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Mr Puggsly on 06 February 2014
NobleTeam360 said:
Eh, at least it adds value to Xbox Live Gold.


Agreed, its still 24 free decent and great games a year. I fell in love with Dead Rising 2 thanks to Games for Gold.

Furthermore, I assume it cost a lot more for MS to offer free games because it has a much larger number of Gold subscribers than Sony has PS+ subscribers.



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jlmurph2 on 06 February 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
NobleTeam360 said:
Eh, at least it adds value to Xbox Live Gold.


Agreed, its still 24 free decent and great games a year. I fell in love with Dead Rising 2 thanks to Games for Gold.

Furthermore, I assume it cost a lot more for MS to offer free games because it has a much larger number of Gold subscribers than Sony has PS+ subscribers.


I never thought of that, very very true.



aviggo77 on 06 February 2014

its not games for gold.its games WITH gold



Mr Puggsly on 06 February 2014
aviggo77 said:
its not games for gold.its games WITH gold


Ah, I should update that.

Thanks for the heads up.



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The Fury on 06 February 2014

Basically what I read in that was that we are all being screwed. As I said in another thread:
"Welcome to the Next Gen everyone, we'll fleece you for all your worth."



Hmm, pie.

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aviggo77 on 06 February 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
aviggo77 said:
its not games for gold.its games WITH gold


Ah, I should update that.

Thanks for the heads up.



n_n



fps_d0minat0r on 06 February 2014
Wright said:

I read the OP three times and I didn't understand, but maybe is that my comprehension skills in English suck.


I dont understand it either, I dont believe there were less than  1.33m PS+ subscribers (4/3, assuming the best case that everyone with a PS4 bought PS+).



mutantsushi on 06 February 2014
Mr Puggsly said:

Free games apparently brings in few subscribers, even if they're stellar.

According to Sony, PS+ subscribers tripled since the launch of PS4. The PS3 and Vita have a massive userbase combined. Yet a console with a userbase around 4 million did a better job bringing in subscribers?

Its clear the real way to get subscribers is not letting people play games like CoD and BF online for free.

Although Vita seems to have sold rather well since the PS4 intro, free games for multiple platforms along with your required for MP PS+ is a good deal.



UltimateUnknown on 06 February 2014

As sad as your conclusion is, you are right. If people don't mind getting treated as dogs, they'll get treated as dogs.

Sony tried to create an amazing rental service in PS+, but not even a considerable fraction of their userbase embraced it. On the other hand, MS simply took out a feature from the game and repackaged it as a service, BAM, millions of subscribers. It's just sad. No wonder Sony put MP behind paywall this gen as well. And this is why microtransactions are the new thing. People don't mind paying for parts of their games, or things they've already bought. I just want to know at this point what the limits are.



 

mutantsushi on 06 February 2014
The Fury said:
Basically what I read in that was that we are all being screwed. As I said in another thread:
"Welcome to the Next Gen everyone, we'll fleece you for all your worth."

Uh... How so?  PS+ is still offering it's great free game selection, and you can use it on 3 platforms (PS4, PS3, PSV).

People in fact did buy it previously when it wasn't required for MP.  Now more people buy it because it's required, but the offering is still better.