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Xbox Live less stable than PS3 PSN?

Users are reporting connection issues with their Xbox Live accounts. Apparently the accounts are being disconnected from the network. Microsoft has confirmed that there is an issue with Xbox Live at the moment. One would expect that Microsoft would have learned its lesson from last year's spotty connection issues.

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MAR-TYR-DOM - 451 days 12 hours ago

1 - well,

you guys be the judge
Peer 2 Peer (XBL) vs Dedicated Servers (PSN)

P2P although it works ... sometimes, is really outdated.

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CEO OF N4G - 451 days 12 hours ago

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Big deal!!! So what if live has a few problems now.Both PSN and Xbox Live both have problems sometimes......

This should not be blown out of propotion and start another useless flame war about live or psn which is better.

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Lord Anubis - 451 days 12 hours ago

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you get what you pay for right?

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Kyur4ThePain - 451 days 12 hours ago

1.3 - Both PSN and Xbox Live both have problems sometimes

That is true. But, there is a difference. If one is pay to play, and he other is free and both have occasional problems, which is better?

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psnDevistator356 - 451 days 11 hours ago

1.4 - I think free is the way to go

Great connection when I play on pc and great when I say I play on ps3.

Not saying its perfect, but works pretty damn good. I mean it does what it needs, it doesn't make me a sandwich but that would be sweet.

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MNicholas - 451 days 11 hours ago

1.5 - Xbox Live has never been reliable

PSN has had occasional issues but the difference in quality between P2P and dedicated servers is like night and day. It's shocking that people are still being forced to pay.

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Bubble Buddy - 451 days 11 hours ago

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I can't speak for XBL either but PSN is very stable. I don't know where people are saying left and right "LAG". I only lag if my torrents are on. Other than that, PSN is almost perfect for me. Just need to add cross game chat :) and music for all games? Please? :P

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Some_One_Plays - 451 days 11 hours ago

1.7 - MAR-TYR-DOM

Correction: XBOX Live is a switched network (Client/P2P) and PlayStation Network has dedicated servers. This is why people pay for one while the other is free. Think of it like a big persistent online game, lol.

XBOX Live is like a cell phone company with each cell phone a video game, would be a good analogy and I say this everytime. With the PlayStation Network think of it like each cell phone has its own network instead of everyone being connected to a single point of failure.

In the end things always get blown out of proportion and since XBOX Live is a switched network there can generally be more problems online due to traffic than network connection. Usually when PlayStation Network has problems it's because of a player's connection strength not traffic (hence the 60 players online Resistance 2).

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Traveler - 451 days 11 hours ago

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First of all, PSN is largely comprised of P2P connections. Only some games have dedicated servers. This a common misconception. Second, MS have reported 14 million Xbox LIVE users and you can easily tell by the number of people playing different games that there are a lot more people actively playing online at any given moment on LIVE than on PSN. Furthermore, I have had the exact opposite experience. My experience on LIVE is almost always smooth, but I have had tons of problems with certain games on PSN like the LBP, Socom, and Resistance 2. But whatever, people are just going to hate on Xbox LIVE because it isn't for the PS3.

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BrianC6234 - 451 days 11 hours ago

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I don't care either way. Both systems work most of the time. I just have to laugh at people who say Sony should charge for their network because it will mean it won't happen. Even charging for service doesn't guarantee anything.

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Martini - 451 days 11 hours ago

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Martyrdom - you don't know jack sh1t about network. Xbox live network is operated thru servers and games have either P2P or dedicated servers (if you do some research you will find that P2P often performs better then dedicated servers).

If you think that all PS3 games are on dedicated servers than you are in for a big surprise - most games including COD 4 are actually P2P and or optional dedicated serves (Rainbow Six vegas for example) just like on the 360.

So Live had a copula disconnects on Friday it's been fine today btw. big deal I guess it's time for sh1t slinging if you are a sony fanboy lol.

