If they did start charging for online play it would piss off a lot of people including myself. From the start of this gen Sony kept reassuring people that PSN would stay free and if they went back on that promise people won't be happy. I'm a Plus subscriber and I've no problem paying any subscription fee thats worth it except if that fee is to play games online that you already payed 50 euros for.
Most likely the MS employee was tryna make a sale but Sonys a buisness and at the end of the day if they think they could get everyone to switch to an online subscription service without doing damage to the company then they will charge for online.
If that happens I'll just start pirating like the hackers. I buy 20 games a year. I've more than covered for an online subscription
