kowenicki said:
Sorry I cant see the answer to my question there... You cited the uproar of PC gamers in successfully preventing for paying for online. Steam dont require paymetn, Ninty dont. So why didnt playstation owners unite and force Sony to remove the requirement to pay for online from the PS+ fees? |
I take it that you never took in what I wrote earlier. As I said Michael Pachter made it known that the people vote with their wallets no matter how they complain about paying for online. Once the exploitation became a way of life even Sony jumped in on it. You must also remember that is another strain of profit besides selling the consoles themselves and Sony kind of needs more profit anywhere they can find it right now. Even though I detest the thought of Sony following Microsoft, the market didn't exactly disagree on consoles since at one time on the Xbox you had to have Xbox Live to even remotely enjoy a good portion of what it meant to own a console last gen. Microsoft just bullshitted everyone into believing it was all premium. Sony led by example and Microsoft followed Sony when they showed Microsoft what premium online should be. Xbox Live Gold today is pretty much PSN Plus. Xbox Live Silver is pretty much standard PSN.
PC gamers did not support Windows Live. Its much harder to get peoples money when its all not funneled down the into a closed system like Xbox Live or PSN. There is no central dictatorship on PC since its an open system.











