rumor: PS4 to have monthly fee online.. XBL gold comes to sony

according to anonymous source at sony the ps4 may potentially have monthly fee's to use online features and or online play PERIOD.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/30522-sony-to-move-to-subscription-model-for-online

Now THIS is the worst rumor yet.

ye, psn + AND an online fee.. no1 is that stupid.campzor

according to anonymous source at sony the ps4 may potentially have monthly fee's to use online features and or online play PERIOD.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/30522-sony-to-move-to-subscription-model-for-online

ionusX

We'll find out today but if mandatory fee's are the way they go I wont be buying one. I all ready have enough bills I don't need another one.

according to anonymous source at sony the ps4 may potentially have monthly fee's to use online features and or online pla PEyRIOD.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/30522-sony-to-move-to-subscription-model-for-online

ionusX

So desparate !  :D 

and so it begins....

Sony is a company shrinking because of declining overall business, I'm sure MS is making a killing off the Gold fees, but members don't seem to mind overall. I don't see why Sony wouldn't.

We'll find out today but if mandatory fee's are the way they go I wont be buying one. I all ready have enough bills I don't need another one.

wazzap76

But it is ok to pay for xbox live? :|

Id laugh my ass off if it came to be true but I doubt it like I doubt any rumor posted recently about either system.

If this actually happens, someone should compile all 'paying for xbox live gold' topics requiring all cows to read them in pennance for being abondoned by their very own gaming god.

I can't remember the exact figures but PSN cost Sony something like $800 million last year. Sadly for them cows think this is what should happen instead of them paying for it. Sad times for Sony indeed. RIP.

Id laugh my ass off if it came to be true but I doubt it like I doubt any rumor posted recently about either system.

WilliamRLBaker

What I was going to say.

After playstation plus, I would not mind. Its's only logical, I would say $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year, I'd hit dat.  #idontwantsonytodie.

[QUOTE="campzor"]ye, psn + AND an online fee.. no1 is that stupid.ionusX

"Sony's new PlayStation subscription service will be named PlayStation World, and replace the existing PlayStation Plus offer. It's highly likely that the PlayStation 4 will offer at least the same level of cross-game chat and multiplayer features as Xbox Live, a service that Sony is apparently just as eager to ask money for".

Also there is talk of a new eye toy in the box muck like Kinect, and also it's being said they will now have the same thing as smart glass too.

That'd be hilarious! :lol:.

Let's wait until the announcement, shall we ?

If Sony goes that route then I wont be buying their next console. I will never, ever pay to play online. That's just f*cking stupid.

If Sony goes that route then I wont be buying their next console. I will never, ever pay to play online. That's just f*cking stupid.

Master_ShakeXXX

Paying to unlock the online portion of your game is indeed beyond stupid.

At least give people the choice, maybe pay for a premium service or something, but just straight up online play should be free.

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

If Sony goes that route then I wont be buying their next console. I will never, ever pay to play online. That's just f*cking stupid.

Sagem28

Paying to unlock the online portion of your game is indeed beyond stupid.

At least give people the choice, maybe pay for a premium service or something, but just straight up online play should be free.

Well hey if it ends up being true atleast I will finally have enough reason to build myself a badass gaming PC. 

[QUOTE="Sagem28"]

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

If Sony goes that route then I wont be buying their next console. I will never, ever pay to play online. That's just f*cking stupid.

Master_ShakeXXX

Paying to unlock the online portion of your game is indeed beyond stupid.

At least give people the choice, maybe pay for a premium service or something, but just straight up online play should be free.

Well hey if it ends up being true atleast I will finally have enough reason to build myself a badass gaming PC. 

Ditto

the last 2 posters have no true conviction they will end up buying the consoles and paying for online.

Even if Sony does decided to charge for online they will more than likely not announce it today. Today will probably only be about the positive stuff surrounding the PS4. All the negative details will probably work themselves out closer to an actual release.

If Sony goes that route then I wont be buying their next console. I will never, ever pay to play online. That's just f*cking stupid.

Master_ShakeXXX

Sony already know that the xbots are more then happy to pay MS, they prob figure that there own fans are just as stupid.

Usually im an early adopter, but this time I think I'm going to wait till everything has been out a good six months, hell I easilly got a back log that would last me that long with more good games due this year.

the last 2 posters have no true conviction they will end up buying the consoles and paying for online.

