Why Do People View the MS Acquisition of ABK as a "Good Thing?"

[LurkerJ]

gtotheunit91 said:

LurkerJ said:

What is your point? I am not sure what you're going on about. 

SONY is more consumer friendly to me and offers the best value service bar non, they also offer me more options, I don't want PSN essential to be killed off and be forced to pay for PSN extra like MS did with their essential tier.

MS slowly and deliberately killed off their most basic tier in an attempt to boost higher priced tier subscriptions, SONY hasn't followed suit in this anti-consumer practice despite their "dominant position". The suggestion that only SONY subscriptions need to be competitive or more consumer friendly is false, MS is deliberately offering less choices in terms of subscription tiers, MS subs options can and should be more consumer friendly too. 

Are you sure? Because I count 3 sub tiers on MS and Sony's.

Xbox Live Gold does still exist if that's what you're wanting.

You mean this service? https://www.vgchartz.com/article/457686/xbox-games-with-gold-for-july-2023-announced/

Just check xbox fans comments. The basic Xbox essential tier is now an embarrassment compared to PSN Essential, but even in an empty vacuum, it's an embarrassment to what it was few years ago before MS chose to neglect it on purpose, it's on life support to push users to pay more expensive tiers. A quick look through the monthly announcements tells you just that; https://www.vgchartz.com/articles/?category_story=All&btn_submit=Search&q=games+with+gold

In what way the service is remotely the same compared to what it was or compared to PSN essential? to suggest Gold offers the same value as PSN Essential is disingenuous.