kitler53 on 01 August 2008
| elnino334 said: You know Xbox live is a service with people behind the scenes that need to get payed in order for it to run. It also mean 24/7 custumer service and hopefully more features becoming available quicker etc. Reminds me of the MMO I am playing city of heroes where I would gladly pay more in order to get more content since I really enjoy the game. yes it would be nice if it was free but paying brings about a service that must be made justifiable as they say adding more value to make it worth the money etc. PSN may be free which is great but it is still lacking in terms of being able to easily get together with a bunch of friends or family to play online regardless of what games they are playing. With all the great co-op games coming out (seems just about every 360 game coming out has co-op) I don't plan on cancelling my xbox live subscription any time soon. I am also looking forward to netflix and the ability to get together with my friends over live and watch videos together that we often have to wait for until we can all get together especially for those that live far. |
in short....is costs money to run these services. why shouldn't you pay for them?
which said, i'm still surprised that sony isn't charging for these types of services. HOME didn't program itself, servers aren't free nor is their maintance. considering they are "focusing on profitability" charging for PSN seems like a great way to help out.
