NJ5, I agree with your post completely, MS are basically ripping people off and forcing 360 owners to pay for something that should be free. As you said, if it had dedicated servers for all games, it wouldn't be such an issue. However, I think because a lot of people want to play online, they just shut up and pay, even though its free everywhere else. Don't get me wrond, MS have done a lot to push online gaming on consoles, but the cost is still a rip off.
Another issue is that a lot of online console gamers are unaware as to the advantages of dedicated servers and don't know of the features and advantages PC gamers have been enjoying for free for many years. MS is basically exploiting there ignorance and no-one seems to be educating consumers on what they're missing out on. If people have to pay, they should at least be informed that the service they're paying for can be improved quite drastically.
It's definately had some effect on sales, although probably not as much as it could have as a lot of people don't understand why paying for P2P is a rip off. I opted for the PS3 instead of getting a 360 because I refuse to pay for an inferior online system to the PC where it's free. Also, what about people that mainly play SP and only go online casually? These people are probably put off of getting a 360 for this reason.
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