Seriously I keep wanting to pick up Xbox 360 because frankly it has the universal party system and PlayStation 3 just doesn't no matter how you look at it , that is a fault.

The lack of cross game chat and voice mail messaging? That is a fault.

These are the two biggest faults I see with PS3 and the fact that the general online service is smoother on Xbox is still a big issue for PS3 to contend with.

Am I the only person who mutes everyone who isnt a "friend", be that 360 or PS3? 99% of what I hear spouted over the headsets is pure nonsense.

PC, 360, PS3, I only talk to friends.

You want to play online on a 360, you *HAVE* to pay for XBL. Exactly how is it a perk that a benefit for "professional" gamers?

"Pros" lmao.

The real "Pros" are most likely on PC..

I agree the online aspect of the 360 is superior. While Sony has come a long way since the inception of the PSN, it keeps trailing behind XBL in features. I'm not quite sure why Sony doesn't get some things like cross-game chat down sooner rather than later if they intend to compete with XBL.

from my experience with Live its abunch of 12 year olds who talk about other games instead of the one their playing. As far as the author was saying most of his friends play Mw2, well last Itime I checked, there was around 300,000 people playing mw2 on the ps3. Also, the party chat that 360 fanboys worship doesn't work with the majority of game modes for mw2. He mention one pro who prefers the 360,so I guess that means all pros prefer it. Nice try with your troll article

I really don't care what the "pros" are doing...I play games for fun, not as a profession.

The only thing competitive about Mw2 is who has the best cheats and gliches, and who can push the button for knifing the fastest

Last time I checked, Vast majority of professional E-Sports broadcasts are games on the PC.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

CS, Starcraft, etc.

Halo 3 crushes all when it comes to competative play because it is unquestionably the most balanced out of any console game. No perks or gun modes to unbalance the game. Everyone gets a gun and their skill... let the best man/team win. Hence why its still the game of choice for MLG for console shooters.

i think yall missing the point and i agree wit this article

I think it depends.

If you watch MLG for shooters the main game played is Halo not Call of Duty.
(Xbox 360)

If you watch EVO for fighting games the main games played there are Street Fighter, Marvel VS Capcom, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, and Blaz Blue.
(PS3)

For racing games everybody plays Gran Turismo. The majority of race car drivers use Gran Turismo to practice for races.
(PS3)

For RTS/MMOS everybody plays WOW and Star Craft.
(PC)

TBH I don't think the pros really care which gaming platforms their using all they want to do is show off their skills and win the prize money.

I really enjoy playing online via my PS3, most games do have people with mics, and I've never seen it as a problem. Anyone who is a proper gamer pretty much has a headset anyway, and the online experience for me is the same when I play on Xbox Live.

Xbox Live has more features, but I don't really use them to be honest, and for me it isn't that important to have them on the PS3 ie Cross game chat/Party chat.

I've stated in defense for XBL and now in defense of PSN; ANY networked connection (including LAN) will have inherent lag.

PSN doesn't lag no more than XBL and vice-versa.

It's either YOUR connect, someone who you've connected to (host) or some ash-hole F N with the connection using lag switches.

Competitive gaming used to be MAINLY on the PC but XBL has crashed that party.

I personally H8 playing competitive TEAM-BASED games and there is no communication from any teammates. Which is why I'd never play games like MW2 on PSN.

this site is full of ps3 fanboys and if you told them there ps3 did not make good coffee they would argue it does and its the best at it!

this site has the biggest fanbase of people in denile i have even known it's worse than the sony forums lol just full of teens loving the ps3 with free online becuase they can not afford real online.

you get what you pay for!

you can not even compare psn to xboxlive,psn is somthin sony put on becuase they had to!

i can't stand listening to N00B-HEADS online chatting total cr*p all day[bit like reading this site then] LoL

HOT DAYM THIS WAS SO AWESOMEEEEE

Nah pro's use dedicated servers not P2P and a Pro would know which is better

Pros play on their pc's...

The Real Pros play on the P.C. Period.

what a stupid, flamebait article. -_-

And this comes to you from someone who has both consoles and plays online with both. I don't want to use modern warfare 2 as a way of gauging ones skill however its the only title that I have for both consoles.

On psn, since I've started playing the game I've dropped so many nukes that I lost count. On xbox live, only 1. Again, this isn't scientific proof but it definitley shows me that as a core player the level of online competion (on consoles) is way higher on Live.

So a mic makes me a pro gamer? Sweet.

Why the Pro Play Live

Easy because it’s integrated, fluid, and has an infrastructure that separates it in a superior way, the main thing that For ROME said a while back Fluidity is what makes an online service unique, if it isn’t easy to communicate and fluid, people will laugh and toss it to the side.

Xbox live still has the upper hand, SONY has yet to separate itself from being clunky, time will tell.

Is THE place for Multiplayer...Nuff Said.
Disagree if you want, won't change fact.

some got skills but alot are your average joe kid. All my friends who only play shooters and sports games got the x360 and they all are mainstream gamers who suck and dont follow gameing. These are my friends who wouldnt play rpgs, adventures, or innovative type games or even mario. X360 has not many forum gamers and to be lacking so many japan gamers is fail because we all know japan gamer skills in puzzle games, fighters, etc that are the hardest of hardcore games and require the most skill.

Do people use there mic more on the x360? yeah but that really has nothing to do with gaming skill. It actually takes away from a gaming because people are just goofing off and being annoying. People are cross game chatting with there friends and crap.

If you are in a clan you will get the same competition and mic use on both consoles end of story and clans is what you join for competitive gaming. People only hype up live because it has more american users. Americans are not that great at games.

Ps3 has more foriegn users and you already know how awesome koreans, asians, etc are good at games. You see the youtube vids of themm doing insane stuff in hardcore gmaes and not this fps bs.

I really don't think any level headed, ineffectual gamer can disagree that Xbox Live Gold offers a more solid Multi-player experience all round for games than PSN or PSN+

I dont know if I agree with the lack of communication because no matter what game I am playing I usually end up muting most of my team because they are loud and obnoxious.

when im on xbl that is

This PS3 biased sight makes me sad.

It is funny to see fan-boys troll every 360 pro articles cos they get wind up, mind.

Why the best of the best play on Xbox Live? Because the best gamers, require the BEST online service.

Man Blinx is whack as whack as ...Knack.

Man, what i would do for a new Chromehounds. The game was so good imo

I will beat both blinxs one day! The first game got really hard after like 9 or 10 levels. Bling Blinx!

Blinx was terrible. I remember playing it and thinking wtf?

Someone really need to revive Blinx, or make a game like it, the idea of the time power is really good, they just need to improve it, and its way more interesting than in quantum break.

Dammit I want Deathrow!