This is literally the reason why I switched to pc and I forgot that consoles actually have to pay for online rip

Listen to how stupid this sounds: You have to pay money to play a game you've already bought

I’m not getting PS+ for these reasons 1. It’s a waste of money.

Everyone who disliked this video are Microsoft and Sony

If I'm already paying a company for my internet bill (SO I CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET) , you're going to make me pay again to basically use my internet I'm already paying for, to play online??? The greed is disgusting. This was originally why I had went with PS3 back when it was PS3 vs 360. This is an issue I've been addressing for years.

Literally I used to laugh at my freind who had an xbox because he had to pay for online and then I got a ps4

The sad thing is, Sony and Nintendo had the right idea and started out with a free online service. Then they saw that Microsoft was making money and decided to do that instead

Finally someone with a brain. I already paid for a game. Why the hell do I have to pay for multi? I’m already paying my electric bills. I don’t want more cash out of my pocket.

Its funny cuz games like Overwatch, Ghost Recon, Rainbow six siege and Battlefield become useless as soon your membership expires

In short: You pay twice for multiplayer.

Worst christmas ever. My dad got me a PS4 with Star Wars Battlefront and when i tried to play online it said i need to pay 10 dollars with was the money my family didn't have because of all the presents for me my brother and the rest of my family. I was only 9 at the time so i didn't take it well :,( 400 dollars just so i can pay more money for online. They didn't tell me that on the Ads They didn't tell my the monthly fees that you have to pay just for one game. The only thing the Game ads show was all the cool explosions and the quality but They never told be i had to pay for a piece of shit PS plus. We pay for internet i don't see the reason to pay for online besides Sony making millions off this

Pays $300-$400 for a console + Already paying wifi for internet connection + $60 game + $60 to pay online

I agree 100% Paying to play online is stupid

Thank you. Finally a human being with functioning common sense. Its horrendous that we're even paying at all for multiplayer functions, especially when: 1.) We already paid the full price of the game. Why the hell am I force to pay extra for a feature that should be free especially when its already built into the base game? Its an anticonsumer practice that limits the freedom of the player and lessens the value of the purchase for those who have no interest in "mah yearly subscription, dur hur!". 2.) We're already paying the internet to gain access to online features in the first place. If I'm force to shell out extra cash for such things, then that game's multiplayer is dead to me and I won't touch any multiplayer titles afterwards. Games like Splatoon main essence is its online, and once its locked behind a paywall, its accessibility comes to a screeching halt and no longer an enjoyable past time because it now demands your money. Even though we already paid for it. Its not that I can't avoid the online subscriptions. Its that I'm appalled and extremely disgusted that such a anti-consumer practice is even acceptable within the gaming community. I can't believe how rapidly gaming is falling: each generation greed takes over more and more. Its no longer about delivering a fun experience anymore. Its all about those pathetic green toilet papers that these companies are obsessively nutting over for. I wish we can boycott these discriminating practices, but unfortunately things aren't looking very promising considering how many players were mindlessly leeched into their trap. Why the public didn't express outrage to such obvious scams is beyond me. #MakeGamingGreatAgain

People on the comments: Dont expect free things. PC: I do it for free and better.

the person who thought of paying for mutiplayer should go to hell!

Blame Microsoft they started the whole pay to play online..

i refuse to pay ransom to access my own internet that i already pay for.

Me: can I have fun on console? Console companies: No, give me your money

Everyone who pays for it is supporting it, and they’re the reason it’s still around.

We are bassicly paying for a social life

PS Plus as a game subscription should not be free but online multiplayer should definitely be free.

2019: you need PS+ just to play the DEMO of anthem

*2020* (tax included) PSN- $62.25/yr Game- $63.59 Internet- $49.99/mth Electricity- $65/mth (average) Season Pass- $62.25/yr (For ONE Game) Total- *$303.08* To Play ONE Title in Online Multiplayer. The true profit margins of just about any big business are intentionally muddled and hidden from the public, they make so Much More than they will Ever Admit. Greed isn't even a strong enough word at this point, it is just *Evil* ..

Finally! An arguement about consoles/console related things thats not extremely biased!

And that's why you stick with Ninten- OH CMON!

PS PLUS: P for Pointless S for Stupid P for Pricy L for Ludicrous U for Unaffordable S for Subscription

I totally agree with you bro! In my opinion there should be 2 types of subscription for both PS Plus and Xbox Live. That is there should be 1) PS Plus Free - Enables you to play any game online. 2) PS Plus Premium - Enables players to get the so called premium features like "FREE" games every month, online storage, blah blah blah. Man I am tired of playing GTA V offline.

