My favorite part of E3 was all the backpedaling done by the Sony fanboys

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#1 percech
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after realizing that Sony is going to charge you to play online...and then they attempted to mask it by constantly bringing up the pricetag and MS's policies. Something that would otherwise be considered getting "screwed" is now generally accepted. "Oh, wait...Sony's charging us too now? Meh, it's no big deal, it's just once a year."

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Mmmmk.

My fav part was MS advertising the PS4 for Sony.

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cool blog
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This was my favorite part http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2013/06/26/sony-dominates-microsoft-in-game-critics-best-of-e3-nominations/ Well, MS getting knocked the fvck out by Tretton and Sony was my favorite part actually, then watching MS coming groveling back on their hands and knees "We didnt mean it gaiz!!11" THAT was my favorite part. As far as paying for online I asked months beofre E3 for Sony to charge, I've payed for Live for almost 7 years, by golly its only fair to do the same with Sony. I'm proud Sony stood up and was forthcoming and honest, a hallmark of the Live, Learn and Love philosophy.
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#5 TheColbert
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We seem to have far different memories of E3...
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#6 Basinboy
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:roll: Percech :roll:

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#7 Chris_Williams
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I own a vita, ps3 and soon a ps4. I know i'm going to get free games across those three platforms. I don't have a problem paying for psn plus. 

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My favorite part was when Jack Tretton owned M$ so hard that lems completely vanished from SW until M$ was forced to reverse their policies due to laughably low pre-order numbers.

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Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech thread
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I personally will not pay $50 a year to play online because I hardly do. I play with friends locally much more often. I never once made fun of Xbox live but of course if people asked for my thoughts on the two consoles (PS3 and 360) obviously I would mention that if the person wants to play online they would have to pay on the Xbox. The way things are now are more similar but again I if someone asks me for my thoughts on the consoles (PS4 and Xbox One) I will mention that  if someone intends to play online (aside from F2P) it will cost around the same on both consoles but free games will also be given out on PS4 and all that jazz.

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#11 Coolyfett
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Level 27...dude must be tired, cause this thread sure is.

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#12 percech
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Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadNEWMAHAY
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.
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#13 Basinboy
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[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadpercech
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

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[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadpercech
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

M$ did a 180 because nobody was pre-ordering their console. It had nothing to do with consumer rights. They will patch that shit back in as soon as they sucker people into buying it.

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[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadpercech
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

lol
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Charging for online sucks.  Now go kill yourself

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[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadpercech
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

Coolyfett says you need 20 gallons of distilled water.

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[QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadpercech
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

they got owned so bad at E3 that they backpedaled. The way I see it, its smart that sony is charging for online because xbox fanboys can't use the xbox live is better BS because you pay for it excuse. Smart individuals are going to see that psn plus actually has more value than xbox live and choose to pay for that over xbox live. Sony is a business, if you don't like what they are doing you can choose to go somewhere else.
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#19 percech
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[QUOTE="percech"][QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadChris_Williams
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

they got owned so bad at E3 that they backpedaled. The way I see it, its smart that sony is charging for online because xbox fanboys can't use the xbox live is better BS because you pay for it excuse. Smart individuals are going to see that psn plus actually has more value than xbox live and choose to pay for that over xbox live. Sony is a business, if you don't like what they are doing you can choose to go somewhere else.

Nice...we have another apologist in here.
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[QUOTE="percech"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="percech"] Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

they got owned so bad at E3 that they backpedaled. The way I see it, its smart that sony is charging for online because xbox fanboys can't use the xbox live is better BS because you pay for it excuse. Smart individuals are going to see that psn plus actually has more value than xbox live and choose to pay for that over xbox live. Sony is a business, if you don't like what they are doing you can choose to go somewhere else.

Nice...we have another apologist in here.

lol
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#21 Chris_Williams
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[QUOTE="percech"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="percech"] Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

they got owned so bad at E3 that they backpedaled. The way I see it, its smart that sony is charging for online because xbox fanboys can't use the xbox live is better BS because you pay for it excuse. Smart individuals are going to see that psn plus actually has more value than xbox live and choose to pay for that over xbox live. Sony is a business, if you don't like what they are doing you can choose to go somewhere else.

