And Microsoft continues their tradition of making their console as shitty a value as possible unless you pay their annual fee. They've taken their stick and, in response to Sony's carrot, opted to go with an even bigger stick this time.
Then again, looking at the number of people here who expect it, or are even somehow
defending of it, I can see why MS is so brazen...millions will suck it up for a handful of exclusives and the privilege of services the other guy gets for free. Microsoft really have conditioned you that "this is just the way it has to be" even in the face of competition exposing that lie for what it is.
And for anyone talking about "well, cloud storage, so money" you can get a terabyte of cloud storage from Google
for $1 per year, and that's without the required
$560 purchase. Are you getting any other ongoing services or support? Take a look around, this is not 2008 anymore--believing anything remotely related to online merits additional feels is a line being pushed by Microsoft and pretty much no one else. It
is ridiculous.
But if people aren't willing to demand more/better, then I suppose this IS what they deserve.