This is why I don’t care about console anymore. I have a PS4 for single player exclusives, and that’s it. Why the hell do I have to pay money to use multiplayer when I already pay for my god damn internet. It’s a racket if I’ve ever seen one.

What is even worse is that once your ps plus expires they lock all of the monthly games that you downloaded.

People: Multiplayer Microsoft and Sony: MULTIPAYERS???

In 10 years we probably gotta pay to breath

This is beautiful... I had bought rainbow six siege brand new 60 bucks only to have to pay another 25 dollars for the membership of 3 months for a multiplayer only game it's not fair at all

IT REALLY PISSES ME OFF THAT THIS VID HAS LESS THAN 1 BILLION VIEWS

The problem is there's recently been a huge skyrocket in online video games recently. Sony and Microsoft saw this and decided to fill their wallets. It's disgusting and harms their audience.

Sony/Microsoft: *makes you buy the game* Also sony/microsoft: hol up we need you to pay more to play this game

Someone had to say it!!!

I thought everybody knew this

Lets say that you save the 60€ of psplus. Lets say you have been paying it since 2014. 5 years have passed, You have saved 300€...add the price of a Ps4 and some more and you can buy a pc...

Now the video is 2 years old but nothing changed ☹️

I remember when I switched from 360 to PS3, the main reasons for doing so were the fact I didn't need "PS+" to access the online component of games I already paid for and the blu-ray player which at the time was new. I used to play on PC too, which I'll be switching back to soon enough. The "free" games you mentioned piss me off too. As soon as the subscription ends the games are locked again. Completely anti-consumer. You've really hit the nail on the head here.

Those so called "free games" aren't free. You're basically renting them don't pay the rent for a day once your membership expires and see if those games are still free lol

2019 and still a relevant video, it´s redundant to be forced to pay to get access to your already paid for internet subscription. Most people have turned into zombie consumers and literally don´t get care if they are being ripped of.

Imagine if Steam thought of this and you had to pay to play online too

Tbh pay2online should be illegal

I dismissed this video earlier but my xbox gold just expired today and im out of money so... lmao

If you buy a console, buy the games, pay for an online subscription for at least 5 years, you are wasting money that could be invested in a gaming PC

this is making EA look like a normal dev

Whenever someone says "games with gold are free games" it's a total lie! If you pay for anything and get something bonus as s result that was NOT FREE, you still had to pay just to get it!

Exactly what I said when PS4 charge for multiplayer when PS3 is free.

I agree with you %100000000 and everything that you said I don't know why people disliked this video! This guy is spitting facts straight up facts

XBOX- "You bought the game, great! Now you have to pay to use it!" Pretty soon we're going to have to pay to buy a game...

I agree with literally EVERYTHING you said. Having to pay JUST to unlock the online multiplayer portion of a game that you already payed for is rediculous. The "free" games with these memberships are NOT free. You are paying for the membership, so it isn't free at all.

You know it's bad when an older console (ps3) did better than a newer upgraded console (PS4)

I'm never paying for PS+. Bought a ps4, bought the game, bought the wifi, now I have to pay more? Hell no, singleplayer is more my taste anyways.

Why aren’t people talking about this

Ps4 online should be free

I never paid for ps plus .. I have it for free

the idea of paying for the power to use the internet you are ALREADY paying for is so ass backwards it baffles me that people think this is fine

this is the result of pure greed there is no actual reason that multiplayer should cost money if you paid for the whole game.

This gameplay took me back to my Ps3 days 👌

This conversation is 10 years too late. Far too many people paying far too much money being made. Not excusing it but it is what it is.

Was wondering why no one was ever talking about this thank God that there’s still KZfaqrs on the site that has 🧠

2023 and we still have to pay

Tell that to the shareholders dude

Console gamers everywhere it’s time to rise up and fight back for what we want. Free to play for all! Free to play for all! Free to play for all!

So lemme get this straight. I pay $500 for your console, $70 for an extra controller, $300 for your VR, plus internet, $60 for 1 singular game, and now you want $10 a month so I can actually use the internet I pay for. Man what a fcking deal. Super smart and makes total sense. Go ahead take my wallet and my whole fcking bank account why dont you.

I understand why ps+ games are locked after it expired because people not gonna play them again(i mean like story game not online shooter game) But what i dont understand is why we gotta have ps+ to play online

Come on Nintendo, I was rooting for you.

