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Subject: XBL subscription

Watch out. If I post in your thread, chances are it'll die. I've been cursed, and if I kill your thread, I'm sorry.

I've recently got a PS3 to try some of the exclusives I've wanted to play, and after paying 3 years of subscription fees for Xbox, I have to ask: Why are we paying?

When I boot up the PS3, I'm not bombarded with advertisements like I am when I turn on my Xbox (the advertisers pay microsoft so that their ads can be there, we aren't getting anything for putting up with ads).

The search system seems better on PS3 (you search by letter and it filters as you add a letter rather than having to look for a whole word like you do on Xbox).

The people who pay for the PS+ service get free games (litterally WHOLE GAMES for free. When was the last time we got a AAA game for free because you had a XBL subscription?)

I don't experience the connection problems that people always seem to complain about when they say "the ps3 has terrible multiplayer" (Killzone 3 plays just fine for me).


NOTE: I'm only talking about the benefits of the subscription service, not the games themselves on the systems.



  • 12.30.2012 11:54 AM PDT

What a waste....

I agree. I probably won't buy the next Xbox if online isn't free. I'll just go full PC.

  • 12.30.2012 11:56 AM PDT

I am the Thorian, known as Species 37 to you people. I am an ancient sentient plant that is fifty thousand years old. My ability to hibernate for thousands of years makes my real age impossible to guess though you are welcome to try.

'Cause Xbox LIVE is better.

/xboxlivefanboyism.

[Edited on 12.30.2012 11:57 AM PST]

  • 12.30.2012 11:57 AM PDT

Don't get me wrong, I like the PS3. I just don't see any games it has that interest me. The only games I have on my PS3 are PS1 classics. So I end up playing on my 360.

Of course that will all probably change when Final Fantasy Versus XIII comes out.

  • 12.30.2012 11:57 AM PDT
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  • 12.30.2012 12:01 PM PDT
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"Insert generic signature here"

Because if it costs more money, then it's definitely better.

See, Apple.

  • 12.30.2012 12:02 PM PDT

I love ps3, I like xbox.
I play my ps3 ALOT more than I do xbox live.
ive had so many issues with xbl I may just sell my 360.
ps3 has better exclusives, better quality games, better quality service.

  • 12.30.2012 12:05 PM PDT

Country: United States.
State: Pennsylvania.
County: Warren.
I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

When the next PlayStation comes out I'm getting that. I'm done with Xbox Live. I don't see the point anymore of paying to play games online. When the PSN people play the same games online for free. To make it even worse for the Xbox Live people. PS+ actually gives people benefits for paying for it. What do we get out of paying for Xbox Live besides a pay so you can pay service?







[Edited on 12.30.2012 12:14 PM PST]

  • 12.30.2012 12:10 PM PDT