PS4 Now requires PS+ for MULTIPLAYER!

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michael_stutzer said:

Imaginedvl said:

walsufnir said:
Hahaha, sorry guys, but all this "no problem for me" *now*... Well, it's nice to see how opinions can change if you don't have an option anymore :) PAYWALL!

Yah when I saw the "it is okay, good strategy from Sony, expected, it does not bother me at all" reactions from the so called Playstation nation I was laughting so hard ;) this is so hilarious to know the same exact people were bashing Xboxlive so hard not a week ago and "claiming" they would never pay for it! Fun time!

It is because of clueless people who chose to buy 360 when it introduced paywall. If people stopped buying 360s when there was a free alternative, none of this would happen. Blame yourself.

I had a problem with paid multiplayer and still have. Stop with these stupid posts. Show me examples of people who said "I'll never pay for online, never." and now saying "paid multiplayer is great!".

You're a fool if you believe that.

Infrastructure costs money.  A LOT of money.  The costs to provide a service as big as and with the service level agreement that Xbox LIVE has is impossible without revenue and you can't get that through games.  Sony knows this.  That was the whole reason for offering PS+ in the first place, to create something people would subscribe to in order to generate revenue.

I've worked in a data center.  I know how much it costs to maintain thousands of servers, keep it cooled, and keep it powered.  I know the costs for bandwidth, which are not cheap.  All of this costs considerable money and if you don't think it does you're clueless.  If you think it can be made up in the sale of a game, you're clueless.  It isn't and it can't.  You have to have some substantial revenue in order to pay for it.