Yes, but look at your trophies. If you care, you're gonna have to start all over again on the xbox. Doesn't that sound like fun. I do love the xbox online purchasing system, but i'm not going to purchase everything I have on the xbox again. Have fun with 5 year olds on voice chat... Sent from my iPad On Mar 9, 2012, at 10:53 AM, "Yohandy" <yohandy85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well thing is, interfaces you can get around. but lack of accessibility you > can't. what good is a great interface, if you can't access most of it? let's > say downloading games on the ps3 console is much easier, well we need to ask > for sighted assistance each time we want to get something, so what good is > such an interface? as a matter of fact, there isn't much we can do on the > ps3's interface anyway, so it's essentially useless to us regardless of its > ease of use to the average gamer. I've been a Sony gamer for many years, but > I had to open my eyes and look at the bigger picture. with the ways things > are going these days, with touch interfaces and the like, I think the future > for the blind gamer will be the 360. look at vita. completely touch based > interface. next xbox is rumored to have a controller with touch features, but > the major diference is that xbox has kinect, we can use it for navigating > around. ps3 doesn't have such a device, only the playstation move. and that's > of no use to us when it comes to navigation. I have a move so I should know > lol. also there is this: when you go into the avatar editor on the xbox site, > there's a button that says: Avatar Editor with accessibility. there are also > many accessibility links throughout the xbox sites. so that should solidify > in your minds microsoft's stand for gamers with disabilities. sony on the > other hand, always ignores my accessibility requests. answer me this: what > good will a great d-pad on the ps4 be, if the entire interface is touch based > and we can't use it? it's time we all look at the bigger picture. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle" <lifeguardstrike@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <brandonslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:34 PM > Subject: [brandon's list] Re: PS3 VS Xbox 360: my thoughts. > > > I also own both, and this is my opinion. I'll stick with my ps3. The ps3 has > an interface that is much easier to use. Everything is organized, unlike xbox > where everything is just thrown on your screen. But, both consoles are great, > and the console wars will never end, but i'll always defend the ps3. Okay, > okay, I just made that sound like the end of some kind of war game. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 8, 2012, at 7:20 PM, "Yohandy" <yohandy85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Whenever people discuss one console vs another, there are always some bias >> opinions. I guess this can't be helped, since people often think whatever >> they purchase is the best there is, and will come up with all sorts of >> inventive ways to prove such opinions. well I have both now, and I'm here to >> discuss pros and cons of each. First off: xbox has a totally awesome web >> interface, which ps3 lacks. I can't begin to explain to you how awesome it >> is to want a game, and immediately go and grab the thing without having to >> ask for sighted assistance on every little step. Not just games though. this >> works for everything in the marketplace, from DLC, to music and movies. you >> can also add friends, check if they're online and what they're doing, and >> check their achievements on the fly. no need to synchronize achievements on >> 360 like there is for ps3 trophies, or to check your achievements on an >> external site. Another thing 360 has going for it is an amazing online >> experience. Yes ps3 has online as well, and yes ps3's online component is >> free. but I believe xbox has a better experience overall. I think the main >> reason for this is that we pay for online on xbox. so if their online was >> broken, there'll be lots of angry people demanding a refund. with ps3, the >> thing's free, so it doesn't matter as much. on xbox I haven't been >> disconnected once from its online mode, since the time I purchased the >> console about a week ago. PS3 I get disconnected quite frequently, for no >> apparent reason. remember guys, I'm using the same setup here for >> everything, only thing that changes is the consoles. xbox also has cross >> game chat, which allows you to chat with friends while everyone plays >> different games. ps3 you either voice chat from the game itself, or you need >> to go into their voice chat application. once you're in, you can't do >> anything else with your console. you'll need to quit the voice chat session. >> Another thing. downloads on xbox fly. a 1GB file took a few minutes, and >> game patches are near instantaneous. this isn't the case for ps3. sometimes >> you do get a download fast, but most times the thing's super slow. same >> thing with console updates. Also, the 360 doesn't appear to freeze as much >> as the ps3 does. I'm sure ps3 owners have experienced the freezing of doom. >> you're playing a game, or doing something on your console, then you hear 3 >> beeps, and console restarts. my 360 hasn't frozen a single time since I've >> had it. now for some good things about ps3. Online is free. although to be >> honest, after trying online on the 360, I'd prefer to pay for it if I got >> the same quality of service from Sony that I'm getting from xbox. free isn't >> everything. Also Sony has this really awesome service called PSN plus. once >> you get a subscription, you can buy many games at a huge discount, and each >> month you get many free games. in fact, last month we got like 8 games >> hahaha. Not all games are playable, but man plus itself is freakin awesome, >> and I totally love it since we have new and awesome games to check out every >> week. this month they're giving away Super Street Fighter 2 turbo remix, and >> Um Jammer Lammy free. I can't wait to grab these! another great thing about >> ps3? the controller - I'm slowly getting used to the xbox controller, I'm >> definitely better with it than I was when I started hahaha, but the ps3 >> controller feels so good and so natural in my hands, and the D-pad is so >> perfect. I don't think 360 controller will ever feel that way to me lol. >> another pro for ps3 is the fact that there are soooooo many exclusives for >> that platform. and really good ones too. most of them we can't play of >> course, but that doesn't stop them from being good, or from being available. >> If you have sighted assistance and a ps3, I urge you guys to check out >> something like uncharted or Heavy rain. Those are some truly awesome gaming >> experiences. there are more pros and cons, but you guys probably won't be >> too interested. like swapping hard drives for instance. on ps3 you can use >> any laptop drive, but you need to mess around with screws to get to the >> drive. Xbox HDD is proprietary, but opening the case to get the the drive >> doesn't require any screws and will probably take 2 seconds to do hahaha. >> Anyhow, if you guys have specific questions about either platform that I >> haven't answered here, let me know and I'll try and answer them to the best >> of my ability. hope this clears some things up for everyone! >> >> >> > >