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New PlayStation Store better than Microsoft's Marketplace?

This gameplayer article reviews the latest changes made to the PlayStation Store. It then looks at whether the changes elevate the service to the same standard as the Xbox 360's Marketplace, or whether it still needs work in certain areas.

"But there has been one lingering sore point: the PlayStation Network. Nobody who's used both this and Xbox Live can seriously say that Sony's implementation is superior. Basically, Xbox Live allows Microsoft to do what it does best, which is to build infrastructure. It's also now well into its second iteration and whilst it's not perfect, the overall experience leaves Sony's efforts way behind."

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Published: 594 days 13 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Sony PSP

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Agent-X - 594 days 14 hours ago

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it will get there

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-EvoAnubis- - 594 days 14 hours ago

1.1 - Yeah.

It's getting there, but it has still got quite a ways to go. I gotta admit though; Sony is on the ball here. they are very close to reaching the point that XBL took 5 years to get to . . . and PSN hasn't even hit year 2 yet.

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SlappingOysters - 594 days 13 hours ago

1.2 - true but

in fairness, they do have something to copy.

Then again, MS had how many years with PC online infrastructure to work from?

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ukilnme - 594 days 9 hours ago

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I could have sworn that the PSN was around with the PS2. Sony decided to get serious with it for this generation.

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Legion - 594 days 8 hours ago

1.4 - 5 years EvoAnubis????

What are you talking about 5 years??? XBox Live was better then PSN even when it first came out. PSN still hasn't reeached XBox Lives first iteration of quality.

And if we are talking next generation systems, then XBox Live has been superb since day one. A seamless transition from old system to new.

Nothing has came close to rivaling it.. and PSN is still talking about the future. When they start talking about what they have now, then I might listen. But they can't really do that much now, because what they have now is NOT close to what Live gives you.

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gonzopia - 594 days 8 hours ago

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The store needs more content, but the layout and new interface is great. I just wish the cursor would wrap to the next line when I press the right arrow in the icon list. :)

The PSN itself seems fine to me.

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prunchess - 594 days 8 hours ago

1.6 - I dis-agree..

The PSN Store is alot snazzier than XBL and is only an update or two from being better. This is just gameplayer.com.au banging on some negative spin regarding the PS3. Within another year these sites will be singing sony's praises, when the MS cash cow stops.

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kewlkat007 - 594 days 7 hours ago

1.7 - I do like the Layout but isn't this all "SUBJECTIVE"?

I mean it's a fn layout, it's like art lol

You can either Hate it or love it.

Plus like they say sometimes it's what's inside that matters, so I'm talking about content. not how pretty it is or the fn layout.

I always had an issue with the old store but nothing matters when you don't have much "content" to offer, like the competition.

Let's not even go into "FUNCTIONS" XBL had when it debuted, while PS3 fans continue to wait, for a "work in progress" Network.

Yes it's getting there but, how easy it is to see what the other guy is doing and to copy or make better...not that hard really but yeah It's getting there, this is a great start. Yes I like the Store and would like it more if there was more goodies, for now XBL wins in that department.

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dan-boy - 594 days 5 hours ago

1.8 - oh look another gameplayer.com.au thread

and surprise suprise it's another opionated flame-bait article! microsoft have had 5 years getting things together, and it's fair to say that it's pretty good! plus it's the content what really matters, and that is pretty damn fine also! yeah the pictures look ok, but it has a basic look to imo! plus, the live marketplace is a doodle to navigate, even my missus found here way around on the first go!

bottom line though. http://www.gameplayer.com.a... is an anti microsoft site period! thats why the people who own/run and contribute to this site like it! when your a shameless fanboy, this is the stuff you want on your site. imo articles from gameplayer should be banned, which will never happen ofcourse. but if you refute the fact that gameplayer is anti microsoft. hit the link, and look on the rite hand side at the sponsored links....you can't get more blatant!

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Tomdc - 594 days 4 hours ago

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As far as the PS store is concerned a design doesn't really have tht big an impact, its the content. I believe the quality of content is actually better on the PS store because of the likes of Warhawk and GT5P actual full games as downloads. The trump card microsoft has though is a lot more content.

