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G2ThaUNiT said:
That's a bit disingenuous lol. From the Genesis to the Dreamcast, Sega offered a paid online subscription service for online games. Not many but that continued with what was the Dreamcast 2.0. The original Xbox. And it was much cheaper than what Sega offered as well. |
Then Sega are to blame yet we are still paying. Sega might have done it and failed, MS did it and succeeded. Sony saw the money that could be made and decided they wanted in too. This also had an effect on MS as both were competing meant MS made their service better, added free games, actually making F2P games free, blah blah. Insert Nintendo.
Cheaper is still paid. If Sony did a free online again, no games, no sharing, whatever, I'd probably take the option.
| G2ThaUNiT said: Yeah pretty much. Console players do get more features for that sub service. PC only gets free multiplayer and free cloud storage. Steam does have Remote Play but not all games offer that feature. I have no doubt we're going to be in for another price increase in games in the not too distant future. |
I think Sony will stick with per gen, easier that way but not every company has copied them yet. Publishers are slowly increasing costs based on game or popularity. Tekken 8 was £70 (god knows why looking at the now battle pass it has), SF6 was £55, Elden Ring was £50, FIFA 23 was £60, EA Sports FC was £70... and they no longer had to pay the FIFA licence fee. 
I heard rumours that 2K are looking to release GTA at a larger cost. Stupid, as if they release at £60 they'd sell tonnes more but not like that game isn't going to sell.
Hmm, pie.
