| DigitalDevilSummoner said: Enough with these misleading excuses about services.
What this guy said: KEY GAMING FEATURES. You buy Black Ops II.
Is this an online game ? Yes. You buy an Xbox 360
Can you play black ops II online out of the box ? No. Guess what. Microsoft sold you half a bloody console. |
Everyone knows you need an XBLG account to play online. It says it both on the box of Black Ops II and the box of the 360 itself. So if you buy that and then think "Microsoft sold me half a bloody console!!!1!" then the buyer would have no one to blame but themselves.
But that's the thing... people know this and still buy the consoles. People know this and still buy the games. And then many sign up for the Gold service. And many do not. MS isn't twisting anyones arm. They have clearly created a service that people are ok with paying for, because it's far superior to what you can get on the Wii/WiiU or the PS3. And it's so superior that Sony is putting a lot of focus on the online play and social integration for PS4. So shouldn't you Sony guys be happy about it?
And I hope the next gen PS4 is pay to play. If it ensures lightning fast matchmaking servers, unified features across the board, demos for all games bandwidth be damned, and all the goodies provided by Live thanks to the entry fee, I am all for it.
