0D0 said:
outlawauron said:
Because the architecture behind a network is far more intensive than setting up P2P servers. When you play a game online on PS4, you're playing it on PSN, not the server list that varies wildly from dev to dev. While netcode isn't created equal, you know the product will work.
To summarize all the work that has gone into it as the same thing as digital storefronts or to deny the leaps and bounds in product quality.... Man, I don't even know what to call that. Blissful ignorance? It's like how people falsely say that PSN/XBL are doing the same thing as Steam when Steam hosts absolutely nothing off store. They don't offer the same product at all.
If you don't think the value is worth the cost, then don't buy it. I will pay for it because I place very high value on cloud saves, PSN discounts, and free games.
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You mean that, for instance, when COD is played on PS4, there are extra costs associated that wouldn't be on PC? "Network" costs?
So, there are no "network" costs to play COD on PC, but to play on PS4/XB1, the "network" is different and has costs?
Did they change the way the "network" was running on PS3 days?
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The server for COD on PC is hosted by Activision. The cost for running those games is set by them. They also get to choose how people connect to those servers (using Steam, Activision's own account, whatever).
For PSN, all of that work runs through Sony. As far as who hosts the servers, that changes depending on the game. Some of them are hosted by Sony, others paid for by the publishers themselves. Regardless of that, everything is still run through one central place.
