tired of the Live vs. PS+ debate!!

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Cj2i3 said:

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

Cj2i3 said:
"One's a rental service ones a gaming service"
That gave me a big laugh. Both are rental services, one service you rent games for 50 dollars a year and the other you rent multiplayer and party chat for 60 dollars a year.
With that said I don't really like either service, but I especially dislike PS+ and now Sony wants to force me to pay for that nonsense if I want to play online.
But don't be confused here, both are clearly rental services once you stop paying for either of them you lose numerous features.

 We all knew the profit Xbox Live was making was going to force Sony to eventually cave. Thankfully they left the rest of PSN free. 

Won't argue there, and if Sony significantly improves the PSN experience I won't complain one bit. But the fact I can't even access Netflix without an XBL gold subscription is an absolute joke.

Yep, DVR Features, alternative subsciptions, free streaming media,  all chat functions and more are still free. I knew Sony would cave but thankfully it was only for multiplayer. I was mad at first but then I realized no one can turn down pure profit. Even Michael Pachter said Xbox Live broke even early on in its lifetime for the investment, which means MS is making hand over fist off of it. If you were bleeding internally and had to watch your competition make profit on online where everywhere else its free of cours its going to influence the market of the market it applies to if it brings more money to the industry and people comply in a popular way.