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[–] soratoyuki@piefed.social 37 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

Still wild to me that paying for multiplayer was normalized on consoles.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

*play multi-player over the internet connection you provide.

Seriously, they are already getting a cut on every single game sold due to licensing. They discontinue services very early too for tons of games because the companies making the games are the actual hosts anyway.

So I guess we pay for shitty voice chat and some updates? and the privilege of them unlocking the ability of playing multiplayer. Imagine if microsoft charged a subscription for updates for normal users, or they charged a subscription to connect to a network connection.

[–] tobz619@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Main reason I don"t even bother to turn on my PS4/5 anymore. I can't justify a PS+ sub just to play one game online anymore.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

It used to be way better than what you got for free, because they put up the infrastructure to make it better for what you paid. But not long after Sony started charging for online, the way the wind was blowing in the industry meant you were, more often than not, playing on the publisher's servers and not Sony's. So what are you even paying for anymore? Friends lists, I guess?

[–] placebo@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You either pay or you don't play. It's not like console players have a choice.

[–] chris@l.roofo.cc 2 points 35 minutes ago

I guess not buying a console is a way. Sure it's cheaper than a pc but at some point you will have paid more in subscriptions and overpriced games than a pc would have cost.