[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Funky Fly Actually, Samsung makes the best BD player rn. The PS3 is pretty much a close second, especially being CDN$50 cheaper, a game system and almost as good a BD player (very minor difference in specs).

Almost every online source disagrees with you.

I hear they're cutting out backward compatibility (doesn't affect me, but it's lame) and the internet service is kinda shit.

One of the funny things about the complaints about the 360's live service costing money is that we're told that they're the same service. It's ridiculous on many levels.

First off, the Gold users pay for a lot of the features that people claim are "free." One of the first things any consumer should learn is that there's no such thing as free. God, in my school, they drilled that shit into your head in like 7th grade. I can't imagine people being so naive as to take anything at face value, but it happens.

But the more important element is actually that you're not getting the same service. Even with the XMB enhancements, you're still not getting the service Live offers you. People often try to equate the two. I'd love it if you could find games even half as readily on the PS3's service. Thing is you can't.

I would never pay for a service that was actually similar to PSN. Sony promised a free online service to rival Microsoft's pay service. They were half right.

But yeah, I go where the games are. It was Sony the last 2 gens, and it's icrosoft this time. I don't get fanboyism, and I don't even get the need to defend "my" system. Loyalty to Nintendo gets you fucked in terms of number of games. Loyalty to the lead system almost always leads to defective hardware (Sony for two gens, Microsoft this time).