Is The Overall Competition On Xbox Live Far Superior To PSN?

as a longtime psn player i recently got into live and jesus christ, the overall competition on here is fierce. in my experiences, psn is generally a more casual experience. if you're decent, you'll steamroll over most people save for the few elite players...but on live it seems like everyone's a beast. i was playing fight night champion on live today and i was swaggering because usually i destroy people on psn, but instead i was getting my ass handed to me repeatedly. i actually had to focus to beat some people man..those guys don't **** around.

for people that own both systems, do you find that live is generally a more 'hardcore' experience?

From my experience, and i admit to only gaming on psn every once in a while at a friends house, its...

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I don't play much online games on my PS3, but i used to play KZ2 quite a lot, and i'm not sure if it was just that game, or perhaps I was incredible, but it was ridiculously easy.

The kills were also very satisfying due to the cool noise it made.

lol, I just wish Dark Souls had cross platform play...then we'd see

having played psn and xbox live, Xbox live users are just more practiced, and used to a superior controller and superior online service, Xbox live users would obliterate psn users.

Depends. I know back on MW2 I was pretty good on PSN, then 5-6 months after when I bought 360 I was getting smashed in MW2. That's my only experience from the same game on both systems.

It really depends on the game. Both systems have good and bad players. 360 players are much more tryhard and use 100+ dollar headsets (like myself lol)

They'd be the same. Anyone saying different would be wrong.

[QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]I find that Live is a generally louder experience. Skill for games is virtually the same. AncientDozer

[QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]I find that Live is a generally louder experience. Skill for games is virtually the same. AncientDozer

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[QUOTE="AncientDozer"]I agree to an extent. Live might be louder but only because everyone has a mic as a matter of course. PSN, you have to go the extra mile and get a mic. Still, how do you judge a person's skill online?AncientDozer

So basically just because someone plays their online multiplayer on 360 means that they are better than the next guy who purchased the PS3 to play multiplayer? Anyone who thinks that is a ignorant fanboy who should probably get his/her head checked. I was one of the best players in the world on Rainbow Six Vegas on PS3, went to play it on the 360 and had no issues leaving a massacre of players behind me. I am no slouch at Battlefield Bad Company 1 either and had no problem tearing people apart on the 360 version. Gaming on one system does not make anybody more hardcore than the next.

PS3 and Xbox players, from what I observed when playing, seem to be evenly skilled (Xbox has more mics, and so there is more competitive talk, and communication between team mates). But neither are on the same level of skill and competition as some games on PC (CS, CSS, SC 1+2 etc...)

As far as COD is concerned Xbox players are far superior IMO, PSN players will rarely shoot down KS, instead I saw alot of them blasting at them with their guns, which made them easy targets for me. Xbox players also use they cheap stuff far more

Are you asking which of the 2 community has more skills? Now that's just silly.....

[QUOTE="AncientDozer"][QUOTE="mrmusicman247"]I find that Live is a generally louder experience. Skill for games is virtually the same. ShadowDragon78

PSN.... XBL is full of little kids lol

Used to own a 360 and now own a PS3.

I also play with my friends on their 360's a lot.

Comp is the same.

Anyone who says otherwise is just being silly.

I've not noticed any difference in skill. Just that people are more vocal on XBL, which can be a good or a bad thing.

If you took all users, then both would average out to very similar numbers. Even if the 360 has a better top percentile of gamers, PS3 could make up in other areas, like have better lower percentiles. You'd see bell curves if you mapped both out, that's pretty easy to see. Now, is it possible that the absolute best player on PSN is better than their Xbox Live counter-part? Sure, but theat difference is negligible in the entire mass of users.

Why would they be any different? Are XLB players more "pro" becasue they pay for Live? Of course not. There is no difference whatsoever. End of story.

Ive destroyed people on both. Both are even imo

More playerson Xbox Live so it will have a higher % of people that are good THAT DONT MEAN THE THEIR BETTER...also there are way more kids on xbox because parents just buy the kids the cheaper system and kids have better hand-eye cordination which gets worse as you get older and there tends to be an older, mature crowd on PSN...but having played both and having a clan of 200 ppl that play both and weve all talked about it before....xbox is way to easy in pubs especially popular games like COD and Halo because with the higher % of good people theres also more noobs...BUT the Gamebattles is A LOT harder on Xbox which is what I play 24/7...so I guess it comes down to if your a Pubstar or a Tryhard Nerd

There is a lot more activity on Live in terms of voice chat etc. I haven't played Call of Duty on Xbox in a long time but when I did, every game I got into there was kids screaming and arguing. The players on Live also seem to be better at online shooters as well to be honest.

its the same overall level of competition across both platforms. at the end of the day how well you do depends on who you get paired with and against.

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Both allow you to play online, and everybody from all ages and skill level are on both.

They are the same.

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ethanradd

I think that's because the 360 version outsold the PS3 version by a fair few.

having played psn and xbox live, Xbox live users are just more practiced, and used to a superior controller and superior online service, Xbox live users would obliterate psn users.

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having played psn and xbox live, Xbox live users are just more practiced, and used to a superior controller and superior online service, Xbox live users would obliterate psn users.

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ethanradd

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From my personal experience with both online services (I used to have xbl) I woulld say that they are the same. Although xbl is a bit more talkative than psn, but aside from that they seem the same in terms of skill levels and competetion and the number of players.