@WllDan7 look at you two idiots. the first one of you jackasses heehaws around the comments section not knowing how to use the reply button on the appropriate person and the second one of you (you) is too dumb to even realize that's what happened.

@BuyaPC no one really cares who rips off whom, aside from fanboys... if microsoft had ripped off sony's PS+ program i don't think we'd be hearing a single complaint. instead we get this...

@CaveManCobb oh yes, let's all thank our corporate masters for rewarding us for our years of servitude with a handful of free games no one wanted, or already had bought 6 years ago. Seriously, if you're not insulted by this I dunno what is wrong with you... that Rainbow Six game went for 1.49 on eBay August the 29th..... i mean come on.

@FAIL_RETURNETH

here, have some more of my gamescom coverage:

The Console War rages on, this time overseas, as Cologne, Germany becomes the latest battleground when Europe’s biggest interactive games trade-show, Gamescom, opens next week.

Sony’s Gamescom press-conference is scheduled for Tuesday, August 20th, two days before the show is opened to the public. The Real Gaming Bash Blog has learned from our sources that Sony is expected to announce the ability of its next-generation machine, the Playstation 4, to support up to four controllers for simultaneous local multiplayer. This decidedly next-gen feature is not without its drawbacks, however; our source also reveals that local multiplayer will only be available for select titles at the discretion of individual developers.

This announcement is expected to garner Sony even more popular support among gamers, whose expectations for the machine have been high since E3 earlier this year. Highlights from Sony’s E3 2013 press-conference included the ability to buy, sell and play used games on Playstation 4, as well as the ability to play games without an internet connection. The future of gaming is definitely about to get exciting.

@shorty10404 people aren't really complaining about the free games. people are complaining about the lack of value that is xbox live gold and how these games insult subscribers rather than reward them, kind of like the free 25 cents worth of MS points for your birthday. i mean sure it's free, it's made so little a difference that i'd rather you just kept it and not insulted me by the offer. if MS would have just done something like this without pressure from sony and PS+, no one would have had shit to say about it. but the fact is, PS+ hands out better games... and more of them, and this is just microsoft with a half hearted effort to be like that for a while. it's a joke.

@wickedsc300 But the difference being with PS3 you actually WANT the games. You actually want to play the games PS+ offers.

@banana23man

lol well i don't think the suggestion that you buy another ~$500 device with at least a 6 year lifespan really implies you are rich.

but there probably is little reason to own 2 of them, unless you just can't live without whatever company's exclusives. but really, everything else is redundant... why buy a second machine to play the 80% of your library that will be multiplats? why buy a machine to subscribe to a second online service that virtually mirrors the other one? besides that, i barely even have the time to devote to getting the most out of one console, let alone 2 of them. i've got a 360 and a wii now and the wii sits and has sat since xenoblade chronicles over a year ago. i can imagine something similar would happen with the PS4 and Xbone

@senjutsu the free games on xbox are going to continue after december, the program is just being rebranded under a different name. from a news site:

"Microsoft announced early last Tuesday morning, at its non-televised Gamescom press conference, that Xbox 360 owners would be able to enjoy Microsoft’s new 5-5-5 game rewards plan. During the conference, Microsoft’s Phil Spencer outlined the plan:

"Starting this November, all Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to download free games with our new 5-5-5 Gold rewards plan. This means, you’ll be able to download one free five year old game every five months with a value of $5USD. That’s the kind of value you’re only going to find on our platform. And I’d like to announce that this program will be making its way to the Xbox One in late 2018, the first downloadable title being Forza Motorsport 5".

@WingChopMasta Madden 2010? Have you lost your mind? There's no way Microsoft is giving us that. More like Madden 07.

@XboxGuy1537 they were asked about it. what do you expect sony to do? i mean i know MS needs all the help they can get with the bone but sony can't sell the thing for them.