As far as PSN vs. Xbox Live goes I reckon as soon as PSN has ingame XMB the PSN will be on level terms and maybe with home (if it eva comes out!) might even surpass it. I know a few people complain about PSN servers sometimes, but I dont know what they are talking about because all the games I have played have been brilliant and lag free! Only other thing I will say about online gaming is COD4... the xbox online system is better for tht game and the PS3 one annoys me... well yh I doubt anyone will read all of this but if you have.. THX!

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-EvoAnubis- - 594 days 4 hours ago

1.10 - "I could have sworn that the PSN was around with the PS2. Sony decided to get serious with it for this generation."

You are wrong. PSN was not there during the PS2 era. At all.

And Legion, I'm sorry, but PSN is FAR better than XBL was at launch. When the 360 launched, MS did massive improvements to everything XBL was and improved it by about 150%. Currently, there is no question that XBL>PSN; only an idiot would disagree with that. However, PSN has improved by leaps and bounds since it came out at the launch of the PS3.

People are always saying "Why couldn't Sony just copy what XBL did?" The clear reason is that Sony is shooting at something similar, but not identical. I think it's a given at this point that Sony is going in a different direction here. Copying is easy. Innovation takes time.

I can wait. Besides, right now PSN does everything I need it to do except for allow me to send/receive messages in a game, and hopefully I'll have that this summer. Past that, it's whatever.

I will say if they haven't done any major upgrades by this holiday season, then THAT'S an issue.

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JasonXE - 594 days 1 hour ago

1.11 - to put things straight

xbl and psonline came about around the same time. Then xblmarketplace came out with the 360 and then psn with ps3. Just a year head start with the store but xbl is around the same.(does it really matter?)

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rexor0717 - 593 days 22 hours ago

1.12 - I haven't seen the market place but...

I do think XBL is better than PSN only because of the in-game communication. All other non-game features are distractions, and if MS is saying they are a game system solely, yet they have a video service, what is up with them? Im not saying its a bad thing,at all, but I think MS b/s all the time. And people buy into it.

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SlappingOysters - 593 days 19 hours ago

1.13 - dan-boy

For someone who is clearly an Xbot you should probably be aware that the article suggests that no, the MS version is still better.

It's your wishful thinking that the site is pro Sony so you can have an excuse to savage articles when they confront MS with some of thier issues... just like this article confronts Sony.

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-EvoAnubis- - 593 days 15 hours ago

1.14 - "xbl and psonline came about around the same time. Then xblmarketplace came out with the 360 and then psn with ps3. Just a year head start with the store but xbl is around the same.(does it really matter?)"

You are also wrong. The PS2 had NO UNIFIED ONLINE NETWORK AT ALL.

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samfk - 593 days 14 hours ago

1.15 - MM

yes its better THAN IT WAS BUT ITS A STORE BORING !! DYA GET SO HYPED OVER WHERE YOU BUY CLOTHES ETC?

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Zarfoz - 594 days 14 hours ago

2 - Great? No..?

I'm maybe one of a few, but I don't think that Xbox Marketplace is so great. It sure gets some content a week before the counterpart, but the GUI isn't in any way far superior.

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yanikins111 - 594 days 13 hours ago

2.1 - Its amazing the difference free content makes.

I honestly cant even remember the online 360 store cos i only had a silver membership and there really is no point with only one of those.

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edonus - 594 days 12 hours ago

2.2 - I dont get it....

Siver gives you access to everything except playing against ppl online. You can still do everything else. Demos, movies, TV shows, Xbox originals, send messages to friends, talk to friends. I dont see how not having a gold membership would be worthless.

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yanikins111 - 594 days 12 hours ago

2.3 - Had a core system

So online play was the only thing i wanted

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prunchess - 594 days 8 hours ago

2.4 - @zarfoz

I agree. Maybe some of the 360 owners could elaborate on what makes XBL better. I definitely doesn't look better.

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Utalkin2me - 594 days 8 hours ago

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I much prefer XBl marketplace, which the PSN store isnt bad but it is trying to copy XBL almost to the t, sure interface is a little different. I like marketplace cause i have different options of browsing which psn does not. Such as like tv shows i can browse different ways by network or series or whatever. And like movies you can veiw movie by title, release date or download rank. And all the acrcade games i can play trial of the game before i decide to buy it. To see if i like it or not.

@prunchess = Maybe you should start using "I think " more. Just cause you think PSN store looks better doesnt mean everyone thinks it does.

