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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Xbox 360 primarily used for gaming, PS3 used mostly for media.

    With a rapidly growing number of non-gaming apps on Xbox Live, Microsoft has cultivated an image that it is the entertainment console of choice. However, a new report from Nielsen shows that PlayStation gamers are more likely to stream media than their Xbox counterparts.
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Xbox 360 primarily used for gaming, PS3 used mostly for media.

    With a rapidly growing number of non-gaming apps on Xbox Live, Microsoft has cultivated an image that it is the entertainment console of choice. However, a new report from Nielsen shows that PlayStation gamers are more likely to stream media than their Xbox counterparts. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Probably because you have to pay to stream Netflix on 360. : crummynzThis person is cool!
      • Bing! : homeboyJimThis person is cool!
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      I'm honestly a bit surprised at the 360 numbers. It seems like any time I hop on to play a game, most of... : Zips
      • same here. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
      • Yep, here too, about 15x more media than gamea : azenmasterThis person is cool!
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      Whoever did the survey doesn't seem to have actually used either device - if they had, they'd know why th... : wytefangThis person is cool!
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        The PS3's media support is only slightly better than the 360. It supports more older codecs, and has slig... : Hitman05
        • "its only slightly better" then lists ways that make it way better. : rtrson
    • The problem of this comes with the audience, not the console. Most gamers who own a 360 tend to move f... : Raven2785
    • Sony pretty much caused this to happen by designing and promoting the PS3 as the the machine that "only d... : RowjinZee
    • Pretty much how I use them. : pigvomitThis person is cool!
    • Misleading title. /video games "journalism" ::facepalm:: : BlockheadBrown
    • This is how I do it. PS3 is used rarely for gaming. The controller is horrible. : A10Pilot
    • I'd agree with that, but lately I've been thinking that I might make the move to full PS3-gaming. XBL doe... : DeathloveThis person is cool!
    • I know a ton of people who don't game & bought PS3s back in the day because they were a cheap BluRay play... : dumb.