Q: I know it's better but give me some details, like I know the PS3 is better with other stuff like graphics and power and games are like tied but how does the 360 beat the PS3's online? Thanks first answer & i was lying when I said the 360 and PS3 were tied in games. You gotta admit, the 360 owns when it comes to games!
A: For example: The PS3 only has some sort of friendlist, and you can send text messages to each other when you are in a game. On the Xbox 360, you have your Friend List, and no matter what you or your friends are currently doing, you can pull up the guide menu, and select your friends and talk to them via your headset. Or you can text them if they use MSN Messenger on their PC. Furthermore, the Xbox Live Multiplayer features "TruSkill". This means: The Xbox "measures" your performance in an online match. You will be put in matches with other players, that are roughly your skill level. This way you will not be frustrated, when you are obliterated by a seasoned professional, when you just start to learn the game, and the other way around, you will get challenging enemies if you already mastered the game, instead of getting inexperienced newbies. You can also invite friends to a game. For example, you are playing Halo 3 in a multiplayer map, and you see a friend going online. You can then invite him to your gaming session, and you will both be in the same game. In the upcoming fall update for the Xbox, you can even get more from your friendlist. You can get up to eight buddies together for a chat. You can invite them to view your photos from your last holiday trip, and then move the group together into an online game. Those are all features, the PS3 doesn't have. You don't get enemies that match your skill, you can only send text messages to friends if you are playing a game, you can't message friends on the PC, and you can't invite your friends across games. And regarding the PS3 graphical power: The PS3 uses a graphics chip based off the Nvidia 6800 chipset. Technically speaking, this chip is inferior to the Xbox graphics hardware. Combined with the bottleneck of the PS3's memory bandwith (50GB/sec compared to over 270GB/sec on the Xbox 360), the Xbox is not only better in the online department, but also in the graphics department.