QUOTE(=CHAVEZ= @ Aug 13 2008, 07:28 AM)
The main reason why PS3 online is better than Live is that it's FREE! ...
That's debatable. Personally I WANT IT TO BE A PAY SERVICE...
here's why:
If some ass-hat goes around team killing spouting racial slurs and other garbage, I can report him... if enough people report him, he gets banned.
On a pay service: he has to fork over another $50 if he want's to keep up the garbage, chances are he'll realize real quick that it's not worth the money to behave that way.
On a free service: he can make as many accounts as he likes, banning him has no effect, he'll just pop up again.
-Lets not forget that on a free service he can make multiple accounts, this allows him to load up your team with dummy characters while he kills you over and over again
-He can also create new accounts just to piss you off where the name of his account is directly related to yours and a drags your name through the mud.
-lots of other crap that can happen with "free" accounts phishing, spamming, scamming etc...
This is all crap I've seen done in the past on "free" online services. The minimal cost barrier of Xbox live prohibits that behavior because now the dip-shits have to pay if they want to be a pain in the ass.
I spend more money on a Saturday Night's dinner than I spend on Xbox Live for a whole f-ing year...
If you can't afford it ... GET A JOB. I like my online gaming to be 99% free of spam accounts thank you.
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As for this article... great... I'm glad that some guy thinks PSOnline is doing better than XBL in some areas... it might actually be helpful if they stated WHICH areas it's doing better at.