Sony to start charging for PSN? Pachter says...

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Capulous said:

VGKing said:

Online Gaming should always be free. Ever played a PC game?
There is nothing "premiium" about online gaming on XBox Live. Those games like COD use the same kind of servers as on PSN, which is Peer to Peer.

Free Online gaming is a RIGHT. Do you know how many people would protest if PC games started charging for online? You know I thinkg Microsoft tried doing that with Games For Windows.. but it got trounced by Steam which was FREE.

Sure I have, plenty. Have you? There are games that are free to play online, and there are those that cost money. Games for Windows never had any cost associate with it when I started using it. It may have at one point. It is all in the preceived value of what each person is willing to pay for. If they think it is worth it, who are you to tell them they are wrong?

Free online gaming is not a right. That is ridiculous.

You're speaking of the top MMO's. Online gaming is a right. If you want a premium MMO you have the right to buy or ignore it. This EA has had their eye on Blizzard and WOW because they want some of that monthly profit. In other games third parties pay for the servers themselves. Xbox Live cannot be ignored because it renders the 360 useless without it.