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Jayson 360 - 594 days 13 hours ago

3 - What's up with this Aussie site

They seem a bit too biased lately,have Microsoft made a trip down under recently?

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GutZ31 - 594 days 9 hours ago

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They just need to stop posting storys from gameplayer.com.au so we dont have to hear there ranting like forum posters.

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The Lazy One - 593 days 23 hours ago

3.2 - @gameplayer

They posted 4 incredibly biased articles on why GTA4 is going to be the downfall of 360 in the past 5 weeks. They are anything but biased towards 360. Maybe you're in shock because they aren't blindly supporting the PS3 in this article.

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Close_Second - 594 days 13 hours ago

4 - The new look...

...PSN store is great - its just a pitty the icons, etc take so long to download each time you access the store. Also kind of sucks the way they have a slightly tweaked options menu for Europe/Australia/New Zealand.

Overall I think PSN store is better than the interface used on the Xbox 360. However, Sony needs lots more content and demos. Cant understand why there are not more demos for the games you can buy on PSN. Mind you, Warhawk would not have sold as many copies if you could have downloaded the demo first.

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samfk - 593 days 14 hours ago

4.1 - not sure

ive got both consoles and i agree new psn looks better now . i still think they are copying xbox store and as for downloads sony is way behind 2 SLOW!!

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Bazookajoe_83 - 594 days 13 hours ago

5 - I would say taht store wise they are pretty much the same

That is the look and the ease to use them, but live has more content and psn has real money and not points. To me live is better but not because of the store but because of ingame xmb and the way you can play youre own music, but then again that is something you pay for (with pay for i mean you have to pay to play online)

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Lew_Ijgee - 594 days 12 hours ago

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What does the PSN store and Xbox Marketplace have to do with In-game communication?

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yanikins111 - 594 days 12 hours ago

5.2 - heh heh

Im pretty sure if the 360 had an ingame "Xross Media Bar" Sony would sue the crap out of them till their brains bled from their ears. Which i would quite like, personally.

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Bazookajoe_83 - 594 days 12 hours ago

5.3 - Exactly

Thats why storwise they are pretty much the same, atleast the build up and the ease of use. The thing that differents them are that marketplace has more content and psn has money instead of the point system. I was also talking of the online experience of both system, and even thou its not mentioned in the article i feelt like bringing it up.

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jkhan - 594 days 13 hours ago

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Better then xbox live marketplace not really, but its a huge improvement over the last one. Considering Playstation store is still in its infancy, its still much better then what xbox live was at that stage. So the improvements and intentions to make it better is there. Lets hope it turns out to be Sony's strongest point rather then its weakest.

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darkdoom3000 - 594 days 13 hours ago

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Austrialan site. they (along with me) have the crappy EU PS store layout..

make a US account and see how a store is ment to be like. I mean come one!, no 'demo' Caterogory????

never really seen the Marketplace, but pics give me the impression dat its good. sigh, i can only imagine....

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McValdemar - 594 days 13 hours ago

8 - Why this misleading title?

In the article there isn't a point where it states that PSStore is as good as MS one.
Why this title instead of simply indicating an article on PSStore?

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Skerj - 594 days 12 hours ago

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Now that the thing isn't trying to update en masse like it did when 2.30 launched, the store loads damn fast and is very intuitive. I do favor it over the Marketplace store which happens to load for me too (as does selecting games and demos from the HD). The only part the Marketplace has on it is content, which we all knew that but there should be lots coming down the pipeline. It is pretty disheartening to see red shopping bags next to quite a lot in the store without seeing much more you want though.

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RodStewart - 594 days 12 hours ago

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Kind of easy, to make it nicer looking when they have 1/100th of the content.

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RecSpec - 594 days 10 hours ago

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I think the PS3 will live without the likes of Bejeweled and Zuma.

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shelbygt33 - 593 days 23 hours ago

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So you don't like fun, addicting games? Something tells me if those were on PSN and not on XBL you'd say "haha look what Sony has..."

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DriftMax - 594 days 12 hours ago

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Is it just me or are there more then 3 articles coming out of the site in one day?
The say way to much crap

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Fluffy2Duffy - 594 days 11 hours ago

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I cant complain about the new store, it looks more smoother and quicker than the previous one, thumbs up, give more time to everything.

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SL1M DADDY - 594 days 10 hours ago

13 - So let me ask...

