I remember getting a PS3 just to avoid this back then

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I remember getting a PS3 just to avoid this back then - Lemmy.zip

What if I told you servers cost money. No servers, no online gaming.
yet somehow it’s free on PC, hmmmmm

To be fair almost every popular multiplayer game has online micro transactions or a premium subscription model.

It feels free from your perspective but there are a chunk of users paying for the servers under the Pareto Principle.