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Alby_da_Wolf on 03 March 2015

Basic online multiplayer must be free for me. Premium optional services are fine, but I want freedom of choice.



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arcaneguyver on 03 March 2015
ohmylanta1003 said:

The average console gamer only plays the few AAA titles that come out each year and do not generally have the time nor the interest to play the smaller games offered for "free" from the subscription service.

It would be nice to see some kind of poll done with regards to this. Not saying your wrong, but my personal experience (PS4 activity feed) says otherwise. But like digital sales figures and actual sold-through numbers for all consoles, these are stats we'll (probably) never see.



CladInShadows on 03 March 2015
rolltide101x said:
CladInShadows said:
The only reason I am OK with PS Plus is because of the free games. You tend to get your 50 dollars worth after a few months.


You get 50$ worth in a month. You worded this terribly though "the only reason I am ok with PS Plus is because of the free games"

50$ for 700$ in content per year...... Its a 100% no brainer

1. How was it worded terribly? The free games is absolutely the only reason I'm OK with paying 50 dollars a year for the ability to play online.

2. Just because you may get 50 dollars worth in a month, doesn't mean these are games you don't already own, or games that you would even want to play. I was being conservative in my estimate of a few months for the service to pay for itself.

 

Also, your math doesn't add up.



kristianity77 on 03 March 2015

I pay for PSN but am beginning to wonder exactly what I am paying for. I was subscribed previously on the 360 to Xbox Live but that was worth the money in most cases. Dedicated servers, little to no lag, all games up and running at all times. That to me was worth it.

With PSN however what exactly are you paying for? Driveclub is constantly plagued by online issues (nowt to do with Sony tho). Pure Pool plagued by online issues (again, nowt to do with Sony). Countless other titles with lag and problems (yet nowt to so with Sony). What exactly am I paying them for if they are not responsible for the online infrastructure of most games? Thats right, I'm paying £40 a year to purchase "mostly" rubbish indie titles that I don't really want in the first place.



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zorg1000 on 03 March 2015
rolltide101x said:
zorg1000 said:


"They are free as long as you pay"

That's not a contradiction to you?

That still doesn't make it free, facts are facts, if u give someone money for a service that means it's not free. PS+ started out without online so at its core it's a service that let's u download certain games for a fee, they later decided to charge for online and include it with PS+. Nobody says PS4 online is free because eventually u have to get PS+ to download the games it offers.

PS Plus is an amazing deal no matter how you slice it. I got 30$ worth of games I wanted to buy last month. (actually over that if I want to count Thief PS3). Every single person I know who is a PS Gamer loves the service. I actually have an Xbox friend who complains every month how PS Plus is amazing and they wish MS would do better to compete with it.

I never said it wasn't a great deal, when I had a PS3 I was able to play Vanquish, Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3, Resident Evil 5, Darksiders, Infamous 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, among others. That doesn't change the fact that those games weren't free because I paid $50 to get them.



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Wonktonodi on 03 March 2015
ohmylanta1003 said:
Wonktonodi said:

The only thing clear is "he didn't like most the games"1

It's easy to give away shit for free. It's hard to sell it to people year after year though. 

It's also easier to say you don't like something without knowing what it is or trying it. I've played many games I never would otherwise without getting then on plus.

As for your assessments on "average gamers" the average gamer doesn't even play on consoles do what's the point bringing then in? If your point was that most console gamers preferred to not pay for plus. That's true and considering that the number of people paying increased tremendously after the launch of the ps4. More people cared about online than the free games. I am in the minority of people who got the service at all and especially for my reasons, but I think it's more from people's lack of awareness than from the quality of the games.


I'm very confused. When I say the average gamer, I am talking about the average console gamer. The average console gamer only plays the few AAA titles that come out each year and do not generally have the time nor the interest to play the smaller games offered for "free" from the subscription service.


Why confused? Must the point I was addressing from average console gamer vs an average gamer. I still don't think there was a point bringing then up though. The average console gamer doesn't play online at all do why would it matter if it's free or not? 



Slarvax on 03 March 2015

Games are already pretty damn expensive, if I can get something for free I'll gladly take it over the paid option. Even then, I don't care about those free games most of the time, and ffs my backlog is big enough without this flood of games I don't want!



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ohmylanta1003 on 03 March 2015
Wonktonodi said:
ohmylanta1003 said:


I'm very confused. When I say the average gamer, I am talking about the average console gamer. The average console gamer only plays the few AAA titles that come out each year and do not generally have the time nor the interest to play the smaller games offered for "free" from the subscription service.


Why confused? Must the point I was addressing from average console gamer vs an average gamer. I still don't think there was a point bringing then up though. The average console gamer doesn't play online at all do why would it matter if it's free or not? 


I would say the average console EDIT: "gamer" does play online though. Halo, COD, GTA, Destiny, and others are all games that the average console gamer often plays online. And I don't know if it's just bad typing or bad English, but you're becoming very difficult to understand.



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Zekkyou on 03 March 2015

I wouldn't pay just to be able to play online (i rarely play online on consoles anyway), but i'm more than happy to pay for something like PS+. I've been subscribed since 2012, so it now being mandatory doesn't really bother me. It's been ruthless to my backlog though :p



Paatar on 03 March 2015

This gen definitely free. Especially since Wii U's internet tends to be better than XboxL and PSN recently...

Even then, I would prefer to have free. Mainly because I don't want digital games and also because what if I stop playing games for a few months? All that membership goes to waste. So if I have to pay for it, I always feel obligated to play as much online as I can.



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