“You’re all being played” Bleszinski slams Sony’s lack of used game blockers as a PR tactic

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badgenome said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Microsoft won in the end...they pressured Sony into implementing paid multiplayer. It was good while it lasted, but at least they gave people a reason to pay instead of locking them out of an entire experience. Sony taught MS how to create paid multiplayer with added features without locking the consumer out of the experience as if they are some criminal or outcast. I knew it was too good to be true but at least it gives more to the consumer instead of taking away. In that sense I cannot be completely mad. As I said...Sony is more genuine.

They didn't pressure Sony into anything, and they certainly don't "win" if monetizing online play gives Sony more money to work with (moneyhat games, etc.). Consumers lost because too many consumers have proven all generation long that online multiplayer is something they're willing to pay for. Even though people seem to see Sony as the "good guy" right now, they are still a corporation like any other and won't turn down what amounts to free money.

Any major profit geared corporation would feel pressured to profit off of online by locking down a portion of the console OS to a paywall after what Microsoft has achieved. Its not like they can sit there and watch Microsoft profit off of their consumers. Activision even profits off of MS consumers and before the backlash EA was about to as well. MS exploited console gamers after they failed to do it to PC gamers, because they control the gronds for  which your console runs  and make perameters on a closed format system. As you said they are still a corporation even though they found a genuine way to make the payment stick without much argument from people. Can't really argue with wondering what you're paying for when you get free games monthly. It seems Sony has influenced Microsoft in a positive way with all of this. Love Sonys Steam sales though. One thing that Japanese can learn from capitalist corporations is how to profit off of consumers while giving away as little as possible and holding people hopes in your hand. Look at Capcom, they are the direct example of an Americanized Japanese corporation. They have no soul and have been swindling gamers the whole gen.