More PSN than XBL accounts?

Posted in Gaming and tagged with , , on 02/26/2009 05:48 pm by MissAthenaHollow

Recently, Sony announced that there are roughly 20 million registered Playstation Network accounts, which is about 3 million more than that registered for xBox Live.

Really? Well, I mean, it makes sense, since the xBox live network is being calculated solely on xBox 360 accounts, and the playstation network is an all encompassing set of numbers for both Playstation 3 and PSP.

I’m pretty sure that means that yes, Playstation may be doing better on raw signups, but does that necessarily mean their networks are better?

Here’s just a couple of differences of the pros vs both networks:

PSN pros:

* Free
* Utilized for both PSP and PS3

XBL pros:

* Exclusive downloadable content for games that AREN’T xBox exclusive games
* Exclusive demos for games that AREN’T xBox exclusive games
* Netflix integration

Yes, xBox live costs money, but with that money they are able to negotiate exclusive DLC, along with other major points of content interest such as the netflix deal.

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather pay a whole $50 a year for something that will get used on a daily, or semi daily basis; has excellent uptime; offers unique content, than get a ps3 where I personally don’t know of a single game that is exclusive that I would enjoy enough to justify paying $400 for a console.

4 Responses to “More PSN than XBL accounts?”

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    Killshot Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    Except xbox live requires an xbox 360
    An xbox 360 requires the red ring of death.
    Red ring of death requires you to stop playing what you paid for.

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    MissAthenaHollow Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Actually the ps3 has a fail rate due to overheating as well, so you can’t say it’s xbox exclusive.
    Also, xbox is taking blame for their fuckup, whereas sony has refused to take any fault, blaming it solely on pure coincidence.
    But, the new xbox’s so far are very promising. Putting out nearly half the BTU’s as the old chip, the more stable graphics chip and the powersupply that’s also nearly half the original, Microsoft has done their part in trying to keep this from happening.

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    hedgegoth Says:
    February 26th, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    @killshot
    Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.

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    Mario Green Says:
    November 22nd, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Ive been reading your articles for a while now, this has to be by far the best. Keep up the good work. XBOX Live

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