Comments on: PlayStation 3 vs Xbox 360: Comparison Part 2

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:20:09 +0000

This post is a magnet for comment spam, and while they never get published, they're a huge pain in my ass to moderate.

By: Liam

Liam — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:24:38 +0000

To be honest, i much prefer the PS3 XMB to the XBOX 360 dashboard. Its much easier to access and the new firmware update 2.1 makes it so much better than before, now I can customise my XMB and its always improving with new updates. I think that pretty soon the PSN will be better than xbox live after all its still fairly new. The best thing though is the PSN is free. Does the XBOX 360

get updates like the ps3?

By: Akbar

Akbar — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:03:06 +0000

Its a good comparison, i preferred part 1 though.

You made one mistake that I noticed.

There is a back button on the PS3 controller, its L1 I think. You can use it for the web browser and the PS store.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:09:12 +0000

Hi guys, just ordered my elite. tough choice, but made up my mind in the end.

btw, been hearing rumors about a new version of the PS3 coming out in early '08?

By: Blackadder

Blackadder — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:31:05 +0000

Hi Matt

I find myself in a similar position to yourself where I own all three consoles. I find myself playing more on the XBox than the PS3 due to the lack of software, but I expect that to change in the coming months.

My family and are going through a phase where we are buying the XBox Live Arcade/PS3 online games and the quality of some of those is excellent.

Wit regards to the media server for the ps3, i have used twonky vision (http://www.twonkyvision.de/Products/TwonkyMedia/index.html)
which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. I have a Dlink DNS323 NAS and there is also a version you can install on this as it runs linux which means the computer does not even have to be on.

Anyway, keep up the excellent posts and good luck with the sprog.

By: David Vincent

David Vincent — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:36:05 +0000

Re your point about navigating on the PSS. There IS a back button on the controller – press L1. L2 acts as a forward as well.

By: Timothy Diokno

Timothy Diokno — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:45:43 +0000

…and you don't need to paint it black anymore!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:00:13 +0000

My Xbox is pretty much done. 2 Lights for overheating. Oh well, I'll still never buy a ps3. lol sorry, good post matt.

By: Zain

Zain — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:18:18 +0000

"I could go feature-for-feature, but I'd be here all day. Instead, I'll highlight some areas that really differ between the two."

As soon as i read that i knew it was going to be a really good post.

Even though i love the PS3 i thought it was gonna get a whooping in this part of your review but it seems to faired well.

I was also equally surprised to hear about the ads issue on xlmp (paid for) and pss (free).

Really good in depth review, looking forward to the next part.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:22:08 +0000

@ Andre

The reason you don't have Ads on your Dashboard is due to how you have a child account set up, or you initially signed up for Xbox Live with a child account. If you are under 18 or you first signed up for Xbox Live while under 18 you can not view Ads or do Live Messenger.