Why does everyone think PS3 online is so bad??

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

much like some people claimed a 600 dollar system was on par with a 400 dollar system to make them selves feel better...hmmm. I'm simply using the same logic...then again we all get our butts handed to us by the Wii...250 bucks and what 60 million sold so far?

WilliamRLBaker

I'm talking about real worth here not subjective worth. How can it be for no reason if the PS3 sold at a lower cost than it was produced? That means you were paying for something at a lower cost than it was worth. For Live you're paying for online connectivity which you are paying to your internet service provider already. That means you're paying for something that is not worth what you're paying for. It's very simple really.

alot of people love the MS kool aid. they have to justify paying $60 for something offered for free on other consoles. psn is not as bad as some make it out to be.

alot of people love the MS kool aid. they have to justify paying $60 for something offered for free on other consoles. psn is not as bad as some make it out to be.

coltsfan4ever

don't confuse not as good with bad.

if you need an example of not as good just last night i was at my friends house and he wanted to play the enslaved demo and it took 52 mins to dl then another 10 to install.

just one minor little difference but it's still pretty lame in comparason to the 10-15 mins it took me to dl it from xbl.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

[QUOTE="svenus97"] This... exactly this, people pay for XBL and make themselves feel better by saying that a free servive which is on-par with XBL, is worse.The__Havoc

much like some people claimed a 600 dollar system was on par with a 400 dollar system to make them selves feel better...hmmm. I'm simply using the same logic...then again we all get our butts handed to us by the Wii...250 bucks and what 60 million sold so far?

Were there any price comparison threads? I remember seeing them on GAF and other forums back in the day.

Off topic: Sorry, but that avatar makes me laugh every time I see it. Plus it is from one of my alltime favorite games. Had to get that out.

Cuz ppl need to justify their $60 a year subscription.mystervj

i want to play online for free and psn gets the job done, all those features in xbox i can get free on the computer

[QUOTE="joshrocks2245"]

I play online on PS3 all the time, it never lags, I play with friends online all the time and I enjoy the hell out of it. Why does everyone say it's so bad and Xbox live is so better?? I don't get that, I've never had problems on PSN.

navyguy21

[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

much like some people claimed a 600 dollar system was on par with a 400 dollar system to make them selves feel better...hmmm. I'm simply using the same logic...then again we all get our butts handed to us by the Wii...250 bucks and what 60 million sold so far?

WilliamRLBaker

Of course there's a reason. The ps3 was 600 dollars because that was the amount of loss Sony found acceptable. The price goes down as the tech gets cheaper.

Live was 50 because that was the amount MS believed they could coerce out of its user base for a feature that everyone else gets for free. And as the service stays the same, the price goes up.

[QUOTE="mystervj"]Cuz ppl need to justify their $60 a year subscription.svenus97

they dont

they think it works just fine

[QUOTE="svenus97"][QUOTE="mystervj"]Cuz ppl need to justify their $60 a year subscription.WilliamRLBaker

much like some people claimed a 600 dollar system was on par with a 400 dollar system to make them selves feel better...hmmm. I'm simply using the same logic...then again we all get our butts handed to us by the Wii...250 bucks and what 60 million sold so far?

[QUOTE="svenus97"][QUOTE="mystervj"]Cuz ppl need to justify their $60 a year subscription.Elann2008

Bringing up PS+ just indicates you have no idea what it is, what it's for, or what it provides (or, rather, what it doesn't provide).

PS+ is not part of this discussion, as it has nothing to do with online play.

The online play portion is on par with Live, in the case of many exclusives, far better than anything found on Live. I suspect Steam is much better than both due to a higher presence of dedicated servers.

PSN is hardly on-par. And now Sony is charging with PSN+. On the other hand, Steam is free, and it's the closest thing to being "on-par" with XBL. So what's Sony's excuse this time? Hmm?Elann2008

More like what's both companies' excuses. You said it yourself "On the other hand, Steam is free, and it's the closest thing to being 'on-par' with XBL". Clearly both companies could offer more options for consumers.