Locknuts on 12 February 2014
Sony bought a lot of goodwill last gen. Investing in new IPs and losing money hand over fist. Sony really cemented themselves as 'for the gamer' by around 2012. Now they're cashing in on that goodwill by charging for online and not selling their hardware at too much of a loss, but people don't seem to mind because of the reputation that Sony has (re?)built.
