DocWong Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) Anyone know why they made the decision to make multiplayer require PS+ on MC PS4, cause on PC its free to play online, on PS3 its free to play online (not sure about xbox one if you need gold) but on PS4 you need PS+ and I thought that it was ridiculous, cause my PS+ subscription expired before it came out. :/ Edited September 10, 2014 by DocWong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 The vast majority of multiplayer games on PlayStation 4 require PS+, that is just the way it is. Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulTorment Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 They did it because Microsoft was making a killing off Live subscriptions, and they felt they needed to equal the playing field so they did it themselves. PS+ offers a ridiculous amount of free games though so its worth it anyway. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickenExotic Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 MS you need to be GOLD to play online, so PS is also headed that way, you need + to plat online in most of the online games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buswellmation Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 They did it because Microsoft was making a killing off Live subscriptions, and they felt they needed to equal the playing field so they did it themselves. PS+ offers a ridiculous amount of free games though so its worth it anyway. Agreed. I've used the 2 Day trial and at the beginning of October, I get my first load of pay from work so hopefully, I'll be PS+ member and I can get them free games. This months lot look so good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandiBunni Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 (edited) Now, I'm not saying this is 100% true, but to me it seems the more plausible explanation. Please do correct me if I'm wrong.I've always thought the reason that PS+ is required to play online on PS4 is that now Sony are the ones hosting the servers used for multiplayer. On the PS3, similar to the PS2 (albeit separating itself with features that allowed for a more persistent online presence), the game developers/publishers were the ones hosting or maintaining the servers for use in their multiplayer games. Now, on PS4, Sony is taking up this responsibility, and it's obviously going to cost them more so than maintaining the PSN over the PS3, especially with the added feature set that comes with the PS4. Edited September 10, 2014 by CandiBunni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning_0608 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Now, I'm not saying this is 100% true, but to me it seems the more plausible explanation. Please do correct me if I'm wrong. I've always thought the reason that PS+ is required to play online on PS4 is that now Sony are the ones hosting the servers used for multiplayer. On the PS3, similar to the PS2 (albeit separating itself with features that allowed for a more persistent online presence) the game developers/publishers were the ones hosting or maintaining the servers for use in their multiplayer games. Now, on PS4, Sony is taking up this responsibility, and it's obviously going to cost them more so than maintaining the PSN over the PS3, especially with the added feature set that comes with the PS4. This. Plus also, if you need Xbox Live Gold or Playstation Plus to play online multiplayer, games don't need to require an Online Pass, which means people won't get their knickers in a twist over the whole "online pass" thing. Because EVERYONE has to pay to play online for pretty much every game. And considering that for all of Xbox 360's lifetime they needed to pay to play online, and PS3 didn't, it's not as if needing PS+ means you're getting the short end of the stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Now, I'm not saying this is 100% true, but to me it seems the more plausible explanation. Please do correct me if I'm wrong. I've always thought the reason that PS+ is required to play online on PS4 is that now Sony are the ones hosting the servers used for multiplayer. On the PS3, similar to the PS2 (albeit separating itself with features that allowed for a more persistent online presence), the game developers/publishers were the ones hosting or maintaining the servers for use in their multiplayer games. Now, on PS4, Sony is taking up this responsibility, and it's obviously going to cost them more so than maintaining the PSN over the PS3, especially with the added feature set that comes with the PS4. If this is true then that's fantastic news because that would mean no server closure and no unobtainable Platinums due to online being dead. But do you think EA would let Sony take over PS4 EA online? Like yea, they would still have control over PS3 and PSV but considering EA... I don't know .D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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