Listen guys. The Playstation 4 was a huge failure concerning profits. Not only that, but the architecture and software of the system was complete utter trash. Sony has to do something drastic to get back into competition, but I fear for the Sony fanboys. I think Playstation 4 has been rushed only to get out around the same time as the new Xbox. What can we expect from Sony then? I believe many system failures the first coming months, with horrible customer service that just don't care because they sold the console for overprice already. The PSN will live up to it's reputation and hold gamers offline for a month or too, while Sony is hard at work fixing something that should've been working.
I don't buy the hype for this machine. Sony haven't managed to make PSN a stable service as it is, how in the world will they manage it when they're involved with Gaikai? Believe me on this, it will be chaos.
Sony came before Microsoft with the pressconference, fair enough. But guys, what did they actually show? Nothing impressive concerning games, I'll tell you that much. Poor graphics that could just as easily been on the Playstation 3.
When Sony see that their budget is going down even harder then this generation, I think it will be time for them to get their backpacks ready and leave the market. They really don't offer anything new to gamers.
@thebeachguy90 @-Vappsen- What if they offered the same service I enjoy today, free of charge? I would be surprised, and think it was a bad business move from Microsoft. I as a customer would feel grateful that I could enjoy a service like that totally free of charge, but at same time I would probably feel like I owed Microsoft alot. It wouldn't be fair to them in my opinion.
I want to support a great service like Xbox Live with money. With money Microsoft is forced to always look for better options, and that's what I want. When they come with a new experience for Xbox Live, I want to be 100% sure it's working. With Xbox Live I have never been disappointed concerning this. I've read about many people that has Playstation. And what I've read is that there is many unhappy customers concerning the many updates that isn't finished etc. before launched.
If you look at the business perspective of things, the Playstation 3 have never been a shiny story like the Playstation 2. I would be concerned if I was a Playstation-gamer, because Sony can't go wrong another time with the Playstation 4. If that happens, I think it will be Game Over for Playstation.
@thebeachguy90 @-Vappsen- Your first paragraph could be directed towards you too, because you have met hackers dosen't mean Xbox Live is infested by hackers. Tbh, I think you're making up stuff to shine a better light on the PSN. It ain't working buddy. You ain't that smart yourself now, are you?
If you're happy playing on PSN I have no problem, but don't come here and demand Microsoft to lower or even remove the fee just because you can't afford/don't think it's value enough in itself, when there are millions of people that are happy as is. The reason there's so many millions on Xbox Live is because Microsoft delivers astonishing games on a service that runs flawless, taking into account your internet-connection is up to par of what is standard nowadays. I can't make up things just to criticize Microsoft just because of the argument. I have nothing against Microsoft at all. I think they deliver the perfect system. How about that my man. I on the other hand think Sony have disappointed their loyal customers many times. And the scandal was just to much of a joke, and many realized at that moment that Sony is on the brink of falling. Far.
Your last paragraph tells me you don't get it. At all. If there's someones that are the typical drone, it is you my friend. I am so happy I can pay for a premium service I think is way better than the competitors, and I have no problem with people choosing what I think is a worse service. What gets me though is this bollocks that Microsoft should remove Xbox Lives fee.
If I wanted I could buy a Playstation 3 without a problem, they're kinda cheap nowadays compared to the old days where they sold for approx. 1200$. But I don't want to. Why? Because...
@thebeachguy90 @ME21597 I've never met hackers on Xbox Live, and I have played alot of multiplayer, the likes of Halo and CoD. Xbox Live have some of the best deals out there, and the connection is flawless. Don't need any dedicated servers.
To me you sound like the typical Sony-fan. By that I mean making assumptions about other people without knowing squaddoodle about them. Get down from your high horse and realize Sony is the one to blame. If they had a mandatory fee from the beginning, they would be obliged to make the standard of PSN much better, and then the competion would be much better. As of now, PSN is so far behind there's no chance Microsoft will even consider dropping the price. And praise them for that! If anything happens, it will be that Sony comes with a mandatory fee on the PSN-service.
Either way Microsoft is fine, because when people realize they must pay to use PSN, they will fly over to the Xbox faster than the speed of light.
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