Should I still be paying monthly fees for games? - Xbox Live vs PS+

[radgamer420]

http://calmdowntom.com/2012/10/shoul...ox-live-vs-ps/

[Soldier 95B]

Only pay monthly if you want to waste money. Buy a year at a time, and shop around for the best prices.

[Yungstar 2006]

so i assume everyone now has both ps3 and 360 and plus is better value so don't pay for LIVE..

gets my vote

[TDbank24]

Ouch, anyone that pays monthly for Xbox Live is getting taken for all they're worth.

What is it like $10 per month? When you could just go ahead and get the full year for half the price in the end.

[mickice]

Never understood Xbox Live. I think most simply pay because they are forced too.

I really like PSN+ alot, auto game and system updates, 1gb online save data storage, oh and the games plus discounts.

I would highly recommend a 750gb hdd upgrade if you are getting PSN+ because you are going to fill your hdd very quickly thats how good the service is.

[mynd]

Never understood Xbox Live. I think most simply pay because they are forced too.

I really like PSN+ alot, auto game and system updates, 1gb online save data storage, oh and the games plus discounts.

I would highly recommend a 750gb hdd upgrade if you are getting PSN+ because you are going to fill your hdd very quickly thats how good the service is.

ROFL, whut?
Your paying for auto updates? Jesus.
PSN+ is a good rental service, but you shouldn't have to pay for that other stuff.
Why dont they just drop that stuff that should be part of the O/S and just leave PSN as a rental service.

[$Greatness$]

ROFL, whut?
Your paying for auto updates? Jesus.
PSN+ is a good rental service, but you shouldn't have to pay for that other stuff.
Why dont they just drop that stuff that should be part of the O/S and just leave PSN as a rental service.

Same reason Microsoft have you pay to play online while its free for everyone else.

[mynd]

Same reason Microsoft have you pay to play online while its free for everyone else.

Its nothing like it, paying to make sure you have a free patch of a game? really?
That's insane, and would make a mess of XBL.
How the hell do people ever get on matchmaking etc, only to find that their version of the game wont run with other because it hasn't been patched, that's friggin nuts.

[TEJ2025]

ROFL, whut?
Your paying for auto updates? Jesus.
PSN+ is a good rental service, but you shouldn't have to pay for that other stuff.
Why dont they just drop that stuff that should be part of the O/S and just leave PSN as a rental service.

It isn't just a rental service though...

[mynd]

LOL. Do you mean how MS makes you pay for online multiplayer portion of the game that MS DOES NOT host?

MS is practically charging you TWICE on internet you already pay through internet service provider.

auto update is practically nothing compared to that.




Then MS should make you pay for those features and let users play online multiplayers without subs as they should.

Its a chicken and the egg situaiton though, wiohout pay to play, live woudl neve rhave become what it is today. An dI dont wnat auto updates to bcoem somethign I pay for, thats a serivce that does the Live network a great deal of good, without it, it would be a mess, and without it I can see why PSN is a mess.

MS made live the first unified online console service, frankly "should" is something they make the rules up about not other people.
If they wanted to charge, they can dam well charge.

[SHAZZMAZZ]

Xbox360live hell no, PS3 ps+ hellyes

[Soldier 95B]

Never understood Xbox Live. I think most simply pay because they are forced too.

I pay because I love the service, not because I am forced to. I could just buy my games for my PS3 instead if I felt I was forced to. I just feel it's the best available online gaming service out there, and really enjoy it.

[emmerich]

I'll gladly pay if the service is far superior like this gen.

[radgamer420]

I'll gladly pay if the service is far superior like this gen.

Me too. Plus I never pay full price for live. You can always find it at a good discount. Live is definitely far better which is why so many choose it over PSN despite PSN having free online play.

[emmerich]

I still pay, I was considering switching to PSN this year for Black Ops 2 but after thinking about it for a day or two I decided to just renew my Gold Sub for the better service and early DLC.

[mickice]

I believe you are a little confused, everyone gets the same updates just being on + my system at 4pm when I work kicks on looks for updates and patches does them then shuts off.

