You have halo in your avatar, PS4 will charge online as will the X1. One has Halo, one does not. I'm only saying this because you put in the time to upload a specific halo avatar. You obviously like Halo.

Not to mention you get a year free of XBL Gold if you buy the X1 at launch. Both should be on your mind as a potential choice but maybe waiting is the best choice for you.

actually  feel bad for some fans :/

Xbone is going to crash and burn, Don't spend your money on it. Wait until M$ sorts themselves outs then go back to them. Until then Ps+ is awesome value for money I've had it for 2 years and never let the sub exp.

do what you wanna do, and buy what you want to buy. Dont listen to anyone else's jargon.

That's why I mentioned PS3 being a slightly odd.

What exactly were you tring to prove with the 32 GB Memory card prices? Not all the aspects of a proprietary S/W or H/W from manufacturers  might find it ideal to all gamers. This is due to the manufacturing costs endured by Sony on the proprietary SD cards.  Thus PS Vita suffers the sales brunt against 3DS due to it and Sony knows that they can't keep their customers waiting for long. The prices for Vita card will definitely go down, it's just Sony's strategic timing to reduce the manufacturing costs. On the other hand PS3 sales continue to dominate weekly with Sony's endearing efforts with PSN and PS+. How would you feel to compare it with PS3's sales earlier in the console cycle?

Being pro-consumer comes in with pros and cons where the former outweighs the latter and in the case of Sony, it's been pretty consistent.

EDIT: The thread has been put up to discussions of chooing between PS4 and Xbox one and so it would be better to focus on that rather than the prices of handheld console accessories.

buy what you want to buy

You are right I continued the conversation far too off topic.  Sure I can admit Sony does offer some consumer friendly services for the value even though they messed up in some of their strategies.  Anyways, I see this conversation more of a what home console should I get thread than just Sony vs Microsoft.  Remember there is still the Wii U but I highly doubt the op is one that is interested in Nintendo. This also could be a conversation about getting a gaming PC considering the op is concerned about paying for online. Last time I check online was free for most PC games except a few select (mainly WoW and a few others).  So you could have "next gen" graphics already with a PC and have free online.  I see this op more of a concern about where online fees are going for the future of video games. 

However, if someone asked me what should I get a PS4 or Xbox One?  With only those two choices I would tell the person to get a PS4.