xbox 360:

-Mottos for display on gamer profiles

-Game achievements, which are earned during gameplay

-Reputation rating which is voted on by other players who decide to either prefer or avoid another player. The reputation defaults to 100% (Five stars) over time after one player has preferred you.

-Gamerscores, which are a total of a player’s achievement points

-Friends list, which is a list of a player’s chosen friends, up to 100 friends allowed

-Recent player list, which lists the last 50 players a user has played with

-Complaint filing system, which allows a user to report another user that has broken the Xbox Live Terms of Use

-Windows Live messenger integration

-Access to Xbox Live Marketplace content, including new game content, games and movies

-Voice Chat (wireless or wired headset required, Xbox Live Silver members are limited to two-player voice chat, while 3+ player voice chat has been implemented for Gold members with the New Xbox Experience)

-Video Chat (Live Vision camera required, with headset optional for chatting)

-Multiplayer gameplay, where a user can link up 4 Xbox’s to play together (known as system link), or connect online (Online requires Xbox Live Gold)

-Enhanced matchmaking using cumulative gamerscore, reputation, location/language profile, and gamer zone

-Bio section in which one can list personal interests, URLs, etc.

-Parental controls, limiting children’s exposure to other users (“Family Settings”)

-Inside Xbox is a newsletter about Xbox Live news, events, products, interviews and games that is integrated in the Xbox 360 Dashboard. Content for Inside Xbox is created by the Xbox global marketing team and features streaming video segments “Pick Up and Play”, “Major’s Minute” with Larry Hryb and “Game with Fame”.

-windows media center:allows you to stream music,videos,other things from your pc to your 360.You can also browse on the internet with this.

Upcoming features

-Social networking sites Facebook and Twitter will be accessible over Xbox Live.

-Last.fm will allow users to stream music and radio content through their Xbox 360.

-Sky TV (UK and Ireland only) will allow users to access premium Sky TV content and watch live TV through their Xbox 360.

-Instant-on 1080p HD movies with 5.1 surround sound will allow users to stream movies from the Zune Marketplace (formerly the Xbox Live Video Marketplace)

-Netflix instantly with no delay.

-Movie Parties allow for movies and TV shows to be viewable with friends over Xbox Live.

-Avatar Marketplace will offer premium items, interactive props and game styles for Avatars.

-Music Store offers content especially for music-orientated games such as Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Lips.

-Games on Demand offers a selected catalogue of Xbox 360 video games that will be available for download over Xbox Live, utilising real world currency as opposed to Microsoft Points.

Trueskill:is a ranking and matchmaking system premiering in the Xbox 360 live services. Developed at Microsoft Research Cambridge (England), the TrueSkill ranking system is now used in over 150 titles for the Xbox 360[citation needed]. It uses a mathematical model of uncertainty to address weaknesses in existing ranking systems such as ELO. For example, a new player joining million-player leagues can be ranked correctly in fewer than 20 games. It can predict the probability of each game outcome, which enhances competitive matchmaking, making it possible to assemble skill-balanced teams from a group of players with different abilities.

xbox live arcade:Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) is a game market operated by Microsoft and is used to digitally distribute video games, mostly casual games (in contrast to regular hardcore 3D games) to Xbox and Xbox 360 owners via Xbox Live. As of March 25, 2009, there have been 197 titles released for Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360.

“Never had a red rig of death even after 4 hours of watching movies on my 360.£

Wow, Aren’t you hardcore?(!) 4 hours? You must be a TRUE gamer.

(Sarcasm)

“My games are clean of scratches and the graphics aren’t bad.”

True, the graphics aren’t bad. But Chewie’s ex-Xbox360 (he sold it and bought a PS3) chewed up his copy of Halo 3 in the first week of purchase. Also, the guy he sold his 360 to, a friend of ours, had his copy of CoD5 mashed up aswell. Annnnnnnnnnd, He got Red Rings too!

“PS3:
InFamous – Wasn’t as critically ecclaimed as Prototype

So? Infamous is still an exceptional title. And its also an exclusive. Prototype is not.

Yakuza 3 – no comment, i look forward to news

Gran Turismo 5 – Joy, another generic racing game from a series that pales in comparison to other racing games

Pales in comparison? Even Gran Truismo 4 has 741 possible customisations for cars, and thats a PS2 game. Name me a racing game that even comes close to that number. GT5 is also going to be on one disc, which is more than can be said for Forza 3.

Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer- no comment, i look forward to news

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves- I was never a fan, but looks promising

Ratchet and Clank 2 – meh…

Meh? Ratchet and Clank is an extremely successful series with at least 9 titles. I hardly call that “meh.”

God of War 3- There are 800 games like this coming out.

Its funny how you fail to provide any examples here. God of War III is something that is going to define the current console war. Just wait till it’s release

M.A.G (Massic Action Game) -no comment, i look forward to news

White Knight Chronicles – Generic rpg… nothing more to add.

Generic? This RPG comes from Square Enix, Y’know? the Makers of Final Fantasy?

Final Fantasy XIII- is coming to the 360

Its only going to be on 360 in Northen America.

Team ICO Game – Huzzah for atmosphere.

Think “Shadow of the Colossus”… Times ten.

WarDevil- meh

Yet another statement that shows no fact.

360:
Mass Effect 2 – the first is still best futuristic rpg out

The best? Yet again, no source or evidence provided here.

Alan Wake – meh

Ninety-Nine Nights 2- Fantastic news!

I agree, unfortunate I never got to play the first one.
Ninja Blade- …ok, this sucked

Agreed.

Huxley – no comment, i look forward to news

Project Forza 3 – meh, see comments on Gran Turisimo

Forza 3 is going to be shipped on 2 DVDs, proof that this format is falling behind,

Kingdom Under Fire 2 – The original and its expansion were the best strategy games ever created

And for a final time, no evidence or source provided.

And as for Hotshot, nice that you spaced out the 360’s specs/ablities so it seemed like it had far more, some people are capable of reading.

“There is nothing to Halo, it is far too simplistic to have any substance. The multiplayer is old and repetitive, nothing but a race to get to the weapons. It’s own fanbase has ruined the multiplayer by using the same cheap tricks constantly, the campaign is shallow with a huge issuue with the plot and has nothing that made the first two games great: the original good weapons, explorable environments, playing as both sides, etc. ”

^^^ Opinion not fact.

Hotshot, You do realize that on my ps3 I have the internet, not just certain services from certain sites, right?

You know, the internet? Where I can get and watch ANYTHING for free for the price I pay for DSL connection?

But I’ll throw you a bone: I do miss my xbox, but only because of L4D, GTA4’s DLC, and my rag tag CoD clan.

“Also halo 3 is better than killzone 2 and halo 3 has won”

You’re day to day survival amazes me.

I think we are missing the point. This is a VS therefore the consoles themselves, not their fanbases are fighting. My prediction is that no console wins because they are inanimate objects.

If they did happen to start fighting though The 360 will probably Red Ring itself to death, the PS3 will fill with water and brick/paperweight itself and the Wii thinking it has won will throw it’s WiiMote in joy hitting a TV and then getting torn in two by it’s owner. Why didn’t anyone add Dreamcast to this fight?

PC wins actully but if i gotta choose its wii.

my Xbox360 is catching dust ever since i finished halo3 and gow.still its a very good console but the wii games are catchier and more entertaining for me.but even so my wii is catching dust aswell my laptop laughs at both of em.