The problem with live is simply this, you and your mate can play a PS3 game together just fine but on Xbox for the same game you both need to pay for Live.

Unless there is a revolution in Xbox camp you guys will most likely be paying next gen too.

[emmerich]

It's a rental and discount service but the discounts are so small that the service is practically a rental service.

[mynd]

I believe you are a little confused, everyone gets the same updates just being on + my system at 4pm when I work kicks on looks for updates and patches does them then shuts off.

The problem with live is simply this, you and your mate can play a PS3 game together just fine but on Xbox for the same game you both need to pay for Live.

Unless there is a revolution in Xbox camp you guys will most likely be paying next gen too.

So, say you played Batman, clocked it neve rintend to play it again, and the system will still go and download the update for it? Thats still nuts.

Xbox live is the better service, end of story, thats why we pay for it.
If you could see what I can do with my ipHone, my borhter in laws Andriod, my web browser form work, all that stuff integrates seemlessly into live these days.

Look at this way.

PSN is nearly about where Live was when it launched at the beginning of this gen (missing cross game chat which is again - a feature that makes the service so isolated) but Live has long since moved on past that. I mena can you remote control your PS3 from you iphone?

[Ghost-Rhayne]

I mena can you remote control your PS3 from you iphone?

Ya can watch any movies on your PC/laptop through the PS3 via the Vita anywhere over wifi. It's not a bad trick.

[mynd]

Ya can watch any movies on your PC/laptop through the PS3 via the Vita anywhere over wifi. It's not a bad trick.

Most of my movies are on my PC lol. I usually use it the other way aorund and watch my movies on my xbox from my PC.
But you still need a vita to do that, vs well any smart phone.

[Yungstar 2006]

Ya can watch any movies on your PC/laptop through the PS3 via the Vita anywhere over wifi. It's not a bad trick.

and going through that rigmarole is thought of as..... not a bad trick. "really"?

[Ghost-Rhayne]

and going through that rigmarole is thought of as..... not a bad trick. "really"?

Unless you have a Vita and have used it to remotely turn on your PS3 and browse your PC, you can take the rigmarole out of that post. Commenting on something you have clearly never tried before, "really?"

If you have PS3 media center set up well you are browsing your computer files in seconds.

If I want I can watch any episode of Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead etc, or any of my anime, or any of my movies or countless series I have archived, effortlessly over wifi. This is the voice of experience speaking.

[Soldier 95B]

PSN+ lets you rent games, get early access to demos/betas, exclusive access to demos/betas and big discounts on digital games and dlc. It also gives you cloud access, trophy auto-sync, and automated downloads/patching. PSN+ is a great service for those interested in those features.

[emmerich]

PSN+ lets you rent games, get early access to demos/betas, exclusive access to demos/betas and big discounts on digital games and dlc. It also gives you cloud access, trophy auto-sync, and automated downloads/patching. PSN+ is a great service for those interested in those features.

Big discounts? Like what? $2 off a PSN game? That's not BIG.

Trophy auto-sync should not be a paid feature.

The discounts I see on PS+ are so miniscule I often wonder "why bother". I have never seen anything discounted enough to be worthwhile, and that discounted item often becomes one of the "free" games that aren't actually free cause you're paying for them by having the service subscription and then eventually losing them if you don't re-subscribe.

[Yungstar 2006]

PSN+ lets you rent games, get early access to demos/betas, exclusive access to demos/betas

is it really a good thing to be paying to play demo's early? and while it may be considered by some as renting games, you get a choice of ten at a time. it's not like there is a BIG choice of said rented games (45 over a year).

and big discounts on digital games and dlc.

i must have had my PS3 switched off that day.

It also gives you cloud access, trophy auto-sync, and automated downloads/patching.

paying to save online is not worth £40 a year. does it trophy auto-sync every time you get one or does it do them all the following day and i'm sure the auto patching is only for recent played games.

PSN+ is a great service for those interested in those features.

i'd say it is a great service to new ps3 owners and not so great for those who have bought and/or already played those rental games.