The browser is a lot more bearable with a mouse and keyboard. Definitely far from perfect, but the option is still there if you so choose. The reasoning behind the browser being a big advantage is if you sit to play a movie and a couple days ago, say you saw a movie on the watch it now list you wanted to watch, but you can’t find it anywhere on the lists provided on the PS3/360 Netflix, you can go to the browser and search for the title and add it from there, which is more convenient than having to go to the PC and add it to your queue from there, especially if the PC is located elsewhere.

As far as the initial boot of the disc, the PS3′s fast boot time makes up for it. Going from booting up Netflix and then to video playback, the 360 was about 20 seconds faster, but if you include system boot time, they both came out to about 1:45. Loading time for the movies after you press the play button for both is roughly 0:35. Also, the bluetooth remote is a big advantage for sure.

Also with the Live stuff, I don’t really think they’ve really innovated much of anything THAT much. And yeah, I agree with the PSN and 13 year olds. They aren’t as bad as Live in my experience, but it is getting worse. I mute people on both consoles all the time. The 360 does have a big plus with joining friends online, though. That’s definitely something the PS3 needs.

Facebook/Twitter implementation will most likely make its way to PS3 in a console-friendly way (Uncharted 2 already does Twitter), but it’s not really needed. The browser is there for people who want to use the PS3, though. I prefer PC myself, of course. And the Facebook Mobile portal works great on PSP. As for Netflix implementation, I’ve been wanting it since it was announced for 360 lol. THe PS3 browser definitely isn’t that great, but at least the PS3 has one.

Once you get used to it, you can work with it pretty fast. Adding Sasquatch Gang to my watch instantly queue last night took probably 2 minutes (and that’s with the bluetooth remote surprisingly), if that. Doing it on the PC would have probably taken about 1:30, assuming you put your PC in hibernate or sleep mode (much longer if you need to start it up. Even if the PS3 were shut down, they start up much faster than a PC), so that’s a far cry from 1/5 the time.

In any case, I don’t really have a need for Live Gold anymore and will be reverting my account back to Silver this month, since it’s renewal time and I rarely use my 360 anyway. Whenever I get Forza 3, though, I MIGHT reconsider, but I don’t even have the money right now to use Live anyway.

You seem to think that because MS puts it on the Xbox first. Sony would have never done it. Which is incorrect. I admit it does give them a push but it doesn’t mean it would have never happened. Not to mention the only reason MS has these services first is because they pay for their exclusives. They paid Netflix for its exclusive streaming service. Though you would never get anyone to confirm this. Fortunately for us these exclusives only last a year. You think its a coincidence that the PS3 just happened to get Netflix the exact same time time of year the Xbox got it last year?

Also the point of bringing up that you can use Twitter and Facebook on your PS3 since it launched. Is not the fact that you or anyone would use it. But rather it is yet another thing Microsoft is adding to a paid service that the PS3 can do for free. Though I expect something more integrated to come to the PS3 sometime in the future.

Just to mention. No one is thrashing the service. They are thrashing the fact that you must pay for gold in order to use this service. So try and keep it straight and not act like people are hating the fact that you can use Facebook and Twitter on your Xbox. Because once Sony releases its Facebook and Twitter XMB. They will once again be offering these services for free.

Oh please please please tell us how Live is so much better.
Tell us how in order to use free services on your Xbox you must pay a monthly fee.
Tell us why, even though you can use Netflix for free on the PS3. You’re still getting what you pay for when you pay for gold.
Tell us how Live is so much better when you can just use the PS3′s web browser and use twitter and facebook. (By the way the Xbox facebook and twitter app is lame as you can’t do everything the site offers on your xbox. Meaning you will have to use your computer to still get the full experience.)

How exactly is adding free services to something you must pay for a ok thing thing to do? Other then having a overall better network when it comes to online play. I don’t see how Live is so much better. With all the stuff they force people to pay for gold for that you can use for free else where. It ridiculous that people actually defend it. Gold is definitely not worth the price of a game per year. Not to mention the PSN is getting better by the day. I can play Killzone 2 online with no problems.

Seems to me you came to a PS3 BLOG as a Xbox fan boy but claimed to be a Ps fan boy. But you seem to be blinded to the fact that the PS3 offers everything the Xbox live gold offers but for free. Microsoft has no intention to reduce the price or make those free services free to all Live members and not just gold. I have stopped paying for Gold for 2 years. The only thing that was giving me an itch to pay again was to stream Netflix on my TV. Now I don’t have to and Microsoft can shove Gold right up their greedy ass.