do it.. The one thing I like more about the PS3 is the fact it has a Internet explorer on it.

Because it only does everything. :P

[QUOTE="El_PS3_Best"]

Because there's Xfans that all play on it with friends so they say it is.

clone01

I play on both and don't notice a difference, other than more lag on live. but that's just because the games I play on xbox are peer to peer, and the ones I play on PS3 have servers.

In my experience (I own a PS3, my friends own 360).. The 360's interface and XBL in general is superior in just about every way to PSN.. And the cost of it is negligent.. Its roughly around $3 a month if you get 12 month cards from Amazon.sSubZerOo

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[QUOTE="dopey32"]

i own a ps3 and am happy with the live. lots of times when i played xbox at friends house it lags. what more can xbox have on their internet that makes up for that yearly cost xbox charges. i know cross game voice chat but that is the only thing i can think of. really though all i do is plat games and message friends anyways so why is xbl so much better.

El_PS3_Best

live is not better then psn but it dose have some features that the psn dosent have and the only one i can think of is the cross game voice chat they make a big deal about it and i guess you can download Demos, DLC etc.. faster. takes me about 10-30 min to download a demo on the PSN but it used to be really bad at the begining

It takes me about 5-15 mins. It has a lot to do with your ISP speed.

well i got 2 ps3 one is my and the other is my brothers, 2 leptops and a PC all use WiFi

[QUOTE="clone01"][QUOTE="El_PS3_Best"]

Because there's Xfans that all play on it with friends so they say it is.

El_PS3_Best

I played on Xlive for 3 years. I know what I'm talking about, plus I know many Xlive gamers that have told me they like it because that's where their friends play.

yeah live is better cause of cross game chat but psn is free so you can't complain

In my experience (I own a PS3, my friends own 360).. The 360's interface and XBL in general is superior in just about every way to PSN.. And the cost of it is negligent.. Its roughly around $3 a month if you get 12 month cards from Amazon. I never seen anything out of the ordinary, both of them could have lag.. Its just XBL is far more stream lined, has far more features, way better interface in things like the live arcade where I can actually look at screenshots, videos, and just about 99% of every game has a trial.. the Playstation store rarely ever have demos, videos of it.. Often times you have to go online to do it.. The one thing I like more about the PS3 is the fact it has a Internet explorer on it.

sSubZerOo

Like I stated above with the octane analogy.

People need to justify what they spend their money on by arguing I guess. I have zero problems with PSN, but when it goes down for a few hours every few months the lems come out of the woodwork and say "you get what you pay for". Most of my friends have PS3s so I spend the most of my time there and Im sure that is a big reason for people prefering XBL as well.

nitsud_19

The two are virtually identical.

PSN has come a long way imo. Both are equal in my view. cross game chat is useless to me.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]In my experience (I own a PS3, my friends own 360).. The 360's interface and XBL in general is superior in just about every way to PSN.. And the cost of it is negligent.. Its roughly around $3 a month if you get 12 month cards from Amazon.Bread_or_Decide

.. I could make this exact same comparison to the Wii.. Well I played the Wii game and had as much fun as X game from PS3 online.. PS3 costsed more, hence the Wii is better.. Like this comparison the 360 has far more options, a far better friends system in creating parties.. Not to mention it seems on xbox360 some 70% of the users have or use mics.. While its the exact opposite for the PS3 where 70% do not have mics of any kind..

Some people enjoy paying 50 bucks a year to unlock a feature in all their games that they are supposedly already paying for in the sixty dollar price tag. When multiplats like MW2 are released and you literally have an entire console playing the same game for FREE and another paying for it...well thats just down right lunacy. What really boils my noodle is that when you stop paying for live that one feature in all your games is dead forever. Bread_or_Decide

Except it isn't $50 a years.. Its around $36 to even $30 a year depending if Amazon is on a deal right now.. If your wasting money on the plan they offer you direclty from the Xbox360 your ripping your self off.. You can get a gold 12 month card for as little as $3 a month or less.. Thats nothing.. I wouldn't even call the cost a real factor in deciding which to use.

