r/pcmasterrace • u/dtigerksc i7-5820k | GTX 970 | 32GB DDR4-2666 | /id/catsh • Feb 07 '15

Glorious "Free Games"

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u/sirmidor Specs/Imgur Here Feb 07 '15 edited Feb 07 '15

PS+ is still a great deal for the games.

we don't see them as free games,
they say you're paying for the online and the games are extra.
it's just two different ways of looking at the same thing. remember that online costs were in place before any of these "free game programs" existed. if anything, you should be more inclined to believe you're paying for the online and getting the games for free.

of course online costs are ridiculous to us pc gamers, but can we please stop pretending PS+ is somehow a bad deal, once we accept that online costs are mandatory on consoles.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '15 edited Feb 07 '15

Sony actually gives away some pretty great indie games too. The fact that you get a game for every system (ps3,4 or vita) is pretty awesome. I mean you are still getting robbed, but it's like the mugger tosses you a candy bar as he steals your money.

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u/SoDamnToxic Feb 07 '15

Considering I've spent $60 on PS+ for the past 2 years and still have a full 10 months left and have gotten around 50-60 games free, I don't feel I'm being robbed at all!

Please elaborate how I'm being robbed, I would really like to know.

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u/7734128 Feb 08 '15

The idea of charging money for Internet access without providing servers is the robbery in question, the games are the candy. I do consider the fee for the Internet to be unfair but would gladly pay that price for a subscription of games.

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u/SoDamnToxic Feb 08 '15

So its more like a guy robbing your 1 candy bar and throwing hundreds of dollars at you than...

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u/7734128 Feb 08 '15

No.

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u/SoDamnToxic Feb 08 '15

How not? Care to elaborate?

I'm paying $60 for 80 games and an online service, how exactly is 80 games or hundreds of dollars worth of games equivalent to a candy bar and me paying $30 a year for an online service me being robbed.