Are subscriptions good for the industry?

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I certainly dont like them... It might be good for Sony, MS and Nintendo but as a consumer, I dont see much value in them at all. If they made it optional with free online, great but making them mandatory is the lamest thing they could do in my eyes.

Hence why I wont be buying any of them at launch and buy them at mid generation at the earliest. So I can get a discount on games and the console