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VGKing on 18 December 2012

This isn't even worth discussing. They have no reason at all to remove the "pay wall".



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psrock on 18 December 2012
nightsurge said:
psrock said:
What features does XBL currently have on the two that makes it so much ahead?


How about you look up the other billion threads on this topic in the last month :)


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gergroy on 18 December 2012

Microsoft will never remove the pay wall for xbox live. It is the core foundation of the xbox business they are trying to build. Especially since I believe they are going to use xbox live contracts as a way to subsidize the cost of buying their next gen system so they can come in at a cheaper price point.



yum123 on 18 December 2012

it shouldnt put any pressure on at all because they would then be on parity with sony, But due to this stupid conception that microsoft have created everyone would probably think they were getting a bargain



VGKing on 18 December 2012
gergroy said:
Microsoft will never remove the pay wall for xbox live. It is the core foundation of the xbox business they are trying to build. Especially since I believe they are going to use xbox live contracts as a way to subsidize the cost of buying their next gen system so they can come in at a cheaper price point.

I don't see that being successful. The last thing most people need is yet another contract. We already got cable/phone/cell contracts.



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gergroy on 18 December 2012
VGKing said:
gergroy said:
Microsoft will never remove the pay wall for xbox live. It is the core foundation of the xbox business they are trying to build. Especially since I believe they are going to use xbox live contracts as a way to subsidize the cost of buying their next gen system so they can come in at a cheaper price point.

I don't see that being successful. The last thing most people need is yet another contract. We already got cable/phone/cell contracts.

they have already been testing it out with the 360 and it has already been successful.  

If anything, the cable/cell phones indicate that their is plenty of desire from people to sign contracts to get a lower price of entry.  



oniyide on 18 December 2012
think-man said:
It should have been free years ago, Considering the PSN has twice as many users as LIVE does back when they announced the numbers last year. I think PSN was 60m and Live 30m, pretty much half of everyone that owns a 360 doesn't want to pay for there online.

well to be fair, if you have a PS3 (or even a Vita) you kind of defaulted to having a PSN account, not saying that those people would not sign up otherwise.



platformmaster918 on 18 December 2012
JayWood2010 said:
Ugh another PSN and XBL thread, this is only going to have arguments in it.

XBL already has more features than PSN and is respected even with a price. If it was free then their would be no reason to even compare PSN and XBL. With that said PSN will add more features in the PS4 PSN and close that gap too. However here is my predictions.

XBL will be adding the multimedia service which will be it's biggest difference. Cable, Movies, Internet, all in one. Kinect is now a keyboard, mouse, and remote in a way.

PSN will be adding PS+ as the online service and they willbe adding party chat. PSN+ will be a paid subscription next generation but at a cheaper cost than XBL.

In the end these are two totally different services. XBL has XBLA, Halo, Gears, Party chat, and so much more atm that PSN doesnt have but on the other hand things could change next generation so it is too hard to predict accurately. I stated my prediction though.

so basically party chat considering they both have exclusives and PSN has dowloadable games like XBLA




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Jaywood2010 on 18 December 2012
platformmaster918 said:
JayWood2010 said:
Ugh another PSN and XBL thread, this is only going to have arguments in it.

XBL already has more features than PSN and is respected even with a price. If it was free then their would be no reason to even compare PSN and XBL. With that said PSN will add more features in the PS4 PSN and close that gap too. However here is my predictions.

XBL will be adding the multimedia service which will be it's biggest difference. Cable, Movies, Internet, all in one. Kinect is now a keyboard, mouse, and remote in a way.

PSN will be adding PS+ as the online service and they willbe adding party chat. PSN+ will be a paid subscription next generation but at a cheaper cost than XBL.

In the end these are two totally different services. XBL has XBLA, Halo, Gears, Party chat, and so much more atm that PSN doesnt have but on the other hand things could change next generation so it is too hard to predict accurately. I stated my prediction though.

so basically party chat considering they both have exclusives and PSN has dowloadable games like XBLA

Not exactly.  XBLA and games like Halo and Gears are important to online communities.  Sony hasn't really brought a big multiplayer title this gen.  They have been moderetely successful at times with Killzone and resistance but failed at the same time.  

The point of my comment was not to compare the two though, it was more of a prediction than anything.  This generation, like it or not but XBL has more success with online and it's multiplayer.  Next generation that could change though.




       

platformmaster918 on 18 December 2012
JayWood2010 said:
platformmaster918 said:
JayWood2010 said:
Ugh another PSN and XBL thread, this is only going to have arguments in it.

XBL already has more features than PSN and is respected even with a price. If it was free then their would be no reason to even compare PSN and XBL. With that said PSN will add more features in the PS4 PSN and close that gap too. However here is my predictions.

XBL will be adding the multimedia service which will be it's biggest difference. Cable, Movies, Internet, all in one. Kinect is now a keyboard, mouse, and remote in a way.

PSN will be adding PS+ as the online service and they willbe adding party chat. PSN+ will be a paid subscription next generation but at a cheaper cost than XBL.

In the end these are two totally different services. XBL has XBLA, Halo, Gears, Party chat, and so much more atm that PSN doesnt have but on the other hand things could change next generation so it is too hard to predict accurately. I stated my prediction though.

so basically party chat considering they both have exclusives and PSN has dowloadable games like XBLA

Not exactly.  XBLA and games like Halo and Gears are important to online communities.  Sony hasn't really brought a big multiplayer title this gen.  They have been moderetely successful at times with Killzone and resistance but failed at the same time.  

The point of my comment was not to compare the two though, it was more of a prediction than anything.  This generation, like it or not but XBL has more success with online and it's multiplayer.  Next generation that could change though.

hopefully they will launch at the same time and at similar prices so people will look at factors like games and online cost that may have been secondary this gen for the mass audience (not saying Sony has better games for everyone, but I feel like a lot of people just wanted to play COD and their friends already had 360s or it was cheaper)




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