Andrespetmonkey said:
Slimebeast said:
I'm just guestimating. 
It could have the opposite effect - like Steam, who's temporary but generous sales probably generate tons of impulse buys.
But in truth we haven't heard Sony boast about the profitability of PS+ and that usually means it's nothing to brag about.
Yeah, I don't think it's directly (is that the right word?) making them loads of money. It's another selling point and it's promotion for games, take TWD: the game for example; ep 1 and 2 were free, which incentivises consumers who maybe otherwise wouldn't of even considered buying the game to buy the other 3 episodes (provided they enjoyed the first 2 obviously). Similar situation with Borderlands, it's no coincidence that it was made free on PS+ like a month before Borderlands 2 came out.
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Yeah, it's interesting when they time a free game to a launch of the sequel. Darksiders is another example.
At least they seem to do something smart. But I doubt PS+ a big profit deal overall.
Bottom line is, I'm comparing to MS. For consumers Xbox Live Gold is obviously not great value but for MS it certainly is. I often ask myself, how on earth do they have the stomach to ask $40-50 per year for just the ability to play online? But they do. And what saddens me is that MS is able to nickle and dime costumers so effectively while Sony doesn't utilitize this potential. So many billions lost already.
