Paying for online gaming, THE OUTRAGE!

[Mummelmann]

kain_kusanagi said:

Mummelmann said:

kain_kusanagi said:

Talal said:
It's about the principle really not the price. The competition does it for free. Back in the beginning of the gen I never complained about the online fee, it was a brilliant service and no one had anything like it, but now that the PSN is almost just as good it becomes annoying.

Books are free at the library, but people still buy them. TV is "free" over air, but people pay for cable.

Uhm, you think its free to broadcast TV signals and produce TV programs? I hope you're kidding now.

I didn't say that. Read it again.

Your book analogy doesn't work at all. Paying to play online would be like having to pay to be able to read the books you had just bought.

The cable argument is also flawed, cable offers completely different experiences than regular network TV or state channels, kind of like paying for an MMO.