What makes XBL so much better than PSN???

really, im constantly hearing lemms just say in a very 'manner-of-fact' way: "yeah, who cares XBL isnt free, its soooo much better"

and in a way, ive always beleived so too.

but then, playing my PS3, i was like "why is xbl so much better?" i can download things for free, i can play online without lag, i really enjoy myself. So i ask you: What makes XBL so much better?

Well for starts XBL has more online users -supercharged-

how many do you need?

i mean, i play Resistance with 40 man.... does XBL do that?

There are more demos, more arcade games, more of all the other media. There are more users. You can download while you play. There's a few. whoisryanmack

 with PSN you can download whilst you play.... demos, movies etc etc etc

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]Well for starts XBL has more online users Stumpt25

how many do you need?

i mean, i play Resistance with 40 man.... does XBL do that?

XBL has more overall users so that means you have a bigger chance of playing online with the majority of your games. 

[QUOTE="Stumpt25"]

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]Well for starts XBL has more online users -supercharged-

how many do you need?

i mean, i play Resistance with 40 man.... does XBL do that?

XBL has more overall users so that means you have a bigger chance of playing online with the majority of your games. 

but... most of my games have a good online: Motorstorm, Resistance (best online to date on a console system IMHO), NBA etc

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"][QUOTE="Stumpt25"]

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]Well for starts XBL has more online users Stumpt25

how many do you need?

i mean, i play Resistance with 40 man.... does XBL do that?

XBL has more overall users so that means you have a bigger chance of playing online with the majority of your games. 

but... most of my games have a good online: Motorstorm, Resistance (best online to date on a console system IMHO), NBA etc

But you have to agree that overall, more users is a good thing. You are assured to have gaming partners with virtually any XBL game at any time of day. Even more than that, more user base for XBL leads to more effort put towards the online experience by devs. 

[QUOTE="Stumpt25"][QUOTE="-supercharged-"][QUOTE="Stumpt25"]

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]Well for starts XBL has more online users whoisryanmack

how many do you need?

i mean, i play Resistance with 40 man.... does XBL do that?

XBL has more overall users so that means you have a bigger chance of playing online with the majority of your games.

but... most of my games have a good online: Motorstorm, Resistance (best online to date on a console system IMHO), NBA etc

But you have to agree that overall, more users is a good thing. You are assured to have gaming partners with virtually any XBL game at any time of day. Even more than that, more user base for XBL leads to more effort put towards the online experience by devs.

Which is one of the most important things for online gaming imo.  

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"][QUOTE="Stumpt25"]

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]Well for starts XBL has more online users Stumpt25

how many do you need?

i mean, i play Resistance with 40 man.... does XBL do that?

XBL has more overall users so that means you have a bigger chance of playing online with the majority of your games.

but... most of my games have a good online: Motorstorm, Resistance (best online to date on a console system IMHO), NBA etc

[QUOTE="-supercharged-"]Well for starts XBL has more online users Stumpt25

how many do you need?

i mean, i play Resistance with 40 man.... does XBL do that?

Hexley will come out soon and will have 100 v 100 player battles.  200 people having a battle will just be mad fun.

Xbox live gets alot of demo. - PS3 hardly get any demos.

Xbox live gets more games with online multiplayer included and more downloadable content.  Games made for both systems are not always the same as the PS3 version can be missed online multiplayer.  e.g. Virtua Tennis

Xbox live have a big selection of Arcade game. (approx 40 games.) 

Xbox live bring out at least one arcade game a week and about one demo every few weeks.

I can play Halo 2 then if i get a game invite i can just jump straight to another game.  With the PS3 you can't invite people and jump to games in the same simple way. 

The xbox live is better looking, much faster to move around and offers alot more features.

[QUOTE="whoisryanmack"]There are more demos, more arcade games, more of all the other media. There are more users. You can download while you play. There's a few. Stumpt25

 with PSN you can download whilst you play.... demos, movies etc etc etc

uhh you can with XBL too

the fact that every Live enabled game has a unified setup...where Sony leaves it up to the dev's

You're all wrong.

PC online kicks both XBL's and PSN's asses. :P

There are more demos, more arcade games, more of all the other media. There are more users. You can download while you play. There's a few. whoisryanmack

PSN > XBL. lemmings are just in denial.xxThyLordxx

 prove it....

 without using the arguement that is free

The biggest problem with going from Live to PSN is the game intergration with PSN is non-existant. Live has everything available at the touch of a button...message access, game invites, friends lists, player lists......with PSN, to read or send messages you need to quit the game to the XMB.

I copied and pasted that is that still the case?

to my knowledge you have to quit to the XMB(dashboard) to send and recieve messages...is that still the case or did they fix that with an update

The biggest problem with going from Live to PSN is the game intergration with PSN is non-existant. Live has everything available at the touch of a button...message access, game invites, friends lists, player lists......with PSN, to read or send messages you need to quit the game to the XMB.

