Sony getting away with paid online is the greatest current gen achievement so far.

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Mr Puggsly said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

Mr Puggsly said:

bunchanumbers said:
Everyone was too busy screaming at MS for their wacky plan at that E3. Paying a monthly fee for online seemed like a blessing compared to what MS was trying to do.

Well what options did consumers have? Xbox also charged for online play.

In fact, just recently someone told me they want a PS4 because they don't want to pay for online play on Xbox.

lol... What rock were they living under? I take it that it's someone who isn't in the "know"?

Well why would they know? Sony never advertised they're charging for online play.

People played PS3 online free for the entire generation. I believe many people bought a PS4 not knowing online play was no longer free.

Frankly, not everybody buying a PS4 is a forum dweller or reading gaming news.

Did Microsoft advertise charging for online play? How is it any different? Who would have thought you had to play for online back in the day?