I don't know dude. I would love for that to happen but that would take the so called "gamers" out there to actually be interested in quality. As it is right now most people just want to play what's popular, regardless of how good or bad something is. As long as the Nextbox doesn't give you aids when you first turn it on, I don't see people switching to Playstation unfortunately.

Sony definitely needs to get better and more aggressive at marketing though.

What are you talking about? I have access to PS+ just like any PS3 owner. It just doesn't offer me anything I want. Don't make assumption about people you don't know. I bought my PS3 for Team Ico and since that hasn't happened this gen I have number of exclusives that I've enjoyed that made it worth it. PS+ has very little that appeals to me.

The games it gives for "free" are all games I could get for a few bucks in a used bin at my local used game store. I bought a used copy of Bioshock 2 for about $5 and if I had any interest in Borderlands it was about the same. Luckily I didn't have to pay for the game I wansn't interesting in. I don't miss out on games, I buy the ones I want most and wait for cheap used prices on the ones I'm less interested in. And I get to keep them forever with no need to pay a subscription to play them in the future. I'd pay for PS+ if it let me play anything in the entire library, but it doesn't so I'm not interested. I also have don't like paying for a digital copy of anything that I can get a physicle copy of. When I pay for something I want full ownership rights, but Sony treats PS+ "free" games as rentals without letting me pick out the games to rent.

It's not about the money. If you had to pay for PS+ to get access to online gaming I'd pay it and I wouldn't complain. And I'm not even complaining about PS+. All I'm saying is I don't have any interesting in paying for an optional service that has nothing to offer me that I want.

It appears that most of those who believe XBL is better than PSN do so for reasons entirely isolated from XBL. It is not that the fact it is a paid service that makes it better, just that they prefer the aesthetics and features associated with the platform that happens to have the service and they misguidedly associate those factors to XBL and the fact they pay for it while others do not. In reality, their preferred service happens to charge them for access regardless of its connection to what the service actually delivers because of it.

Smoke and mirrors, and exclusive features they can gatekeep. If you pay for the service because you want those features or are constrained to seek an alternative, then fine by me, but I'm sick of delusional visions of grandeur because Microsoft found a way at your pocket change.

PS+ is a great service Sony is providing that Microsoft doesn't have, and it is doing it for less than what they like to charge for their controversial service.

Then don't take it out on people who just want to play on XBL and take it out of MS. 

I'm not taking it out on the users at all. I see plenty of people who mistaken the construct of XBL and I'm just sick of it. I'm not lashing out and there isn't anything wrong with my expressing that. I'm just explaining. If that's a problem, it should be a sign. I know looking at this thread, almost any XBL user might be a little on edge.

This gen has been riddled with harsh sentiments on both sides, misinformed opinion, and delusion. The amount of content associated with this topic is sickening.

Not possible.. it bothers some people too much that others are perfectly ok with paying for a service that they deem worth the money.

Agreed. Imagine going into a shop and seeing a PS3 for an extra £39 with 44 games on the box. You would double take and ask if it was a misprint.

Wait a second. So you complain about PS+ because they don't offer you every single game to play but you'd be willing to pay for PS+ if Sony decided to make it compulsory to play online?!

How does graphic design or web know how matter? Understanding aesthetics and how design works is paramount when you look at these things. To the average person aesthetics psychologically affect what they buy, places they go, eat in the back of their mind. It's not a straight forward effect, and isnt thought or preached about on a normal level. This is why I every designer has to learn color theory. People react to it based on culture for it has different forms and meaning for a variety of people. The reason PSN's network is so bland is because the design is basic, point blank. Sony hasn't evolved anything about it until the PSN store since the PSP was launched (In which the design ignorance lasted nearly a decade before true changes began). I have no problem with you liking Xbox Live better but design and color scheme play a big part in why Xbox Live is better, but let me show you something about PSN.

PSP

PS3

Still a bland and monochromatic style with variations between many muted tones. Bland text that doesn't draw the eye and rather falls behind into the background if it isn't highlighted. The Icons are old and should be done away with unless they create a divider and lessen the effect of the icons. Its incompetent design management.

Old PSN Store

New PSN Store

Same muted tones reflecting Sonys attitude, but clashing against one another in a complimentary fashion which is pleasing to the eye and pushes the objects they are trying to sell into the forefont. Dark recedes, the opposite of Xbox Live which is very vibrant, and large cuts. Verticle Rectangle cuts which draw the eye in and present things like they matter in a more commercial mode aesthetics. This is a huge step up for Sony and it has taken forever for them to learn this.

Now lets look at Xbox Lives new Experience presenting that design and commercialism aesthetic IS what they focus on yearly to sell their product aside from adding other multimedia perks. 

Xbox Live walkthrough:

(Note: Games are no longer the primary function of Xbox Live experience it's actually behind social and videos sitting comfortably in the middle but still somewhat neglected)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PugGSbVL8

You see its all design aesthetics, form and function. Everything else is reliant on third party (multimedia), games and the hardware itself for cross chat and stuff. Anyone can do it, it's just that Sony is slow and bloody retarded when it comes down to it. Are people shallow? Yes they are....they just don't think about it on that level. People pay for Apple because of brand image, unity of the whole package product (Combo with Itunes, Ipod, IPad, IPhone and Mac laptop or Computer)and unity of its design. Its cut from the same cloth as Apple, but was overly done because the even the mac needs to be user friendly for people who want to use their laptops and desk tops and realize os aesthetic depends purely on what tech you're using. Somethings can be simple and boxed in and others cannot. The design works because its simple for progress, yet it unifies the structure so you feel like you are in one big community. Sony fails to understand this and thats why PSN seems so scattered and shitty. 

Sony needs to intergrate the PSN Store into the body of the primary dashboard to create unity. Everything feels seperate rather than welcoming to the mind, sight, and touch. Again some people like Sonys old design but the majority are taking to the new design better because of aesthetic know how. They need to think about this with the PS4.

Design > Features > Products 

Without design all these features have no place to go and neither do the products. If you know how to do it just right you increase the appeal. This is why Microsoft is ahead of Sony is marketing. 

-Always bring up your strengths and  hide your weaknesses.

That's why Sony REALLY needs to get the word out on this AMAZING service.  Commercials as simple as "PSN offers you online play, apps, and store access aboslutely free, but you can also sign up for Playstation + and get hundreds of dollars worth of content including getting certain games free and others at huge discount prices of up to 75% off on a weekly basis.  Keep everything you download as long you're a member.  You get all this plus cloud storage and early access to demos and online betas for less than the price of ONE game at only $50 a year."  God I wish Kevin Butler was still around to put in some sort of rip on Live and how if you can afford to pay $60 a year for avatars you're gonna love this haha