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binary solo on 01 November 2014
Burek said:
binary solo said:

I haven't played a PSN+ required multiplayer game since buying PS4 and signing up for PSN+ back in Feb. I got PSN+ for the monthly "free" games on PS3 and PS4 and the value in that alone is immense and worth every [insert your currency] you pay.  Maybe if someone only owns a PS4 the "free" games being made available aren't worth it yet. But for someone with at least 2 out of the 3 PS3/PSV/PS4 one would have to question their sanity if they don't have PSN+.

If we assume PS3 subscribers are pretty flat that probably puts the PS4 subscribers at over 6 million, which is almost double the highest selling PS4 game to date (Destiny).

I only own a PS4, and fund out that my $50 was a waste of money, as I only also play single-player games.

Those "free" games were not a good incentive for me to renew my subscription, as they were all uninteresting for me, and I certainly would never buy a single one of those if they were offered to purchase.

So, I don't see it as getting 12 games for $50, but wasting $50 on no games... Until they start offering good, interesting games, they are not seeing my business...

It certainly helps to own a PS3. I got Tomb Raider 2013 the month I signed up, and Bioshock Infinite, then Dead Space 3, then NBA 2K14. So it's paid for itself right there. Hopefully they will offer decent non indie titles on PS4 soon, but I've enjoyed some of the offerings they've had on PS4 so for me at least PS4 hasn't been a total waste with the PSN+ games.



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leo-j on 01 November 2014

Almost 14 millio ps4s, and barely over half play online??



 

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Wright on 01 November 2014
leo-j said:
Almost 14 millio ps4s, and barely over half play online??

 

Maybe not everyone wants to pay for playing online.



Lafiel on 01 November 2014
leo-j said:
Almost 14 millio ps4s, and barely over half play online??

shows why the X1 reveal was such an image loss for the xbox brand



Ganoncrotch on 01 November 2014
Chazore said:


This is more or less the way I see it, I've had an internet friend or two telling me of it;s "tremendous", "godlike" value that can't be matched anywhere else yet all I'm seeing is games I don't want and even then they vanish once I stop paying for the sub fee so really they aren't free but locked behind a paywall I'd need to keep buying, even then people will throw the excuse "it's just an incentive", locking something behind and having to constantly pay to use it is not an incentive, just like SvennoJ said "Buying multiple consoles is fun imo. Needing multiple subscriptions is not." and I'm loving the Wii U and PC having no sub and since I'm going with an XB1 I'd maybe be willing to pay their online fee sub but only if it's a game friend own and play frequently otherwise I don't see the point.

What? You mean to turn on the PC? There are many games on the PC which have a sub, not just games but features too, if you want to play warcraft it's a sub per month, if you want a teamspeak server rented out for raiding that's a monthly sub.... guild websites...



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Troll_Whisperer on 01 November 2014

I subscribed to PS+ for the games and it was totally worth it. Now that playing online is behind a pay-wall I feel like the quality of their offerings have suffered. Hopefully it's due to PS4 being young, because I'm not gonna renew until I see a game I really want being offered. I don't play online that much anyway.



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GTAexpert on 01 November 2014

Its surprising that so many PS4 owners don't play multiplayer. Though that's a good thing for SP games.



DonFerrari on 01 November 2014

And why have this thread become a bashing PS+ thread??

SINCE no mod have yet warned I'll remember not to derail the thread unless people want to see reports flying.



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Ganoncrotch on 01 November 2014
DonFerrari said:
And why have this thread become a bashing PS= thread??

SINCE no mod have yet warned I'll remember not to derail the thread unless people want to see reports flying.


There isn't much bashing of playstation going on here and it's mostly talking about how the number of subs =/= the number of ps4's that are out there, means that loads of gamers are fine with offline play in this gen so far.

Would be hard to report people for discussing a service in a thread about that service I think.... and that's from someone who loves to report people o/

 

 

 

 

 

(I did report 1 post in this thread!)



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Ninsect on 01 November 2014
Pemalite said:

That's a 64% attachment.
Decent sure, but not really breaking any ground.

A drop in the bucket to the stupidly fast growth that Steam is seeing. (25 million active users in under 9 months. - Active is defined as someone who has purchased a game and logged in within the last 30 days.)
To put that into perspective, Steam is growing faster than the combined hardware sales of the Xbox One and Playstation 4.
It probably helps that Steam is free and offers free games though, could this be the generation of the PC Gaming Master Race?

Well the barrier of entry for Steam is much lower so that's understandable.



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