I believe cross-game chat is confirmed behind paywall. Wouldn't be surprised if streaming/uploading videos are too.
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PSN Plus needed to play online!!!
- Thread starter Mikey Jr.
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Moneyhats2k5
Member
Sucks that Sony had to do this, but PSN+ has me drowning in quality vita/ps3 games. I hope they can keep it up on PS4 (the webstore option is ace). I don't like the paywall, but it was either no drm or free online. They made the right choice.
(Also PS4 is $399, megaton!)
(Also PS4 is $399, megaton!)
http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20130612_603363.html
YosP: For network games requiring subscription or F2P games, PS+ may not be mandatory (up to the publishers).
For example, games such as Planetside 2 or DC Universe Online don't require PS+ subscription.
YosP: For network games requiring subscription or F2P games, PS+ may not be mandatory (up to the publishers).
For example, games such as Planetside 2 or DC Universe Online don't require PS+ subscription.
Moneyhats2k5
Member
PSN+ is awesome man. going to download X-Com Right now! Make sure to backup your saves too, they upgraded it to 2 gigs of space.
SonicColours
Banned
Well I don't need to apply for top prize twat of neogaf it appears to be taken.
LOL, I'll pay that, now go annoy someone else since you have directed 10% of your total posts at me.
SRTtoZ
Member
Amazing news if true. I've only recently started playing Planetside 2 for PC and its a cool game. I want to get my friends involved who aren't PC gamers so if they don't have to pay for PS+ to try it that's a big bonus.
Will do. I had so much credit left over after preordering everything so I was looking at the 3 month plans and said fuck it, I'm all I'm for a year.
Gamefreaks221
Member
Knew it was going to happen eventually. This doesn't bother me when I get my PS4 and cancel Live it will be as if nothing changed.
SonicColours
Banned
Yet 100% of your posts are nothing but inane drivel. LOL.
Make new thread?
Okay, I've tried to be nice, and give you credit for a nice retort, but now you are getting irritating.
Crimsonlink
Member
I highly doubt Sony or even Microsoft will charge you whatever your Internet provider charges you which is likely around the $40 per MONTH at the lowest for a single person
I do agree that if you bought a game for $60 or whatever price, the game is yours to do with as you please with some exceptions. However, online services is a murky gray area that not many publishers have come forward with.
They take care of servers and other online things needed to make online gaming work but they never specify cost and stuff.
Sony did this without charging for PS3. But now its become a different ball game.
Gamers such as you and a lot of others believe that paying that $60 or something dollars should let us enjoy MP and Single player both and DLC for the extra stuff. Now it seems like its single player only unless you have PSN+ or Gold to do online MP.
Sony probably looked at Microsoft and said if they could get away with 40 million subscribers, we could do the same. So thats probably how this came to be a policy.
If your choice limits you, then pick the lesser of the evils, whichever it might be in your eyes.
They're a dumb fucking business, if it was costing them tons of money for millions of games sessions per day worldwide, and they let it slide for 7 straight years.
I'm going to go ahead and guess that they're not a dumb fucking business, and that they want to do this, not to negate losses, but to get that xblive gold money pile.
Anyways, these arguments don't explain why multi-player is free on most platforms out there.
I'm going to go ahead and guess that they're not a dumb fucking business, and that they want to do this, not to negate losses, but to get that xblive gold money pile.
Anyways, these arguments don't explain why multi-player is free on most platforms out there.
Darth Kupi
Banned
Sony fanboy bingo time!
Original kontent do not reddit!
Original kontent do not reddit!
Unless you pay me 5 dollars a month
Poetic.Injustice
Member
Sony fanboy bingo time!
Perfect. :lol
DangerDave
Member
I with you 100% man. I can't believe it took 21 pages for someone to start this.
What is going to make this tough is that the Ps+ service is a really good deal. That's what gets me, I think Sony sold the service short here. They didn't need to paywall multiplayer to get people to sign up, they already were.