DROGTURIST said:DradusContact said:I read an article yesterday comparing Playstation plus to Gold and I must admit despite being an 'xbox guy' these discount are garbage, considering you get free retail games on the PS3.
The very important difference is that you don't actually own any of the "free" games on PS+, as PS+ is a rental service. You get to play and finish them, sure, but you won't be able to boot your PS3 in, like, 5 years and play them. You will be able to do with that XBL titles (as long as the license for them is on the console you use).
While I am sure there are people that are bothered by that, I generally play a game and move on. It is rare that I keep wanting to go back to a game, and for those gems I would happily just purchase them outright. It is hard to argue with the value add of being able to play a full disc release game to completion even if it is the equivalent of a rental.
The argument of booting up in 5 years is a strawman. Most people will just move on to the next system and most likely will repurchase games they already played and loved. Unless you have a way of backing up a huge library of games the lifespan of Xbox Live DLC is only as long as they keep the service up or your system doesn't red ring. The Disc games also will only last until the disc is damaged beyond reading.
While I love playing retro games, it is easier to just boot up Game Room, Sonic's UGC, or repurchase the game at bargain bin prices than the hassle it can take to make an old NES, Intellivision, Sega, or Atari system work.
Truth of the matter is, as much as I like my Xbox, Microsoft screws us over by locking services up behind a paywall (which don't require their servers to run, btw) and is really doing a horrible job of making their Games on Demand section appealing. They really need to take a page from Steam's and Playstation's book and be more aggressive in their pricing of the Digital Market-scape.
Back on topic - it might finally be time to pick up Limbo. Started at a friends house and it has been taunting me ever since.