isnt it 50 dollars per YEAR not MONTH.

He fails to mention that many of the XBL features span further than the xbox 360 alone. On a PC or Mac at xbox.com, you can view your gamercard, view and manage friends lists (including who is currently online and what they are playing), send messages (to people currently online with the 360, or offline people), compare games and gamerscore, and edit account details.



With MSN messenger, you can view your xbox friend's list as well.





Those points alone squash major features of the PS online network.

Maybe because there is only 40 people on the network, lol.

how so?

.....Inaccurate Written Article.



It Fails to Mention that the PS store is More than just PS1 games to PSP.....as it Contains Excellent Demos for future Games [Motor storm,GTHD] for Free.....and Also Contains downloadable Arcades [Tekken5] which was surprisingly Goodand many Futre Projects...Saying That the PS store is Just for PS1 To PSP games is way too False...



Sony will even Launch A service to Download Movies to the PSP similar to ITune...which should be Good news to PSP ownerz



The Currency In the PS store Uses your Own Countries Currency....so you Know Exactly How Much your Paying....Unlike XBL which Uses Points To Hide the True Price Of Offerings...So you Dont Know How Much It cost unless your Fammiliar With XBL.



The Gaming Experience In PSN is Lag Free...yet...the article gives you a sense that it Has slowdown...while It doesnt...And it Fails to say that XBL actually suffers from More Slowdown.....it Only Mentions XBL features without the SlowDown And Lag Problems



The Limit of downloadable arcades in the PS3 is 500Mb...while its 50Mb for the XBL....meaning PS3 will have Much Bigger Arcades.....Also the PS3 has Detattachable HDD...so you Can easily Put any 2.5" Sata....Unlike the 360 in which you have to Buy an External [100$] 20 GB only HDD if you run out of space...so your actually limited with the 360.



Finally.....the Most Important Aspect...the nature of each Network



XBL is a closed network...while this allows MS to control the network Better....It prevents the Developers and 3rd Party companies from having their Own Servers...thus [all the pressure is on Microsoft]..not to mention that some 3rd party Companies[Blizz ard]....Want To have control on their Own Server so they are Unlikely To make an MMORPG For XBL.



On the Other Hand....the Open Network Nature of the PS3 will Allow for New Experience and will certainly attract new 3rd party companies and Developers...Even Blizzard may be willing to Join.......It also Means that PC gamers can Play Directly against PS3 gamers through the 3rd party Servers....Which May Actually Happen In UT2K7 [Tim Sweeny already mentioned that they may actually Do it]....while Microsofts Closed Nature Prevented This.



The PSN Has just been launched in a month...yet....for a First Try Its Excellent....XBL has 6 year Experience



[The Bottom line:]in the Long Run....The PSN open Nature will Allow For Features that cannot be acheived by XBL....not to Mention That the PSN is......Free

"The Gaming Experience In PSN is Lag Free......And it Fails to say that XBL actually suffers from More Slowdown....."



It's not as simple as that, and as a rule, not true.



Also, so far we've only seen articles comparing the graphics of both consoles in multiplatform games (eg. 1UP and Gamespot). I would like to see articles comparing the network performance of such games, since that would be a better and fairer test imo.



So if you consistantly have a lag free experience in the PS3 versions of games but not in the 360 versions, THEN you may have a point, but I doubt that will be the case.



"XBL is a closed network...while this allows MS to control the network Better....It prevents the Developers and 3rd Party companies from having their Own Servers..."



No, they can have their own servers on XBL, as seen with EA. And developers can set up dedicated servers on XBL too.



Of course, they have to obide by certain rules for compatability with XBL, and yes it's not going to be as open as on PSN, but it's not the limitation you claim it to be.



"It also Means that PC gamers can Play Directly against PS3 gamers through the 3rd party Servers....Which May Actually Happen In UT2K7 [Tim Sweeny already mentioned that they may actually Do it"



I can see the benefit of that in an MMORPG, but not an online FPS where mouse and keyboard gamers on the PC will dominate those using a controller on the PS3. And so far, no confirmation has come from EPIC about k+m support for UT2K7 on the PS3, especially since this will bad news for the MAJORITY of PS3 gamers.



"The Bottom line:]in the Long Run....The PSN open Nature will Allow For Features that cannot be acheived by XBL....not to Mention That the PSN is......Free"



Wasn't all of that said about the PS2's online strategy for years? ;)



I would say let's just wait and see first rather than just to conclusions, because theory and practice are two different things. :)

Never Forget this..



