Has Sony's focus on games trumped their recent missteps??

[naruball]

mutantsushi said:

naruball said:

[Mandatory pay to play online with the PSN] is making them so much money and it will continue with ps5 (now that most console gamers have come to terms with it) that it was one of the best business decisions they've ever made [...]. As a consumer, I couldn't care less, as I don't play online and get it anyway for the free games.

Your last line is why I think they pulled off their introduction of it so well, throwing in something extra (free games)
which makes it so that it isn't JUST "mandatory pay to play online with the PSN" but even in your case value on it's own.
Not to say plenty still might not like it, esp. those who play relatively few online games and don't like the free offerings.

I agree. It does seem to have been their plan all along. What's interesting, though, is that the number of people who got ps+ was tiny before the ps4. Clearly not enough people saw these free games as good enough reason to pay that amount every year.