Xbox Live is the trendsetter in the onlne game.

Also its FASTER!!! Discuss the supremecy of xbox live. 23 million paid users, And its very well liked by the people playing.

Too bad PC still wins.

Too bad PC still wins.

ChaltierX

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

[QUOTE="ChaltierX"]

Too bad PC still wins.

ProjectNatalFan

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

[QUOTE="ChaltierX"]

Too bad PC still wins.

ferret-gamer

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

Guess you dont agree, but still hard to compare IMHO.

I can't wait for this years Summer of Arcade, they are always awesome.

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

[QUOTE="ChaltierX"]

Too bad PC still wins.

ferret-gamer

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

You have to pay for internet though.

What we need is an OS for gamers which is basically a dumbed down windows with Live funcionality. Less system resource used and more gaming goodness.

if by trendsetter you mean 1 other service copied it?

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

[QUOTE="ChaltierX"]

Too bad PC still wins.

ferret-gamer

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

Also its FASTER!!! Discuss the supremecy of xbox live. 23 million paid users, And its very well liked by the people playing.

ProjectNatalFan

yet its incompatible with mmo's

http://www.ripten.com/2010/06/24/microsoft-subscription-fee-cut-demands-leading-mmo-devs-to-pass-on-360/

PSN >>XBL and its free 8)

Xbox Live in the best.

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Also its FASTER!!! Discuss the supremecy of xbox live. 23 million paid users, And its very well liked by the people playing.

rocoswav

yet its incompatible with mmo's

http://www.ripten.com/2010/06/24/microsoft-subscription-fee-cut-demands-leading-mmo-devs-to-pass-on-360/

PSN >>XBL and its free 8)

Also its FASTER!!! Discuss the supremecy of xbox live. 23 million paid users, And its very well liked by the people playing.

ProjectNatalFan

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

dunl12496

You have to pay for internet though.

Ok,but you have to pay for internet and 50 extra to use live. I personally dont think live is worth my 50 bones. Had it for a while and no need to go back. I have nothing against those who do pay though.

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Also its FASTER!!! Discuss the supremecy of xbox live. 23 million paid users, And its very well liked by the people playing.

def_mode

maybe so but can you tell me why the xbox network is like 10 times faster than PSN's?

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

Ravensmash

what? you made no sense...steam is for pc...pc can do all those things you just mentioned. you deserve this for your comments

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] steam has all the features that xbl has and is free. plus the epic 700 game sale going on right now. Rage010101

what? you made no sense...steam is for pc...pc can do all those things you just mentioned. you deserve this for your comments

you dont get Avatars with STeam =D

[QUOTE="def_mode"][QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Also its FASTER!!! Discuss the supremecy of xbox live. 23 million paid users, And its very well liked by the people playing.

ProjectNatalFan

maybe so but can you tell me why the xbox network is like 10 times faster than PSN's?

For what? For game updates it is much faster, but download speeds are about the same for me. Only game I played online was the Reach beta, but both systems are mainly p2p so that is mostly the same.

I think you meant to say Steam.FIipMode

maybe so but still Steam is not in competition with Live, whereas Live is against PSN, and we all know that Live trendsets on that.

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

[QUOTE="def_mode"] Those 23 million paid users did NOT pay because XBL is so good, they paid because its the only way to play their Halo3's. Gears etc online. If online play is available on silver accounts, I'm betting that 23 million will drop BIG time.Kahuna_1

maybe so but can you tell me why the xbox network is like 10 times faster than PSN's?

For what? For game updates it is much faster, but download speeds are about the same for me. Only game I played online was the Reach beta, but both systems are mainly p2p so that is mostly the same.

yeah well its well known many PS3 users like myself have a problem with getting really slow download speeds on PSN, its not fixed, I have a 35/35 meg conenection tested and I get at most a 7mb/2mb speed on the tester. It runs like it too cause my LIVE is 4 times faster.

[QUOTE="Kahuna_1"]

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

maybe so but can you tell me why the xbox network is like 10 times faster than PSN's?

ProjectNatalFan

For what? For game updates it is much faster, but download speeds are about the same for me. Only game I played online was the Reach beta, but both systems are mainly p2p so that is mostly the same.

yeah well its well known many PS3 users like myself have a problem with getting really slow download speeds on PSN, its not fixed, I have a 35/35 meg conenection tested and I get at most a 7mb/2mb speed on the tester. It runs like it too cause my LIVE is 4 times faster.

Ah, that sucks. I get a consistent 1.5mb/s on PSN, XBL, and Steam. I would hate to have inconsistent speeds.

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] steam has all the features that xbl has and is free. plus the epic 700 game sale going on right now. Rage010101

what? you made no sense...steam is for pc...pc can do all those things you just mentioned. you deserve this for your comments

[QUOTE="FIipMode"]I think you meant to say Steam.ProjectNatalFan

maybe so but still Steam is not in competition with Live, whereas Live is against PSN, and we all know that Live trendsets on that.