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ChrisGTR1 - 451 days 11 hours ago

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i dont know why sony is so lazy or unprepared. EVERY SINGLE exclusive games that comes out the servers always crash for the first weeks. why cant they just get it right the first time? mgs4,socom,lbp,warhawk, its like they just never learn.

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Mozilla89 - 451 days 10 hours ago

1.12 - lol @ Martini for calling the kettle black

But anyways I've used both mostly PSN though and there is no lag but I also don't know where this idea came from that the PSN has dedicated servers. The only game that I have that has dedicated servers is Warhawk, and maybe Resistance. I'm pretty sure all the rest are P2P but still I like free and frankly I haven't had any problems playing online.

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cLiCK_sLiCK9 - 451 days 10 hours ago

1.13 - .....

Every single multiplatform game is P2P.
And chirs, just for your fyi, MGS4 is P2P. Get your facts strait.

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ChrisGTR1 - 451 days 10 hours ago

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i never said it wasnt. and yes mgs4 servers did crash big time when it was launched. you couldnt even register a komani id or log in.

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DaTruth - 451 days 9 hours ago

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All I know is I played a 30 vs 30 game last night that was smooth as butter. I couldn't play MGO or GTA online cause of lag, but Warhawk and R2 are amazing even on P2P. Orick 60 playaz FTW!!!!

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scottmichael - 451 days 9 hours ago

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lol@ this thread

XBL has 14mill paid GOLD subscribers (not silver)

PSN 10million active users..... i have 25 active accounts on my ps3 from FIFA (kept recreating because i wanted 0%dnf), so this figure can be very misleading..... And the guy who wrote this article is a complete retard

This is the first time in a year XBL has played up for me.

PSN, while usually stable, nearly all big games this year ive had problems with.... but PSN is FREE, so i dont really have a problem with that...

But to compare the two on this basis is Annoyingly stupid

I wanna give the guy who wrote this artcile a slap, for being such a ignorant naive tw@t

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BLuKhaos - 451 days 9 hours ago

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Not every game on PSN has dedicated servers,just first and second party games but either way you're right since even first and second party 360 games run on (client/server)

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JsonHenry - 451 days 9 hours ago

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I never really have a problem with either service.

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jaysquared - 451 days 8 hours ago

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OMG.. Here we go again! Quit that PSN dedicated server crap! The only PSN games that have dedicated servers are the first party games! And that's if you play on Sony's official servers! Most of the serving done in PSN is P2P as well! Also all third party games are P2P...

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thewhoopimen - 451 days 7 hours ago

1.20 - @Jaysquared

Exactly JaySquared. Through your twisted logic, I completely agree with you for once.

Let's face it guys both platforms feature a mix of dedicated/p2p networks. The key difference as Jaysquared so mockingly put it is the fact that Sony has a ton more 1st and 2nd party developers that offer dedicated servers. This is also why the generality that Sony's PSN has dedicated servers is true for the most part. Sony customers have ALOT more 1st party/2nd party support, and for some reason this is bad in Jay^1/3's eyes. Frankly, I prefer PSN's "general" dedicated network infrastructure to P2P. Torrents suck, dedicated servers win 90% of the time. On my connections i rarely see p2p network downloads over 100~200kb/sec. On dedicated servers, I've easily seen 300+ and as high as 700 kb/sec. It doesn't make sense to me that I should fork over money to MS when I'm leeching off someone else's bandwidth.

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ofx360 - 451 days 7 hours ago

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I find this to be a bit stupid. First, this would be the second time xbl has stopped working(I can't say of any other f-ups because i don't own a 360) which is admittedly bad but to say its worst than psn is just wrong. PSN has also had its share of problem right? Warhawk, Socom, LBP, and MGS4 ring any bells(by the by, thats more than 2 f-ups if you want to compare).

