| Garnett said:
@ Loud Hot White Box (NXE doesn't count) Sony knows that there is money in premium service and sooner or later, they will start making you buy PSN just like Gold. Mark my words. |
If they change their approach at some point in the future to get all that revenue from charging for online gaming like MS is doing, more power to them. It's a market, profit-driven choice.
However, as long as online gameplay remains free as it has since the PS3 launch, I consider it a huge benefit that PS3 owners have been enjoying.
And when the neXtBox launches, MS will have a problem if PS3 still offers free online: gamers will have to buy a new console and continue to pay for the privilege to play online, when they can alternatively get a cheaper PS3 and play online for free. That's a harder sale to make than the one MS has been offering to date, which has put a cheaper 360 up against the more expensive PS3. It may be rough trying to sell online gameplay if the hardware MS wants consumers to buy isn't sold at a discount to the PS3, like it has been.
