S.T.A.G.E. on 12 November 2012
| UltimateUnknown said: I think the whole ad thing took over the real question Marcus asked. Why exactly are people paying for basic online gaming on Live? Lets say for a second we take out all the fluff: smooth dashboard, intuitive UI, weekly offers, party chat, apps and all MS gave us was the ability to play online as part of the free silver subscription. Would Gold still have sold just as well as it did now? I personally think not. MS only have this many subscribers because they made the online gaming part premium (which is free on every other platform). Personally this gen I got an xbox 360, but I realised that I don't need to be paying £35 a year for all the fluff they are giving me. All I care is to be able to connect online to play MP and since I mostly go solo it really doesn't matter what the other connectivity options are present. I think Sony got it right with the PSN/PSN Plus subscription model and if they continue that to next gen then I'll be switching right back to Sony. |
This is what it will come down to next gen.
