Sometimes Sony’s $50-a-year PlayStation Plus program is worthwhile, but most of the time it leaves subscribers thinking “Now why am I giving you guys $50 a year again?” Sony is aware enough that there’s a problem to send out marketing surveys asking gamers how they feel about different offerings and pricing.
Like Netflix, Skype is a dirty tramp of the app world. Not long after we spotted it over in the corner hitting on the Xbox, now it’s gone and jumped the bones of our PlayStation Vitas. And it’s already gotten up on just about every smartphone and tablet known to man.
The current console cycle has been one of the strongest ones in history. Everyone’s pretty content with their Xbox 360s and PS3s, and while we’ve mostly forgotten about our Wiis they’re still cranking out the occasional great game. Each successive Playstation has come around six years into the life cycle of the last one.
