You can restrict who your kids can play with on the Xbox Network as well as who can talk to or contact them. And the Xbox also has a timer option, so you can determine how long your kids can play in a day or even during an entire week. It is impossible to monitor everything your kids are doing, but these features, along with making sure you choose the right games for your kids, make it a little easier. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data.
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Eric Qualls. Twitter LinkedIn. Updated on March 26, Tweet Share Email. In This Article. You Won't Find Better Games. When the Xbox launched in , it did so without the ability to play original Xbox games natively. Instead, Microsoft used software emulation, an imperfect solution that was criticized for only featuring a selection of Xbox titles and not the entire library.
In contrast, the PS3 launched the next year with full support for both PS1 and PS2 games, which was admittedly a pretty awesome feature. Before long though, Sony realized that their console was too damn expensive and to help cut costs, they removed components that allowed for PS2 playback, which meant that launch PS3s became a pretty hot commodity. A negligible advantage but one all the same, the Xbox was simply able to download and install games and updates much quicker than the PS3 ever could.
By no means a deal breaker, the fact that the PS3 was incapable of offering party chat? This meant that you could make any activity a much more social event, such as watching movies or TV shows online with friends. Of course, the PS4 and Xbox One are pretty much at parity now with these sorts of features, but in the last console generation, the Xbox definitely had the upper hand when it came to interacting with the people on your friends list. While the PS4 may have the Xbox One beat in terms of aesthetics this generation, the Xbox had the edge in this department over the PS3.
Even the Xbox Store had a much better layout than the PlayStation Store, which generally suffered from requiring too many steps to get to the content you wanted. While I do think the Xbox controller is better for first-person-shooters, the PS3 controller is just as good if not better for just about everything else. And while the Xbox Live metro-style aesthetic is nice to look at, it's no more functional than the PS3's UI and nowhere near as simple to use at least until you figure it out.
Forbes's David Ewalt had a great story recently on Microsoft's success with the Xbox , and there's reason to believe this success will continue, at least in North America, with its next-gen successor.
But that success doesn't mean its the best choice for either hardcore or casual gamers. The PlayStation Network is free. As Paul Tassi notes , if you're paying for Xbox Live it's not like you get a discount on Netflix or Hulu or any other app. You're just paying twice. Fifty bucks a year isn't a make-or-break deal, but it's enough to buy an extra game per year ad infinitum. If the Xbox costs the same per year as the does, and the PS4 maintains its free PSN access, then the next-gen decision will be just as easy to make.
The PS3 has a Blu-ray drive. If you're like me and my family, most of your media these days is streaming. Still, especially for animated movies like How to Train Your Dragon and anything from Pixar , as well as other big-screen flicks like The Avengers or The Dark Knight series, the Blu-ray can make a big difference, both in terms of visuals and sound.
It also means there's more room per disc for PS3 titles over Xbox titles, allowing for somewhat noticeable improvements in graphics on PS3 versions of many games, and - perhaps even more importantly - allowing each title to fit on one disc. There are few things more annoying than having to stand up and switch out an Xb0x disc in the middle of a game. The PS3 has better exclusive titles.
I'm not a big Uncharted fan, but if you like Indiana Jones-style cinematic games, you can't do much better than the Naughty Dog's adventure franchise. God of War may be stretching itself a bit thin at this point, but the action-Greek-myth hack-and-slash title is still a big draw. From Software's Demon's Souls is, quite frankly, reason enough all by its lonesome to choose the PlayStation 3 over the competition. Other exclusives include the LittleBigPlanet franchise, including the upcoming Karting installment , as well as PSN games like The Unfinished Swan , which is one of the most intriguing looking titles I've seen in a while.
Meanwhile, many popular titles like Call of Duty are cross-platform, and many Xbox exclusives are also available on PC though not nearly enough - seriously, why isn't every Halo game a PC title as well?
The PlayStation 3 controller is rechargeable. Never underestimate how truly irritating batteries can be. I own Dark Souls on Xbox , and in the middle of a serious boss fight Smough and Ornstein my controller died.
This was my first attempt at the boss, and I'd summoned an NPC and another player to help me in the battle. Just as we entered and began doing battle my character froze up.
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