Secondly, lmao at people who think PSN is all dedicated servers and are dissing P2P. Just so you know fanboys--PSN mostly uses P2P.

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power of Green - 451 days 5 hours ago

1.24 - Dissagree? I can post all the features and capabilities-

For both services and show you why one is harder to keep running.

Servers? lol if anything it is the flood of new gamers/xbox owners *as always*(also could be preping for NXE in some way too).

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NickIni - 451 days 4 hours ago

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pavarotti and power of Green, if you hate this place so much then leave. Do us all a favour.

Having a larger online user base doesn't mean the experience is any better. I can find a match just as easily on the PSN as I can on XBL. I haven't had a problem with any online game on the PS3, and have only had a couple of experiences of lag. I went through a problem a while back of XBL not staying connected, rendering the service I paid for useless.

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BattleAxe - 451 days 3 hours ago

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The best things in life are free.

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Some_One_Plays - 451 days 2 hours ago

1.27 - To all...

Lol, the share numbers of gamers who don't know anything about networks is kind of strange to me. Lol, people think only first party developers have dedicated servers. One word, P...C... How do you think PC developers create online computer games? Sony's network is opened while Microsoft's is closed, done and done. All Sony has to do is create/handle PSN accounts, maintain Home, and the online store. The online games are in the hands of the developers. With Microsoft everything has to go through Microsoft in order to implement something new.

In simple terms for the ones lost PSN takes the best advantage from PC online games (opened network) and XBOX Live (accounts) to create PSN. XBOX Live is like a cell phone company like I said earlier and all developers need to do is make the cell phones. Dedicated servers can be made up of any type of network topology while XBOX Live (Switched Network) is fixed with client server disadvantages.

Done and done. This is from someone who actually reads books on networks instead of listening to sensationalized confirmation bias journalism.

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mario888 - 450 days 23 hours ago

1.28 - DEDICATED SERVER > WORKSTATION

I will never Play on XBOX LIVE until they put more Servers. You guy make me laugh. Hosting from XBOX360 or even PS3 greater than dedicated Gaming Server, LOLL.

Send an email to M$ asking them to please TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY and put more dedicated Servers.

And anyone that states that P2P performs better than Server , Please explain a game with 32 max players connecting at the same time performs better on a 360 or even a workstation?

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elorm9 - 450 days 22 hours ago

1.29 - @PowerGreen

"For both services and show you why one is harder to keep running.

Servers? lol if anything it is the flood of new gamers/xbox owners *as always*(also could be preping for NXE in some way too)"

I agree with your statement that it's most likely the new surge of Xbox owners jumping in (no pun intended). But thing here is that XBL is PAID for. So therefore there really shouldn't be issues with it. That's obviously why most games at launch don't have problems online, whereas other PS3 games online have their issues at launch.

But with these issues on a PAID service, you really have to wonder where your money is going. When you pay for something, you expect quality.

You also say that it's harder to run because of the features. How so? Sony has added new features to make PSN better and I haven't had problems connecting EVER (except maintenance) days

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No Way - 450 days 20 hours ago

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Eh? I've only been kicked off once since the issues have been reported. I guess I'm lucky when it comes to xBox Live, as even last year at Christmas I didn't have any problems.

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Bodhi - 450 days 18 hours ago

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You guys just love misinforming everyone don't you? Live hasn't really crashed outside of the USA. Personally, I crashed once for about 45 seconds, that's about it.

PSN is a great service for free, but LIVE has a lot more features. Personal preferences.

I doubt PSN would stay up if 14 million people download something, I doubt LIVE will either on Wednesday.

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ofx360 - 450 days 17 hours ago

1.32 - @some one plays

Also realize that sony will never have a true unified service because of the reasons you've listed. Making development even harder for devs if have want to or have to implement some features. Which in turn makes the quality of games or length i takes to make games worse.

