Comments on: Xbox 360 “slim” – first impressions review

By: B.T. Robertson

B.T. Robertson — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:39:04 +0000

@Ryan: It’s not sugar-coating. PSN isn’t “shit”. To say that a free online service that works functionally flawless without a few bells and whistles that XBL has is short-sighted. If nothing else, it sounds like you’re a fanboy, which as we all know means that nothing anyone says will matter. The facts are clear. Both PSN and XBL have good and bad points. This is an informed opinion after sampling both consoles, and I gave the 360 a ton of kudos, fairly. I’ve never been a fan of Microsoft, yet I didn’t hold any grudge or slander against them after purchasing the 360. At the very least, please don’t accuse me of sugar-coating anything. Owning a mic isn’t a fair way to compare the services, and a “sense of community” is subjective at best, depending on the games one plays. MW2′s community is terrible on BOTH PSN and XBL, so it depends on the game.

@Steve: Personally, I feel the same way when both consoles are compared. There are different visions between Sony and Microsoft, and the PS3 has finally come into its own. It’s stormed the movie ownership realm with Blu-Ray, PSN’s got all the services that XBL has (albeit a bit late), such as NetFlix, online radio, Arcade store, etc. And it’s all free. XBL has a huge online community, but again, that’s subjective and doesn’t matter to someone who likes to play offline, single-player RPGs.

Thanks everyone for your responses and I’m glad most of you seemed to enjoy my article. I’m having fun on my 360.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:06:44 +0000

B.T we are exactly alike, prio to the release of the xbox slim i only had ps3 and wii and was never interested in xbox. I kept hearing good things about xbox and i was interested in games like left 4 dead 2, Forza 3 and Dead Rising so i made the jump the week the slim was released. The 360 controller is awesome and feels much better than the ps3 controller which really surprised me. The live is more organized and easier to use than the psn. As far as exclusives go i think ps3 has the advantage “god of war, heavy rain and uncharted 1,2″ blow away anything 360 has to offer. However, If you’re mostly a 1st person shooter fan i would go with the 360. After a little over a month with the 360 i must say that the ps3 is still the best all around system out imo but the xbox 360 is pretty cool and definately does not suck. If you have a ps3 and you’ve never experienced xbox, the slim is worth a try. But if you’re still deciding which next generation system to buy i’d recomend the ps3 as an all around better value.

By: JonB

JonB — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:04:25 +0000

LOL TCHBR. BTW I’m going to be buying some more 360 games after my janitor shift at Wal mart, just to prove how much Microgod rock and Sony suck. B)

By: HMMALL

HMMALL — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:56:19 +0000

about the online gaming experience, it seems the PSN has no owner and nobody cares if you are facing lag the session is disconnected for no reason, or if someone hacked the game to take advantages online (CoD MW2 is an example)… also, in CoD the players with more bw always take advantage… I have a 10mb link witch really works fine for all purposes except for PSN where it seems to be not enough.

I’ll try the Xbox live since I heard that the issues described above only happen in PSN.

Jogar online no Brasil está difícil, vou comprar o XBOX só pra tentar conseguir jogar MW2 online sem lags pois ouvi que isso não acontece no XBOX, tomara que seja verdade…rs

By: foguinho

foguinho — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:59:36 +0000

Como pode alguém dzer uma coisa dessa?O pessoal que acha a PSN ruim é porque não conhece direito.Tanto a live quanto a PSN são ótimas porém distintas uma da outra.Não importa PNS ou LIVE O impoertante mesmo é a diversão.Não concordam??

By: ryan

ryan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:18:43 +0000

Oh please don’t even sugar coat it, PSN is shit, as a online service Live is the only one with a real sense of community, PSN is all random with no support, and owning a mic is a rare thing, i have both systems and experienced both, PSN is by far the inferior service.

By: Ghostz

Ghostz — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:19:31 +0000

wish i had an xbox360,all i have is a wii,its like ive been playing a gamecube for 9 years, the graphics are terrible, im seeing Aza in a few weeks cant wait…