Xbox 360 Leads Online Play, Wii Users Spend 20% Of Time On Streaming Content

The current console generation has brought game systems major strides closer to becoming living room "hubs", letting users interact with all kinds of media from streaming music to video rentals and Blu-ray discs. But while PlayStation 3 users spend a bigger share of their time on the system on multimedia, Xbox 360 users play online games more.

[StanLee]

From my own experience, I own both an XBox 360 and a PS3 and use my PS3 for Blu ray movies and content streaming and buy a number of multiplatform games on the XBox 360 simply because I have more friends on that console who play the same time I do and communicate. If that's the case for many, that would explain the findings. I suppose it probably is.

[Trytobee1]

If your using your PS3 for content steaming, then i hope your wired, cause you wont be seeing anything in HD using PS3's wireless-G

Thats another advantage Xbox has now ...
the option of using wireless-N for streaming movies and Netflix in HD.

[TroyAndAbed]

I'm using wi-fi on my PS3 and the HD streaming is flawless on both Netflix and VUDU.

[Cevapi88]

i guess he's never heard of PS3 Media Server

[madjedi]

@try Too bad it took ms 4 yr to include wireless in the console vs ps3's and countless other devices have had built-in wireless for yrs.

You know your side is hurting for pros when wireless g is a bragging point, when did the 360 guys run out of real talking points?

Trytobee1, last name isn't dumbass by any chance is it?

[Koolno]

"Thats another advantage Xbox has now ..."

Lol, one of the rares ones..

[Nineball2112]

@ TroyAndAbed

Same here. I'm also using the wireless on my PS3 at the moment and I've had zero issues with Netflix or VUDU.

[DERKADER]

Seems about right. It's obvious that the PS3 is going to have a higher movie watching percentage because of blu-ray. And It's obvious that more people are going to play online on 360 because they have to pay for that privilege and want to get their moneys worth.

[Sizzon]

I agree.

[kaveti6616]

playing online shouldn't be a privilege.

If you pay 65 bucks for a game that has both a single player and a multiplayer mode, then you shouldn't have to pay an extra fee to access the mode that you paid for.

obviously, the idea of ownership goes over the heads of companies but whatever.

I play 360 more because of friends and Halo.

[Wenis]

Or maybe its because Xbox Live is just that good.

[kaveti6616]

I have it. It's not any better than PSN. Better presentation, that's it. In terms of multiplayer performance and lag, they are the same.

[RememberThe357]

People pay for Live because of the social experience. The party feature is what I see my friends use the most. Like kevet said, It's no better than the PSN in terms of lag and stuff like that but what the PSN is missing are the things that people on Live use the most. Namely, the party system.

[Koolno]

Home say hello "remember"..

and games have party systems..

[RememberThe357]

"and games have party systems.. "

It's just easier on the 360. You don't need the game to support a party system because Live does it already.

And the social aspect of live is almost completely different than Home.

[Maddens Raiders]

for this survey... I mean they never asked me. All I do is play games on my PS3 & watch a [vg] trailer every now & again - I don't watch a lot of movies or dumb TV shows...plus most of my online friends are always playing games as well & there are a lot of them. Wii online players outpacing PS3 users..? Sounds like a bit of a whopper really.

Yeah I'm a bit skeptical about these findings as a realistic snapshot.

[Dac2u]

I think you're reading it wrong, it shows the PS3 has 46% playing online versus the Wii with 27% playing online.

When it says: "Play Video Games (Net)" it means offline + online combined.

[awesomeperson]

I only ever see my friends playing games (both ones I add online and real friends).

Of course, people also sign out of PSN when watching movies to avoid interruptions.

[Maddens Raiders]

..you're absolutely correct & thanks yh the online part I was wrong about but what was still glaring is that they're saying (net) Wii users & 360 users are outgaming PS3 users offline & online. I just don't buy it - how do they really know offline? Worldwide? No way.

"Xbox 360 users spend 62 percent of their console time on games -- with their playtime evenly split between online and offline play. PlayStation 3 users spend a little more than half of their console time doing things other than gaming -- and when they play, it's "relatively more" offline versus online play than its rival."

^^this is classic "journalistic rubbish" this has no weight at all. What does this even mean really?

Don't believe the hype.

[gamingdroid]

It means what it just said. I don't see what is so unclear about it?

[kasasensei]

When i see the graphics, i can't say 360 or ps3 win anything above the other. Almost tie everywhere. Only the wii is losing the battles for online games & listening music. And amusing fact, ps3 is ahead when we talk about social networking. XD

[Dac2u]

Anyone remember this headline: "Pachter: Netflix on Wii won't matter as much as on other consoles"

Looks like he got another one wrong.

These numbers really don't surprise me. The 360's top 10 games are mostly FPS's that are made for online play. The PS3 has a healthy mix of both online and offline focused games. And the Wii has few games worth playing online.

[OmarsAccount]

Emphasis on the top 10, as the Xbox 360 library as a whole also has a healthy mix of online and offline focused games. Now obviously with XBL being a large factor in people purchasing an Xbox 360, many will want to play online, so then most of the top 10 games will be predominantly games with exceptional online gameplay.

[Koolno]

"Now obviously with XBL being a large factor in people purchasing an Xbox 360"

Misinformed people prefer to pay to do the same thing with inferiors games and hardware ?

It's just marketing, and "my friend has a xbox, so i buy a xbox" thing...+ the one year advantage (people don't change easily, even if it's really easy and better to change)

[BYE]

Smallprint:

"Survey conducted among a general population sample in the United States"

[TroyAndAbed]

There it is...

America.

[rezzah]

I wonder what it would be like in southern Ontario Canada. Since its the most populated area of Canada and its where i live =)

[BlackBusterCritic]

Xbox360 would be even further ahead with the online play if they surveyed gamers below the age of 13. =)
(obvious what should be what?)

[TroyAndAbed]

My friends list activity RIGHT NOW:

1 person is playing inFamous
3 people are playing Gran Turismo 5 online
2 people are playing Black Ops online
1 person is playing Demon's Souls
2 people are using Netflix
3 people + myself are playing DC Universe Online
1 person isn't showing any activity. I played the Killzone 3 beta with him earlier, however.

PS3 gamers simply have more options.

Hulu Plus, VUDU, Home, Qore, The Tester, PS1 games, blu-rays, and a wider variety of offline games across more genres. That and most people don't use their 360 as a DVD player anyway. Red ring, anyone?

[kasasensei]

Nobody cares you know. :p

[GamerPS360]

only the game I play on PS3 these days is GT5 and it will be like that for another year :D beside Infamous2. But, I do watch netfix more on PS3 than play games.

[RememberThe357]

Once Socom 4 and Killzone 3 and Infamous 2 come out I don't think I'm going to have time for GT5.

I finally officially got the game this week. I'm level 13 and I'm working on my Maserati GranTurismo S '08. My freakin B-spec driver keeps burning out though and it's pissing me off.

[Mr_Luke]

Well.... PS3 has a lot of single player games too. And very good quality ones. So i'm not surprised and i don't need sites to tell me the obvious.
They're speaking like if the online is the only option and the US = the world....

[R_aVe_N]

I play a lot offline (a lot more than online) I usually play split screen co-op games because they are more fun to me at least. Everything on my 360 is offline just because I don't want to pay to play online. At least with my PS3 I have options to do just that without ponying up for online. I would rather spend that money on actual games "gasp" That is just how I see it. To each there own though.