I wouldn't go online on the console then.

I think the problem with the OP is that PSN is not a service. It's a store. Games on PS3 have their own server, just like in PC land.

^ this.

because there is no game right now i NEED to play online.

am already paying for internet connection and thats enough

THIS

I know you don't like this answer, but I'm happy paying nothing for PSN. If they charged for it, I wouldn't pay for it. If I buy a game for my PC I don't have to pay a monthly fee to have my computer used as a host for a game that I bought. If they have dedicated servers like WoW and various other games, that is a value and is worth a monthly fee.

But how the PSN and XBL work, they do not offer dedicated servers (for the most part) they are basically using my ISP to allow their gaming to work. They aren't putting value into what I am getting from them. All they are doing is adding a way to play multiplayer games with other people easily. They aren't using resources like I am by going online.

I don't see a good reason to pay for the service, especially after I have dumped $60 into a new game. The online should be included for any and all games that I buy for the PS3 and 360.

But, at the end of the day, the PSN is free, while the 360 is not. Why should I pay Microsoft $50 a year to have some snot nosed pimply faced nerd rage Robin Hood call me a Ni~~BONG~~ assmonkey or that they are going to sleep with my mom? Sorry, if I want that to happen, I'd rather that I at least didn't pay for the service.

I say keep it free.

$50 at the most and whine all th time about it.

Free Online was one of the major pluses for me when I was looking at each console to be my first for this gen.

Wouldn't feel unhappy paying a tenner a year, but really online gaming should be free, and I'm glad Sony got that right.