@CivilizedPsycho always revealing to come across the casual racist...

@unclejibjab o.0 and i can't remember a time that Sony has done that.

@CivilizedPsycho please go learn what Communism means....

meh, i don't purchase used games out of principle anyway.

@jdbausch I stopped reading at correlation.

Correlation doesn't mean causation, if that's the basis of your argument, chances are you're wrong.

@jdbausch that wasn't about PSN being free or not though :/

I think Mr. Mc Shea says it really well:

"It's an exploitive service that takes advantage of people's innate desire to connect with others, charging significant money ($59.99/year, or $9.99/month) for features given away for free on competing platforms"

@YYankee

Cross Chat: i'll give you that one.

Live TV: achievable on the PS3 for free

Faster more frequent updates: i hardly see this as a benefit, apart from the faster part, but then thats dependant on the individuals internet speed.

faster/easier to use GUI: completely subjective. I hate the layout of Dashboard, i find it fiddly and annoying to navigate.

@_huh and yet the PS3/Wii U and PC do offer the services for free.

So either: XBL offers features that justify the fee(as far as i can see, it doesn't)

Or Microsoft is exploiting customers for an unjustifiable fee, for the privilege to use all features on a game someone buys.

@ileadufollow as most Capitalist will tell you, competition is (supposedly) good for consumers.