greenmedic88 on 11 June 2013
I didn't buy the PS3 for free online multiplayer but I know that was a big sell for a lot of consumers. Not quite ridiculous as cross game chat being a "sell" for paid XBLG though.
But PSN+ has always given much, much more than XBLG since SCE had to use the carrot approach to get anyone to subscribe. As it's been said plenty of times, MS basically just takes away features if you're not a paid subscriber, making the XB360 a fairly limited platform by comparison.
So now PSN standard takes away the most basic of features in online play, while PSN+ still gives a lot of extras in the form of free access to games, discounts, etc. And cross game chat. Woo.
