| endimion said: My real question is... if free PSN is so great why in hell is there more people using XBL gold membership ??? you tell me... and about lag... I might have had that a couple times knowing that I have 2 other computer DLing at the same time... then again the simple fact that you have to pay keeps away a lot of lame ass kids in matchmaking is an argument strong enough for me to pay for lol... now i can understand people being cheap... for me as i said many times it's one less drink a month in a club... not really much... the question isn't should it be free?? but how much am i ready to pay for it no matter what the service is... |
More people use XBL Gold than free PSN because Microsoft have played their cards really well this generation. By being the first to go "Next Gen", the first to really push online gaming in a big way (Dreamcast tried but they were ahead of their time) and winning the favor of third-parties during the early stages of the generation (architecture that is much easier to develop for than Cell, allowing devs to host demos on live for free), North America was a lock for MS on the so-called "core gaming" side of things. Hop onto a time machine back to 2006, Playstation 3 launch is near but there aren't many Playstation 3 games you want to play. You have some buddies who "jumped in" sometime between 2005-2006 and are enjoying Gears of War, Call of Duty 2, etc. a lot. What do you do? You buy the console, you buy the games, you get the live subscription. The PS3 on the other hand took awhile to find their footing and once it did, it was too late for North America. This is why XBL Gold is such a success.
