Originally posted by another user
This is in regards to Sony making it mandatory for users to get PS+ in order to play games online.
Only read that far and I don't want to read the rest so bear that in mind when you read my response.
Response:
I believe Sony have explicitly stated that whether or not a game will require a subscription to P+ to play online is completely at the discretion of the developers, so some games will hopefully have free to play online but Sony games are most certainly going to be behind a pay wall but I don't believe I have any games made by Sony that I currently ever play online.
That's obviously not excusing them from doing this and I'm still very unhappy they have chosen to do so, but at least this service gives you more than xboxlive does.
Right, now onto a different rant about the same area and problems it has with me specifically:
My main reason for disliking the Subscribe to play online model is that it's only really viable to get this service if you play online a lot or play lots of games regularly, both of which I do not do.
I play online fairly infrequently maybe once for 30 minutes a month, I play some cod Zombies for an afternoon every now or then or a couple of matches online then go back to browsing the net or playing an offline game. I'm not paying £5/4 a month to use the online service when I hardly every play online. I also don't want a bunch of free games as a gift to essentially shut me up and make me sound like I'm being entitled. I'm selective about what I play and I pick games up as and when I want them, not when Sony decide to give me games.
I also don't want to be tied to a subscription for a service, essentially being in that bracket of people that play online infrequently Sony have just kind of isolated us and that's what pisses me off the most, to make the £5/4 a month viable I'd have to use it much more and I'm not going to do that.
Aldo people seem to think "But Muh free games" is valid compensation for £5/4 a month. It's not, I don't want a load of free games. I just want to be able to play online as infrequently or frequently as I want without having to get out my fucking credit card and I'm not wasting money on something I don't use. So it's either no online or free online. I'm not paying for it.