Is it fair to compare a free service that is gaining ground on a service that is 50 bucks a year and has been around for 5+ years? Come on, what Sony is doing is great and it is free. Sites that feel the need to compare really need to take into account that the PSN is still in its infancy and will be a much better and more fair comparison a couple more years down the line. Both are great services but comparing the two is getting a bit silly. I would nearly equate the comparison as looking a gift horse in the mouth...

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Legion - 594 days 8 hours ago

13.1 -

This article is comparing the store and the marketplace. Not the online gaming. Read the article....

Both are free on each system.

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Utalkin2me - 594 days 7 hours ago

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Man you guys are such idiots. Take off you F#cking sony goggles for a minute sheesh. Or maybe you should get your head out of your console a$$ and worry about the great year you are going to have "Like i havent heard that enough". The XBL marketplace cost you nothing. The service you pay for on XBL is to play online games nothing else. And when Ms made this a standard for everyone to follow. Far as a marketplace for consoles.

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TresTrendu - 594 days 7 hours ago

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I love how people talk about stuff they have never tried or don't care for. I understand it is a little hard to see when sony has been teabagging you for a year and half now. But it is almost over it is your year.....You know why there isnt very many xbox only fanboys on here. They are off playing games, They are not on here reading articles about home being delayed again or MGO has been delayed, cause we are a stupid asian company that knows nothing about online play. Or why you are bored with GT5P after 5 hours. Best thing to do is leave your mouth shut unless you know what you are talking about.

XBL MARKETPLACE IS FREE!FREE!FREE!FREE!

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gnothe1 - 594 days 9 hours ago

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for the guys thats saying that the PSN is better than the XBL marketplace, sometimes I think you guys have never been on the marketplace!! the PSN has definitly got better but its still not on the level as XBL. XBL navigates quicker an everything is broke down into every category there is. so regardless what your looking for you can find it easy!! new released, spot light, arcade, demos, all games, themes an gamer pics, TV shows, games shows,movies. everything is broke down. plus why dont many of the arcade games on the PSN dont have a demo. an if it does its a separate download. on XBL EVERY arcade game is downloadable an playable an if you like it just unlock the key code an you done, no need to go back an download the full game after downloading the demo, if theres one availble!!

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Stryfeno1 - 594 days 8 hours ago

14.1 - I agree

One thing I like about XBLM is the free arcade demos.

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tuaamin13 - 594 days 9 hours ago

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His only reason for why the PS3 marketplace was worse is because the icons loaded slowly. Did anyone notice that? Obviously the servers were getting pounded. The speed has picked up since then.

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Legion - 594 days 8 hours ago

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No... he had also commented that you couldn't tell where you were in the marketplace once you entered an area. And that you couldn't access the marketplace from within a game or any other application. you had to shut down what you were doing to purchase content. And a few other things... but nobody has really read the whole article I guess???

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tigertom53 - 594 days 9 hours ago

16 - bring on the battle

I think we all can agree that ps3 store is a step in the right direction, but still has lots to go to be at par with the xbox 360 store. When Sony and Microsoft battle out it's the best for ps3 and 360 owners because that makes them push for better and newer designs and technology for both and they can learn from one another.

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Nathan2587 - 593 days 15 hours ago

16.1 - That makes too much sense.

We cant have that on N4g GTFO

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red_ring_of_death - 594 days 15 hours ago

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way better

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Sir Ken Kutaragi 1 - 594 days 11 hours ago

1.1 - Nice name!!!;) What's it mean??? ;-D

Yep WAY Better!!!;-P Really nice it is. I like the Blu colour to;)

p.s Did anyone ever say on this it's FREE to???;)

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Jack Meahoffer - 594 days 8 hours ago

1.2 - Yeah the new PSN store is better because it doesn't have images...

Images are last generation. I prefer to have a blank page load up so I can scroll through a list of the items reading the description.

Sometimes one image loads at a time and after 5 minutes all the images are loaded but I prefer no images.

Sony fanboys are right the PSN store is better than XBL marketplace. I mean who wants to rent movies from their console and see images? Not me!

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Pain - 594 days 4 hours ago

1.3 - WAY BETER!!

