» Sun May 09, 2010 7:06 am 
*DISCLAIMER/WARNING*: This post is not in anyway an attack against fanboys or any fanboy in general. iCrytekFreAk is not in anyway shape or form responsible for any asshurtedness that may occur while reading this post. This is simply the OP's opinion. PC elitist are not allowed, we know that the PC platform is God's gift to gamers/gaming. However, console gamers game for convenience. Besides, this is a console debate thread. Readers discretion is advised *insert COPS music*
What's up bastards of all ages! I originally made a post about the PSN outtage and received many replies when i began to talk with another user about Xbox Live(don't know how we even went there). So, I decided to make a PS3 vs. 360 post because not only do i want to know you guys' opinion, I'm sure many fanboys will rage as well. So here we go.
My stance: At the moment, Xbox 360 and Xbox Live are better than the PS3 and PSN. It may stay that way until the end of this generation. Below, is why.
Why I believe 360 is superior: As a former PlayStation 3 owner and supporter, i find that the content provided on the PSN is minuscule to say the least. I mean the majority of the content on the PlayStation store is content that is exclusive to Sony and PlayStation. Where are the Call of Duty/Battlefield/Crysis 2, etc gamer pics and themes? Sure, occasionally you will see an mw2, battlefield theme. But, there is no abundance! There are practically themes and gamer pics for every game ever made on the Xbox Marketplace.
Communication is a MUST for online gamers: I grew tired of people not using any headsets to play team based games online: Battlefield, Killzone 2/3, Crysis 2, Uncharted 2 etc. PSN is like a ghost town most of the time. You expect to get online and play as a team; however, a majority of the time, the player finds that he is ,in fact, talking to himself; and the very few times that there is any sort of communication, I find myself lowering the chat volume down on my headset because people are using cheap blue-tooth headsets. The PSN experience is frustrating, to say the least. Lucky i did not buy socom 4. I would probably rage so bad i would have murdered my PS3.
Games!!, Games!!, and no games??: Why do we game? For the games!! obviously. While the ps3 does offer many exclusive games(more than the 360) they just fail, sadly. On top of that, these games are so hyped and gimmicky that its hilarious when I see only 2000 players online. First up is M.A.G. In short the game is not all that great. But, it has 256 players online so it must be amazing! right? Wrong! Second up is Killzone 3. Sub-par gameplay and honestly the graphics are not out of this world. In lamens terms when it comes to Killzone 3 vs Crysis 2: Crysis 2 takes the crown hands down, so PS3 fanboys...sit down lay back and STFU(lol). Sadly, it seems like a lot of the PS3s exclusives lack in gameplay and overall fun(THE ONLY GAME TO REALLY SUCCEED IS UNCHARTED 1 AND 2). PS3 fanboys hype up all these exclusives, but for what? THEY DON'T EVEN PLAY THEM! Also, when it comes to multiplatform games, ps3 gets the shaft a majority of the time as well. Sure, there are a few games out there that run better on PS3 as apposed to its 360 counterpart. But, the list is very small.
Gimmicks: In my opinion, while blu-ray is an advancement in the media industry, it is not Jesus' gift to gaming like many fanboys claim. Blu-ray is simply used to store more information and it can also hold more content. It's not like its going to make a game look 50x better(ex crysis 2 360 version>ps3 version). Sony is Sony used the PS3 to further push blu-ray down the industry's throat. Nothing more! Nothing Less!also the only company to bring out a console with many features to then just removed them as time goes on. I'm sure many of you dont know that the PS2 brought a HDD at one point. If you do, tell me you dont feel shafted after purchasing one to then only have it rendered useless by sony and the PS2 slim. The PS3 had linux support and we've also seen that removed along with some USB ports and the different memory device ports on the OG Fat PS3. What the hell is going on over there at SCE?
Online/Network: The PSN or XBL? Which is better? That is the question! Dont get me wrong, trough time we have seen PSN improve greatly. Nevertheless, it still falls short to the Beast known as Xbox Live in my opinion.
PSN is only your basic service. Text messaging, video chat, access to online play, access to PlayStation home(where all the pedophiles go btw) Also has access to a web browser that feels that it was designed in the 1900's) But, its free. Xbox Live while it requires the user to pay 60 bucks per year(if you buy live from the market place its only 37 bucks which is what i do...so yea! PS3 fanboys don't mention that one lol) This service offers cross game chat, party chat, video chat, access to CoD content before the PS3 gets it(for those interested in CoD anyways) Voice messaging, Online Access, Tons of content for all games both multiplatform and exclusives such as themes, gamer pics, avatar clothes etc. Xbox Live also gives users the options to purchase full games straight from their service as well. Unlike the PSN which only offers around 6 games at the moment(im not speaking about arcade games but full titles such as MW2, left 4 dead 1 and 2, Mass effect 1 and 2, gears of war 1 and 2, battlefield and the list goes on!
You know i had to include this in here. There is not much i need to say regarding this topic. ! word i would use to describe PSN is...UNSTABLEGARBAGE(lol yea its one word!)
Trolling? Maybe, but is this my opinion and do i believe it? Damn right!
All in all, have fun people. Play what you play and if you enjoy your system that's all that mattes. I was just having fun with this post(it truly is my opinion though).
especially with halo, damn i love those games!