Microsoft give devs the ability to have dedicated or P2P as long as they need it(just like PSN). The thing is, microsoft keeps everything unified(not allow sh*t like MGS4 sign ups to happen) and handles everything for the devs.

The only negative about a unified service is that a lot will experience the same problem(if there is one). OH and the negetive
about microsoft is that they're spotty on allowing creativity(Forza2 - N+)

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thewhoopimen - 450 days 15 hours ago

1.33 - @1.32

I don't mind a unified service and I can see the advantages you are pointing at... I just don't want Microshaft to be the one managing it.

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Yipee Bog - 450 days 14 hours ago

1.34 - I've noticed

the past couple days while trying to find a game for Gears 2, that my connection will be interrupted to XBL or whatever. Don't know what the deal is with that, but usually reconnecting will do the trick. Its never happened in the middle of the match though

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jaysquared - 450 days 14 hours ago

1.35 - "The best things in life are free."

If that' true then why do you need a $500 console?

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BLuKhaos - 450 days 13 hours ago

1.36 - @Jay

The PS3 is $399 not $499,second how do you know that he bought it himself?maybe it was given to him as a present or maybe he stole it,either way he got it for free.

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Xiphos - 451 days 12 hours ago

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Can't speak for XBL, but I've never had an issue with the PSN in the year I've been using it. Even when it's down for maintenance you can login and play online, you just can't use the store.

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CEO OF N4G - 451 days 11 hours ago

2.1 - Kyur4ThePain

Good question.I know what ur implying :)

I bet loads of 360 fan boys are not gonna like what u wrote ;-D

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BobDog - 451 days 11 hours ago

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the only prob ive had with psn is that the sony europe noobs uploaded the old version of the r2 beta, thousands of people downloaded it before they realised that it was the wrong version. then they all had to download the correct version, wasted 2 gigs =( lol

but i guess thats not a problem, just noobiness

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ultimolu - 451 days 11 hours ago

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I agree. I barely had any problems either.

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scottmichael - 451 days 9 hours ago

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maybe im just unlucky... but the only things ive tried to do on PSN this year are

Play MGS4 online
Play SOCOM online
Play LBP online
Download Fifa 09 Demo
Play GTA4 online

All i couldnt do on release.

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NickIni - 451 days 4 hours ago

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Strange. I could play LBP on release (UK release though) and same for MGS4. I even got that a day early and it's worked from launch.

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pwnsause - 451 days 12 hours ago

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its a p2p issue. Its probably due to the holiday rush. nothing major.

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Ramzadel - 451 days 9 hours ago

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If its one day, I guess, but if its like last holiday year, then this shouldn't happen, anyway paying for something and having this happen is just awful, I mean you are paying for it, now if it was the only online resource then it happens but if other competition is there, PS3 and PC and to some extent Wii for free then there is a problem

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pwnsause - 451 days 6 hours ago

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IF there is anything I do agree on though, is that XBL should be free.

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iamtehpwn - 450 days 17 hours ago

3.3 - Holiday rush is absolutely correct, my friend

If you remember, XBL went down temporarily last Holiday season due to it. I was pissed because I wanted to play Halo 3 and I couldn't at the time.

I love PSN and I love XBL.
XBL over all is a lot more nice.
But PSN has all the same core features,
And when push comes to shove, it's nice having a Free, open, platform.

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The Lazy One - 450 days 16 hours ago

3.4 - it's not a P2P issue...

there are only peers once you are in the game. Connecting peers to other peers isn't handled by XBL nearly as much as the individual game. The connection to XBL is a dedicated server issue. The live servers get flooded and that's when people get booted. It has little to do with the P2P aspect of the service, as that wouldn't boot you from xbl, you'd just lose your connection to the host.

I'm sure it has a lot to do with them making sure their servers are ready for a 14 million user (minimum... that's just gold members) mass download on wednesday.

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PLAYSTATIONGENRATION - 451 days 12 hours ago

4 - I have them both

Xbox live has more people not saying you cant find a game on psn...But far as stability goes Xbox live isn't that bad but psn seems more stable...