And Sony Dose not even have a world wide Tested tryed and true/bug Fix with MILLIONS of $$$$ M$ word network just lil ol Sony servers with Linux lol and its Much Nicer and WILL get even BETER BOTS!!!! Ha ha

@jack aww poor kid cant believe Somebody Thats Not a Software Company can make Something
its kool SONY's Store kinda slags with Pics..... But a atleast it NOT The CONSOLE CRAPING OUT .....

lolxbox

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ravinshield - 593 days 23 hours ago

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it looks pretty gay

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power of Green - 594 days 14 hours ago

2 - Undercover Agent.

I agree but where will XBL be by the time it does catch up to XBL's current state?, thats the reality of the evolutions of the two services.

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DontH8DPlayaH8DConsl - 594 days 13 hours ago

2.1 - so so true

and it goes the same for the consoles the micro$ales inferior hardware will never catch up with sony's

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Trick Nolte - 594 days 13 hours ago

2.2 - who care if marketplace is better?

Sony made some nice changes to the PSN store but the real meat to be seasoned is HOME which is gonna blow the sh!t out of rrodketplace. Alot of peeps are pissed about the home delay but PROPS 2 SONY for NOT rushing an unfinished product. We saw what thats gotten MS and even more recent...Konami. If it aint ripe, leave it on the tree. Message!

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Xlll - 593 days 21 hours ago

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let's keep the comments on PSN Store vs marketplace. PSN has become way faster and with no ads. (which i find amusing considering you pay for live and not for PSN.)

But really i don't give a crap about layouts. Content is what matter. Both could use a text list layout but as long as it had tons of content i don't think anyone would care.

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invoked - 594 days 13 hours ago

4 - of course LIVE is better

I've never used xbox live but i already know that PSN is way behind. The fact that Microsoft always gets Updates before sony and just hearing about video downloading services offered makes it obvious. Sony just renovated a lil bit. CONTENT over style anyday.

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power of Green - 594 days 13 hours ago

5 - yanikins111, in the gamer zone.

"2.1 - Its amazing the difference free content makes.
I honestly cant even remember the online 360 store cos i only had a silver membership and there really is no point with only one of those."

^^^ Proof of the lenths PS3 fanboys will go to destroy MSFT. *You *HAD* a silver membership! so you don't know what MSFT had to offer on their XBL store*?, I might be missunderstanding your comment. If you can get online you're golden lol. (As of late some demo's are time exclusive).

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Hatchetforce - 594 days 12 hours ago

5.1 -

I have a Gold membership. I have been a member of Live since it launched. Now Marketplace is a jumbled mess. It never materialized into the original claims. Noticeably missing is the BS MS told about user content - which they now will not allow.

It is called Marketplace because the idea MS touted was the ordinary user would be able to buy things on the Marketplace made by other gamers and then upload them to a game. Example, some guy does a custom paint job for Forza and you buy the car from him (not MS) for 50 cents and then upload it. Then that player would be able to make T shirts and sell those on Live. None of what they envisioned ever happened. Not even close. Making a paintjob others can use with no transactions is hardly a market. Only the features that line their pocket have any place on Live.

And yes, I am one of those people that lost content due to DRM. It was bound to happen when my 3rd 360 crapped the bed.

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power of Green - 594 days 10 hours ago

5.2 - yanikins111..... In the gamer zone replied to another 360 fan that was confused with this..

"2.3 - Had a core system
So online play was the only thing i wanted"

His sh*t doesn't even make sense.

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kanedaakira - 594 days 10 hours ago

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haha - so you go over to the gamerzone and copy and paste comments across here so you can 'dis them? sad!

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Iron Man 2 - 594 days 12 hours ago

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Not only does it look better,but it also runs better,it's easier to browse and is alot faster compared to Micromess's $haftplace.

$hane

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Trick Nolte - 594 days 12 hours ago

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plus theres no friggin DRM restrictions on PSN like on market place. I wouldnt be suprised if Capcom had to scale back the remake of Bionic Commando for PS3 bc of MS dumb asses. I remember they(Capcom) were already unhappy about it.

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PR0NE - 594 days 10 hours ago

7.1 -

hey you forgot to say:

"51 days until judgment day Nazisoft"(or PIGS)

"MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!"

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Infolite8907 - 593 days 23 hours ago

7.2 - I think he knew that lol

Since this isn't talking about a game but about online service then it be no use saying 51 days he just be off-topic

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Jenzo - 594 days 10 hours ago

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It's not even close seen from an information structure perspective. The PSN Store leaves you disoriented in minutes, not to talk about the slowness of it. Like wading through mud everytime you want to go somewhere.