Nice...we have another apologist in here.

and we have another whiner in our presence.
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[QUOTE="percech"][QUOTE="NEWMAHAY"]Completely ignores MS backpedaling on their policies. A perfect Perech threadChris_Williams
Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.

they got owned so bad at E3 that they backpedaled. The way I see it, its smart that sony is charging for online because xbox fanboys can't use the xbox live is better BS because you pay for it excuse. Smart individuals are going to see that psn plus actually has more value than xbox live and choose to pay for that over xbox live. Sony is a business, if you don't like what they are doing you can choose to go somewhere else.

Chris, give this dude some Gatorade cause the thrist is real.

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it has been pretty hilarious
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[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="percech"] Backpedaling to improve policies and give back rights to consumers is not the same thing as trying to apologize for charging online play.percech
they got owned so bad at E3 that they backpedaled. The way I see it, its smart that sony is charging for online because xbox fanboys can't use the xbox live is better BS because you pay for it excuse. Smart individuals are going to see that psn plus actually has more value than xbox live and choose to pay for that over xbox live. Sony is a business, if you don't like what they are doing you can choose to go somewhere else.

Nice...we have another apologist in here.

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You've completly changed my views on the Xbox 180 with this post, MDC and all that noise.
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My favorite part was when Jack Tretton owned M$ so hard that lems completely vanished from SW until M$ was forced to reverse their policies due to laughably low pre-order numbers.

NathanDrakeSwag

oh snap. Sad part is its true. Surprised this thread didnt end there. "Should have" But M$ fanboys be fanboys.

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#27 percech
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You've completly changed my views on the Xbox 180 with this post, MDC and all that noise. darkspineslayer
Welcome, friend :)
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the best part was when ms showed it had no balls and had to backpedal everything 

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I was going to buy it anyway for the free games. Oh well.
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after realizing that Sony is going to charge you to play online...and then they attempted to mask it by constantly bringing up the pricetag and MS's policies. Something that would otherwise be considered getting "screwed" is now generally accepted. "Oh, wait...Sony's charging us too now? Meh, it's no big deal, it's just once a year."

percech

Before it was an issue because microsoft was forcing users to pay for something sony was giving for free. The problem is gone now because both charge, so its a level field. The argument earlier was simply "Why should I pay for something when this other company gives it to me for free.

With that said, it still isnt a big deal because sony gives its users value for their money, something microsoft still isnt doing.

Microsoft charges you to talk with friends, or even use your netflix account. Sony does not with the PS4 because they stated party cross game chat, netflix access, and other type of internet access will be free for everyone.

Microsoft makes users buy XBLG in order to even play "free" online games. Sony does not, dc universe online, warframe, planetside 2 and other online free games have specifically been said by sony as not needing a PS+ paid account.

Sony has specifically said that they leave publishers and developers to make up their own mind if they want their online games to be behind a PS+ wall or not. So not every single game on the PS4 will require a PS+ account, its left up to the publishers and developers. Microsoft on the other hand put everything behind a pay wall.

XBLG charges 60 dollars a year and gives you 2 full games a month. Sony charges 50 dollars a year for PS+ and they give you 18 games instantly, 5 new full games a month, discounts on the PSN store, online game save backups, full game demos and more.

PS3 and Vita will continue to be 100% free as they always have been.