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Martini - 450 days 22 hours ago

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What is your gamer tag on Live ?

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jack who - 451 days 12 hours ago

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yawn

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GiantEnemyLobster - 451 days 10 hours ago

1.1 - The only problem with Xbox Live is...

..so many people join and want to try it out that it sometimes can't talk the MASSIVE amount of people!! So occasionally the high-end Servers that Microsoft has can't even handle all the people.. something I thought would never happen!

Fortunately for Sony, the psn is a barren wasteland whose servers are located in the basement of PSnerd's mommy's houses. So the reason why the servers dont crash much on PSN is because NO ONE is on them! Unlike the Xbox Live, a vast metropolis of online gamers getting THE BEST experience in online gaming.

I can't wait to see the PS3tards try to spin this story!!!

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L Ronald Hubbard - 451 days 9 hours ago

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ZOMG?!?!

Microsoft's high-end (lets say that again, high end) couldn't I mean COULDN'T even handle the vast metropolis of online gamers with the best experience?

Oh the comedy!

xD xD xD xD

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Ice2ms - 451 days 4 hours ago

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live doesnt have servers

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Shane Kim - 451 days 2 hours ago

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True, Live doesn't have servers. They cables are connected into my (Shane Kim) behind. And sometimes (often) when Live suffers from lag, it's couse I take a huge dump inside thos cables.

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BLUR111 - 450 days 23 hours ago

1.5 - from GiantEnemylobster, I can't wait to see the PS3tards try to spin this story

This is N4G ofcourse they will

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Sony Defense Farce - 450 days 13 hours ago

1.6 - As an owner of both consoles....

I can honestly say that Live is about 100 times better than PSN in every possible way. Just like the old saying: "You get what you pay for", and I am happy to pay a small fee for a vastly superior service from microsoft. With the PS3, I ended up paying $ony way more money and got a sh!t product with sh!t online and sh!tty games to play. Everything is done better on the 360.

But besides all the online comparisons, the only thing that matters is 360 has way better games to play online so even if PSN was better (LMFAO) I wouldn't use it anyway.

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59fifty8 - 451 days 12 hours ago

2 - yea but ur pissed

because playstation network run easy and smooth, thats is what u pay for

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mrdxpr2 - 451 days 11 hours ago

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sooo true yo...my bro cant even play GEOW 2 it wont let him hahaha

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59fifty8 - 451 days 11 hours ago

3 - lol

im already kicking a$$ in resistence 2 and call of duty waw i love the network free online is the greatest,

by the way my psn id: macho0208

add me if u want to lose or play coop

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Traveler - 451 days 11 hours ago

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Why do I have a lot more problems with PSN than LIVE then? This article is bogus.

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RyuStrife - 451 days 11 hours ago

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Maybe because you don't have a PS3?

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Traveler - 451 days 10 hours ago

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Bullsh1t. My PSN ID is psykosonikninja. Send me a message and I'll reply back to you. I have had more problems with certain PS3 games online than I have had with Xbox LIVE in general. I'm sorry you can't believe that.

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cmrbe - 451 days 10 hours ago

4.3 - Traveler

You are one pathetic lier.

People pay no attention to this loser. In another thread he tried to convince me that the PS2 sold 40 million in 2 years to claim that the PS3 is not doing well lol!.

This kid thinks that we are all stupid. Traveler. The PS2 sold about 25 million in two years with GT3, MGS2, FFX,GTA3 out for the PS2 at 299 USD you dumb idiot.

So excuse me if i don't believe you.

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Mr PS3 - 451 days 8 hours ago

4.4 - Traveler

Why dont you travell back to your Trailer Park
Thy Silly Little BoT

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Shane Kim - 451 days 2 hours ago

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25 millions? Actually, if I recall PS2 sold 18,5-19 millions on its second year. That's almost the same amount the PS3 has.