Gamespot is sponsered by MSN to advertize for the 360



While the world is Busy with The GTHD demo....Gamespot didnt even Mention The Demo or its exixtence....Not Even The Tekken 5 Download...



Only Bad News,comparison s Reviews are posted in Gamespot.....and it Doesnt Take much Intelligent to figure this Out



This Biased nature was Observed At about 4-6 months From now....possibly the sponsering date...dont reply saying that it bashed the 360 a year ago...because [RIGHT NOW] ...it only Advertize to it in many wayz



The same that was said About Gamespot...is true on 1UP....Articles Like [what the cell going on]....Completly Biased And advertizes for the 360



I Repect people Replies....but any information,rev iew comparisions from these 2 sites.....will not be Accepted as these sites has already Lost their Credibilty..

"Gamespot is sponsered by MSN to advertize for the 360"



Gamespot are as unbiased as any other website I've read. You say their article is biased, and yet the comments they made can be found elsewhere in other websites, such as IGN. Please point out the biased comments in their 360 vs PS3 game comparison.



http://uk.gamespot.com/features/index.html



As for 1Up, their 360 vs PS3 comparison is written by a former editor for a Playstation magazine, and in his summary at the end he makes the same kind of comments I read from Sony fanboys.



http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId+3155393



So tell me, with this in mind, how is this 1UP article biased towards the 360?



"While the world is Busy with The GTHD demo....Gamespot didnt even Mention The Demo or its exixtence....Not Even The Tekken 5 Download..."



The last news reported on Gamespot was on December 21st, and on that day they reported that most of their staff will be off until January 2nd because of Christmas and New Year.



So the Tekken 5 download and GT-HD demo are not reported because most of their staff are away on holiday, not because they are biased Broken_Hero. Stop trying to make 2 + 2 equal 5. ;)

"Its cause not everyone have a really high upload rate and once the host saturates the upload, it then has to start splitting its upload bandwidth to the player count."



I thought you said you played it?



If you really had played it, you would know that the 50 player servers were those hosted by Novalogic, not the gamer, so your upload arguement does not apply here. If you're playing on a server hosted by a gamer, then of course you're going to be limited by bandwidth issues.



To quote the link I provided above;



"How do I find a 50 player game on the Xbox? To play in a 50 player game, sign on to Xbox Live and select a server with a star next to it. The servers with stars next to them are NovaLogic hosted servers and are just below the player hosted servers. The servers with check marks next to them are player hosted games."



I assume the lag free 40 player Resistance servers are not hosted by gamers. Right?

Consumers hate add-ons and upgrades its why the Adapter for the PS2 was Uncommon....and why the HD-Dvd attachrate for the 360 was Very small

Xbox Live currently has over 70 available demos or 360 titles which are available for free, no gold membership is needed. PS3 currently has 2. The 360 even has demos of games that are currently on the PS3 and it's free for all.



There is also hundreds of trailers in SD + HD available to download for free, no gold membership is needed.



GOW has 1 million players on it's servers, and Resistance probably has around 20 thousand.



98% of 360 games will have xbox live support because MS has made it a standard. On the PS3 publishers will need to provide their own servers at their own expense, so don't expect a huge amount of online enabled PS3 games. Publishers also need to put in their own voice and messaging controls, where on the 360 everything is standard so those services can be used across ALL games with very little developer effort.



Upgradeable hard drive is a good feature of the PS3. It was required because you need to install your PS3 games on the Hard Drive to get decent load times because of the slow reading BlueRay drive.



Obviously you haven't heard about MS's Live Anywhere project. It will enable people to play across 360 + PC online. Arcade games will also be playable on mobiles and handhelds as well. MS is doing the work for the developers to make it easier for them to implement such cool features at little or no extra cost to the developer.



Sony took the cheap way out on it's network and that is why it's free. If they want to match the features or the 360 they well need to charge for it. Sad but true.

http://www.game-over.net/reviews.php?page+xboxreviews+id+229



Change the first and last 'plus' characters to the 'equals' character and change the middle 'plus' character to the 'and' character.



I still don't know why this happens. Do these characters change for anyone else posting here?

"Consumers hate add-ons and upgrades its why the Adapter for the PS2 was Uncommon....and why the HD-Dvd attachrate for the 360 was Very small"



Paying for the network adapter on the PS2 and paying for XBL on the XBox is no different from a consumer perspective. On one you got an adapter to plug into your PS2, on the other you got a card with a subscription code for you to enter.



