d21lewis said: Myth: Microsoft was the one that started making us pay for online gaming -This is false. Anybody who was around at the time knows that SegaNet (Dreamcast) charged for an online gaming subscription long before Xbox Live. In fact, if I remember, SegaNet cost around $19 a month. Even before them, there were paid (unlicensed) online services for Super Nes/Genesis games. |
They may not have been the first, but they were the first to do it successfully. They started the trend that is afflicting the industry today.