Why do you think you deserve to get a service for free? I bet you also illegally download your music because you don't see why you have to pay for it. The money you pay goes towards greater security and a far superior marketplace. Suck it up.Kopikatsu said:I don't have to acknowledge nothin'. I had XBL and it was shitty. Actually, I really like PSN's interface and thought XBL had the shittiest interface this side of Pluto.ilovemyLunchbox said:Never to such a ludicrous extent. I've been a member of XBL for many, many years and I've never had my security compromised. Aside from security risks, you HAVE TO acknowledge the accessibility of the 360 over the PS3. My friends and I all have both and we never, ever play the PS3 online. Its interface is far too annoying and lacks a proper lobbying system. 360's Party system is the best thing to ever happen to console online gaming. And don't even try to pretend Nintendo's online system is worth noting. That friend code stuff is a joke and barely passable as a means of playing with your friends.Kopikatsu said:XBL has been hacked many, many times. I've actually posted a few links to that effect yesterday. And what about Nintendo? Nintendo also has free service.martyrdrebel27 said:look what "free" service gets you, hacked to hell and back. you get what you pay for, and since you pay nothing for psn, they owe you nothing. we pay for a service, and as such, microsoft is aware of that fact and protects it and us with that money, and to prevent lawsuits. seriously, playstation could permenantly shut down all servers and not be legally in trouble at all.Kopikatsu said:I have a 360 and PS3.The Epicosity said:Fanboyism detector getting dangerously high.Kopikatsu said:Even the Sony thing again? Why do they always go back to Sony? What about Microsoft?Lilani said:Well at least they've cut that crap out with NATO and the FBI. I can actually get behind something like this.
Microsoft are the assholes of the gaming industry, dammit!
Anyways, that is really... Weird....
I call Microsoft the assholes of the gaming industry because nothing is free for them. Play with people online? Subscription fees!
More than that, they don't allow free updates/patches. Either the customer has to pay for them (obvious), or they force the developer to pay for them. (Assassin Creed: Brotherhood's first two mappacks (I think))
Edit: Also, they don't allow anything to be off their network...which is one of the reasons why Dust 514 is PS3 exclusive.
Also, XBL is super cheap. A year's subscription on its own is what, $60? If you use promotional deals, you get things like two years and 1600 points for $84 like I did. That's $3.50 a month and $20 worth of free online content. Seriously, if you can't afford that, you should not be playing video games in the first place.
XBL has shitty customer service too, and I've never had a problem with Sony's. I canceled my XBL account and only use the PSN now. Nintendo has a worse setup than the PSN, but still superior to XBL. To add to that list, what about Valve? They don't charge a fee either.
Face it. There is a difference between wanting to make a profit and wanting Scrooge McDuck-levels of money.