The PlayStation 3 is a better system for gaming than the Xbox 360

Defense 1: Video games and developersI have to deeply apologize to my opponent for this incredibly stupid mistake, when I was debating that ps3 exclusives are superior in quality I actually meant to say quantity. When it comes to the quality of certain games the debate is irresolvable because the quality of a game is subjective and depends on the enjoyment of the individual. Therefor because there are so many different gamers out there you need to have something for everyone and sony delivers that with many different key franchises that also carry different genres. If you look at 2009-present you will notice that the 360 mainly relied on only halo, gears of war and forza. Games like Fable and Alan Wake ended up on the PC where as most ps3 franchises have no alternative. Right now when we are talking about upcoming franchises Sony has LBP karting, God of War ascension, Beyond 2 Souls, One Piece, Dust 514, Sports Champion 2, The Last of Us, Sly Cooper 4 and Playstation All Stars Battle Royale. If you compare that to the 360 you got, Halo 4, Gears of War Judgment, Dance Central 3, Forza Horizon, Lococycle, Matter and Ascend new god. Now the difference is clear, sony provides us with high budget quantity with franchises varying from karting to hack and slash games where as Microsoft focuses mainly on shooters, a racing game and kinect games. As for the claim that games are easier to develop on the xbox 360 is a rather outdated claim, most developers got used to the core processor of the PS3 and even provide the PS3 with extra content such as Kratos exclusively for Mortal Kombat. Microsoft often pays publishers to get DLC earlier. Rebuttal 1: Indie games and developingMy opponent claims that Microsoft supports the smaller developers that Sony ignores, while I won’t ignore that claim indie developers are treated very badly by Microsoft. Microsoft never promotes the XBLIG service and a lot of xbox owners are not even aware that section exists meaning that indie developers need to find their own ways to advertise it, not only that but various indie developers on XBLA such as team meat have shown hatred towards Microsoft. Microsoft has very strict policies when it comes to Xbox Live and it’s one of the main reasons why tons of Live Arcade games haven't seen the light day on the marketplace and why a lot of free-to-play MMOs that were originally announced for the Xbox 360, have yet to appear on the Xbox 360 and won’t be appearing for some time, including The Secret World, Mabinogi, Huxley Age of Conan and Blade & Soul, amongst others. While my opponent does raise the point that Microsoft supports indie developers it does it poorly, indie games are not meant to be on a platform being owned by a large company, it has been often shown that steam a free platform has always been better for indie developers. . http://www.destructoid.com...http://www.wired.com...Defense 2: Features and Online capabilitiesLike I have mentioned before in the previous round I have stated that the Xbox 360 has it’s superior perks however needs to be charged for meaning that it boils down to what preferences there are. I cannot deny the perks and features that XBL provides us Cross Game Chat the ps3 also has it’s superior features such as steam on PSN in which ironicly Gabe Newell has called Xbox Live a trainwreck. My opponent also claims that users rather would like to pay for XBL than use PSN for free however fail to provide us with evidence for that, in fact not only that but it is false, it is estimated that PSN has twice as many users as XBL having over 60 million users compared to XBL’s 30 million. While it is true that Sony has not turned a profit from PSN from a gamers standpoint it is clearly still a better deal. My opponent also states that Xbox live has more features than PSN, while I cannot deny this it still has to be noted that the majority of these features are exclusively to the US, UK or Australia and still requires you to pay a monthly/yearly fee compared to PSN who provides most of these features for completely free. I will however agree with my opponent that updating goes faster and better on XBL than with PSN. . http://www.cinemablend.com...http://www.gamesradar.com...3 Hardware and ReliabilityMy opponent argues that hardware is irrelevant, however you yourself changed the debate to which system is the superior system all around, without hardware you would not have a system in the first place. It still remains a fact that the Playstation 3 is superior in performance, space and resolution which you can clearly look back to on the PS3’s flagship titles which look superior than any other console game out there. Again I have stated that both run 1080P, however the 360 only allows 720P games. So finally I argue that:- I have managed to defend most of my main arguments that my opponent attempted to refute- The PS3 provides us with a larger variety of high budget games and key franchises- Microsoft does a poor job supporting the indie game market and is better off just staying on PC gaming- Both XBL and PSN have it’s pro’s and con’s however most of PSN’s pro’s are completely free compared to Xbox 360’s pro’s- Harder development on the Playstation 3 is rarely an issue anymoreWhich comes to my conclusion that my opponent was unable to refute my points and that the most important arguments on why the PS3 is superior still stands.