I copied and pasted that is that still the case?

to my knowledge you have to quit to the XMB(dashboard) to send and recieve messages...is that still the case or did they fix that with an update

Medjai

[QUOTE="whoisryanmack"]There are more demos, more arcade games, more of all the other media. There are more users. You can download while you play. There's a few. Ibacai

The only problem with dedicated servers is that when the amount of people playing the online game drops then sometime the server gets turn off but with xbox live you should alway be able to play the online game.

[QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="whoisryanmack"]There are more demos, more arcade games, more of all the other media. There are more users. You can download while you play. There's a few. campbell1874

The only problem with dedicated servers is that when the amount of people playing the online game drops then sometime the server gets turn off but with xbox live you should alway be able to play the online game.

really, im constantly hearing lemms just say in a very 'manner-of-fact' way: "yeah, who cares XBL isnt free, its soooo much better"

and in a way, ive always beleived so too.

but then, playing my PS3, i was like "why is xbl so much better?" i can download things for free, i can play online without lag, i really enjoy myself. So i ask you: What makes XBL so much better?

Stumpt25

You have to remember that the majority decision rules all. 360 runs this place, so what ever they decided is bad or not that's the rule. PS3 doesn't have games, XBL is better, PS3 is too expensive, and Sony is an arrogant company.

xbl has a price and worth it for a reason saying beacsue of price is free dosent mean its better.

PSN > XBL. lemmings are just in denial.xxThyLordxx

plz explain because XBL has been round longer

[QUOTE="Medjai"]

The biggest problem with going from Live to PSN is the game intergration with PSN is non-existant. Live has everything available at the touch of a button...message access, game invites, friends lists, player lists......with PSN, to read or send messages you need to quit the game to the XMB.

I copied and pasted that is that still the case?

to my knowledge you have to quit to the XMB(dashboard) to send and recieve messages...is that still the case or did they fix that with an update

Ibacai

I heard that they're implementing that in Version 2.00 

1) It screens like-minded players together on 3 levels (rep, tru-skill, and zone.)  I've played with far fewer jerks than any other online service I've ever tried.

2) Everyone with Live bought a premium, and therefore everyone has a headset.  Sure, the PS3 supports blue-tooth, but since it didn't come bundled in with the 60GB model, almost nobody on PSN talks to their team mates because there's no 1st party headset.

3) You can manage who you talk to and when you talk to them much easier than on PSN.  You can bring up your list of friends NO MATTER WHAT you are doing on your box.  The 360s OS is built with multitasking in mind, and the guide button lets you access all your social features from anywhere.

4) All games support Live and all of the aformentioned features.  I can't tell you how let down I felt when I bought Dark Alliance on the PS3 and although it was online, no voice chat was supported.

5) It has the marketplace, which has about 50 times the content of PSN.  Even when the 360 was 6 months old, you could still download a lot more content.  Also, with the Spring update, downloads now occur 3 times faster than they used to, and they were still faster than PSN before the update.  Marketplace also has movies and TV shows, which is a terrific feature.  The CEO of Netflix signed on to the board of Microsoft last month, which means we'll most likely see the Netflix library available on Marketplace eventually.

That's just off the top of my head.

I honestly think that all the features that XBL has that PSN don't is hardly ever used. Lemmings just point it out to say "I got what you don't have". All you need is a friend list, voice chat/text messaging, and a online game, which both can do. Everything else is the fat on the pig.Socrates88

Weather discussing downloadable content or the community aspects, PSN just doesn't come close to offering the robust experience afforded by Live.  PS3 fanboys talk about how $50 is unfair, but then in the same breath talk about what a great value the PS3 is at $600.  Ridiculous.

[QUOTE="Stumpt25"]

really, im constantly hearing lemms just say in a very 'manner-of-fact' way: "yeah, who cares XBL isnt free, its soooo much better"

and in a way, ive always beleived so too.

but then, playing my PS3, i was like "why is xbl so much better?" i can download things for free, i can play online without lag, i really enjoy myself. So i ask you: What makes XBL so much better?

shungokustasu

PS3 doesn't have games, XBL is better, PS3 is too expensive, and Sony is an arrogant company.

I never thought i'd say this about one of your posts, but you bring up some very valid points there !!  

Messenger is pretty cool. Ultimately I would say that its how connected you are to everyone of your friends at all times on Xbox Live. Voice chat standard is pretty nice too. All that is free.

The online gaming is only good in Halo 2 IMO. So until they can get all games using a similar interface, I'm not really into the multiplayer, but I still pay for first access to demos, and the ability to play online Halo 2, and now 3, on the rare occasion the mood strikes me.

$3/month, and it helps pay for new features. I'll pay it gladly. At least there are no hidden fees.

Well for starts XBL has more online users -supercharged-

I can understand this, but remember the Xbox 360 has sold more units than PS3, which means 360 has more users in their install base. By the time PS3 reaches 10 million units sold, I am sure this issue will be cleared.

So far, Lems are only giving points that are going to fade here soon.  PS3 launched a year later than 360 and still hasn't had the big AAA game, yet.  Once more people buy the PS3, and they will, the numbers will grow on PSN. 

Also, Sony has already made changes to the OS and how it dowloads content.  they can change it further, at any time, to make it so you can download while you play games.  They also can change it so that you can switch games to meet a friend and all that stuff as well.  Why couldn;t they?  Is there something the PS3 is missing in hardware in order to do that??