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In my experience (I own a PS3, my friends own 360).. The 360's interface and XBL in general is superior in just about every way to PSN.. And the cost of it is negligent.. Its roughly around $3 a month if you get 12 month cards from Amazon. I never seen anything out of the ordinary, both of them could have lag.. Its just XBL is far more stream lined, has far more features, way better interface in things like the live arcade where I can actually look at screenshots, videos, and just about 99% of every game has a trial.. the Playstation store rarely ever have demos, videos of it.. Often times you have to go online to do it.. The one thing I like more about the PS3 is the fact it has a Internet explorer on it.

El_PS3_Best

Like I stated above with the octane analogy.

That is a bad comparison.. The cost is minimal.. If we were to use this I could argue this for the PS3.. Why pay $100 extra dollars when you can get a 360 which will offer you the same experience..

[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]In my experience (I own a PS3, my friends own 360).. The 360's interface and XBL in general is superior in just about every way to PSN.. And the cost of it is negligent.. Its roughly around $3 a month if you get 12 month cards from Amazon.sSubZerOo

.. I could make this exact same comparison to the Wii.. Well I played the Wii game and had as much fun as X game from PS3 online.. PS3 costsed more, hence the Wii is better.. Like this comparison the 360 has far more options, a far better friends system in creating parties.. Not to mention it seems on xbox360 some 70% of the users have or use mics.. While its the exact opposite for the PS3 where 70% do not have mics of any kind..

I know Party Chat doesn't sound like much, but it's so useful to me. The first thing I do when I turn on the xbox is start/join a party with my friends. It's really useful becasue some of us play Gears 2, some play Halo 3.

I know Party Chat doesn't sound like much, but it's so useful to me. The first thing I do when I turn on the xbox is start/join a party with my friends. It's really useful becasue some of us play Gears 2, some play Halo 3.

ujjval16

:P

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I know Party Chat doesn't sound like much, but it's so useful to me. The first thing I do when I turn on the xbox is start/join a party with my friends. It's really useful becasue some of us play Gears 2, some play Halo 3.

Bread_or_Decide

[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"][QUOTE="ujjval16"]

I know Party Chat doesn't sound like much, but it's so useful to me. The first thing I do when I turn on the xbox is start/join a party with my friends. It's really useful becasue some of us play Gears 2, some play Halo 3.

Live is alot mroe seamless than PSN is. If I wanna join a friends game, I simply go to join game under there gamertag, and im there. ANd more than likely hell own a mic. You can argue which service is less laggy or more stable, but I think its fact that, right now, Live is the more clean and Proffesional service of the two. This is mainly due to it having a longer time out than the OPSN, which only really came out when PS3 did. Live has been around for like 8 years. Thats alot of time to perfect.

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[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"] Is this online gaming or a sewing circle?Bread_or_Decide

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[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"] I've played Halo 3 on Live and played Uncharted 2 on PSN. I had just as much fun playing both. Don't know why one game charged me 3 bucks a month for a feature that came in the game. This is as bad as unlocking DLC that's already on the disc.Bread_or_Decide

.. I could make this exact same comparison to the Wii.. Well I played the Wii game and had as much fun as X game from PS3 online.. PS3 costsed more, hence the Wii is better.. Like this comparison the 360 has far more options, a far better friends system in creating parties.. Not to mention it seems on xbox360 some 70% of the users have or use mics.. While its the exact opposite for the PS3 where 70% do not have mics of any kind..

Just because you do not care for the features.. Doesn'ts ome how make the PSN better, it may be MORE suitable for you.. But it is most certianly not better.. And hell yes thre is a mic problem on PS3.. Playing borderlands online for instance is close to unbarable because 90% of the pople I play with never have a mic.. Not to mention XBL actually has a party system and invite system which is far more intutitive and effective when playing with friends.. Inviting people to a RE5 game for instance on the PS3 was one of the most illogical and confusing things that I had to explain to people who it worked so they could join my game.. Thats not a good design feature.

