Which platform offers the best online experience??

Oh dear. 50+ page thread incoming...

Oh dear. 50+ page thread incoming...

balfe1990

PC obviously.

whatever you have the most friends on

Depends on what makes the online experience better for you, I guess. If you are referring to playing games online, then the "online expeience" is virtually identical, between PS3 and 360, at any rate. I've never tried the Wii's online, but I hear people don't like it. And PC's online can vary from game to game, depending on which online service the game uses, or if its online is mostly on community supported servers, etc.

Pc. Dedicated servers and very few 12 year old kids playing.

Depends on what your friends are playing. All of my friends play 360 pretty exclusively, so that's my choice.

I remember the Wii being a mess, though.

for me personally ps3, just turn it on and i'm signed in and i go about my day, i don't gotta worry about if payed my fee for the month.

and yes that was a blow to live

Pc. Dedicated servers and very few 12 year old kids playing.

Kevz0

for me personally ps3, just turn it on and i'm signed in and i go about my day, i don't gotta worry about if payed my fee for the month.

and yes that was a blow to live

Chris_Williams

I love the way you're always like " What does it matter what system you play games on, you're still just sitting on ass blah blah blah" or "it doesn't matter which online experience is the best".

And then you dump that logic and have a go at Xbox Live at every opportunity.

Not starting anything here, just pointing out a little hypocrisy. :D

for me personally ps3, just turn it on and i'm signed in and i go about my day, i don't gotta worry about if payed my fee for the month.

and yes that was a blow to live

Chris_Williams

Yea I don't worry about that either because I pay for it a year at a time.

And the '12 year argument' is pretty weak; there are annoying online gamers no matter how you choose to play.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

for me personally ps3, just turn it on and i'm signed in and i go about my day, i don't gotta worry about if payed my fee for the month.

and yes that was a blow to live

balfe1990

I love the way you're always like " What does it matter what system you play games on, you're still just sitting on ass blah blah blah" or "it doesn't matter which online experience is the best".

And then you dump that logic and have a go at Xbox Live at every opportunity.

Not starting anything here, just pointing out a little hypocrisy. :D

I think the PC is more consistent in terms of allowing games to have better quality online with userland servers and whatnot, but I prefer playing online on PS3 because it's just easier and that's what the people I play online with are on. That being said, I met those people by playing online, so I'm sure constantly playing on PC would fill my friendslist, but it's currently at 0.

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"]

for me personally ps3, just turn it on and i'm signed in and i go about my day, i don't gotta worry about if payed my fee for the month.

and yes that was a blow to live

Chris_Williams

I love the way you're always like " What does it matter what system you play games on, you're still just sitting on ass blah blah blah" or "it doesn't matter which online experience is the best".

And then you dump that logic and have a go at Xbox Live at every opportunity.

Not starting anything here, just pointing out a little hypocrisy. :D

As I said, not trying to start anything but I always see you saying things along the lines of " why do you care how I play games or what games I am playing". Then you do a complete turn-around and state how XBL is a rip-off. As in, i thought you didn't care how, when or what people were playing and/or if they pay for it or not?

Also, I'm not defending XBL, if you'd mentioned the Wii or any other platform, my post would have been the same.

PC >>>>> PS3/360 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wiiwraigth

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="balfe1990"]

I love the way you're always like " What does it matter what system you play games on, you're still just sitting on ass blah blah blah" or "it doesn't matter which online experience is the best".

And then you dump that logic and have a go at Xbox Live at every opportunity.

Not starting anything here, just pointing out a little hypocrisy. :D

balfe1990

As I said, not trying to start anything but I always see you saying things along the lines of " why do you care how I play games or what games I am playing". Then you do a complete turn-around and state how XBL is a rip-off. As in, i thought you didn't care how, when or what people were playing and/or if they pay for it or not?

Also, I'm not defending XBL, if you'd mentioned the Wii or any other platform, my post would have been the same.

