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DarthVolod on 21 November 2011
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osamanobama said:
Seece said:
x_DMX_x said:
Seece said:
mantlepiecek said:
They won't charge for online gaming. Seems 360 fans haven't known this for a while, but PSN already has an answer for paid subscription of Gold and that is called as PS +.

Common sense tells you that they won't charge for online game play. And no, there is no "service offered" when you are playing online. You are using the devs servers and your own internet connection when playing online.

'Common sense'? Huh?

Common sense sauys they could and should, they're a business, and they're throwing money down the drain by not doing so. They don't offer PSN to you for free because they love you, they do it because this generation to be on par with XBL they needed too.

PSN+ doesn't generate near the same amount as XBL. Nowhere near.

I hope you know by the time PSVita and PS4 release.PSN is already going to offer the same or maybe even more of what LIVE offers lol.So they're will be no point of paying for LIVE.

You can tell the future then? PSN will improve, but so will XBL, online is in MS's DNA, it's incredibly unlikely PSN will ever surpass XBL in quality.


thats already happened... like 2 years ago.

anyway, im guessing he's talking about the one and only thing xbox live has that psn doesnt, which is crossgame chat. which the Vita will have, and for FREE.

edit: and i hardly consider allowing you to use your own internet connection (which you already pay for) a service.


The day Sony announces cross-game chat I will fully admit that their service is better. Even though I think the xbox live interface is much easier to use and more organized than PSN ... I would be willing to switch if I got cross game chat and free online.

As it stands, I have no problem paying for the service at $40 (nobody pays full price, the charge is not that bad really) and receiving a well integrated chat function.

On the rare occasion that I do play PSN games online with friends we usually have our Xbox's on as well so we can have party chat.

If Sony decides to offer cross game chat and a fee to play online, however, I will stick with Xbox which still offers a easier and more intuitive interface. I really don't understand why Sony has not put some effort into their presentation. The XMB of a launch PS3 and the XMB of today are identical where as Xbox upgraded to the much better NXE and, soon to come, another interface update that supports kinect.

I think Sony should charge for online, but they need to give cross game chat and a new easier to use interface in order to make up for it. In addition, they need to find a niche in regards to online outside of being the poor man's choice for gaming (I can save $40 a year! ... which is nothing considering that the average strategy guide nowadays costs around $40 for a collectors version ... and for that 40 dollars in savings you lose chat and a better interface amoung other benefits).