S.T.A.G.E. said:
richardhutnik said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
...or Sony didn't change a thing about their model outside of PSN+ and the developer friendliness and watched Microsoft go down in flames in May.
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I would say stuff along the lines of not revealing and waiting to see what Microsoft does, and response, allowed things to adjust accordingly. Case of proper timing and not revealing. They had decided they didn't need to change anything (even if they could) and then be able to slip in PS+ as akin to Gold. I had a feeling PS+ was going to be like Gold for XBOX Live after seeing what they were going to do with it. Individuals on here argued that free online play was THAT critical of a feature. Well, the option left for Playstation guys is to stick with the PS3 or go to the Wii U. That isn't viable. So Sony goes what they did.
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Microsoft brought social profiteering to gaming, even Xbox gamers who applauded Microsofts oh-so capitalist enterprises said Sony would eventually follow suit seeing the profit that Xbox Live gets. When you're losing as much money as Sony was because of all the hardware they packed into the PS3 in the end its understandable. I have to applaud them for leaving the rest of Playstation Network free while proving what a value PSN+ was. I was pissed in the beginning, but then I said, "oh yeah....I bought PSN+ even without the multiplayer", then I kind of shut up and kept gaming.
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Sony still can argue more bang for the buck with what it is. PS+ is less expensive than Gold. I saw them doing this actually, because they argue they are cheaper. And they definitely did see what they were leaving on the table moneywise. Next up is going to be the Gakkai streaming, which should prove to be interesting. Will see how it goes.