"But for all these improvements, there are still a few niggles that detract from the experience. The first is probably the most noticeable and the most annoying: the thumbnail images take forever to load up and you’ll be staring at the more content-rich pages for a minute or two before all the images load up (this may not be an issue for our foreign readers).

This just isn’t acceptable, considering that the performance lags far behind Xbox Live and indeed most websites. Worse still is the fact that it doesn’t cache the images, so if you leave a page and then go back to it, you’ll have to wait for the images to all load up again. They wouldn’t take up much space and unlike the Xbox360, every PlayStation 3 has a hard drive…

It’s also hard to tell exactly where you are on the site. Once you click a button and leave the homepage, there’s nothing to tell you which particular content channel you’ve gone into."

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wass007 - 594 days 9 hours ago

9 - PS3 FTW!!!!

I Gabajillion Times Better!!! Muhahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

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Jason 360 - 594 days 7 hours ago

11 - XD

HAHA

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heyheyhey - 594 days 3 hours ago

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good point, never thought of it that way

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sleepbox - 594 days 5 hours ago

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Typical sony fanboys enjoying style (the look) over substance (no comments above actually name any superior CONTENT)

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liquidsnake - 594 days 5 hours ago

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What does XBL have that PSN don't have? All i know is that XBL can't handle arcade games over x-amount of MB.

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wass007 - 594 days ago

13.1 - PS3 FTW!!!!

And they say xbl is superior to psn. MY ASS IT IS!!!!!

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PSWe60 - 594 days 4 hours ago

14 - ummmmm

I'm going to say that the new PSN Store is sveral times better than the old PSN store.
Better than Market place? It's on par with Market place

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Trick Nolte - 594 days 3 hours ago

14.1 - I would agree

but theres one important factor, PSN trumps the 360 in terms of file sizes of games. We all know that 360 has a limited amount of mb's a game can be. You cant dl games on a scale of Warhawk and GT5:P on 360. C apcom had to go through hell just for them raise the limit on a friggin 2D side scroller. With this in mind PSN edges out market place. The infrastructures may be on par with each other but if we are talking content then PSN is better.

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caffman - 594 days 2 hours ago

14.2 - bellick jr

ever heard of xbox originals? a lot bigger than warhawks file size and available on marketplace
ever got the feeling you've been pwn'd?

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Trick Nolte - 594 days 1 hour ago

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Xbox Originals? Never heard of it. Seriously. Me Pwn'd? F U Bot. I was wrong, relax. I dont own a 3fixme so I'm lacking some details. Talk to Capcom ;)

MESSAGE BIYACH!

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caffman - 593 days 23 hours ago

14.4 - yes.you.pwned

do some research beeeatch. I don't own a PS3 (yet) but I know warhawk is only around 800mb. the xbox game on today is over 6gb. so my pwning of you is complete droid beeeatch

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wass007 - 593 days 22 hours ago

14.5 - PS3 FTW!!!!

Really so dude when they release ps2 games on the psstore which has been confirmed, over 1000 games to choose from who'd get pawned den biatch!!

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Trick Nolte - 593 days 14 hours ago

14.6 - @caffman the f@g

I'm sure you are researching many games on PS3 because you want. I could give a flying 747 fukc about researching anything on a 3fixme. All I need to know is what I already and that is- the xbox360 is a unreliable, flamable Piece Of Shiyat.

No need to reserarch anything further. You dont Pwn sh!t but a brick you fuggin f@ggot!

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caffman - 593 days 6 hours ago

14.7 - ooooooooooooh

someone is upset. well I would to if I was you because you really have issues. I would really go to a doc if I was you because you really get upset about the someone so small as you (that you. Not YOU F@G or anything else) being pwned by me(as far from a f@g as you could get, but you can have your opinion). And my 360 is a launch model and quite ok thanks :-)

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LevDog - 594 days 1 hour ago

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PsN is better for the smallest of reasons.. We arent bombarded by Ads..

I would rather search for games and demos and trailers without having to be hit with ads of Doritos and pepsi.. Also If MS is making all this money by letting companies put ads on their "market place" why isnt free..

