| Reasonable said: ... 1) With 360 you have to pay for live, and while it isn't much it adds up. With PS3 you don't have to buy anything you don't want too. Over four years, if you're playing COD4, etc online then with 360 you've added around $160 dollars to the console's cost vs a PS3. One service is free with optional costs, the other demands a cost, that is a real difference and hardly bogus. I suspect many people are acting more on principle than because it's a lot of money, but that's their right. ... |
While I certainly wouldn't want to inadvertantly drop $160 from my pocket, saying that $160 over 4 years is a lot of money to people who were willing to pay $400-$600 for a PS3 and $60 per game seems a bit of a stretch.
That isn't to say that the argument is invalid, just a little tenuous. It's like someone saying they won't pay $40 a year for online gaming, but are willing to pay $25-$35 per Blu-ray movie just because they have more video detail and better sound than an upscaled DVD. Sometimes it depends on user preference, but I often get the feeling it has more to do with product loyalty than anything else.
