Paying for online gaming, THE OUTRAGE!

[Areym]

Landsharkk said:

Areym said:

kain_kusanagi said:

PlaystaionGamer said:
Funny thread.
But online console gaming should be free. Your Price for online is included when you buy the disk. It's rediculous

World of Warcraft used to come in a box. So did Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV will too. Why is it ok to charge for a high monthly premium for MMO's on PC, but it's an outrage to charge small fee for EVERYTHING on XBox Live?

It's not an outrage, you get what you pay for, right? However, I do think when your main competitor can bring their customers free online gameplay, even if it isn't as good as your own (which to be quite honest, that statement is very much up for debate) it makes you think a little. Basically, if Sony can do it, why not microsoft?  Obviously, they are a business, they are out to make money, blah blah blah, you catch my drift by now.

Sony is doing it, but can't continue to do it.  Did we forget that Sony is losing money like crazy while Microsoft is making money?

 

"Basically, if Sony can do it, why not Microsoft?"  Because Microsoft wants to make a profit and continue to be in business.  Sony does too, so we'll see a shift in the way Sony handles their console business very soon, and I've got a strong feeling it's going to be something similar to how Microsoft handles their console business.

 

There's a reason Sony is losing money, free online gaming, giving away free games, etc.  I'd like to see those of you who think Sony is doing well try to run their own business while losing hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter, and then tell me that they are the 'winning' business.

Naaaaaah reaaaalllly? 

Doesn't change the fact that it can still be done, at a loss and it's probably not a good way to go about doing business but i appreciate Sony doing that, again knowing they were shooting their own foot. Still, free online was a strong selling point for the PS3 and towards the end, they were able to at least make some money with playstation plus which turned out to be a great way to get lots of games (noticed i didn't say free cause they weren't free), exclusive perk, early betas, automatic upgrades, etc. The only point i was making is that microsoft could have gone free online but they didn't. They chose to charge, which is a wise business move on their part. They had brand loyalty and having come out first this gen got everybody on board with the idea that paying for online console play was the norm, which to me, TO, ME, is pretty shady.

If Nintendo and Sony pulled it off, so could have microsoft. That is all i am saying.