Will you pay to race online?

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Will you pay for online racing?

  • Yes

    Votes: 45 54.9%

  • No

    Votes: 37 45.1%
  • Total voters
    82
I can see why people get upset for paying to play online, but what else is free these days? YouTube, sure, but it comes with tons of annoying advertisements.

Also, they're not saying saying you have to pay to play online really, but that PS+ is required to do so, and with PS+ you get tons of free games (And they're not bad games either, as Uncharted 3 is available right now for example), exclusive beta access and a lot of other PS+ exclusive stuff.
 
McClarenDesign
Soon, online play will be limited to + users. It's unclear if GT6 will be effected, but I assume it's across the board.

Will you pay? I won't, so when it does happen that'll be the end of Gran Turismo for me.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/...ion-plus-subscription-for-online-multiplayer/
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I already subscribe to PS+ and planned to for the foreseeable future anyway so yes I will. Don't you think you should edit the original post to make it clear that multiplayer will not be behind the paywall on PS3?
 
GT6 is for ps3 and won't be effected because playing on line on ps3 still be free.

Playing on line will be charged only on ps4, and i will pay to race on line. This might cut off from racing lobbies all those dirty gamers who just don't care and bash other players.

Suckers. 👎 as i call them. :(
 
Spagetti69
So is PS+ free?
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PlayStation Plus is not free. It is €50 or £40 - My conversion may be a little off.

It is a bargain considering the benefits of subscribing. It's so worth it.
 
Spagetti69
So is PS+ free?
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:lol: 👍

We are presented with the opportunity to pay for a new console, purchase an unfinished game (in which we are expected to endure endless updates that fix 1/2 and brake 1/2), expected to buy dlc(to complete the game we already paid for), and the icing on the cake is to pay for a weak server system that is prone to down time(with little to no compensation), hacks(real or imagined), the list goes on and on.

Sure, I'd like to pay for that :lol:

O.K. how is that for a rant? I'll finish by saying as long as all the little kids cry to an uninterested parenting demographic who feels shamed for not complying to the norm, this is what we have to work with.

I will never buy dlc or pay to play a video game 👍
 
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I voted no because your poll is wrong. If I should pay only to race online, then I wouldnt however there's much more to playstation + than online racing. Saves everywhere is quite interesting and free game as well.

Then you're talking about GT6 which is on ps3 and afaik they only plan to make you pay for online gaming on ps4. So yeah.
 
arora
We are presented with the opportunity to pay for a new console, purchase an unfinished game (in which we are expected to endure endless updates that fix 1/2 and brake 1/2),
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It's true some, I repeat some updates create more bugs than they fix, but don't pretend like it happens every time.

arora
expected to buy dlc(to complete the game we already paid for),
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DLC is entirely optional, no one is forcing you to buy it nor is anyone expecting you to, it's simply there for those who are willing to pay to get more enjoyment out of that particular game. DLC is normally side missions, stuff that makes it easier to complete the game, side plots and so on.
I've never experienced a game where you have to buy DLC to complete it. Are there games on the PS3 that require this? Or has it been confirmed for the PS4?
That's actually a genuine question, I'm quite curious.

arora
and the icing on the cake is to pay for a weak server system that is prone to down time(with little to no compensation), hacks(real or imagined), the list goes on and on.

Sure, I'd like to pay for that :lol:
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It's amazing how hung up some people get on the one time PSN got hacked, yet they conveniently forget the same happened to Xbox Live twice.
Also I can't remember the last time I went to sign in to PSN to find out it was down for maintenance, in the past few years PSN has been dependable and I can sign in almost every time (when my Ethernet cable isn't playing up).
Add on the compulsory PS+ membership and this will only get better.

arora
I will never buy dlc or pay to play a video game 👍
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You've bought a video game before right? Therefore you've payed to play a video game. Every single game you buy from now onwards you pay to play the video game. It's kind of how it works, sorry to break it to you.

Another genuine question here, how many hours of gameplay did you spend online on your PS3? (If you had/have one)

If you don't want to buy the console, don't buy it. What's the point clutching at straws trying to find limp wristed reasons to justify not buying it? It doesn't make sense to me.
 
DLC is entirely optional, no one is forcing you to buy it nor is anyone expecting you to, it's simply there for those who are willing to pay to get more enjoyment out of that particular game. DLC is normally side missions, stuff that makes it easier to complete the game, side plots and so on.
I've never experienced a game where you have to buy DLC to complete it. Are there games on the PS3 that require this? Or has it been confirmed for the PS4?
That's actually a genuine question, I'm quite curious.
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He's referring to all the DLC that simply feels like content removed from the main game, I should imagine. Especially a lot of day 1 DLC or pre-order DLC. It is still up to him of course but many people feel they need to buy it to have the complete game.
 
Samus
He's referring to all the DLC that simply feels like content removed from the main game, I should imagine. Especially a lot of day 1 DLC or pre-order DLC. It is still up to him of course but many people feel they need to buy it to have the complete game.
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Ahh I see, that would make a little more sense.
 
Samus is right.

Pagey279
You've bought a video game before right? Therefore you've payed to play a video game. Every single game you buy from now onwards you pay to play the video game. It's kind of how it works, sorry to break it to you.
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Weak response and you know it :lol: I was answering the op's question of course, not deciding to cover my bases against a spin doctor.
 
For example GRID 2. That game offered I think four seperate pre-order packages with various content free if you pre-ordered it from x or y company. Obviously that means unless you pre-order four copies you aren't going to get all of the packages and you'll have to buy three of them as paid DLC on top of the main game.

I think in cases like that it's fair to think you haven't got the whole game as you would have done in years gone by.
 
I will pay to race online. I will pay for multiplayer.

I won't pay if they can't give me the above mentioned criteria.

I'm not a car admirer only, I'm here to race.
 

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