It is because they could give it to their customers free and still make billions. I look at Xlive like paying to breathe air. It's free to breathe air as long as you don't shop in a certain named mall then while you're in there shopping you must pay $1 an hour per person. Wii, PC, PS3 all free Xbox is not.
PS3 is different with a bluray drive the processors need to read part of the game from the HDD at the same time they're reading part from the disc. Otherwise the game would be a nightmare to play.
Online multiplayer games use the internet as the LAN and you set the game up as private and invite your buddies in or set it to only accept friends in the game.
Log in to comment