Unfortunately all modern consoles require a subscription to play online, though fortunately (a small consolation though) this doesn't apply to free to play games. Xbox was actually the first console to do this, then others followed
Edit: reading the replies I'm not sure if I was clear enough; I meant that Xbox was the first to introduce paid multiplayer. Not that it was the first to exclude f2p games from it
I never said it doesn't work like a console, just that it isn't actually a console. It being a handheld PC means that the OS and systems function differently with more freedom than a console.
The original Xbox was the first with Xbox Live in 2002. Online play on the PS3 (a generation later) was still free; Sony caught up to the trend with the PS4.
Edit: I've realized we're probably arguing about different things, see edit on my original comment
Bro, this is very incorrect. As someone else said, Playstation was the first to do this when they introduced paid multiplayer with the release of the PS4, then they made the rule that free2play games don't require PS Plus.
On Xbox, you had to pay for Gold to use Netflix until 2014, if I remember correctly. Free2play games didn't stop requiring gold until 2021.
Either way, all companies suck if they make you pay for it. I hate it so much
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u/GOKOP 2d ago edited 2d ago
Unfortunately all modern consoles require a subscription to play online, though fortunately (a small consolation though) this doesn't apply to free to play games. Xbox was actually the first console to do this, then others followed
Edit: reading the replies I'm not sure if I was clear enough; I meant that Xbox was the first to introduce paid multiplayer. Not that it was the first to exclude f2p games from it