Brewology

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The title says it all. With online now a mainstay for all three next-gen consoles, this'll be a comparison of the major features on the Xbox 360's Xbox Live, and the PS3's Playstation Network. Starting off with the newcomer, the PS3:

PlayStation Network

* Price: Free.
* Online play: Observed to be smooth - 20 vs. 20 games in Resistance: Fall of Man showed no major slowdown. Might slow down due to excessive people online, though - "error 80710D23" incidents aplenty.
* PlayStation Store: Carries downloadable PSOne games for remote play to your PSP.
* Purchase Currency: Your country's currency. Stay aware of the exchange rates.
* User Interface: PS3 default browser handles like its PC kin, albeit the hassle of using the SIXAXIS for typing. Getting a USB/Bluetooth keyboard and mouse is highly recommended.

Xbox Live:

* Price: $ 50.00 per year.
* Online Play: Carries favorite features like voice messaging, private chat, customizable personal profile, and unified friends list.
* Xbox Live Marketplace: Carries rentable movies and TV shows for rent, and Xbox Live Arcade titles.
* Purchase Currency: Microsoft points. Good idea, but minimum purchase requirements (400 points, was it?) may give complications.
* User Interface: No browser, but does carry the "gamercard", which carries your online bio-data (name, location, past gaming achievements, etc.)

For now, Xbox Live's the solid favorite thanks to all the cool features it's got onboard. But given that the PS3's browser has only been out for a month, we'll have to wait and see what sort of perks will be popping up by next year.

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What do you guys think? I'm a PS3 owner, so I am going to side with sony, but from what I see the 360 side looks promising!

Wow... im sorry i just think 20 on 20 can get a little chaotic.. but hey, as technology increases we will think 200 on 200 is chaotic in the future..

n e ways im feeling xbl a little more than the ps3 network...

nice find shay!

lol 20 on 20 is a bt much when you play in a "Shotgun Only" game, but the matches are fun and with no slowdown it is very good experience.

XBL has more features (for now), but I seem to have smoother online gaming with the PS3. I hope that doesn't change as more games come out.

well ive never played on XBL but i heard its pretty good. but like i said, ive never it so i cant side with either.

I wasn't saying xbl is no good, I was just saying I have yet to get any lag w/ ps network!

yeah, no lag is awesome, even for a wireless connection!

Haha, the 40 person free for alls in Resistance: Fall of man are crazzzzy.

yeah, but once in a while some r-tard would make a 1-hit-kill shotgun game with like 40 people and you can literally be alive for less than a second.

Haha, thats why I only do official games.

Although it is pretty fun to see how long you can live in the one hit kill games. (although they do get frustrating)

ps3 is much better in everything compared to the 360

well there are some things that are envied on both sides, Such as the Gamertag and the fact that Microsoft uses a fictional Currency.

anything you have to pay for sucks ne thing that is free is great..