[friedkarma]

Originally Posted by shane32Eire

XBL is better, but only on face value.
PSN is free, which is a massive bonus to someone who only plays online the odd time, half the time I feel like im wasting money not using XBL, like joining a GYM and not going.

PSN has themes,gamerpics and all free. XBL has the same but charges.
There is DLC on both, take the COD4 map pack for example, thr equivalent of €11 on XBL, €8 on PSN I think.

There are more games and players on XBL, which is why most say its better, but most of them games are ****, and I dont play like Halo3 and Gears, and most of the players are annoying yank kids, you of course get brats on PSN aswell, but its mainly an older market, and alot more european ratio then XBL.

Ive witnessed lag on lots of XBL games, and even a bit on PSN so I cant say which is better. The servers do tend to be better on PSN, as there are no dedicated servers on XBL, but they both have down time. XBL was gone for like a month over crimbo, and PSN seems to go down for an evening every time a big game comes out.

They both have a long way to go, but I think PSN is better value and suits me better.

You conveniently forgot that you can't invite friends to games with PSN, you have to back all the way out of your game to read messages, and even team-oriented games are mostly silent as mic owners are in the minority. Because those who do own mics are using a variety of types, you hear a wide disparity in quality. Live's inexpensive, standardize headset is there for a reason.

I hope PSN gets better and pushes Live to a free service, but Live is less than $4 a month as it is. It's really not a big deal. That same $4 won't buy you a gallon of gas, a six pack of beer or a McD's happy meal. Chump change.

As of today I have a new reason to favor Live....Shane's on PSN.