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Traveler - 450 days 18 hours ago

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Guys, guys, guys, why don't you get your facts straight before calling someone out?

The Playstation 2 launched in North America on October 26, 2000, in Japan on March 4, 2000, and in Europe on November 24, 2000. North America was the biggest market for the PS2, followed by Europe and then Japan/Asia. By September 19, 2002 Sony had reported that it had shipped 40 million units of the PS2:
http://www.pcworld.com/arti...
http://www.scei.co.jp/corpo...
So after being on the market 2 years and 6 months in Japan, 1 year and 11 months in North America, and 1 year and 10 months in Europe the PS2 had shipped 40 million units worldwide. Considering that North America and Europe comprised over three-fourths of the PS2's sales we can roughly average it out to be that the PS2 had been on the market around 2 years when 40 million units had been shipped. (17 million in North America, 12 million in Europe, and 11 million units in Japan and other Asian markets).

The PS3 in the same time frame will have sold somewhere in the range of 17.5 to 18.5 million consoles. As of the end of October the PS3 had sold 16.84 units. http://www.shacknews.com/on...

The PS3 has sold at a much slower rate than the PS2 did. Those are the facts.

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59fifty8 - 451 days 11 hours ago

5 - exactly thats why

u dont have a ps3 but since launch i never had a problem, cant say the same for live, lol.

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Traveler - 451 days 10 hours ago

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What's your Xbox LIVE gamertag?

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Hershy999 - 451 days 10 hours ago

6 - PSN and XBL have their problems,

but one is free, and one isn't.

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gamfreak - 451 days 9 hours ago

7 - Lol

Get disconnected and yet still need to pay for it, poor xbots just stop crying and get a PS3 and enjoy the free services.

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lonix - 451 days 8 hours ago

8 - xbox live servers down

Because the run on WINDOWS MUHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

BSOD RROD

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dem0n - 451 days 7 hours ago

9 -

Not bagging on PSN, but you guys have to consider the variables.

Xbox LIVE has over 10 million PAYING members, so obviously they're active if they're paying. PSN isn't far behind, but PSN is free. Theres no way(for us) to figure out who is active, and who isn't on PSN.

Once PSN picks up, you'll be seeing more problems with server load. Heck even LBP saw some slowdowns. It happens to everyone at some point. Websites, services, MMORPGs, etc.

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agmsd - 450 days 12 hours ago

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That was a software problem in the Server and client side which was solved within a day and they had to bring the server down for updating the software. It's not a problem the PSN...
PS: Every game has its own server to manage its game related data which is maintained by its company. The PSN servers job is to track your user accounts and friends...

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gamfreak - 451 days 6 hours ago

10 - LMAO

@Traveler
who need Xbot live when we can enjoy our PSN.
And oh it free....

Enjoy paying..... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

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Traveler - 450 days 18 hours ago

10.1 -

If he is going to claim experience with Xbox LIVE why can't he give us his gamertag? I provided my PSN ID.

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power of Green - 451 days 6 hours ago

11 -

LMAO

One is more advanced/complex with much more to offer with over twice the online base?.

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Magic_The_Celt - 451 days 2 hours ago

11.1 -

sorry did you not read the article?

XBL - 12 million (and thats with silver members)

PSN - 10 million

i think you need to go back to school and learn what "double" means, oh congrats on sinking to 2 bubbles

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BLUR111 - 450 days 23 hours ago

11.2 -

well atleast he doesnt start a new account cause he has lost bubbles thanks to droids unlike you creating one

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Amnesiac - 451 days 6 hours ago

12 -

Hasn't PSN been more stable for like 2 years?

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creamydingle - 451 days 5 hours ago

13 -

LOL This proves how stupid americans are they keep paying for a sh#t service

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power of Green - 451 days 5 hours ago

13.1 -

No it just proves we'll support the lesser of the two evils(we're smart enough to know more advanced things are more prone to issues).

