ICStats on 08 December 2013
I'm sure 'some' are complaining about having to pay for online, but not a significant majority. The 360 was able to charge and still sell more consoles than PS3 in US, and sign up lots of users to XBL. And Sony know they're offering a better deal than XBLG.
At the end of the day it's a balance for Sony, MS, Ninty between courting users & developers, growing market, and turning a profit. They have roughly 3 "nobs" to turn on price: price of console, price of games, price of services. They chose to increase the price of services. Which would you rather increase instead?
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