are you downloading these games and other things for the 360 from the 360 and if so how i could use some help with learning this thing a lil better. I have had it for a couple of months but i am still not getting this online thing. I want to get a conect so i can talk to my x box.
On 3/8/12, Yohandy <[email protected]> wrote: > Whenever people discuss one console vs another, there are always some bias > opinions. I guess this can't be helped, since people often think whatever > they purchase is the best there is, and will come up with all sorts of > inventive ways to prove such opinions. well I have both now, and I'm here to > discuss pros and cons of each. First off: xbox has a totally awesome web > interface, which ps3 lacks. I can't begin to explain to you how awesome it > is to want a game, and immediately go and grab the thing without having to > ask for sighted assistance on every little step. Not just games though. this > works for everything in the marketplace, from DLC, to music and movies. you > can also add friends, check if they're online and what they're doing, and > check their achievements on the fly. no need to synchronize achievements on > 360 like there is for ps3 trophies, or to check your achievements on an > external site. Another thing 360 has going for it is an amazing online > experience. Yes ps3 has online as well, and yes ps3's online component is > free. but I believe xbox has a better experience overall. I think the main > reason for this is that we pay for online on xbox. so if their online was > broken, there'll be lots of angry people demanding a refund. with ps3, the > thing's free, so it doesn't matter as much. on xbox I haven't been > disconnected once from its online mode, since the time I purchased the > console about a week ago. PS3 I get disconnected quite frequently, for no > apparent reason. remember guys, I'm using the same setup here for > everything, only thing that changes is the consoles. xbox also has cross > game chat, which allows you to chat with friends while everyone plays > different games. ps3 you either voice chat from the game itself, or you need > to go into their voice chat application. once you're in, you can't do > anything else with your console. you'll need to quit the voice chat session. > Another thing. downloads on xbox fly. a 1GB file took a few minutes, and > game patches are near instantaneous. this isn't the case for ps3. sometimes > you do get a download fast, but most times the thing's super slow. same > thing with console updates. Also, the 360 doesn't appear to freeze as much > as the ps3 does. I'm sure ps3 owners have experienced the freezing of doom. > you're playing a game, or doing something on your console, then you hear 3 > beeps, and console restarts. my 360 hasn't frozen a single time since I've > had it. now for some good things about ps3. Online is free. although to be > honest, after trying online on the 360, I'd prefer to pay for it if I got > the same quality of service from Sony that I'm getting from xbox. free isn't > everything. Also Sony has this really awesome service called PSN plus. once > you get a subscription, you can buy many games at a huge discount, and each > month you get many free games. in fact, last month we got like 8 games > hahaha. Not all games are playable, but man plus itself is freakin awesome, > and I totally love it since we have new and awesome games to check out every > week. this month they're giving away Super Street Fighter 2 turbo remix, and > Um Jammer Lammy free. I can't wait to grab these! another great thing about > ps3? the controller - I'm slowly getting used to the xbox controller, I'm > definitely better with it than I was when I started hahaha, but the ps3 > controller feels so good and so natural in my hands, and the D-pad is so > perfect. I don't think 360 controller will ever feel that way to me lol. > another pro for ps3 is the fact that there are soooooo many exclusives for > that platform. and really good ones too. most of them we can't play of > course, but that doesn't stop them from being good, or from being available. > If you have sighted assistance and a ps3, I urge you guys to check out > something like uncharted or Heavy rain. Those are some truly awesome gaming > experiences. there are more pros and cons, but you guys probably won't be > too interested. like swapping hard drives for instance. on ps3 you can use > any laptop drive, but you need to mess around with screws to get to the > drive. Xbox HDD is proprietary, but opening the case to get the the drive > doesn't require any screws and will probably take 2 seconds to do hahaha. > Anyhow, if you guys have specific questions about either platform that I > haven't answered here, let me know and I'll try and answer them to the best > of my ability. hope this clears some things up for everyone! > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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