You know what, I can stream a 1080p movie in my Steam browser. I can also use the Steam browser to access facebook, twitter, myspace etc. Its also faster than my firefox :O

I'm playing Supcom2 yet I'm posting on GS :O

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

Ravensmash

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="ferret-gamer"] steam has all the features that xbl has and is free. plus the epic 700 game sale going on right now. ferret-gamer

[QUOTE="def_mode"][QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Also its FASTER!!! Discuss the supremecy of xbox live. 23 million paid users, And its very well liked by the people playing.

ProjectNatalFan

maybe so but can you tell me why the xbox network is like 10 times faster than PSN's?

Those 23 million paid users did NOT pay because XBL is so good, they paid because its the only way to play their Halo3's. Gears etc online. If online play is available on silver accounts, I'm betting that 23 million will drop BIG time.def_mode

maybe so but can you tell me why the xbox network is like 10 times faster than PSN's?

[QUOTE="FIipMode"]I think you meant to say Steam.ProjectNatalFan

maybe so but still Steam is not in competition with Live, whereas Live is against PSN, and we all know that Live trendsets on that.

Considering xbox live services are all copies of something that was available on PC including online multiplayer, I would say that PC is in fact the trend setter.

[QUOTE="Rage010101"]

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"] Steam doesn't have 1080p streaming movies, Last.FM, functionality with social networking, Sky Player (or the equivalent) . As a platform, Xbox Live is amazing. It definitely set the pace for online gaming on consoles too.Ravensmash

what? you made no sense...steam is for pc...pc can do all those things you just mentioned. you deserve this for your comments

[QUOTE="Kahuna_1"]

[QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

maybe so but can you tell me why the xbox network is like 10 times faster than PSN's?

ProjectNatalFan

For what? For game updates it is much faster, but download speeds are about the same for me. Only game I played online was the Reach beta, but both systems are mainly p2p so that is mostly the same.

yeah well its well known many PS3 users like myself have a problem with getting really slow download speeds on PSN, its not fixed, I have a 35/35 meg conenection tested and I get at most a 7mb/2mb speed on the tester. It runs like it too cause my LIVE is 4 times faster.

Let's hope not.

to bad online gaming really isnot that big of a factor yet in the video game industry

You know what, I can stream a 1080p movie in my Steam browser. I can also use the Steam browser to access facebook, twitter, myspace etc. Its also faster than my firefox :O

I'm playing Supcom2 yet I'm posting on GS :O

clyde46

Steam wins :D

Too bad PC still wins.

ChaltierX

:lol: This basically ends the thread.

to bad online gaming really isnot that big of a factor yet in the video game industry

Mario1331

I just got another year of XBL, but my account is corrupt and I can't recover it because I need the password to my msn that's linked to it...

I'm currently in a battle with microsoft support to get them to reset my password, yet they keep saying I don't have enough proof :evil:

i don't know or care about trendsetting all i care about is if some jerk gets busted lag switching, cheating or exploiting they get banned and are out $50.

PC has been doing online since the 90s. :? What the **** is going.

Why lemmings recently feel the need to post about how good is Xbox Live and how Xbox Live will beat PSN+? Do they feel threatened by PSN+?Miroku32

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"][QUOTE="ProjectNatalFan"]

Steam is the best, but PC gaming is just for guys like me and you, its not the reality IMO. Anyway, Live is definitely the trendsetter. Hard to compare, Steam is more of a website and the other is more of a media center.

You have to pay for internet though.

Uh....The PC was the Trendsetter for online gaming and heck it was also the Pioneer.

[QUOTE="Rage010101"]

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"] Steam doesn't have 1080p streaming movies, Last.FM, functionality with social networking, Sky Player (or the equivalent) . As a platform, Xbox Live is amazing. It definitely set the pace for online gaming on consoles too.ProjectNatalFan

what? you made no sense...steam is for pc...pc can do all those things you just mentioned. you deserve this for your comments

you dont get Avatars with STeam =D

yeah have fun paying for gamer pictures, small tiny pics that don't matter or are available on google imags oK.

[QUOTE="FIipMode"]I think you meant to say Steam.ProjectNatalFan

maybe so but still Steam is not in competition with Live, whereas Live is against PSN, and we all know that Live trendsets on that.

Right. Let's make it clear. Valve is not the Windows, OSX, Mac or PC platform holder. There is no standard. Competition exists on those platforms. There are PC-centric conventions and business models that have been in place for over two decades that almost require Steam to be free or fail against other providers.

So no, a Steam/XBL comparison is not apples to apples.

It started the trend of payed DLC, and online fee's. What else?