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The best part that is cows cheered when Sony said you had to pay to play online. it was hilarious.
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#32 Chris_Williams
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The best part that is cows cheered when Sony said you had to pay to play online. it was hilarious. mems_1224
I don't understand you guys pay for xbox live and say its a better service then psn. Sony does it and now its a weird thing to pay for online? Did I miss something?
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"]The best part that is cows cheered when Sony said you had to pay to play online. it was hilarious. Chris_Williams
I don't understand you guys pay for xbox live and say its a better service then psn. Sony does it and now its a weird thing to pay for online? Did I miss something?

butthurt chris williams alert.
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[QUOTE="darkspineslayer"]You've completly changed my views on the Xbox 180 with this post, MDC and all that noise. percech
Welcome, friend :)

Not sure if counter-sarcasm....
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[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="mems_1224"]The best part that is cows cheered when Sony said you had to pay to play online. it was hilarious. mems_1224
I don't understand you guys pay for xbox live and say its a better service then psn. Sony does it and now its a weird thing to pay for online? Did I miss something?

butthurt chris williams alert.

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[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="mems_1224"]The best part that is cows cheered when Sony said you had to pay to play online. it was hilarious. mems_1224
I don't understand you guys pay for xbox live and say its a better service then psn. Sony does it and now its a weird thing to pay for online? Did I miss something?

butthurt chris williams alert.

Way to dodge the question fakeboy.

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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] I don't understand you guys pay for xbox live and say its a better service then psn. Sony does it and now its a weird thing to pay for online? Did I miss something?NathanDrakeSwag

butthurt chris williams alert.

Way to dodge the question fakeboy.

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how this guy became lvl 55 without getting perma banned is well beyond me. So much for actually having an intellectual conversation. 

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how this guy became lvl 55 without getting perma banned is well beyond me. So much for actually having an intellectual conversation. 

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[QUOTE="TrooperManaic"]

how this guy became lvl 55 without getting perma banned is well beyond me. So much for actually having an intellectual conversation. 

mems_1224

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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="TrooperManaic"]

how this guy became lvl 55 without getting perma banned is well beyond me. So much for actually having an intellectual conversation. 

TrooperManaic

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRat7BbrQaGgvBSzKxOF0T

Good job posting a pic that has nothing to do with anything I said. Try harder bro.
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[QUOTE="NathanDrakeSwag"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"] butthurt chris williams alert. mems_1224

Way to dodge the question fakeboy.

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A butthurt mems_1224 used the comment button.... its not very effective
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="NathanDrakeSwag"]

Way to dodge the question fakeboy.

Chris_Williams
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A butthurt mems_1224 used the comment button.... its not very effective

If you're gonna steal my joke at least try to be funny.
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[QUOTE="TrooperManaic"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"]  mems_1224

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Good job posting a pic that has nothing to do with anything I said. Try harder bro.

ah but what you said was an opinion. Think about that a few minutes. Let it sink in. Anyway back to topic, try not to feed the trolls.

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[QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="mems_1224"] A butthurt NathanDrakeSwag appears!mems_1224
A butthurt mems_1224 used the comment button.... its not very effective

If you're gonna steal my joke at least try to be funny.

You should take your own advice.

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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="TrooperManaic"]images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRat7BbrQaGgvBSzKxOF0T

TrooperManaic

Good job posting a pic that has nothing to do with anything I said. Try harder bro.

ah but what you said was an opinion. Think about that a few minutes. Let it sink in. Anyway back to topic, try not to feed the trolls.

What about my post was an opinion? Cows did cheer when Sony "announced" that they were charging for online.
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"] A butthurt mems_1224 used the comment button.... its not very effectiveNathanDrakeSwag

If you're gonna steal my joke at least try to be funny.

You should take your own advice.

Don't need to. Im hilarious.
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="mems_1224"] A butthurt NathanDrakeSwag appears!

A butthurt mems_1224 used the comment button.... its not very effective

If you're gonna steal my joke at least try to be funny.

Fck you mems
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[QUOTE="NathanDrakeSwag"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"] If you're gonna steal my joke at least try to be funny. mems_1224

You should take your own advice.

Don't need to. Im hilarious.

Only in your own mind.

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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Chris_Williams"][QUOTE="mems_1224"] A butthurt NathanDrakeSwag appears!

A butthurt mems_1224 used the comment button.... its not very effective

If you're gonna steal my joke at least try to be funny.

your joke wasn't in the first place, I'm not a miracle worker.