PS3 is "most connected" US console

[diasravenguard]

Beyond that the xbox is a closed environment they only opened that for ffxi and they aren't planning on it for the ffxiv game. I know that in addition to the cost of xbox live made me switch. I don't really like online multiplayer much though...

 

[sketchesformysweet]

Brilliant! Its an article like this that makes me not regret buying a PS3 instead of a Xbox 360.

So without such an article you'd regret it? 0_o

It makes perfect sense though. No reason not to connect your PS3.

Well I'm glad I have one because of the great exclusive titles, but I hear a lot of people say that the xbox has a better online community, and that a lot of people who own both consoles buy the unexclusive titles for their xbox as they're paying the online service, and this increases the online community for xbox live. But I'm glad that I'm not missing out on anything afterall.

 

[theironbat46]

hmmm.. I have a question, how would I wirelessly connect my PS3 to PSN?
EDIT: I forgot to mention I got the PS3 when it first cam out. The 64-bit I believe.

I have the original first gen PS3 (like I was one of the very first people to own one), and it has wireless however it's blind so to speak. You need to type in all of the information exactly or it wont see the wireless router.

Thanks, my PS3 will no longer be neglected.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Really, no suprise. Live is pay-to-play, and Wii's is horribly handled, combined with the lack of multiplayer games.

 

[Blights]

I smell a troll.

No you don't.

OT: Yeah, this doesn't surprise me either, surprisingly. [small]OMG DID U C WAT I DID THAR?!?![/small]

I have a couple of friends with Silver accounts, if they could track those as well, the outcome might be different.

 

[Peabob]

I heart my ps3

 

[Treblaine]

According to a study from a US market research firm [TDG], the big black machine has more users connected online then the Xbox 360, and the Wii.

What do you think? The article I found this from can be read here .

It has Wifi.

As soon as you turn it on you connect almost by accident, and there is SOO much encouragement to connect online (games, browser, hulu).

There are so many hoops you have to jump through to get online working on 360 in a typical household it's no surprise there are estimated to be only 10 million Gold Members of Xbox Live (out of 40 million consoles) in the whole world.

 

[migo]

You're still connected to XBL without a subscription, you're just considered a "silver" member. However, most Xboxes don't have built in wi-fi, which explains it. The Wii has a pretty casual crowd, moreso than other consoles anyway, so most don't bother to connect it only cause they just want to play the damn games.

It's not just that', there's simply no point to with the Wii. My girlfriend's cousin has one, and she mentioned that she looked through everything on the Wii to see if there were some free demo downloads, and simply there are none. On the 360 and PS3 there's a reason to connect to download demos and try things out. Just simply can't do that with the Wii so why would you bother?

 

[migo]

Brilliant! Its an article like this that makes me not regret buying a PS3 instead of a Xbox 360.

So without such an article you'd regret it? 0_o

It makes perfect sense though. No reason not to connect your PS3.

Well I'm glad I have one because of the great exclusive titles, but I hear a lot of people say that the xbox has a better online community, and that a lot of people who own both consoles buy the unexclusive titles for their xbox as they're paying the online service, and this increases the online community for xbox live. But I'm glad that I'm not missing out on anything afterall.

Yeah, that's true. I've got a 360 and am on the 1 month Xbox Live Gold trial, and I don't even consider it good enough to be worth creating a new account each month for another free trial for the multiplayer games, let alone paying for it.

 

[Dexiro]

The Wii's online isn't as seamless as the other consoles, it's never really pushed on you. You just get the occasional game with online multiplayer and the Wii Shop icon hidden away in the corner.

Not to mention a lot of Wii players won't be so tech-headed, they'll be more into 10 minute Wii Fit sessions and local multiplayer than the whole online kabang.

 

[Sougo]

Don't worry. Kinect will change all of that.

Yes, I am being sarcastic.

 

[Googenstien]

makes sense too where its free online services and a top BluRay player, so I can see many people using it just for BluRays. Plus, BluRays need to go online alot to access things and pull up different trailers and crap like that so it would need to be connected.

 

[Da_Schwartz]

Probably because it's free. And if you own one essentially your connected online. I mean who doesn't have a internet connection for their console nowadays. >.>

 

[Sacman]

cause it's free that's why I'm on...

 

[dohteM]

I'm a PS3 fanboy, but, while microsoft charges users 50 bucks per year for XboX live, you get most of that money back in shape of microsoft points when you earn an achievement in a game. It also encourages people to buy more games. You might even be able to earn some money out of it by borrowing friend's and family's games and just use youtube to quickly unlock all achievements.

 

[mad825]

group's survey of 2000 adult broadband users said they had it connected to the net

epic fail of an study......2 thousand for a survey *chuckles* you'll have better luck find out the meaning of life

EDIT:

even so the difference is marginal between the PS3 and the 360 if the information is "true"

 

[migo]

I'm a PS3 fanboy, but, while microsoft charges users 50 bucks per year for XboX live, you get most of that money back in shape of microsoft points when you earn an achievement in a game. It also encourages people to buy more games. You might even be able to earn some money out of it by borrowing friend's and family's games and just use youtube to quickly unlock all achievements.

What are you talking about? I've got a Gold account right now and I get no Microsoft points any time I hit an achievement.