PS4 will make $1.2bn each year from PS Plus, analyst estimates

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dsgrue3 said:

sales2099 said:

Does not compute?

Firstly, I don't consider $10 substantive. But also its the idea of the dozens of millions of PS gamers who spent their lives feeling entitled that multiplayer should be free. It is a tough battle because offering a lot of free games won't be enough to change their minds based on principle. This will take time, and will get to a point where they must choose between principle and the awesome PS4 games. Games will win out, they always do, but it will take time for transition purposes.

The Xbox crowd is used to it, and anybody going in is expecting it. The PS crowd is still by and large, new to it all. I am suspicious that the average gamer who doesn't follow internet gaming news, is even aware that PS4 online requires PS Plus.

The substantivity was not solely monetarily.

You think people will not buy a console due to principle? This isn't a movie, this is the real world. If consumers want something, they will buy it regardless if it goes against their principles. 

I still think there is no reason to pay for online if it's p2p, that's why dedicated servers for XBO and PS4 are VITAL. XBO will have the advantage here with a solid foundation for providing a dedicated experience if the devs want it. 

It's funny that you argue that people won't know about the paywall going in, but if I asked if you knew about the XBL paywall going into purchasing a 360 I think you'd be singing a different tune. 

Just classic hypocrisy. I'm used to it here.

Like I said, they will have to chose between principle and games....and games will win out. But by no means will the transition be like the snap of a finger. That was my point.

Your 360 line is a bit confusing, because I allready said that a Xbox gamer is used to the idea, but to a PS gamer the idea is still in the process of being embraced.

Its less hypocrisy and more of a cultural difference between Xbox and PS gamers, IMO.