PSN has issues not even related to a surge in volume and is inferior in ever way ontop of having it's own issues you're turning a blind eye to.

Speaking of Americans what does your comment say about you when you blindly support a company that has an inferior service and you're willing to turn a blind eye for this company just to attack the competition lol.

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Jason 360 - 451 days 4 hours ago

14 - LOL

Droids have penis envy

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Egzekutor - 451 days 3 hours ago

15 - POG

Tell me what issues PSN has ??
Because I cant spot any ?

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Magic_The_Celt - 451 days 2 hours ago

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LMFAO XBL is and always has been a joke:

things PSN talking about online which XBL doesnt:

- internet explorer
- upcoming free MMO's
- DEDICATED SERVERS
- send a receive messages with no fear of them expiring
- Home
- folding@home (cure cancer)
- FREE-OF-CHARGE

and yet the supposedly superior XBL which you are charged for has constant online problems

wow. suckers.

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Yoma - 451 days 1 hour ago

16.1 -

dont forget the xbox miis... sorry I meant avatars lol

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tohuman - 450 days 18 hours ago

16.2 - question.

celt first off you list 4 invalid points
neither home nor the mmos have been fully released yet so you can't talk about them. not all servers are dedicated with sony games and last but not least what the hell does folding@home have to do with anything?
fanboy

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dkgshiz - 451 days ago

19 - yeah I never had any problems with PSN.

Since launch Ive never had any problems with it.Microsoft probably spends their xbox live money on exclusive dlc rather then the servers.

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Shane Kim - 450 days 23 hours ago

20 -

Never had any probs with my PSN and I'm not even using a ethernet cable. (Yes it's wireless if any bots happen to misunderstand)

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mrdxpr2 - 450 days 22 hours ago

21 -

its funny how people say XBL is better then PSN when they play servers that arent neven sony servers ...why dont they play sony oficial servers that are dedicated soo then they can compare...R2 servers are great warhawk servers great..ps3 has alot of great games and the servers are good oh..and we can log in too psn with out problem unlike XBL right now..

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souljah - 450 days 20 hours ago

22 - damn

i really don`t care how much xbots are using xbox live . could be 10 000 millions . i don`t give a damn f|_|ck . because the psn ROCKS . never had any problem with the connection. always runnin perfect . and lobster , u r so pathetic in that comment of urs , that it`s not worth the time to reply . like i said before , u just have to grow up.
question : what stupid dumb ass pays for sh|t ? a kid with XBOX connected to the internet. peace out

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na2ru1 - 450 days 19 hours ago

23 - How long does it take

to join other players in COD4 XBL?
PSN is like instant. the intermission timer is actually longer.

Halo3 is very bad, i have it my self. they got rid of Big team battle(8v8 only). 1-5 minute wait.
Gear1 is just as bad. you have to wait until there's enough people. they always leave, meaning you can end up waiting 5+ minutes.

It's only 3 quid a week, true. just remind us though, for what?

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atomdooze - 450 days 18 hours ago

24 - halo ill give you

but COD4 is fast and these connection issues Im just plain not having them. One time 2 years ago about i couldnt get on for an afternoon. I have no complaints as a customer and will happily purchase another year.

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M3 Superhero - 450 days 14 hours ago

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this is y i switched to PSN n i dont regret it = P

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dramize - 450 days 13 hours ago

26 - PSN ROCKS

i can't really speak for the XBL seeing as i dont play x-box but i DO play PS and the PSN is really good and stable (Plus its free) for about 500 dollars you can buy a really nice and stable ps3 system. can someone please tell me why people spend 300 + buying a hard drive + paying for xbl on a X-Box when the ps3 has better online play, AND better graphics.

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Shane Kim - 450 days 4 hours ago

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I don't know mate, it's just too many dumbasses on this planet.

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