IcaroRibeiro said:
They can They just don't need to, as gamers are happy to pay for it and are even defending the companies for charging extra money for playing online At first both Sony and Nintendo didn't charge for playing online. They changed later when saw the opportunity to get extra cash and embraced it, that's all |
Do you have sources backing this up? Sony and Nintendo charge now because it's not sustainable for closed platforms to have free online services that are trying to be like live they tried to be free as a draw over Live but realize you can't match the infrastructure and features doing that on closed platforms. Maintenance and contracting alone make it impossible.
