Xbox live vs Playstation Network
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Yeah as echoed, Xbox have upped their already great xbl service. But I'd say ps3 from launch to now, their psn has greatly improved. I just hope the don't underestimate the volume of new people coming to psn.
That's my only worry, the ps4 will obviously win on launch, but if they don't get their psn working well, I think a lot will go back to xbox in a flash.
That's my only worry, the ps4 will obviously win on launch, but if they don't get their psn working well, I think a lot will go back to xbox in a flash.
It's going to be pretty difficult for Sony to compete with Microsoft online to be honest. They can get feature parity with the 360 easily enough, even bring in some of the new stuff that we're seeing on Xbox One, but the massive server farm that Microsoft are putting up is going to be an issue. How do Sony match that?
It will be interesting to see how the two consoles compare in two years time - what the difference is in terms of the experiences and the software that we are seeing on both. By then we'll have a better idea of the ramifications of Microsoft taking the Xbox online, a move which is surely going to define this generation in one way or another.
It will be interesting to see how the two consoles compare in two years time - what the difference is in terms of the experiences and the software that we are seeing on both. By then we'll have a better idea of the ramifications of Microsoft taking the Xbox online, a move which is surely going to define this generation in one way or another.
Apart from party chat, which only served to generate silent games PSN is perfectly fine. If you paid for PS+ you get value that makes Live look like a complete con.
Why am I not getting the download times some here are getting, it's perfectly fine for me?
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Apart from party chat which is a console limitation not a network limitation what do you feel it doesn't provide?
PSN has improved vastly since its origins. Seriously, I'm impressed with how much better it's gotten.
But it has two huge negatives about it:
1. PSN is still not as robust and feature rich as XBL.
2. PSN is major security concern when it comes to personal and financial details. It was hacked within 5 years of launch. XBL has been around for a decade, still never been hacked. Even Steam cannot boast such a thing over XBL.
Sony needs to show me that they are putting a lot of thought into security and features if they expect me to provide details to them and pay for the service.
But it has two huge negatives about it:
1. PSN is still not as robust and feature rich as XBL.
2. PSN is major security concern when it comes to personal and financial details. It was hacked within 5 years of launch. XBL has been around for a decade, still never been hacked. Even Steam cannot boast such a thing over XBL.
Sony needs to show me that they are putting a lot of thought into security and features if they expect me to provide details to them and pay for the service.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/20/microsoft-xbox-live-accounts-hacked/
LOL, wat. IF hackers really want to they have ways and means.
I here the feature rich argument all the time but no-one ever describes what it is other than party chat so maybe you can tell me what Live does PSN doesn't?
Whats poor about it? I use Live and PSN a lot, I'm dying for someone to tell me why Live is so awesome.
See, this chap has described some benefits to having party chat with which I agree with, but can be worked around by sending a message instead. Party chat is because of memory limitations on the PS3, not because of PSN though. The Vita which has a relative abundance of memory does party chat no problem.
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Live is better as it's much more streamlined and built into the system and every game, PSN is pretty much tacked on afterwards. Party chat is great but so is joining games with your whole party and not faffing around with invites.
Why is Live not awesome? since you want someone to tell you why it is, you tell us why it is not first
You clearly have never tried to download games on your PS3 then, if you can't see why PSN is poor in comparison to xbl
You need to read the source, not just the headlines:
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...ve-accounts-may-be-behind-ddos-attack-on-ars/
That's not hacking into the system itself. It's obtaining specific individual's details that allows you to have access to said individual's account.
Also note something pretty important: No passwords. No financial details. The two most important things you can gain from any hacks could not be taken.
When PSN was hacked, could you please remind me how many people were affected and the types of details were stolen. Also, could you tell me if these details were encrypted or not.
As a user of XBL, Steam and PSN (in that order) I will now list to you a whole bunch of incredibly useful features that XBL has over PSN:
- Larger and faster app library - Youtube took a long ass time to get to PSN & I haven't checked but is the Sky and Gametrailers app on PSN yet?
- A larger range of content selection in music, movies and TV shows. PSN does have a larger selection of games, though, I've noticed. Of course, you may use other apps to get your selected entertainment. I love using last.fm on my 360. Just have it on in the background during parties and ****.
- DLCs on average are out on XBL first. Sometimes, even weeks earlier, see CoD - PSN has gotten better but still not there yet. I remember being a bit annoyed I couldn't grab Walking Dead stuff on PSN a while back but there was a huge advertisement for it on XBL
- Faster and more stable service. Downloads are noticeably faster on XBL than PSN. Yes, the issue is slightly overblown but even today it's noticeable that PSN is just slower than XBL. It's not the biggest deal to me but my gf notices it all the time and despises using PSN. Also note that host migrations are also faster on XBL than PSN during online games.
- Party and cross chatting. The "and" is important. Clan set ups are just insanely well coordinated on XBL compared to PSN.
- Dashboard invite and join system is so much easier and quicker than PSN - especially for private game setups and cross party integration.
- Viewing player details is faster/snappier
- Cloud game storage - I do not use this but I know people who swear by this.
I'm not saying the PSN is terrible. Not at all. It's absolutely fantastic and it's free - but XBL is a service that's worth the asking price, in my honest opinion.
I use XBL more than I use PSN because XBL offers more and is generally better. That's really it for me.
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Live is better as it's much more streamlined and built into the system and every game, PSN is pretty much tacked on afterwards. Party chat is great but so is joining games with your whole party and not faffing around with invites.
Why is Live not awesome? since you want someone to tell you why it is, you tell us why it is not first
Lives ok, I'm not saying it isn't, but I have no problem playing with friends on PSN, in fact it works pretty good using Live as the benchmark. Once you are in-game its no different to Live as everyone is still using their own connections and the same netcode to play and Live or PSN servers are irrelevant.
I see a friend on my friends list, I hit join if its available and I'm playing with him. There's no drama's.
I'd have agreed with the general sentiment here maybe 6 years ago, but now I don't.
Neither service comes close to Steam or say something like Planetside 2 either.
Never really had a problem, it regularly maxes out my 40mb connection.
My PS3 is wired though I try not to use Wi-fi.
These threads are pointless. 
Fan boys will stick up for their console.
I used the PS3 from launch and never had a issue with it apart from the lack of "Party Voice Chat". I would pay £5 a month for that feature alone.
I then moved onto Xbox 2 years ago and the only advantage in my opinion is "Party Voice Chat".
Fan boys will stick up for their console. I used the PS3 from launch and never had a issue with it apart from the lack of "Party Voice Chat". I would pay £5 a month for that feature alone.
I then moved onto Xbox 2 years ago and the only advantage in my opinion is "Party Voice Chat".