PC > XBOX > WII

Never played PS3 online for more than 1 hour.

[QUOTE="balfe1990"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] whoa, there, at the end of the day thats all we do is play videogames and have fun but also i have my own opinons and think people paying for live are getting ripped off, i can voice my opinions. Don't see no hypocrisy, he asked which platform offers the best online experience, just because of the fact that you gotta pay for live when the competitors do it for free makes it lose for me, oh i'm sorry, the ps3 and pc all have better online experiences then the 360, there fair enough for ya? Chris_Williams

As I said, not trying to start anything but I always see you saying things along the lines of " why do you care how I play games or what games I am playing". Then you do a complete turn-around and state how XBL is a rip-off. As in, i thought you didn't care how, when or what people were playing and/or if they pay for it or not?

Also, I'm not defending XBL, if you'd mentioned the Wii or any other platform, my post would have been the same.

Ok fine. I was just pointing something out.

I wasn't even referencing your opinion anywhere in my original post by the way, you really got the wrong end of the stick here.

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="balfe1990"]

As I said, not trying to start anything but I always see you saying things along the lines of " why do you care how I play games or what games I am playing". Then you do a complete turn-around and state how XBL is a rip-off. As in, i thought you didn't care how, when or what people were playing and/or if they pay for it or not?

Also, I'm not defending XBL, if you'd mentioned the Wii or any other platform, my post would have been the same.

balfe1990

Ok fine. I was just pointing something out.

I wasn't even referencing your opinion anywhere in my original post by the way, you really got the wrong end of the stick here.

In my experience......

PC>>>>360>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PS3

PSN isn't the best online community.

Very few people have mics. And the ones who do are usually little kids who won't shut up, or someone who doesn't speak English.

It's best to mute all and pretend you're playing a bot match, because that's what it feels like anyway....

And the Wii? :lol: There's really no need to include the Wii :roll:

-I play games, not consoles. Flame me over my opinion if you dare.

[QUOTE="Kevz0"]

Pc. Dedicated servers and very few 12 year old kids playing.

Chris_Williams

A lot more on 360 though because parents just buy them the cheapest system(Wii dont count) to shut them up...old school gamers and more mature crowd seem to be on Ps3 but you right you got the annoying screaming kids everywhere

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="Kevz0"]

Pc. Dedicated servers and very few 12 year old kids playing.

OfficerLeach_

A lot more on 360 though because parents just buy them the cheapest system(Wii dont count) to shut them up...old school gamers and more mature crowd seem to be on Ps3 but you right you got the annoying screaming kids everywhere

Nice generalization! Im 31 and most of my friends who have 360 are around my age.

In reality, every comunity have kids, being unnable to hear them doesnt mean they are not there. Actually, if internet is any indicator, i would say PSN has the most.

Lol, PC. Thou need to even ask?

X360 > PS3 > Wii when it comes to features like cross-game chat but you have to pay and Wii has the annoying friendcodes. If you don't care about cross-game chat and just want to play online then the 3 consoles are basically the same and the lag is completely dependable of how good the servers of the game developer are. Most of the time low budget, niche or unpopular games like KOF have lots of latency while games like Killzone, COD, Halo, etc. are lightning fast.

If you ask me the best online would be PS3. It lacks some features like cross-came chat but it doesn't has friendcodes and is free. People say that most people on PSN doesn't has mics but that was in 2007 and another thing that many lemmings doesn't want to accept either is the fact that there are many more people playing online on PSN than XBL. It seems it' too hard to comprehend that the PS3 is only 3 millions behind in sales and that PSN is free and anyone can make as many accounts as they want.

[QUOTE="OfficerLeach_"]

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] okay that 12 year old playing thing is getting old, there are immature people across all platforms and i dare you to prove me wrong.PAL360

A lot more on 360 though because parents just buy them the cheapest system(Wii dont count) to shut them up...old school gamers and more mature crowd seem to be on Ps3 but you right you got the annoying screaming kids everywhere

Nice generalization! Im 31 and most of my friends who have 360 are around my age.

