Comeaudodragon Guest | Why PS3 is pitiful compared to Xbox 360
Quite simply put, lack of online features, online play is a huge requirement for the seventh generation gamer, and PS3 just simply fails to deliver. You cannot do any of the following on PSN: Send cross-game invites, Have people join in-game, Have cross-game voice chats, you can’t access the menu while in-game, You can’t access your friends list or send friend invites while in-game. Xbox 360 has all of these features, most in thanks to the Guide Blade that you can access with the center button, not to mention you can access your MSN messenger and talk to people on MSN while playing your game.
Now for the speed, for an example i’m going to talk about update times. When a PS3 needs an update, it tells you when you boot up the console (same on Xbox), you then have to go into the Web browser, go to the page, agree to the Terms, and then download the update, which can take between 5-10 minutes, then exit and reboot your console. On Xbox 360, when need an update, the Guide blade pops up when you boot up the console, and asks: “Update, yes or no?" when you select yes, the download immediately starts and takes between 10 and 20 seconds.
Now for online Media and Entertainment. PS3 has a web browser (which I personally don’t see the point of when you could just simply use your computer) that has all the standard features of a web browser, but doesn’t do anything a normal computer couldn’t with the internet. The PS3 store has demos and movies you can download, but then again so does the 360. Here is where it starts to differ.
First of all, on the Xbox 360 Market place is right there on the dashboard, no loading times required, but on the PS3, you have to open the web browser and then wait for the web page to load which can get to be very annoying. With the 2008 fall update coming to Xbox which will have the Netflix service available, allowing users to rent over 10,000 movies directly to their 360, the PS3 will only shrink in comparison. PS3 has no immediate plans for such a feature in the future.
And as for the the Achievement system vs the Trophy system, Microsoft came out with that idea first, and this is a blatant attempt by Sony to emulate the Xbox.
And if you’re going to bitch about the price, 60$ for a whole year of service is well worth it my friend, you get what you pay for. PSN is free because Sony knows that’s the only way they could pass PSN off with it’s lack of features (honestly, would YOU pay 60$ a year for PSN if it wasn’t free?). And even if Sony eventually fixes these problems with an update, that there is the key word, “eventually”. If Sony cares so much about it’s users, than why make them wait an eternity for a simple patch? Sony is inexperienced in the area of online play, and it will be a LONG time before it’s even in the same universe as Xbox Live. It’ll be a long, cold, day in hell before that’s true. |
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