PSN doesn;t have many demos because there aren;t many games to demo.  Besides, I wouldn;t play half of the demos on XBL.  There's some crappy games out on the 360 and a demo of crap is just that, crap.

Arcades?  You're going to boast about arcades.  Are you playing them on a HDTV??  I assume not.  All of the old-school games look like crap on HDTV's.  So, to me and most in the future, arcades are lame.

I so can own every little sony fanboy right now.

While there aren't that many XBL users(less than 50 percent of the userbase),around 4-5 million users, but a lot more total users in comparison to the PS3, I like both services. Sony still hasn't rolled out their entire online program, and they need to solidify their solution quickly. 

To the person saying that Sony is arrogant, well, if you don't think MS is as well, you need to get your head checked.

The overwhelming advantage to XBL is the Arcade. Doom was a great addition, and every couple of weeks, more and more titles come out. It's great, and I play way more on the Arcade than actual games purchased at the store. Catan was just recently released, which is a hardcore board game over in Germany, and it's my favorite game on the 360, plus it's made by Big Huge Games, the dev's behind some of the greatest PC games, like Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends.

Until Sony comes out with a comparitive arcade library, XBLA will be king on consoles, especially with all the great devs chipping in to release their games over XBLA. On the other hand, it shouldn't cost 50 bucks a year, as we already have to pay for the games, and not to mention, it's P2P and NOT dedicated online play.  Sony's got the right idea as far as free online gaming, which is what I've been used to my entire life.

The overwhelming advantage to XBL is the Arcade. Doom was a great addition, and every couple of weeks, more and more titles come out. It's great, and I play way more on the Arcade than actual games purchased at the store. Catan was just recently released, which is a hardcore board game over in Germany, and it's my favorite game on the 360, plus it's made by Big Huge Games, the dev's behind some of the greatest PC games, like Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends.

Until Sony comes out with a comparitive arcade library, XBLA will be king on consoles, especially with all the great devs chipping in to release their games over XBLA. On the other hand, it shouldn't cost 50 bucks a year, as we already have to pay for the games, and not to mention, it's P2P and NOT dedicated online play.  Sony's got the right idea as far as free online gaming, which is what I've been used to my entire life.

mismajor99

Wrong.  Read my post above.

there is over 6 Million Gold members on XBLJeffGenocideX

You're calling this, ownage???

[QUOTE="JeffGenocideX"]there is over 6 Million Gold members on XBLdubvisions

You're calling this, ownage???

If you read the post before that one, i was correcting him. Trust me.... "the list" has always owned you brainwashed fanboys.

[QUOTE="Stumpt25"]

really, im constantly hearing lemms just say in a very 'manner-of-fact' way: "yeah, who cares XBL isnt free, its soooo much better"

and in a way, ive always beleived so too.

but then, playing my PS3, i was like "why is xbl so much better?" i can download things for free, i can play online without lag, i really enjoy myself. So i ask you: What makes XBL so much better?

shungokustasu

You have to remember that the majority decision rules all. 360 runs this place, so what ever they decided is bad or not that's the rule. PS3 doesn't have games, XBL is better, PS3 is too expensive, and Sony is an arrogant company.

when the ps2 had 5 times more customers than the xbox, xbox live was STILL better than sony's online offering...

"majority decision" has nothing to do with reality.... and reality says xbox live is the benchmark..one that sony hasn't come close to matching...

[QUOTE="dubvisions"]

[QUOTE="JeffGenocideX"]there is over 6 Million Gold members on XBLJeffGenocideX

You're calling this, ownage???

If you read the post before that one, i was correcting him. Trust me.... "the list" has always owned you brainwashed fanboys.

Hmmmm.  I just saw earlier that you said you could own all of us cows.  I guess we're still waiting.

Moo.

So far, Lems are only giving points that are going to fade here soon.  PS3 launched a year later than 360 and still hasn't had the big AAA game, yet.  Once more people buy the PS3, and they will, the numbers will grow on PSN. 

Also, Sony has already made changes to the OS and how it dowloads content.  they can change it further, at any time, to make it so you can download while you play games.  They also can change it so that you can switch games to meet a friend and all that stuff as well.  Why couldn;t they?  Is there something the PS3 is missing in hardware in order to do that??

PSN doesn;t have many demos because there aren;t many games to demo.  Besides, I wouldn;t play half of the demos on XBL.  There's some crappy games out on the 360 and a demo of crap is just that, crap.

Arcades?  You're going to boast about arcades.  Are you playing them on a HDTV??  I assume not.  All of the old-school games look like crap on HDTV's.  So, to me and most in the future, arcades are lame.

 

dubvisions

Hey, where just answer the question of the post.

360 doesn't have an big  AAA game yet, think again (Gears of War) LOL AAA

360 is much faster if I were to download like a 1Gb file on PSN it would take like hrs and 360 its like 25mins.

Its so much easier to move to game to game on xbl.

xbl just has more content I know psn hasn't been out as long as 360 but 360 around that time still had way more content