One of the biggest reasons why I was a Playstation fanboy was because you didn't have to pay for online, now I play most of my games on PC lmao

5 years later, nothing changed since people keep on paying for this. I'm sticking to Steam

Checking in from 2023 just after Sony has raised their online price from $60 to $80. I suspect this will only get worse in the future. The only ONLY reason I could see them disabling online and putting it behind a paywall would be to cover the costs of maintaining security and cheat protection updates to the console that would apply to all applications/games that connect online. But we know that’s not a motivation as free games and apps can connect online. They are just arbitrarily disabling the network card that connects to a network I already paid for and putting it behind a paywall. Only Microsoft could have conceived of this and the rest follow. Microsoft tried to do this same thing in the 90’s when Netscape and Internet explorer were battling it out. They wanted the monopoly on the web and would have locked it behind a paywall if the hackers hadn’t fought back with open source.

PS plus should die ! Am tired of buying to play online

We should’ve protested back in 2013 when Sony made online multiplayer a PS Plus feature. Microsoft dropped the ball so hard we just accepted everything Sony did even if it was anti-consumer.

WE ALL SHOULD BOYCOTT online gaming on consoles for few hours every week. Who wants to start this topic on social media? Let's do it people!!! United we stand, divided we fall and they'll win!!!

i agree, paying for multiplayer is BULLSHIT

I like people like you who say the truth whatsoever.

You pay for multi-player and rental games!? What a scam

This would be like going to your favorite resteraunt and finding out you now have to pay for seating and bathroom privileges!!!

Just bought a game that's ONLY MULTILAYER, and you need a friend with another controller to sit next to you, if you don't wanna join online matches. But then my ps plus runs out, and I need it to join online matches.. otherwise there is LITERALLY NO GAME, the game is entirely multiplayer, it's a fighting game.. this is fucking ridiculous.

I'm fine with PSPLUS and XBOX Live if they're optional. With the ps3 you could play the multiplayer all you wanted, but to get free deals and stuff like that you had to have PSPLUS. That's fine cuz you're not taking away half my game. You dont charge me to use Playstation store or the Microsoft store so I can give you more money Now when I buy a game I have to also pull out 20 bucks for psplus if I dont my have it on so I can fully experience my 60 dollar game on my 400 dollar console that I bought. So I end up spending near 100 dollars to play a game or I have to pay 100 dollars after I pay 400 dollars for a system so I can fully experience the system... for a year

Make multiplayer great again

Mobile: free Consoles: EA

I have a friend who invited me to play a game but knows I Hate the subscription fee. And he also defended it by saying there are free games. Problem is I don't like shit games

How can anyone dislike this video guys we got to end this pay to play crap!!!

I switched to pc because of psn +

This subscriptions are a shit, you buy a game, you buy the console and you still need to pay for a subscriptions that most of the year has shitty games that you'll never play and is forced do purchase the subscription to play online

I’m so irritated because of this stupid subscription. I really want to play Gang Beasts multiplayer without paying 60$. Console is just super greedy and I really want Sony and Microsoft to stop. Why should I pay a TON of money just to play a multiplayer game I ALREADY paid for. I hope this subscription thing stops.

Every one share this video on social media its time to end online memberships

So sad that Nintendo has decided to follow this greedy path as well. Especially sucks since the new Smash is coming out soon and one of the biggest features for me will now be locked behind a paywall. Guess I'll be sticking to just playing with my friends like the old days.

I am watching this in 2021 and everything still holds

This video is still relevant in 2022 we literraly have to pay to play online on consoles like bruh.

The games aren’t even free, it’s just “borrowing” them, when your subscription expires/finishes the games won’t work and will ask you to subscribe again in order to keep playing. I experienced this when I had PS Plus on my PS3.

yes, i already pay a bill for the internet...

The reason why pc gaming won't die

It is so dumb. You need to pay for the game(probably 20-60 dollars), Pay for your internet (50+ a month) and on top of that you need to pay the company(xbox, playstation or nintendo) EVEN MORE JUST TO PLAY THE GAME! WHAT???. I am so grateful for pc now!

Honestly I don't think we'll ever see this service free again. I fundamentally agree with you but Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo would sooner get rid of multiplayer than let us have it for free. Honestly if I'm gonna get stuck with a fee I wish they'd actually improve the services involved with the subscriptions.

When things get better for companies, the more they create anticonsumer practices. That's just evil

ps plus is like buying food but you have to pay money to eat it

I'm still playing on my PS3 online for free lol