WilliamRLBaker

Oh shuddup will. Go smoke some more of your industrial hemp.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

the last 2 posters have no true conviction they will end up buying the consoles and paying for online.

Master_ShakeXXX

Oh shuddup will. Go smoke some more of your industrial hemp.

uh oh someones pissed :P If you had true conviction you would have built a gaming rig long ago and went the hermit/pirate. Since both companies have been nickle and diming the consumers since day one.

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

the last 2 posters have no true conviction they will end up buying the consoles and paying for online.

WilliamRLBaker

Oh shuddup will. Go smoke some more of your industrial hemp.

uh oh someones pissed :P If you had true conviction you would have built a gaming rig long ago and went the hermit/pirate. Since both companies have been nickle and diming the consumers since day one.

 ps4 may potentially have monthly fee's to use online features

ionusX

Why is this a surprise? PS3 already has a monthly fee to use online features like cloud saving, automatic downloads, etc. The new console is rumored to have cross functionality with mobiles, bigger social network interaction, and things such as video capturing. All of these will probably be behind the new version of Playstation Plus. I would be very surprised if online play didn't remain free. It seems PS+ is the business model that Sony seems to want to be going after.

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

the last 2 posters have no true conviction they will end up buying the consoles and paying for online.

WilliamRLBaker

Oh shuddup will. Go smoke some more of your industrial hemp.

uh oh someones pissed :P If you had true conviction you would have built a gaming rig long ago and went the hermit/pirate. Since both companies have been nickle and diming the consumers since day one.

Speak for yourself. I bought their console, their games, and that's about all the money I've had to give them. Had to buy multiple controllers too but that's my own dumbass fault for not taking care of them.

the last 2 posters have no true conviction they will end up buying the consoles and paying for online.

WilliamRLBaker

You know me so well, little Lem.

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Oh shuddup will. Go smoke some more of your industrial hemp.

Master_ShakeXXX

uh oh someones pissed :P If you had true conviction you would have built a gaming rig long ago and went the hermit/pirate. Since both companies have been nickle and diming the consumers since day one.

Speak for yourself. I bought their console, their games, and that's about all the money I've had to give them. Had to buy multiple controllers too but that's my own dumbass fault for not taking care of them.

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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

If Sony goes that route then I wont be buying their next console. I will never, ever pay to play online. That's just f*cking stupid.

Master_ShakeXXX

Sony already know that the xbots are more then happy to pay MS, they prob figure that there own fans are just as stupid.

I blame the xbots for being so willing to bend over backwards for Microsoft. Sony probably saw that and said "hmm, maybe our customers are just as dumb as Microsoft's. Lets see if we can get away with this sh*t." 

I hope it's just a rumor...

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

uh oh someones pissed :P If you had true conviction you would have built a gaming rig long ago and went the hermit/pirate. Since both companies have been nickle and diming the consumers since day one.

WilliamRLBaker

Speak for yourself. I bought their console, their games, and that's about all the money I've had to give them. Had to buy multiple controllers too but that's my own dumbass fault for not taking care of them.

And all that sh*t is something you only have to buy once. Also lol @ Sony "nickel and diming us with memory cards". How in the f*ck else were we supposed to save our game back then?

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"][QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Speak for yourself. I bought their console, their games, and that's about all the money I've had to give them. Had to buy multiple controllers too but that's my own dumbass fault for not taking care of them.

Master_ShakeXXX

And all that sh*t is something you only have to buy once. Also lol @ Sony "nickel and diming us with memory cards". How in the f*ck else were we supposed to save our game back then?

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"] eh I will speak for my self I take care of my stuff but the simple fact your so offended by paying for online is quite hypocritical considering the fact that Sony went 3 generations of nickle and diming its customers. Multitap, memory cards, cables...etc all higher priced then the 3rd party equivalents on the ps1 and ps2, Network adaptor hard drive on the ps2 was quite expensive compared to what you could get for the time in a hard drive that was I believe only 40 gigs in size. *ff11 bundle* Ps3 expensive memory stick pro duos, headsets, hdmi cables, multi cables, controllers...etc Say what you will about Microsoft but the past 2 generations they've not really had much more nickle and diming evidence that puts them over sony, about the only thing big this generation was the harddrives which were definitely super expensive. WilliamRLBaker

And all that sh*t is something you only have to buy once. Also lol @ Sony "nickel and diming us with memory cards". How in the f*ck else were we supposed to save our game back then?

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