You would think with all that money they are making, they would provide free online.. But yet XBL users keep paying each year and keep buy those products

Thanx Sony, You make enough money from your movies and products to provide free and easy online for us PS owners..

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Trick Nolte - 594 days 1 hour ago

15.1 - Only thing you get free from M$

is "Free+ze" when that 360 bricks.

The reason xbox360 is 18m strong and slowing.-MESSAGE!

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AngryTypingGuy - 594 days ago

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"But for all these improvements, there are still a few niggles that detract from the experience."... if there's anything that Sony fans can't stand, it's a niggle.

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DFresh - 593 days 22 hours ago

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The only edge XBL has on the PSN is video downloading and even then Sony will just take their idea and make twice as good as their competitors they always do every time.
Quality Games B3YOND anything I've ever seen (PSN=check)
New Innovative Accessories w/ Innovative game play. (PSN=check)
True 1080P Videos, Demos, and Trailers. (PSN=check)
Only the best for what gamers want. (PSN=check)

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JhawkFootball06 - 593 days 21 hours ago

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WOW!! I love how all you sony fanboys claim you've played and hated the xbox live marketplace

Xbox Live Marketplace has 10x as much more CONTENT as the Playstation Network. We have about 5x more demos then PSN has plus exlusive demos coming. We have video marketplace where you can download and rent movies, we have Xbox Originals, where you can download xbox games and play them right off your hard drive. All I see are you guys saying "oh Sony is going to get Playstation 2 games on their marketplace, and oh yeah were going to get movies too which is going to be way better then microsofts" When you guys get those stuff, THEN you can talk, but nothing matters when you say PSN is going to get it later on.

"The only edge XBL has on the PSN is video downloading and even then Sony will just take their idea and make twice as good as their competitors they always do every time."

Ok, when you see PSN do this then talk. You cant get much better then the online video downloading of Xbox Live, and if PSN can pull it off (even though microsoft has all the movie publishers on there service) THEN you can talk.

"PsN is better for the smallest of reasons.. We arent bombarded by Ads..

I would rather search for games and demos and trailers without having to be hit with ads of Doritos and pepsi.. Also If MS is making all this money by letting companies put ads on their "market place" why isnt free.."

THERE IS NO ADS IN THE XBOX LIVE MARKETPLACE! You will never get a pop up ad that says Doriots or Pepsi. The only ads you will ever see are information about new content, which are to the right of the navigating menues!

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wass007 - 593 days 19 hours ago

18.1 - PS3 FTW!!!!

God dats all u xbots b on about content hello dumbass!!! ur consoles been out longer!!! as in its had more time to get content do you understand me now u need a dictionary???

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LevDog - 593 days 16 hours ago

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The sad thing about your movie rentals.. Is those HD COMPRESSED movies are a joke.. and for the same price you can Rent those DL movies.. I pay to netflix and watch Blu Ray movies, New every week..

HMM sucks huh

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PoSTedUP - 593 days 21 hours ago

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im a fan of Playstation, and even i cant argue, i dont care to much about the stores, in my opinion they both offer alot of cool stuff, does xbox offer a little bit more? i dont know, i dont care.....lets just say xbox has more stuff....wow thats amazing, i still really dont care...good for you Xboxers! your the better people! heeeaaaaaarrrrsss yyyooouuuurrr trophy! <>rrod<> BLING BLING
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PoSTedUP - 593 days 21 hours ago

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just look just look just look at our line up kid socom confrontations<>mgs4< >litte big planet<>motorstorm2<& amp;gt5<>eight days<>haze<>getawa y3!<>mafia<>tekken 6 <>ff13?<>uncharted jrakes fortune2<>2daystillvegas <>siren<>twisted metal<>afrika<>age ncy<>god of warIII<>imfamous<> heavyrain<>gt5<>ki llzone2<>redDeadrevolver 2 & lt;>resistance 2<>L.A.noire<>jakN daxter:the lost frontier<>metal gear solid online<>"SUPER RUBaDUB"(best game)<<>>thats not all, look at the games we have out now....weeeeeeeee arrrrrrrrrree theeeeeeeee chhhhaaaammmpppions plus watch the games that come out for the ps3 eye toy, that thing really changes the way you play a game let alone its pretty dam amazing, i was stunned when i played it, really is the coolest accessory i have(look at the games wehave out now)

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jinn - 593 days 19 hours ago

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y cant everything just be free!!!

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