The Fall of Xbox - Video by Videogamedunkey

[Ganoncrotch]

Hiku said:

Ganoncrotch said:

Always found it nuts about PSN and when Sony announced that they were going to charge people for online play.... it was added in as a footnote to a video which was received by a crowd of cheering fans around the world, gifted to them by MS and Don mattick dropping the X1 on stage and kicking it across the floor as he went to pick it up.

Everyone at the time was so busy laughing at the absolute bastard level of marketing dig that was taking place at the cost of MS that a load didn't even mind the small text which was added to this video which opened up a world of paid online on the playstation. 

This is not accurate.

I don't know if you didn't the E3 presentation, but I remember this well because I was watching it live, and I recall my own and other people's negative reactions to online multiplayer being locked behind a paywall now.

That was announced on the main stage, not as a small footnote hidden away, but as a bullet point for PS Plus on the big screen, that he read out loud.

He also specified while on stage that "PS4 gamers that aren't PS Plus members will be able to enjoy the single player games for free."
In case there was any confusion.

It was after this presentation that the video you posted above was uploaded, and people started watching it.
PS Plus was not the focus of that video, but the ability to share disc based games. They didn't even have to put that footnote in there.
People were simultaneously discussing the new Online Play paywall, while also musing at the dig they took at MS in that video. You can do both.

Even what you are quoting there which is what he said on stage doesn't lay out the exact plan with the online games though since it's far bigger than just a bullet point, it's easy to include the bullet point of what he says which could be interpreted as some fluff piece that psn online is a great thing and multiplayer is a part of that but it's only when you specify that online play requires psn+ are you saying outright that you do not get access to online play without paying.

Regarding the non psn+ members getting to play single player games for free being a rock solid definition that without psn+ you don't get online play... that doesn't work considering that if you don't have psn+ you can still play fortnite/paladins and a myriad of other online games on the ps4 100% online without paying for psn+ ever. (any free game is free to play online on psn)

The first time that it was clearly stated that you need psn+ for online play is that footnote to the video. To suggest that every bullet point on that list is only available to those with psn+ would suggest that without psn+ you cannot access any of the discounted games which appear in the psn store which of course is not correct as many games get reduced on the store but some titles receive additional reductions with psn+