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Comeaudodragon

Quite simply put, lack of online features, online play is a requirement for the seventh generation gamer. 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.

theGOHN

Yes you can.

This is not true. Do you have a PS3?

I find it handy for things like youtube and you can watch it full screen now.

This is also wrong , the store loads from the XMB it takes les than a sec. Have you even seen a PS3?

Trophy system will extend into home look it up its pretty cool. oh and home was in the works before ps3 it started out as a ps2 feature.

Payne

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I find web browsing quite pointless. Why surf the web on your PS3 when you have a laptop/desktop that is built for that very purpose?

360>PS3 though. Or better put, Microsoft>Sony

theGOHN

If , like in my case you have 6 people in a house and but one pc the PS3 web browser is quite handy. and some things are just fun to look at on a 42" 1080p lcd without haveing to put you pc next to your tv or use a cable that is so long you could wrap it around a vw bug twice.

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Payne

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How is a PS3 more handy when 6 people are over than a laptop? You can easily hook up your laptop to the TV much the same as you do with the PS3, and the cords aren't that long either. Not much bigger or shorter than a PS3s, anyway.

theGOHN

im talking about living in the same house you want to get online and the pc is in use
PS3 browser here i come and i dont have a laptop so unless i want my desktop next to my tv i need a realy long VGA/HDMI/DVI cable . and if i did have a laptop yes easy to hook up to my tv but could i use it sitting on my couch?no. i would have to get a chair right in front of the tv or sit on the floor so if i have a laptop and a PS3 it would be foolish to use the laptop on my tv vs. my PS3 browser that is allready hooked up to begin with.

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gfx

xobox 360 ftw

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weezy

i will say the 360 has very popular online play

but it is not free like 0s3 :/

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