Charging for On-line Gameplay is ridiculous

JohnWinger · 2007-04-05 09:56:13

On-line gaming has been free for many years on the PC, PS2, etc.The Internet backbone as we've known it has been paid for about 1,000,000 times over with customers from around the world paying for monthly Internet bills.So why is it that Microsoft has the conceit to put up toll booths on then Internet backbone and charge for On-line play?If there was a real good reason such as Quality of Service, then it would be quite understandable, but that it not the case.Most of the games on Xbox Live have lag issues.PlayStation 3's On-line is nearly identical, but it's free.Microsoft is the only company that wants the milk the people for all its worth. I'm not a fanboy. I love all the consoles. The 360 is still a great console with good games. I just think there is no reason to charge $50 a year for Xbox Live Gold.It just goes to show you how low Microsoft will go.

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#151 Stabby2486

Member since 2006 • 6688 Posts

what my silly fellow pc gamers dont realize is that the free online games are not really all that free
enjoy playing cs? guess who pays for the servers? clans, people like you and me
enjoy wow? guess who pays for the servers? blizzard does, therefore you get smacked with a monthly charge
so basically if youre not paying a monthly/yearly fee then you have to pay for the servers yourself, either way you have to pay
microsoft has to host all the xbox live **** therefore you get charged~
Iron-Dragon

Well, with CS:S you aren't paying to play, you're paying to have dedicated servers.

17 years ago