LOL.

actually you pretty much dismiss and/or insult anyone who has a differing opinion. so either you're a troll, or a MS plant

Well considering the fact that I was already happy with PS+ the fact that it is required for online now is indifferent to me. The amount of free games you get with PS+ outshines it's requirement for online.

2 free games vs dozens for PS+, PS+ is $10 cheaper, PS+ gets you game discounts and early access, PS+ now has intergame chat to match XBL and you dont have to have it for Netflix. How exactly is XBL better?

For until the XBone comes out and then the free games stop on XBL, whereas P+ has and will continue to give out free games.

PlayStation Plus has already proved that it's willing to give quality games for free, we'll see if the free games Microsoft will be offering to Gold members will be as good, but they still have something to prove Vs. Playstation that has already proven itself.

Games can only drive a system so far if your hands are tied so much you can't play them. Whatever ambiguous language was used about leaving DRM up to publishers is still a great response. XB1 authenticates your games with a daily check, which isn't required for PS4. If a publisher wants to enfore the same rule, they…

how can you say the online thing is moot? there are a lot of places all over the world that don't have reliable internet connections.

are you retarded?

There's already a Zelda for adults though... it's called Zelda.

You're telling me you're okay (and assume the general public is) with connecting to the Internet every 24 hours using an "oldschool modem"? I think you're underestimating how annoying this will be.

Wifi routers take power to work. Maybe you mean a cellular hotspot?

1. The best games so far are multiplatform games.

There's a difference between choosing to connect your device to the internet and being forced to connect for no reason. X-Box One has an unnecessary requirement just to play games.

LOL none of them are exclusives. Here is why PS4 is better than X1. CHEAPER, the console has more graphics and memory power. I can borrow and lend games with my friends. I can tanke it anywhere and import games from anywhere around the world. It is made FOR GAMING. DONE.

What are you talking about? Witcher 3 is also going to be on the PS4, and Mirror's Edge 2 is speculated to be available on both platforms as well. Those aren't exclusives.

I'm sure you can just get rid of games you don't want any more by giving them away.... oh wait you can't. Have fun with that.

Which company had the better games is entirely subjective and it's not like the exclusives each announced are the only ones forever and ever.

I think that most people will hook it up, like you say, but believe it or not, I have gone this whole gen without hooking my PS3 to the internet once. All those game patches are nonexistent for me :)

My guess — just a guess — is that it will be the other way around. Now that Sony has refused to toe the line, and given the overwhelmingly negative response to the policies Microsoft floated recently, I suspect Microsoft will backpedal and dump the online checkin and used game policies. The publishers can't force…