In reality, every comunity have kids, being unnable to hear them doesnt mean they are not there. Actually, if internet is any indicator, i would say PSN has the most.

PC without a doubt. I haven't really played a PS3 online, so I'm not gonna say anything about it. 360 is way better than wii though.

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

[QUOTE="OfficerLeach_"]

A lot more on 360 though because parents just buy them the cheapest system(Wii dont count) to shut them up...old school gamers and more mature crowd seem to be on Ps3 but you right you got the annoying screaming kids everywhere

OfficerLeach_

Nice generalization! Im 31 and most of my friends who have 360 are around my age.

In reality, every comunity have kids, being unnable to hear them doesnt mean they are not there. Actually, if internet is any indicator, i would say PSN has the most.

Still dont get your point....there are rich kids and poor adults. I have a job, money and a life. Having a 360 is only a matter of preference. Are you saying that older ppl cant prefer Gears and Forza over Uncharted and GT?

Also i wouldnt call PS1 ppl 'old school gamers'. As a big fan of systems like ZX Spectrum 128k, Amiga 500, Nes, megadrive, etc, i find 360 to be my favourite console this gen.

I'm mainly a PC gamer, but my best online moments have been from the 360.

Here is why:

*Most of my friends are on the 360.

*One profile that works with all my games.

*I dont have to muck around with port-forwarding and firewall settings (amongst other irritating problems that you can experience).

*XBL Party Chat is wonderfull.

Thats not to say I enjoy PC multiplayer any less, its just at times it can be a massive time sink, causing a undesirable Tinkering:Fun ratio.

Games like L4D, Killing Floor, Magicka, BF2 have all been sterling multiplayer experiences, but i can safely say that at some point I've swore and cursed at something to get it running, and my friends will say the same.

[QUOTE="OfficerLeach_"]

[QUOTE="PAL360"]

Nice generalization! Im 31 and most of my friends who have 360 are around my age.

In reality, every comunity have kids, being unnable to hear them doesnt mean they are not there. Actually, if internet is any indicator, i would say PSN has the most.

PAL360

Still dont get your point. I have a job, money and a life. Having a 360 is only a matter of preference. Are you saying that older ppl cant prefer Gears and Forza over Uncharted and GT?

Also are you calling ppl who started playing on PS1 'old school gamers'?? As a big fan of systems like ZX Spectrum 128k, Amiga 500, Nes, megadrive, etc, i find 360 to be my favourite console this gen.

pc>360>ps3>portables>wii>phones

PC blows consoles away.

I would rank it like this:

1)PC (because you can do whatever the f you want).
2a)XBOX Live Gold
2b)PSN+
4)PSN
5)Wii (hey at least you can play online)
6)XBOX Love Silver (LOL can't even game online)

Even a PS3 gamer should admit that Live+Gold has a few extra perks over standard PSN. However PSN I'm sure does 90% of Live and it's FREE. Most every game I play on PSN is a smooth, lag free experience. Especially Sony's exclusives. Then again if you pay for PSN+ then it's right there with Gold, so maybe the argument isn't even as concrete as I initially said.

[QUOTE="Kevz0"]

Pc. Dedicated servers and very few 12 year old kids playing.

Chris_Williams

[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="Kevz0"]

Pc. Dedicated servers and very few 12 year old kids playing.

Kevz0

[QUOTE="Kevz0"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] okay that 12 year old playing thing is getting old, there are immature people across all platforms and i dare you to prove me wrong.i5750at4Ghz

lol good point. I never really considered that till now.

Any answer other than PC, is wrong ;).

Any answer other than PC, is wrong ;).

NaveedLife

[QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

Any answer other than PC, is wrong ;).

i5750at4Ghz

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"][QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

Any answer other than PC, is wrong ;).

martinX3X