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Consoles are going sub based of multiplayer, while MMOs are going free to play now. Whats going on?
Seem like some kind of culture change. But what triggered it?
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Somebody, somewhere has better skills as you have, more experience as you have, is smarter than you, has more friends as you do and can stay online longer. Just pray he's not out to get you.
Oh, crazy. Didn't XBox already have a gold membership program you had to pay for to play online with friends? I think the original Xbox had it in like 2001. Maybe the actual service came out later.
So then, has nothing really changed or are they upping the anti and making it an actual recurring subscription or something?
its talking about games that use PSN servers which are usually multiplayer modes on shooter games and such, mmos use their own servers
As I said earlier when i played final fantasy 11 on 360 i didnt have to have XBL gold membership to play the game, only the games monthly subscription. Because the game is played on square-enix servers not XBL servers and the game didnt connect online through XBL.
They never stated you need a Playstation plus or XBL membership to play the MMOs online stop making assumptions.
I will say EA requires it and when you play madden you're playing on ea servers not MS.
No fate but what we make, so make me a ham sandwich please.
+1 But I'd probably say more then one step. Why do people buy consoles?
Kids.
They are easier to con than adults, make them pay to play online, pay for items in the cash shop and pay for the game.
KEER-CHING!
"Going" sub-based? Haven't they had a sub option since the original Xbox?
While one might argue that a free option where Sony uses an Apple iTunes store style cut of the profits on games and uses that revenue to build and run the multiplayer architecture, a subscription model is fairly standard, given the first two XBoxes used it. And the free model relies on them actually being the gatekeeper for games (like Apple is,) which I would guess players aren't ready for on console just yet.
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