| Lafiel said: looks like there will be real free to play (no ps+ needed) titles for PS4 anyway and double-subscriptions for sub based MMOs might not be required either http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=585651 |
The right thing to do it would be: if multiplayer mode relies heavily on Sony servers, PSN+ fee required, if it relies on 3rd party ones (including publishers' own servers) and/or if it's P2P multiplayer where most of the resources are provided by the users machines themselves, while Sony servers just manage the initial handshaking amongst the players, free PSN subscription should be enough. Obviously Sony could reserve advanced matchmaking functions, leagues, every trophy system that it doesn't normally provide also for single player, etc only to pay subscribers. BTW this system could blend perfectly with the stuff you quoted about MMOGs, where the MMOG's publisher provides almost all the resources needed for the game, and charges the user for them (unless it's based on advertising and/or sales of extra game items), so it would be unfair to add another mandatory fee on top of it while not giving almost anything in return.
