Xbox 360 is better than PlayStation 3

1. Your first point about Xbox Live being more secure may have been relevant a few years ago, but at this point the PSN is no less secure than XBL. Yes, the Playstation Network was hacked and down for about a month a few years ago, but this caused Sony to beef up the security of the Playstation Network and there haven't been any major incidences since. The Playstation Network hack made the Playstation Network stronger over the long term. 2. The Xbox controller being better is purely based on opinion. I can't stand the thing, the directional pad is terrible, it requires AA batteries or a wired connection, the offset control sticks feel awkward, and the controller is just too big. I am a 20 year old male with an above average hand size and even I think the controller is just too large and uncomfortable. The point you made about the Dualshock's control sticks being less accurate is simply just not true. In fact, the PS3's controller is a little better for shooters than the 360's. Here is an article from PC World that gives an explanation of how the PS3's control sticks are more accurate. http://www.pcworld.com... 3. Your initial argument was that having a wide variety of games was what made the 360 better, but now you're arguing that the 360 is only better if you like shooters? It's obvious that the PS3 has a better library of other games, but I would argue that the shooters on PS3 are also better than the shooters on 360. First of all, the 360 really only has 2 main shooter series which you called out by name: Halo and Gears of War. Both of these game series, while being well received, are nothing special. Once Bungie left the Halo series to create Destiny and Cliff Bleszinski left Epic, both of these series took a down turn. This is illustrated by the fact that Halo 4 failed to reach the same level of quality as its predecessors, posting a score on Metacritic lower than that of Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo Reach. In the same way, Gears of War: Judgement posted the lowest Metacritic score of any Gears of War game ever. Both of these series are in decline. On the other hand, Sony is not afraid to diversify its library by publishing multiple first and third person shooters on the PS3, including the Resistance series, the Killzone series, MAG, Starhawk, Warhawk, SOCOM, etc. By providing a wide variety of quality shooters, the Playstation 3 offers gamers more options for a quality shooter. Finally, the argument that the 360 has a better shooter community is anecdotal at best. While it is true that games like Call of Duty sell more on the 360, it doesn't mean that their community is better on 360. In fact, a larger community usually means that there are more people who try to troll other users. The shooter communities on Xbox 360 also have a reputation of being filled with younger children who annoy older gamers. 4. While it is true that for the first few years after the PS3 came out cross-platform games performed worse, at this stage in the PS3's life they are identical to their Xbox 360 counterparts. You use Skyrim as an example like it's the norm, but in reality it is an exception. In addition, I would also like to point out that 3rd parties often offer exclusive, free content exclusively to the Playstation community. For example, Assassin's Creed III had exclusive free DLC missions and Bioshock Infinite came with Bioshock 1 on the disc for free. The only exclusives that 3rd parties give 360 is that they can pay $15 for a map pack a few weeks earlier on 360 than on PS3. This is another clear example of how the PS3 just offers a better experience than the 360. I'm glad you also brought up the point about Sony's own studios being able to create visually breathtaking games like Uncharted, a game that wouldn't be possible on the weaker hardware of the Xbox 360. 5. This argument is also anecdotal. The vast majority of my friends own PS3s, while only a few own 360s. The argument that higher sales in America leading to more of your friends owning one is hollow at best. It is well documented that the 360 has a ridiculously high failure rate, so many of the console sales attributed to the 360 are, in reality, just people replacing their broken unit with a new one. The true number of active 360s will probably never be known, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was close to or even lower than the number of active PS3s. This also ties into another point I would like to make, the Xbox 360 is a dead console. Looking at the release schedule for the 360, it is very clear that Microsoft is turning their attention to the next Xbox. The only game they have published all year is the disappointing Gears of War: Judgement and they have no releases planned for the 360 for the rest of the year. On the other hand, Sony has already put out God of War: Ascension, MLB 13: The Show, and Sly and they are going to be releasing Dust 514, Puppeteer, and the game of the year contender The Last of Us. 6. Networking to a computer on the Playstation 3 is very easy to do, I use it all the time to watch videos or listen to music from my laptop. It's not tricky at all. Though it is true that PS3 doesn't have Smart Glass, it doesn't need it. Smart Glass hasn't shown anything that proves it's more than just a lame gimmick. On the other hand, connecting a Playstation Vita to the PS3 is extremely easy, allowing you to use it as controller for some games. In addition, games that are out on both Vita and Playstation 3 allow you to transfer your saves between them though cloud saving and take your games with you on the go. As you can see, most of these claims you have made are, again, anecdotal with little in the way of hard evidence to back them up.