SONY: Don't Pay For XBL, Pay For Designer Stuff Instead

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Rob6021 said:

I still can't believe people defend the fact that that Microsoft charges for xbox live.
How does sticking up for them really help you?? It doesn't, it puts in the same position before where you're forced to pay for the service to play online.

If all these features are so valuable, why can't they just not have cross game voice chat, (and all the other so-called superior features) with silver, but offer free online pay with Silver. People would surely pony up the money to pay for the wonderful features, wouldn't they?

I'd prefer they didn't charge, sure, but they do. Rather than QQ about ~$3/month (which doesn't seem to change anything, either, FYI), I've decided to just get on with life.

Not really sure how cross-game voice chat is a "so-called superior feature" to the alternative of... no cross-game chat. It is quite obviously superior. And for me, at least, it's also a huge feature which I use every day.