What Is It With People Saying Sony/Nintendo Will Charge For Online Next-Gen?

I see so many users so sure that Sony will charge to play online, there is a possibility of course but the pig "plus" about PSN is that it's free. Maybe they'll release PS4 at a lower cost but make you pay for online? (lets just say PS4 is $599.99 but instead of making your customers pay that price, it's $399.99 or at least $499.99 plus a $60 per year for online) I doubt other companies would utilise it, it's only Microsoft who made users have to pay for online, Nintendo's never done it, Sony's never done it. If they were going to charge for online, then wouldn't they have done it before? It's not really an alien idea, I'm sure it's crossed peoples minds in the past (though I reckon they wouldn't do it for fear of people abandoning them).

Its a copycat society. MS is making money off Live by the truckloads. You think Sony isnt going to try that next gen. They are in it for the money arent they?

It would definitely be a smart business move for both companies, but if Nintendo still has the same terrible online in its next console, I doubt anyone would really cough up money to play online, though they'll probably improve it.

Its a copycat society. MS is making money off Live by the truckloads. You think Sony isnt going to try that next gen. They are in it for the money arent they?

DroidPhysX

The fact that PSN is free is a big thing for many people though. I had a friend who wasn't sure about PS3 or 360, most people don't want to hear lists of exclusives, I noticed that never works with people (except when fighting about which system is better) but when I told him that PSN is free he was really swayed towards PS3. Sure charging for online is good, but also if you have free online, you've got a lot more people wanting to get your system. PSN Plus is fairly new too, wouldn't they expand on that and leave PSN just basic online with the usual PS store stuff? Nintendo Wii's online wasn't really good, and I doubt Nintendo would charge for online with their next console. I hope they really work on making the online good though.

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Its a copycat society. MS is making money off Live by the truckloads. You think Sony isnt going to try that next gen. They are in it for the money arent they?

XVision84

The fact that PSN is free is a big thing for many people though. I had a friend who wasn't sure about PS3 or 360, most people don't want to hear lists of exclusives, I noticed that never works with people (except when fighting about which system is better) but when I told him that PSN is free he was really swayed towards PS3. Sure charging for online is good, but also if you have free online, you've got a lot more people wanting to get your system. PSN Plus is fairly new too, wouldn't they expand on that and leave PSN just basic online with the usual PS store stuff? Nintendo Wii's online wasn't really good, and I doubt Nintendo would charge for online with their next console. I hope they really work on making the online good though.

The difference in the sales of PS3s sold by having paid online (which is probably pretty small) I'm sure would more than be made up if they charged for online

I personally think the only reason Sony doesn't charge is because they need to have some things that attract potential buyers to their system instead of the 360.

I can't imagine Sony not charging if they were the dominant console on the market.

The fact that PSN+ exists makes me certain of this. Sony wants to charge. They just can't because they aren't the top selling HD console atm, and they know many buyers are purchasing the PS3 because of free online.

I don't know about Nintendo though. Until they have an online system like the 360/PS3 then they won't spend near as much to support it like Sony/MS do now.

There are only 2 reasons why Sony doesn't do it now .

It's because it's not as good as the 360's and they made a big deal about online being free when they launched.

99.5% chance Sony will charge for it next gen. Nintendo on the other hand needs an online to charge for. If their next gen console has online that rivals that if the competition then they will charge too.

It will happen for two reasons: 1)It is a great way for the companies to make additonal money. 2)Consumers have shown they will pay $50-$60 for online multiplayer.

sony might- they already have the optionary option right now

i dont think nintendo will because its family friendly and caters to everyone ,

not to be rude , but it is what it is ,

but we know sony will be 10 bucks less if they intend to go just charging route but who knows they might just continue what htier doing

offering plus benefits and keeping online free

99.5% chance Sony will charge for it next gen. Nintendo on the other hand needs an online to charge for. If their next gen console has online that rivals that if the competition then they will charge too.

It will happen for two reasons: 1)It is a great way for the companies to make additonal money. 2)Consumers have shown they will pay $50-$60 for online multiplayer.

CajunShooter

Don't count on Nintendo charging for online in the future. Nintendo has stated many times in the past that they do not want to charge for online play. It's one of the reasons why Nintendo did not introduce 3G into the 3DS. If Nintendo were to make an online service comparable to Xbox Live (which I higly doubt), expect it to be free of charge.

Nah, remaining free will drive many people away from MS, and even being first out won't help them again.

Its a copycat society. MS is making money off Live by the truckloads. You think Sony isnt going to try that next gen. They are in it for the money arent they?

DroidPhysX

They are doing it already with PSN plus. :lol:

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Its a copycat society. MS is making money off Live by the truckloads. You think Sony isnt going to try that next gen. They are in it for the money arent they?

XVision84

The fact that PSN is free is a big thing for many people though. I had a friend who wasn't sure about PS3 or 360, most people don't want to hear lists of exclusives, I noticed that never works with people (except when fighting about which system is better) but when I told him that PSN is free he was really swayed towards PS3. Sure charging for online is good, but also if you have free online, you've got a lot more people wanting to get your system. PSN Plus is fairly new too, wouldn't they expand on that and leave PSN just basic online with the usual PS store stuff? Nintendo Wii's online wasn't really good, and I doubt Nintendo would charge for online with their next console. I hope they really work on making the online good though.

I see the basefunctions remaining free (aka play games online for free), but more "premium parts" being charged.

Something like you can have more than 20 PSNfriends if your premium.

I see the basefunctions remaining free (aka play games online for free), but more "premium parts" being charged.

Something like you can have more than 20 PSNfriends if your premium.

dercoo

Because they're in this business to make money?