If the next XBox and PS4 charge for online play, will you get a WiiU instead?

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Mummelmann said:

richardhutnik said:

Mummelmann said:
Where's the option of "I don't really care since I don't play consoles online and will likely buy a xbox or PS4 regardless of fees since I won't need a subscription"?

The choice was whether or not you would settle for inferior specs if it meant free to play online.  I was seeing how important free online play is.

I understand that but its a very simplistic approach, specs aren't the only difference. Features and software will be the major factors to draw someone, brand loyalty and general interest level will also count. The amount required to play online would also bear significance.

If someone is driven away from purchasing a console only because of pay to play with a standard, relatively small sum, then they weren't really interested to begin with, in my opinion.

I wouldn't go that far - XBLG isn't exactly a small sum. For only 4 years I paid the same amount for XBLG as I did for the console itself. And that's only for myself - I have a brother that I shared the console with, and we'd need to pay double that if we wanted to use our own user names.

Maybe others aren't as tight on money as I am, but assuming they stay with this model, it's bad enough that I'm probably done with Microsoft, for good.