Playstation Plus - Premium PS3 Service

[judgejudy]

Quote: Originally Posted by gbeazy

They have to be kicking themselves for not charging to begin with. Seeing 360 make $50/year times 10 mill (approx) would be very disturbing if I was the one at Sony who suggested it be free. When PS3 was expensive they prob felt like they couldn't squeeze anymore money out of people. But now that its cheaper it's had to cross their mind on how they can charge for it.

I disagree, now that the prices are the same, it makes the free online play even more of a selling point, especially to uninformed buyers. I think most "regular folk" if offered a 299.99 console with an additional $50 a year fee for online play versus a console that's 299.99 with no extra subscriptions would pick the latter.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Quote: Originally Posted by judgejudy

I disagree, now that the prices are the same, it makes the free online play even more of a selling point, especially to uninformed buyers. I think most "regular folk" if offered a 299.99 console with an additional $50 a year fee for online play versus a console that's 299.99 with no extra subscriptions would pick the latter.

not to mention you don't have to pay $100 for a wireless adapter.

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Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

not to mention you don't have to pay $100 for a wireless adapter.

WiFi, FTW.

[judgejudy]

Quote: Originally Posted by FootballForever

not to mention you don't have to pay $100 for a wireless adapter.

Exactly, I know all the fanboys constantly harp on that, but it's true.
for 299 you get a PS3, 120gb hard drive, free online play, free wireless, one free "play and charge", and a blu ray player.

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Quote: Originally Posted by judgejudy

Exactly, I know all the fanboys constantly harp on that, but it's true. for 299 you get a PS3, 120gb hard drive, free online play, free wireless, one free "play and charge", and a blu ray player.

And no good games!

Just kidding, I actually enjoy quite a few titles on PS3 and hope they don't start charging you guys for online gaming since you already bought your systems, which would constitute some sort of agreement you had with them at the time of purchase.

[judgejudy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dislimb

And no good games! Just kidding, I actually enjoy quite a few titles on PS3 and hope they don't start charging you guys for online gaming since you already bought your systems, which would constitute some sort of agreement you had with them at the time of purchase.

I'm in both camps. PS3 is pretty much just for exclusives/blu ray/hd videos. Xbox is for multiplats thanks to the live. What I'd really like to see is both consoles offer free online play, but charge a monthly/annual fee for the premium features. Party chat, premium themes, early demos, etc.

[TJdaSportsGuy]

Quote: Originally Posted by gbeazy

They have to be kicking themselves for not charging to begin with. Seeing 360 make $50/year times 10 mill (approx) would be very disturbing if I was the one at Sony who suggested it be free.

It's not that bad. Microsoft counts Gold and Silver accounts as XBox Live Members since technically, they are. There's no way they have 10 million paying XBL members.

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Quote: Originally Posted by TJdaSportsGuy

It's not that bad. Microsoft counts Gold and Silver accounts as XBox Live Members since technically, they are. There's no way they have 10 million paying XBL members.

I agree, but now that pretty much everyone has a broadband connection it wouldn't surprise me if at least 50% of Xbox Live members were gold. I know the vast majority of my friends list is. Also, I randomly have a habit of clicking on the Xbox logo in people's names here at OS to look at their gamer cards and I'd say it's around 75% or so here at OS that have gold.