Nitrous_18 said:
nightsurge said:
Nitrous_18 said:
nightsurge said:
C_Hollomon said:
They say the XBL fees is for cross game chat and better match making I guess. To me XBL fees is use to make up for the money lost to RROD. I don't see any difference between XBL and PSN. They both have movies, demos, and online gaming is the same to me. But hey MS don't like giving things away for free so it is what it is. |
PSN has yet to make any profit at all. So I guess Free isn't always the best option. Contrary to what people may think, it does cost an extremely large amount of money to run these services.
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What do you mean 'Free isn't the best option'? Yes I agree it does cost a lot of money to keep the service free but at the same time Sony are aware of this and have their premium service which can cover that. Also how do we the gamers suffer if the Psn service if Free? Because remember its not about how much the Brands gains or loses in money, its about how much we the consumers are paying for there services.
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Because the free PSN is not as good as the for pay XBL and because of the losses they are adding the premium services.
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Whether or not Live is better than Psn is opinion related as far as I am concerned.
I agree that Sony are putting forward the premium service due to their losses in profit over the years. But I personally think they hit the nail on the head with this idea. This is because Sony if they wanted could have charged for online services like Microsoft. But they didn't which is a smart choice since the cost of the ps3 is quite large as it is. By doing this people who buy a ps3 can still experience the full potential of the system right out of the box. Then for the extra's this is where premium service comes in.
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Personally I think the only reason they didn't have a "for pay" service from the start was because their initial console cost of entry was so high as you mentioned. Next generation I expect all consoles' online offerings to be "for pay" right off the bat and initial pricing to be no higher than $300-350 for any console.
