And really I think its gonna be great because it isn't being hyped as a Halo killer now

Its just being hyped as a really great game

I don't have a PS3 ....yet

But I don't think I can miss out on this

I really think Guerrilla games is going to redeem themselves

But anyway

I will gladly pay 3 bucks a month for XBL which has tons of great features, a sleek and user friendly interface, tons of content and overall a great unified service

As far as the comparisons to PSN

I have played on PSN and its good considering its free but Live is better

Its just a matter of if you're willing to pay for it or not

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Since the NXE update I have really began to notice how solid of a platform that XBL really is. Aside from a few games having horrible matchmaking (Gears 2 comes to mind), it usually is an extremely stable and fast platform for online gaming. Integrated friends lists and scoreboards are really well done.

If you think about it, that $50 a year really gets you some stuff nobody else offers. You get a lot of features that are simply taken for granted. Coming from a PC gamer a lot of the features of XBL seem more like luxuries. With PC gaming you need to use outside program to have friends lists, you need to create an account for every single game you play online, you need to usually use an outside program for VoIP and usually then you need to connect to some dedicated server. For the experienced PC gamer like myself it is no problem, but it can be an hassle.

With XBL you get all of that integrated. Now with the Party feature it is even more integrated. You can talk to anybody on XBL playing any game at any time. It is one method of communications that is absolutely wonderful.

I used to see a lot of people bashing XBL. They say that PSN and the PC offer all of the same features. Collectively the two platforms do, independently they don't offer the features that XBL has. With XBL your not just paying for the features, your paying for the ease of use and accessibility that comes with those features to really enhance your gameplay experience.

Collectively I actually believe it is a stronger platform than both PSN and PC gaming for online play. Sure PSN offers many of the same features and so does PC gaming, but both lack all of the features and just the overal stability. I know that PC gaming benifits from dedicated servers, but that can get difficult for people to navigate server browsers, find the one they want, download any addons on loadup, and then finally play, only to be booted because of a reserved slot or something. With matchmaking, you really just hit go and you can easily get into a server. I have been playing a lot of CoD WaW on the 360 because of how easy it is to find a good quality game without the hassle of finding a solid server. Thats the reason why I bought it for the 360 over the PC, becuase I enjoy all of the features of XBL.

dthach614

Matchmaking is trash.

You still get matched up with players you avoid.

Matchmaking is trash.

The reputation system works like poop. Everybody has 5 star.

Matchmaking is trash

Games like Halo lacks of custom game search engine.

Matchmaking is trash.

A lot of games lack dedicated servers.

Matchmaking is trash.

You do not get match up with players similar skill

mathcmaking is trash

xbl games lag just as much psn games. DO NOT BELIEVE THE HYPE AND LIES

matchmaking is trash

I will probably get it on the 360 because of Live and Achievements

My PC probably wont run it and I hear bioware isnt doing the PS3 version