alt Hacker NewsI still can't believe this practice was normalized, why would anyone be ok with paying Sony/MS to use their own internet connection they already pay for? It's not like an MMO sub where you're paying for server maintenance or something, most of these games are p2p or running on the publisher's servers. Console gamers will put up with anything apparently (maybe because their parents are paying for it)
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vel0city • 10/01/2024
> It's not like an MMO sub where you're paying for server maintenance or something
Those matchmaking and auth services and what not are absolutely being hosted and managed by the console's online networks.
Maybe the actual match gets hosted p2p, but the overall matchmaking, NAT punching, etc is all being provided by game platform.
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Agreed. Console online services provide no value whatsoever, it is pure "pay me because fuck you". It blows my mind that people were willing to pay for Xbox Live Gold back in the day. Though of course once Xbox proved people were willing to pay for what should be free, it was only a matter of time until everyone copied Microsoft.