If Sony try to make me pay for Online, then I'm absolutely done with console gaming.
We need to protest this BS.
Stop posting. We get it, you don't like these rumours.
These are still rumours and I bet we'll see something tomorrow.
If Sony try to make me pay for Online, then I'm absolutely done with console gaming.
We need to protest this BS.
I really don't understand the blind faith that so many of you here have for Sony. You're all so confident that they won't charge for online and I have no idea where this confidence is coming from.
Why not? Because of the example MS set?
Sony tried being 'friendly' this gen (free online play, no proprietary memory) and it lost them a chunk of pennies. Why repeat the mistake?
Isn't that being a hypocrite? I'm sure you've lost your shit to rumors.
I guess you filtered out the part where you said I'm selectively reading posts. Also assuming I'm one of these "people" who said $400 would be the max? lol Welcome to the ignore list.
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Speculation time ..
PS4 ($429)
250GB
EyeToy
Controller
Free Online MP, Demos
PS4 ($529)
500GB
EyeToy
Controller
Launch (Move) Game Pack-in
1 Year of PlayStation World (BC via Gakai, PS+ features, Streaming etc.)
If it the real world model comes down to something like this, I'd go with the $429 version in a heartbeat. Upgrade the HDD myself (assuming they dont force proprietary HDD crap ala MS), get the PS World subscription when it's tested and tried. And fuck the pack-in Move Game
In this article, the biggest surprise IMO is;
1. Price
2. Price when EyeToy is bundled with every console.
This.
Nobody said anything about paying for online...
And what exactly are you going to do if both Sony and MS have pay to play online? We don't really have much of a choice.
You guys are insane. Did you all really think Sony wouldn't jump on with Microsoft when there's money to be made? That's how oligopolies work.
I can't believe people are this submissive to corporate money grabs.I'm cool with all of this.
Sub makes sense. I'm actually glad Sony decided to go for a subscription.
Ya if $30 hurts so much, there is no way they will be able to afford $60 launch games.
Sony probably isn't interested in this demographic for the first year or two. They NEED people who buy games. Not the people who wait for used or deeep discounts.
I hope for:
Online MP is free
Day1 demos for everyone
PS World:
- monthly free games
- discounts for PSN store
- BC via gaikai or monthly access to entire streaming Playstation catalogue [pay more to activate more games per month].
- cloud saves
- spectating friends
- advanced video recording
- free entertaiment content
Everything that is free on the PS3 and Vita will no doubt continue to be free, so MP, Chat, side apps like Netflix, iPlayer etc. will all still be free. Features that are behind PS+ now, subscription games, cloud saves, etc. along with new features like GaiKai streaming are what is going to be behind a paywall.
Why is everybody OK with backwards compatibility being behind a paywall? Paying a monthly fee to play your existing games you already own, even in single player mode?
They aren't streaming the BC because it's an awesome way to do BC, they are doing it because they fucked up with their PS3 architecture decision and it's the only fucking way they can possibly do BC at all!
PS4. We got you to pay a monthly fee to play your PS3 games in single player mode.
This is not the Microsoft conference thread.Sony haven't learned their lesson and if they choose to go anti-used, then for me Sony can FUCK off.
This.
Nobody said anything about paying for online...
our source says that every PS4 will come with a PlayStation Eye
I don't even use Xbox Live, so I could care less about the online.
The pricing seems a bit too much. I expected $400, but $500 is inefficient.
Well, we'll see tomorrow, right?
I'd be surprised if they announce the pricing tomorrow; companies usually want to wait till closer to release.
Orbis is also following the path first set by Xbox Live: our source says "most" of the PS4's online features will require a premium subscription to use. Sony's new online service will be called PlayStation World, our source says, replacing PlayStation Plus
This is not the Microsoft conference thread.
Cut $30 off the price and remove this shit. Nobody liked PS Eye the first two times, let's pretend it never existed and move on.
Sony charging for playing online at this point would be like Valve all the sudden charging for Steam. Sony isn't going to take something that's been free for 7 years and all the sudden start charging for it, and PSN Plus has been doing decently enough to warrant it being expanded upon and people seem to love it.
This is just Kotaku spouting last minute bullshit before the meeting happens.
Sony charging for a premium online service like Xbox live gold was always obvious to me, so I always find it surprising to see people act... surprised.
I really don't understand the blind faith that so many of you here have for Sony. You're all so confident that they won't charge for online and I have no idea where this confidence is coming from.
Sony haven't learned their lesson and if they choose to go anti-used, then for me Sony can FUCK off.
Pretty much in the same boat. Xbox live turned me off so much I stopped even turning on the 360.I really hope this isn't true because I am only interested in the new Playstation console next gen if they blow this it will be the first time I won't be buying a console.
Everything that is free on the PS3 and Vita will no doubt continue to be free, so MP, Chat, side apps like Netflix, iPlayer etc. will all still be free. Features that are behind PS+ now, subscription games, cloud saves, etc. along with new features like GaiKai streaming are what is going to be behind a paywall.
Why is everybody OK with backwards compatibility being behind a paywall? Paying a monthly fee to play your existing games you already own, even in single player mode?
They aren't streaming the BC because it's an awesome way to do BC, they are doing it because they fucked up with their PS3 architecture decision and it's the only fucking way they can possibly do BC at all!
PS4. We got you to pay a monthly fee to play your PS3 games in single player mode.
I can't believe people are this submissive to corporate money grabs.
I mean like charging for online play and stuff.
If they leave online play alone, but PS World is the new Plus, then cool, go with it.
I don't think Sony will start charging for online play, I mean, this is why some people pick their console over Xbox.
That gives credence to the Eye in every box, no? Since that's how the Move works.
Can someone post a comparison, L2 and R2 don't seem all that different to me(and I am fine with that).
Kotaku trying to be relevant 24h in advance based on rumors,
can't wait for them to be proven wrong
You're starting to repeat yourself now.