Do you think MS will eventually give out "free" games to compete with PS PLUS?

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veritaz said:

foodfather said:
No. Xbox live is a service, and a very good one at that. PSN Plus is pretty much like a season pass, throwing free games at you doesn't make it any better.

Except it is the same, only people who just pay for live say non true things like this to make LIve not seem like a rip off which it is when the competitions online is the same and free. It's more like one company does it for free while another tricks you into believe It's different and worth paying for.

I'm going to interject here for just a second because your statement about how these two things are the same and how one is tricking people into paying for it is the major problem currently in this industry and one that needs to get resolved.  A service costs money, it's not free, it has actual costs in the form of employees, hardware, maintence, and so on.  Microsoft, love them or hate them, is providing a service and is correctly charging for that service.  Sony made a huge mistake when they created a service, PSN, and chose not to charge for it instead eating those costs at the expense of quality.  Now Sony is starting to realize why MS charges for Live and they have created their own pay for service PSN+ and yes they actually expect you to pay for it.  And I think they have done a really good job at getting their brand out there, part of which is giving away some good games and this will continue until they can get more maket share, but don't kid yourself into thinking that all that free milk Sony is giving away isn't for an inteded purpose of getting you to use their service that you will pay for where they can correctly profit for the service they provide. 

Nothing pisses me off more than people that say a service should be free. It's simple if you can't charge for your product then you are not in business.