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vivster on 19 December 2013
d21lewis said:
For anybody not in the know about both services, the difference is:

-On PS+, you get to pay for like FIVE randomly chosen free games per month that you lose if you ever lose your subscription.
-You can still access any services, free or paid, even if you don't have a PS+ subscription
-You get cloud storage and the ability to update your system automatically (Your console will turn on randomly in the middle of the night and scare the fuck out of you)
-I think (haven't tried it yet) you can download games with the console powered off. I'm not 100% sure on this one.
-You get huge discounts on select items that vary week to week/month to month
-On PS3, you can play online whether you have Plus or not.
-It expands to PS4 and Vita as well.




-On Xbox Gold, you get to pay for two randomly chosen free games that you keep if you ever lose your subscription.
-You can't access many of the system's apps unless you have Gold. This includes the web browser, Netflix, Youtube, etc.
-You can't play online without a Gold Subscription
-You get many discounts that vary from week to week/month to month
-Your console downloads games etc. whether the console is powered of whether you have Gold or not.
-You have access to cloud storage. Your console does not turn on in the middle of the night and scare the fuck out of you.


There you go.

Wait, you are telling me that even something as essential as a web browser is locked behind a paywall? That doesn't even make sense since it's not a service by Microsoft.



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Conina on 19 December 2013
d21lewis said:
For anybody not in the know about both services, the difference is:

-On PS+, you get to pay for like FIVE randomly chosen free games per month that you lose if you ever lose your subscription.
-You can still access any services, free or paid, even if you don't have a PS+ subscription


Just for clarification: you don't lose the PS+ activated games forever, if your subscription runs out.

If you subscribe a few months or even years later again, every activated game in the past can be played again (and downloaded again, if you deleted the old installation).



Talal on 19 December 2013

Why are you so obsessed with PS+?

 

Edit: If you look at things that way then a lot of things that are claimed to be free aren't free. For example there's an offer for buy one Pizza and get one for free. It isn't free since I have to pay for the first one. And my phone service gives me 50 text messages for free, it isn't free since I have to pay for the service etc etc etc.



cannonballZ on 19 December 2013

my mother has watches Netflix all the time on 360 and she has no gold membership. But the internet explorer is indeed locked behing gold membership.



Landguy on 19 December 2013

I think Plus is a great service.

You get all of the games that nobody ever bought for free. Let's see how fast The Last Of Us is on there...

Any sane person wouldn't really argue that to this point, Plus has had a much better selection of games.



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BMaker11 on 19 December 2013
pezus said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Chevinator123 said:
selnor1983 said:
Its the same with Live though. Difference is Xbox owners get to keep their games when not connected to Live Gold. Whereas PS players are renting.

you can keep your 5 year old game while i rent these

 

Some of those games are 5 years old. Jet Set Radio is like over a decade old!

Anyhow, this thread isn't a war of pay services.

Which game there was 5 years old at the time of PS Plus release?

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Xenostar on 19 December 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Chevinator123 said:
selnor1983 said:
Its the same with Live though. Difference is Xbox owners get to keep their games when not connected to Live Gold. Whereas PS players are renting.

you can keep your 5 year old game while i rent these

 

Some of those games are 5 years old. Jet Set Radio is like over a decade old!

Anyhow, this thread isn't a war of pay services.


That is also a only a year 1 image, we are in year 3 now



Somini on 19 December 2013

For those who want these kind of threads to stop, just mass report the OP as he surely won't stop by himself.



mysteryman on 19 December 2013
biglittlesps said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I mean if you can claim games behind a pay service are free, why not online play?

It's an absolutely genius idea.



who's gonna pay for online servers if its free? Sony or developers?


Bruce said he'd do it. He's a bloody top bloke.



Mr Puggsly on 19 December 2013
Somini said:
For those who want these kind of threads to stop, just mass report the OP as he surely won't stop by himself.

Yeah, report me sharing a thought.

Then report me again for the console war discussion I had nothing to do with.

The sensitivity on this forum can sometimes be amazing. Much of the comments in this thread have nothing to do with my OP.



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