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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In the distant past of like 2000, you didn't have to pay for online functionality. Also, people could host their own multiplayer servers. It was nice. Consoles and capitalism did a team-up to make things shittier for the end user, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the distant past of like 2000

Things change a lot in 25 years. Servers aren't free

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Fans were happy to run the servers at their own expense.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Yet PC players don't have to pay for servers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

But you did? I paid for GameSpy back in the day. And MMOs had fees to play online.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

The online is the last reason I pay for psplus, you think I wanna play online with you people? I hate online gaming. I have psplus for all the games, all of which I play. So great value for me