Paying for online gaming, THE OUTRAGE!

[Somini]

kain_kusanagi said:

Somini said:

kain_kusanagi said:

Somini said:
So you're basically saying PC gamers suck it up and pay for online why don't console gamers do the same?

No. I'm saying paying for online isn't seen as evil if Blizzard does it, but for if MS does it people act like stealing money from orphans. I'm also asking if all online fees are fundimentaly wrong or just the ones fans don't have the cash for?

No service should be asking you money for allowing you to play online. The pay for online model has existed on PC only, before Microsoft came alnog with Xbox. A lot of people do pay to play online, but there are a lot more who don't like to pay. Console gamers are just trying to avoid this PC practice from becoming 'normal' on consoles.

Unless you're an employee at one of those companies, i don't understand why there are people who are trying to make this happen on consoles as well!

Hey. I personly would rther not pay anything to play games. I wish I could have the cake and eat it too. But I pay entry fees for games just like I do if I want to see a concert. I could listen to music on the radio for free, but if I want to see it live I accept that it will cost me. I'd love to play Halo 4 online for free, but I'm not going to deny myself fun for a measly 4 bucks a month. I spend more on soda ever month.

I understand what you're saying. You wouldn't want to pay if Microsoft wasn't forcing you.

But do you understand that people have been gaming online for more than a decade without having to pay and having a lot of fun at the same time? Wii, WIi U, PSP, PS Vita, Game Cube, PS2, PS3 and the Dreamcast have all offered online gameplay without asking you for money, whatever that amount may be.

The ones 'complaining' about a fee for online are Nintendo and Sony fans. These guys have never paid for online, so you can't call them hypocrites for not approving the policy Microsoft and their fans have been embracing!