PS4 Now requires PS+ for MULTIPLAYER!

[Pristine20]

g911turbo said:

Pristine20 said:

mantlepiecek said:

Pristine20 said:

mantlepiecek said:

Terrible decision by sony. The decision to get a PS4 which seemed so easy now seems very difficult. Can't buy something that will lock my game's component unless I pay every year, regardless of what I get in return because we already pay for the game in the first place.

Cant have everything. Money is needed to maintain the servers and how do you think they could pull off that price tag? You'd rather go to the likes of steam and X1 where you dlicense the games you buy? The servers still belong to sony not you and it's still reasonable for them to charge you to use them.

Honestly, I personally would have preferrred $599 with free online (because it truly is the better value long term) but we saw what was the better strategy with the ps3 and 360 launch. Sony just wised up.

But third party games have nothing to do with sony. And yes, steam is definitely a good option.

Servers costing money....is a nothingness. The low price tag I don't care.

They should have kept an option. A very basic option of free multiplayer.

Eh, I'm pretty sure 3rd party online games are still played on Sony's servers.

If you would rather pay $599 and have free online, I'm with you but as we saw with PS360 this gen, most gamers prefer it this way.

Actually, you can thank Microsoft for this.  They gave Sony the window of opportunity they have been looking for.  No DRM, no DRM, no DRM... and pay for online games.  People still cheer.

 

"You don't have to be the best, just better than everybody else."

I honestly still feel that Sony initially intended to have the drm thing as well but the M$ fallout caused them to change their mind. They can thank M$ in the sense that they copied 360 strategy i.e the subsidized console strategy. Thats M$ was constantly able to undercut on price. At $399, sony will be bleeding money if not for the subscription model. i've always justified not getting PS+ even though I desperately wanted the cloud saves especially. Now I can purchase it with no regrets.