Playstation Network: Reasons for hate?
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PSN functions, but that's about it. The thing I like about xbox is that it's all in one place. Want to start a chat? Invite a friend to your game? send a message? just hit that little x and it's all there, and it's consistent for every game.
PSN on the other hand leaves every game to handle its own online services pretty much completely, so it's a real hassle trying to figure it all out for every game you play, because they all have their own wanky rules. Metal gear online requires you to make, no joke, 3 accounts on 3 different sites before you start playing. Then to add a friend you have to go through all this shit only to find that for some reason your friends connection isn't good enough to even add you. there's no private chat/party system, the interface looks like an excel chart, and as a general statement, there's a bit more of an issue with connection on psn as there is on xbox live.
Also, nobody has a mic, probably due to the ps3 bluetooth being the most uncomfortable contraption in existence which also costs 50 bucks.
If you're playing a game like uncharted or little big planet and you have your friend in a skype call with you, I suppose it works fine, but that still isn't all too convenient.
As opposed to xbox live, which has that "Open/strict/moderate" NAT shit that the psn also has and really no other flaws.
PSN on the other hand leaves every game to handle its own online services pretty much completely, so it's a real hassle trying to figure it all out for every game you play, because they all have their own wanky rules. Metal gear online requires you to make, no joke, 3 accounts on 3 different sites before you start playing. Then to add a friend you have to go through all this shit only to find that for some reason your friends connection isn't good enough to even add you. there's no private chat/party system, the interface looks like an excel chart, and as a general statement, there's a bit more of an issue with connection on psn as there is on xbox live.
Also, nobody has a mic, probably due to the ps3 bluetooth being the most uncomfortable contraption in existence which also costs 50 bucks.
If you're playing a game like uncharted or little big planet and you have your friend in a skype call with you, I suppose it works fine, but that still isn't all too convenient.
As opposed to xbox live, which has that "Open/strict/moderate" NAT shit that the psn also has and really no other flaws.
met more than a few fanboys like that, especially after theyve just paid some stupid amount for a 12 month membership, and then shelling out another 60 quid for a wireless network adapter just so they could connect wirelesslyPatchesTheHyena said:
just admit youve been wallet-raped by microsoft
most of them have never even tried psn when really theres hardly much difference between them
Thank god for the mute function.tellmeimaninja said:
Truth be told the few times I've played on Xbox live, and I'm not a fan of multiplayers (on consoles atleast) so that is quite few, those were the ONLY sounds I could hear. I hate hearing 12 year olds shouting at their mics, much less 12 year olds with egos so tightly bound to the game they're playing.
Thank god for splitscreen/LAN.
What? You have to be kidding me, the whole point of a host migration is so that the game doesn't end. I think it's just your connection. I myself have had few experiences where the game has actually ended, and I'm sure this kind of thing happens on XBl too.cookieXkiller said:
Or you could just get a bluetooth mic off ebay or something, way cheaper. And don't the mics for Xbox come prepackaged anyways?Guitarmasterx7 said:
Exactly how I feel. Xbox may have more content for now, and sometimes gets DLC a bit earlier. Besides, that extra $50 could go to buying a new game.ianrocks6495 said:
From what I've heard from a friend who plays both the PSN is actually runs better and has less lag etc than XBL. However it does lack party chat etc and other social tools.
Now that's just not true, the servers are pretty bad and have a tendency to pick horrible hosts. Lost count of the number of times host migration picks a host who one bars everyone else. I'd be less annoyed about paying for XBL if I knew there were improvements to the servers going oncookieXkiller said:
I don't understand your arguement. On Psn, you just hit the ps, click on the persons name on the friends list, and it gives you the [invite to game] [create message] [start text chat] options right there. How is that not in one place?Guitarmasterx7 said:
Don't worry about him, just another XBox fanboy who hasn't really had a go on PSNthetrue13th said:
OT: I personally love PSN, I mean, no subscription fees, pretty easy to use layout.
I don't play on my PS3 THAT much and if I had to pay £30 to play online, I wouldn't pay for it, because I'm not a regular enough user!
As a PS3 owner, XBL makes awesome "doop" noises and is green, so it's aesthetically better. Otherwise, they have various little trade offs, but end up being roughly equal.
I use both. They are pretty much the same at this point.
Only diff I see
XBL: Slightly faster in downloads - looks more for kids: I don't want to create some stupid child looking avatar of me - I am here to play games - Better chance to run into the 12 year olds cursing up a storm - $50 a year
PSN: Free - All the old PS1 RPGs you can download makes the whole system worth it as is - Alot more mature and clean looking set up - slightly slower and more prone to issues
For me PSN>XBL because I don't bother playing online. Both are filled with obnoxious people that wouldn't have the balls to say what they do to people's faces. Both systems have a huge amount of cheating and hacking. Why in the fuck do people use things like modded controllers and the like? What is the point in playing?
Only diff I see
XBL: Slightly faster in downloads - looks more for kids: I don't want to create some stupid child looking avatar of me - I am here to play games - Better chance to run into the 12 year olds cursing up a storm - $50 a year
PSN: Free - All the old PS1 RPGs you can download makes the whole system worth it as is - Alot more mature and clean looking set up - slightly slower and more prone to issues
For me PSN>XBL because I don't bother playing online. Both are filled with obnoxious people that wouldn't have the balls to say what they do to people's faces. Both systems have a huge amount of cheating and hacking. Why in the fuck do people use things like modded controllers and the like? What is the point in playing?