I'll give Sony credit for having FREE online gaming on PS3, that was their trap to lure in the gamers. But it was never sustainable, as it costs money to maintain servers, especially the amount required for millions of gamers. M$ had that covered with Xbox live going all the way back to the original Xbox, when there was a fee, which I was more than willing to pay at the time due to that very reason, reliability. That carried over to Xbox 360 and I never looked back. I had a PS3 too, played online sometimes until my PS3 optical drive died, and so my PS3 gaming days died with it...I will be getting a PS4 eventually, but for now, Xbox One it is as the service that I pay for is second to none. I have compared Live to PSN and Live beats it everytime. I expect nothing less this time around. Sony will forever be playing catch-up to M$ with the online services, I guarantee it.