The Playstation 3 is a better console than the Xbox 360.

counter to number 1: My opponent stated that Bluray makes the Ps3 superior as far as picture and sound. My opponent failed to mention really anything about console game play. Yea people love blu ray, i have a Ps3 and Xbox and yea they are great but the edge goes to Xbox. Counter to number 2: My opponent said paying for Xbox live gives you practically nothing. This is wrong. Since you mentioned games like Cod; People who pay for xbox live however get map packs a month earlier for ps3. There is a reason Xbox is the biggest online community. as you can see here on Topten reviews, you may think it is false info but it isnt. Xbox has a larger community . http://video-game-consoles-review.toptenreviews.com... Ps3 has a terrible security system. Sure it works on features but the PSN network has been more vulnerable to hackers than xbox. Ps3 downloads for games also last a while while xbox the download is quick. Ps3 has so much memory and things that downloads are often slow. Also the server has been known to crash as well. And its usaully down for hours. However Xbox servers did crash but that was after the release of MW3 which broke the cnsole record for most players on xbox live at once heres my source on that . http://www.computerandvideogames.com... You must realize this is a video game console, people dont get on just watch movies, although it is a great add on, xbox allows everything Ps3 does except blu ray. I can never tell the diffrence between HD and non HD and you tend to pay more for Bluray movies anyway. Xbox live allows you to have parties. Meaning you and your friends can be in a party chat together without everyone else. This makes it more friend friendly literally. xbox: Incredible Community Experience- parties, easily join friends games Great Support From Microsoft- microsoft constantly works to fix spawn, and patch bug in the server Xbox Live Interface is Sleek Wide Variety of Free and Paid Downloadable Content Great Points System Ps3: Little Support From Developers Regarding Bugs UI Can Be Hard To Navigate Dashboard Doesn't Look as Polished as Xbox Live. now i will throw some cons about ps3: No Subscription Charge Web Browser and Search Engine Included I am making this a fair debate, i will admit Ps3 is amazing sometimes. Halo may have lost its luster but another thing im not hearing talked about is playstation move vs kinect which is a big feature. As you will see on this website; Kinect adventures as of Jan, 21st 2012 is the 4th best selling game and its for the Xbox platform. In 5th is xbox, Cod MW3 and 6th is PS3 Cod MW3, 8th is xbox Skyrim, 9th coming in close is Ps3 Skyrim, This is global by the way. Ps3 however battlefield is doing very well, better than xbox's version . http://www.vgchartz.com... Xbox seems to be having great advantage but Ps3 isn't trailing by far i will admit that. Yes ps3 exclusives like uncharted and Little big planet b as you can see Uncharted is only 21st on the list and you can see the hardware and soft ware totals to the right show xbox is in the lead by several millions almost. But when Halo was popular it did well. It sold so much in years. Halo offered the ability to create parts of the maps and gave you endless possibilities. also if you notice Xbox had 13 games in the top sales since Jan 21st 2012 Ps3 had 8 and most of Xbox's 1 in the top 40, the Xbox versions were higher than PS3 versions Honestly im glad i pay about 39.99 a year to get things earlier, to have quick downloads, and be able to connect to friends and have a great gaming exp. Now you may try to say Xbox discs mess up or something like that. I will defend this by saying yes they will mess up but it is the buyers fault. The xbox hard drive is 60 GB. It takes very little GB to install a game to the hard drive. When you buy a game the first thing that should be done is download to your hard drive. i learned the hard way my first year but later noticed my game had three rings around i because i accidentally messed up in putting the game in or moving my xbox. i noticed it still played because i downloaded it to my hard drive when i bought it. I believe Xbox is truly the better console.