PS4 Now requires PS+ for MULTIPLAYER!

[michael_stutzer]

Adinnieken said:

michael_stutzer said:

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.

PS+ is great and I am subscribed for a long time. It was a great idea to keep the costs of infrastructure down. 

Online multiplayer was free, is free (Steam), and can very well be free. You just need smart ideaas like PS+.

How is Steam doing then, game prices are way, way lower, no paid multiplayer, and it is doing just fine.