Another gem:To access Netflix on Live (another feature you're ALREADY paying for) you have to have a gold subscription. Why is that exactly? On the PS3 I can access my netflix for free.Bread_or_Decide

... both have their quirks.. I am indifferent on the Xbox360 one.. Because if I got the system chances are I iwll be paying that $3 a month for gold.. But I can see the complaint.. Though I think its equally obnoxious that Netflix disc has to be in yoru PS3 system at all times to play it.. Why couldn't they just install it? The Playstation store is also extremely poor in design and information.. Where I have to look on my computer to get more information on a game or what not because, all they give most times is a brief paragraph.. With no screenshots.. Or if I am lucky one or two.. Maybe once in a blue moon it may even have a demo.. The cost to me is negligent.. $3 a month is not something to stress on.. If people were anoyed with that.. Why arn;'t they annoyed with spending $60 or $300 to $600 a system.. Or $50 for a controller.. It seems really silly with the amount of complaints I hear when there are things that are so much more expensive that should be cut in my mind.

really though all i do is plat games and message friends anyways so why is xbl so much better.dopey32

[QUOTE="El_PS3_Best"]

Because there's Xfans that all play on it with friends so they say it is.

clone01

I prefer PSN, opinions are fun, no?

when there is an objective discusstion about the issue I may take part.

but a comparison of PSN and Live should have something other than all 360 fans

The only difference is cross game chat. When I'm playing rank match in Tekken 6, why would I want to talk to my friend playing FF13:? CGC is a nice feature, but its hardly useful. If you want to talk to friends, its called using a telephone.

[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

.. I could make this exact same comparison to the Wii.. Well I played the Wii game and had as much fun as X game from PS3 online.. PS3 costsed more, hence the Wii is better.. Like this comparison the 360 has far more options, a far better friends system in creating parties.. Not to mention it seems on xbox360 some 70% of the users have or use mics.. While its the exact opposite for the PS3 where 70% do not have mics of any kind..

Just because you do not care for the features.. Doesn'ts ome how make the PSN better, it may be MORE suitable for you.. But it is most certianly not better.. And hell yes thre is a mic problem on PS3.. Playing borderlands online for instance is close to unbarable because 90% of the pople I play with never have a mic.. Not to mention XBL actually has a party system and invite system which is far more intutitive and effective when playing with friends.. Inviting people to a RE5 game for instance on the PS3 was one of the most illogical and confusing things that I had to explain to people who it worked so they could join my game.. Thats not a good design feature.

[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"]Another gem:To access Netflix on Live (another feature you're ALREADY paying for) you have to have a gold subscription. Why is that exactly? On the PS3 I can access my netflix for free.sSubZerOo

... both have their quirks.. I am indifferent on the Xbox360 one.. Because if I got the system chances are I iwll be paying that $3 a month for gold.. But I can see the complaint.. Though I think its equally obnoxious that Netflix disc has to be in yoru PS3 system at all times to play it.. Why couldn't they just install it? The Playstation store is also extremely poor in design and information.. Where I have to look on my computer to get more information on a game or what not because, all they give most times is a brief paragraph.. With no screenshots.. Or if I am lucky one or two.. Maybe once in a blue moon it may even have a demo.. The cost to me is negligent.. $3 a month is not something to stress on.. If people were anoyed with that.. Why arn;'t they annoyed with spending $60 or $300 to $600 a system.. Or $50 for a controller.. It seems really silly with the amount of complaints I hear when there are things that are so much more expensive that should be cut in my mind.

FASTER DOWNLOADS!

and if you are downloading something I think you can still play a game while downloading too!

Xbox live is just smoother, evreything is easier to get to.

As for playing games PSN = XBL

I prefer Xbox Live. They have their community strategy thought out and it shows. On PSN, there still seems to be some inexplicable disconnect amongst the community members, online events and the people that run them.

Not to mention the cross game chats and the consistency of the cross game invite feature. It just looks like Sony is still trying to figure it out. Good for them, but they're still not at XBL level yet.

it isn't better, it's basically the same thing.

lespaul1919

exactly.

i own a ps3 and am happy with the live. lots of times when i played xbox at friends house it lags. what more can xbox have on their internet that makes up for that yearly cost xbox charges. i know cross game voice chat but that is the only thing i can think of. really though all i do is plat games and message friends anyways so why is xbl so much better.

dopey32