I believe it was great that xbox charged to play online.
Since all that money went to xbox live online security and server maintenance, there were little to no hacks or personal data leaks.
I mean, playstation was FREE for a long time and with a few years there were multiple attacks. I'm very certain PS put a pride on online play to upkeep and maintain servers
You pay for an online service in some way. With Microsoft for years, and now Sony and Nintendo, you paid for it directly in the form of a yearly fee or charge. Paid MMOs like WoW do this as well. You pay in some way shape or form for online multiplayer. Whether it be now or in the past. Today a much more common way to pay for it is micro-transactions.
And yes Sony tried to prove a point with free multiplayer and look what happened. This reason is also why Xbox refused to work with Sony during the 360/PS3 era on cross platform. Xbox Live is one of the most secure computer networks on the planet while PSN, well still isn't. Microsoft was worried about being hacked and 2 great hacks on PSN proved their point. Now of course that Sony has actually invested money into security Microsoft is willing to play ball.
Since all that money went to xbox live online security and server maintenance, there were little to no hacks or personal data leaks.
I mean, playstation was FREE for a long time and with a few years there were multiple attacks. I'm very certain PS put a pride on online play to upkeep and maintain servers
And yes Sony tried to prove a point with free multiplayer and look what happened. This reason is also why Xbox refused to work with Sony during the 360/PS3 era on cross platform. Xbox Live is one of the most secure computer networks on the planet while PSN, well still isn't. Microsoft was worried about being hacked and 2 great hacks on PSN proved their point. Now of course that Sony has actually invested money into security Microsoft is willing to play ball.