Does Sony really have an interest in "outcheaping" Microsoft as far as online goes?

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J_Allard said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

J_Allard said:

Ail said:
Microsoft managed to make people pay for something that is free on PCs and suddenly you consider Sony's option the cheap one ?
I guess Microsoft did its marketing really well..

Otherwise I have no issue paying for additional services, but charging people for a service that hardly costs you is pushing it...Online should be free. I'm ok paying for a service that comes with discounted games and other things..

Steam does everything PS+ does and does it for free.

Really?....how so?

Are you familar with Steam? What feature does PS+ have that Steam does not?

just saw your edit.. you can say PS+ differs by offering the games on a different schedule than Steam but the moral of the story is they both offer free content.

Was there ever one single game free on steam, that comes even close to the quality of Red Dead Redemption? Mass Effect 3? Arkham City? Bulletstorm? Dead or Alive 5? Just Cause 2? Can I play Steam games on the go like with my Vita? Is there anything that comes close to Metal Gear Solid Collection? Does my PC turn automatically on with steam and gets updates for all my games, downloads new stuff and uploads my saves into the cloud? 

It's just not comparable. At all. Sure, you can just call anything free content, but by that logic, virtually any service offers "free content" (like demos, some videos, you get the idea) and could be compared to PS+. PS+ offers AAA-Titles without additional charge, every month, both for PS3 and Vita. You don't find something like that anywhere else at the moment. End of story.