NeoRatt said:
PSN is not free. You just don't pay an explicit price up front for it. They get their investment back somehow... Through some way they are making you pay for it. No bean counter in any corporation that has shareholders would give anything away for free unless they were recovering the cost elsewhere. Anyone who thinks is freely given away by is a delusional consumer that needs to be sent on a course understanding how the economy and corporations work.
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Of course Sony has to get their investment back somehow, and I don't care if it's them filming the lion king porn in Mr. Rogers' basement if it means that no extra money comes out of my wallet. Sony is making money off of home, but that doesn't mean it's coming out of my pocket, so it's great. The fact remains that I pay $50 a year for Live when in actuality I probably spend less then a week or two worth of time playing it. The PS3 is my gaming console of choice and I do most of my gaming on it. And I play it online at no extra charge. Instead of people saying they would rather pay for PSN to be better I think Microsoft should let us game online for free and then charge us for the extras if we want it. There's no reason why I should have to pay to game online and it's the biggest rip off in gaming imo and the single reason why I've never played an MMO game that came with any extra fees (gotta love Diablo 2!). Personally, I can agree that Live has a bunch of awesome features not provided by PSN but at the same time I have never once used any. I'm a hardcore gamer (as in I play a lot of games and often) but when it comes to online play and functionality I'm very much casual. I don't join clans and if I do I don't participate in them, I have people on my friends list but I just about never play or communicate with them, I don't use home, I don't use anything extra. I get online, play until I'm bored and quite. That's it. Therefore Live serves me no other purpose but to give Microsoft my money for no damn reason. I feel like I either pay or sell my xbox because otherwise I can't fully enjoy a lot of games and unfortunately games like L4D are fun and addicting but I always feel ripped off playing them. I payed $60 for L4D and I would have gotten absolutely no enjoyment out of it without paying the additional money for Live. It's a crock. Sorry if I'm rambling but nothing pisses me off more then paying money I don't feel I should pay. Hell, I even had to buy a $100 wireless adapter for my xbox. Even the wii has wifi built in and it's not even known for it's online play like Xbox is!
