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Old 23-08-2013, 10:41   #56
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Re: Playstation 4 partnering with Virgin Media and 200mbit speeds this year?
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Microsoft have something like 300,000 servers while SONY has around 20,000.
Microsoft has 300,000 servers for their entire Azure platform. That includes EVERYTHING, from Xbox Live to even windows update, as well as all of the azure services that you can buy and rent. It's not 300,000 just for Xbox Live. Don't know where you got the 20,000 Sony servers from, so I can't comment.

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Also I'm sure Microsoft will have better quality ones and more around the world than SONY who will have to concentrate them in certain areas.
Why will Sony have to concentrate them while Microsoft can distribute them around the world? What's your basis for this statement and why are Microsoft so special? Don't get me wrong, Azure is huge and sure has its advantages but I think you're overestimating things a bit here. That said, Microsoft has a better track record with this stuff.

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However I do now expect quality from SONY as they are charging £40 a year to play online, compared to Gold which can be picked up on eBay for around £25, and sometimes you even get a bonus month or two.
Why have you just compared the RRP for PS+ against the ebay price of Xbox Live? I've seen PS+ go for similar amounts to Xbox Live, the difference in price isn't anywhere near what you're making it out to be. PS+ does work out a little more expensive in general, but it's more like £5 per year more, not £15. And the games you get on PS+ have been historically better than the ones Microsoft has been giving out with Gold lately.

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I have always found Microsofts online service much more robust than SONYs.
Agreed. Live is a better service than PSN.

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Also:

http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2051454...d_servers.html

While Microsoft has already confirmed Servers for other games too.
He hasn't given an answer one way or the other (I suspect that Sony is currently working on something they haven't announced yet). Even if CoD doesn't have dedicated servers on PS4 (Doesn't look like it'll have them on 360, either), that doesn't mean other games won't have them. The point is that both services are capable of using dedicated servers.

EDIT: http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/12/442...g-calculations
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