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Chark on 23 May 2013
walsufnir said:
Chark said:

If they do that it will be met with anger and despair. Out of that there will be those who accept it and those who reject it. Plenty of confidence will be lost in Sony and MS will sell more this gen. The backlash will cripple PS4 sales and further damage Sony as a whole. One of the main reasons I like Sony this gen is their attract consumers through compelling optional content approach.

If they do this than what of the PS3 and the Vita? No one will move to the PS4. The concept doesn't make sense and if they restrict online play for those consoles then you can bet the lines at Gamestop to trade in those consoles will be out the door.

I personally would demand refund on the PS plus I have, start a petition and flood Sony with distressed consumer calls.

I hope if the big publishers are pushing MS and Sony in this route that Sony has the balls to look at them and say "Oh you want to put in place a no used game system? Well we have one. It's called digital only" and that be that.


It worked for MS before and will work again, why won't it work for Sony? You will definitely pay for several services, namely psn+ and especially Gaikai. Yes, both are optional, but Sony wants to earn money, too, so they will most probably make a feature-bundle gamers are to buy.

What worked for MS also seperated gamers into different groups. For Sony it would be risking their consumer base and handing it off to Nintendo or elsewhere. I'm fine paying for PS+ and if I had decent enough internet, Gaikai. I won't be happy if all the cool features are tied up to Gaikai but it is better that than for them to go back and remove online play, or hell even offline play, and put it behind a pay wall. Basic online multiplayer has been universely free to play to those who purchase the software, universal except for MS who all but forced it upon consumers who wanted to buy their console.

Sony can earn money without requiring a subscription. Make a service people want and people will get it but not everyone will want the same thing so why only accept certain customers if all are willing to buy something? I don't own a gas station and make customers buy a candy bar if they want to fill their tank because of the profit margin. Sony shouldn't either.



Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(

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badgenome on 23 May 2013
BenVTrigger said:

True but given Kotaku has said the same thing Im inclined to believe that where theres smoke theres fire. Just like there was with the Xbox One

Source? AFAIK Shitaku has only said that "most" online features would be behind a paywall, not that multiplayer would be. And they (probably) also said that PSN oppresses women.



hinch on 23 May 2013

A lot of gamers doing this -

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

And smug Xbox fans saying, "I told you so."



chocoloco on 23 May 2013

Pirating



BenVTrigger on 23 May 2013
badgenome said:
BenVTrigger said:

True but given Kotaku has said the same thing Im inclined to believe that where theres smoke theres fire. Just like there was with the Xbox One

Source? AFAIK Shitaku has only said that "most" online features would be behind a paywall, not that multiplayer would be. And they (probably) also said that PSN oppresses women.


If I remember correctly they said they werent sure if online play was behind a paywall but had heard it was. But they couldnt confirm it. And that it would be a tiered system.

Either way relax its a piece of plastic im just making discussion.



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badgenome on 23 May 2013
BenVTrigger said:

If I remember correctly they said they werent sure if online play was behind a paywall but had heard it was. But they couldnt confirm it. And that it would be a tiered system.

Either way relax its a piece of plastic im just making discussion.

"Relax"?

I just think your "I'm positive this is happening because some people said so!" approach is off, is all.



weaveworld on 23 May 2013

It won't be as bad as with xbox simply because they got the first shitstorm and people have had time to get used to the idea.



NobleTeam360 on 23 May 2013
ClassicGamingWizzz said:
you are trying too damn hard man, love how people is spining the xbox1 reveal and saying ... but but ... but sony maibe will do it too , maibe ...

camon man they already stated you can play used games or that console can be offline and you playing it. they will use that fee for online like this gen probably and thats it.

Here is the problem, Xbox 1 can play used games as well you just have to pay a fee to play it. Sony never stated they wouldn't charge a fee to play a used game just that the PS4 can play used games. 



VGKing on 23 May 2013

You have some links to these rumors? I have yet to hear anything about it.



BenVTrigger on 23 May 2013
badgenome said:
BenVTrigger said:

If I remember correctly they said they werent sure if online play was behind a paywall but had heard it was. But they couldnt confirm it. And that it would be a tiered system.

Either way relax its a piece of plastic im just making discussion.

"Relax"?

I just think your "I'm positive this is happening because some people said so!" approach is off, is all.


True I very could be wrong I concede that. Its just the rumors reflect what I think is inevitable.  From a financial perspective it simply makes sense to charge for online play. The infrastructure is expensive.