In this respect, neither console was online out of the box, you had to pay for it on BOTH, and you paid more on the XBox in the long run than the PS2. Yet gamers were still willing to do so on the XBox because of the superb XBL and the excellent support from developers as a result.



On the PS2, developers had to do everything themselves, and hence the support was patchy and inconsistant in PS2 games, and as a result, the PS2 didn't have the online games to push support for the adapter amoungst gamers, and in turn, lack of support from gamers meant online support was a low priority for PS2 developers.



THis didn't happen on the XBox because the service was great, which gave developers confidence to support it, they had all the developement tools they needed from Microsoft, and gamers responded by subscribing to XBL.



Lastly, the HD-DVD add-on is not for games, therefore only a very small minority would buy it.

i don't think you could have said something stupider

FREE is the only way to go......... thanks Sony, you will always rock harder......... In games and Online play....... xbox360 is dead to me now.....

the ps3 may not have as many features online but i have been playing resistance online for 3 weeks now and it hasn't lagged once ''30-40 players''

my friend has GOW and i have seen it lag a few times

I can see the benefit of that in an MMORPG, but not an online FPS where mouse and keyboard gamers on the PC will dominate those using a controller on the PS3 u cna use a mouse and a keyboard with a PS3 hmm.. we have actually 10 free demo on PS3 not 2...

we can Voice And Web cam Chat on ps3 with up to 4 minimum i dont know if ucan more i tried 4 ...

hardcore online gamers(20+games )=XBOX360=$50.00

casual online gamers(resistan ce)=PLAYSTATION3=FREE

But mouse and keyboard support in the PS3 is not the same as mouse and keyboard support in PS3 GAMES. It is not automatic KaNo, it doesn't happen all by itself, developers have to support it directly otherwise all you'll have is the controller.



Therefore if mouse and keyboard is to be used in UT2K7 on the PS3, EPIC will have to support it during developement, and so far, this has not been confirmed.

you think the ps3 online service will stay free..... ?





Do you honestly think they will start charging. I like how 360 fanboys keep saying this I also like how they said before the network launched this year how they said it wouldnt be free when it came this november. I laugh in the face at fanboys who pay for some that should be free anyway. PC does it so why cant M$?

The most important feature of multiplayer is being able to play with/against friends or meet new friends, and then keeping those friends.



360 does this with built in voice-chat for every game (as a requirement) and a unified friends list that spans ALL games. I could be playing a game of Pac-Man and if a friend invites me to a game of Gears of War, all I have to do is pop in the disc, open up the guide menu and accept the invitation and the game automatically launches and joins me to my friend's game.



PNP does not do this. It has a somewhat unified friends list, but most games will likely use their own friends list, meaning you'll see that friend only in that game. It also means having to create a new alias everytime you get a new game. I certainly don't like the prospect of having to set up a new account with every game company every time I want to play one of their games, and I doubt I'll always be able to get the name I want.



All that on top of no requirement for voicechat, and the fact that the only thing "game invitations" does is send you a useless text message saying "friend XX wants to play game XX with you", you still have to hunt the game down manually, and you won't even get the message if you're playing inside another game.



The entire feel of PNP is just tacked on with very basic functionality, very disappointing considering the YEARS they've had to study Xbox LIVE. If this is the best they can muster even with so much time to study their competitor's offering, I'm not holding any hope of PNP being any better than PS2 multiplayer, which was pretty much like playing against AI bots since everyone was mute.

"Only Bad News,comparison s Reviews are posted in Gamespot.....and it Doesnt Take much Intelligent to figure this Out"

It takes a lot of intelligent to learn English huh?

So all sites that do not mention some sh*tty free demo are biased? This is so funny you're blaming bad press on Microsoft paying them off. Just keep telling yourself that any site with anything bad to say about the PS3 is biased. Most credible sites have bad things to say about the PS3. Why can't you accept it?

You should play Gears of War. Every review I've read on like 4 sites say it's way better. Also what't the point of having 3 accounts? 3 accounts x say like 5 games equals 15 different usernames and passwords.

XBOX FANBOYS CAN NO LONGER SAY LIVE IS THE BEST.



YES, SONY FANBOYS WILL HAVE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS



XBOX FANBOYS = NO MONEY



XBOX LIVE IS 2ND, PS NETWORK IS 1ST



KISS MY ASS

can go suck it because all they do is talk ***** about the ps3 b/c they know xbox360 sucks even more now.