Let me state this just incase you may have missed it during E3..
YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR ONLINE GAMING ON THE PS4!!!
I don't care what extra "perks" or variables you add to the equation.. you're still paying to play online. Take your ramrod like men and find something else to bash..like the 24 hr check in or DRM.
OhSnapitz
The reason XBLG is being used to bash microsoft is many. The problem with XBLG and PS+ isnt that you have to pay to play online, it is what you have to pay for, why you have to pay and the value of paying for one company vs. another one.
XBLG was bashed up till recently because microsoft was making you pay for things all of their competition was giving you for free. Now sony is charging but what they charge for and the value they give you makes XBLG look just really sad and pathetic for a pay service, and the PC still has free online access to everything. So basically microsoft is being treated so poorly over this mess because they have failed on a massive scale to deliver any kind of value to their customers in the face of the competition or even do a single thing that treats paying customers like they are important or mean anything. Microsofts and xbox one and xbox live gold all seem to have one mantra F*** you, pay me" and nothing else. So their ire is well deserved.
1) Microsoft is making it so you cant even use your netflix account unless you pay for XBLG.
PS4 you can use netflix, hulu, media apps and everything online that doesnt involve playing a game online for free.
2) Microsoft has been promoting world of tanks as a free to play game. But its an online game, they make you buy XBLG in order to play it making it not free to play at all.
Sony has stated all games on PS4 that are free to play will truly be free to play. Warframe, dc universe online, and planetside will be playable without ever having to pay to subscribe to PS+ because sony said it wasnt fair to call it free to play then charge people. So you dont need a PS+ account to play free online games.
3) XBL, if you dont have it you cant use your console. This includes half of the countries in the world. So millions of people who would want to buy a XB1 cant if they dont have XBL in their country to register their system.
PS4 works anywhere, anytime, in the world because it does not require an online account for any reason to enjoy the system.
4) XBLG costs 60 dollars a year.
PS+ costs 50 dollars a year.
5) XBLG gives you 2 free games a month.
PS+ gives you 18 games instantly, 5 new games a month, discounts on the PSN store, online game save backups, full game trials, beta access, the PS+ account will be accesible on all 3 of sonys systems and more.
So all the bashing comes from the people who feel microsoft is charging more for way way way less than their competion and they arent treating customers like they matter at all while their competition does more for less or are just free.
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