S.T.A.G.E. on 13 April 2012
| Kazukis said: Changing for core online services is a really bad idea if you want to be market leader (as Sony's past history suggests they are aiming for), as it completely alienates the more casual gaming audience, that, say, might want to play online every now and again, but not enough to justify paying for an online service. Hence I believe it would be better to do what I believe Sony will do; keep the core service free so as to appeal to the widest possible audience, but keep 'advanced features' in a paid package (Playstation Plus) for the more hardcore audience that demands more advanced online features that the majority of the casual audience would not use. Hence the hardcore audience drives the business; for the online portions of the games, it can be considered a similar business model as the free MMO + optional cash shop model that is proving very popular in the MMO sphere. |
Oh really? Microsoft is charging for core online services and is making bank even if their numbers dwindled a bit tomorrow. Why give people rights? Close the online from PC integration. Give them nothing and they will give you everything to get even the most basic of rights.
