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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark W**a" data-source="post: 49339" data-attributes="member: 1196">I got Xbox Live back in 2002.  Back when I owned a Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube and Xbox 1.  I used to play Capcom vs. SNK 2, Halo 2, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, and Phantasy Star Online.  Back then it was the only real online service.  And I loved it.  Alot.  I was so addicted to Halo 2 and I used to play 3rd Strike at tournaments (still do sorta), and I never once cared that they charged.  50 bucks a year is nothing, it's like less than 5 bucks a month.  Plus I always got 2 month free cards back then, so I don't think I ever really paid for live until the 360 gen.  And we abused deals back in the day where I got 3 years for like 60 bucks.  If you're a cheap ass gamer there's ways around it, but I don't even care about 60 a year I've bought two full year cards at full price and not really given a damn.It is what it is really.  From 2002 to around 2009 the 360 online was totally worth it, it was just better than PSN in every way.  Today, PSN has mostly caught up, but still it's not fully there yet.  This will all be moot, IMO, very soon.  I predict paid online play from Sony with the PS4. If they continue not to charge then good for them.  You may think I'm an Xbox fan because I didn't bother with Sony this gen.  That actually couldn't be further from the truth.  I am a big fan of Japanese games, I owned and loved the PS1 and PS2.  Reason I don't have a PS3 is because there are no good, big Japanese exclusives.  I didn't give a damn about the 360 and had every intention of selling it for a PS3, so I could play Devil May Cry 4, Virtua Fighter 5, and Final Fantasy XIII.  I was sure all the good Japanese exclusives would be PS3 exclusives.  I was also convinced that the machine was going to be much more powerful.  Neither turned out to be true.  What ended up happening was 360 ended up getting big Japanese exclusives.  Dead Rising 1, Lost Oddysey, Blue Dragon, and Chromehounds early on, the announcement that Cave was going 360 exclusive with their entire STG library, and the fact that everything else was multiplatform,  that was enough for me to stick with the machine and really never look back.  Then weird stuff happened.  360 ended up getting an exclusive port of Virtual On Oratorio Tangram, my favorite game of all time.  And a way better version of Bayonetta.  Exclusive HD port of Rez, it just kept going on an on.  So I've been very happy with the platform.  It's like the Dreamcast 2 in my eyes.I almost, finally caved in and got one because I really wanted to play House of the Dead 4.  Then I learned that the cutscenes were prerendered, and the game had slowdown issues, and expensive Move peripherals had wonky aiming and shooting so I basically said F it and tbh I will probably never own the machine.  Oh I also had intentions to buy the system for The Last Guardian (Huge Ico/Shadow of the Collosus fan)... but it's 2013 for crying out loud, where is it?  With PS4 and 8 it all starts over.  If Sony has the better games, free online, more powerful console I'll jump ship in a heartbeat.</blockquote>

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