Nothing in life is free. Besides, at 96 cents a week (USD), the cost of XBOX Live is pedestrian. But it still remains that for the most part, there are more third party exclusives on the 360 than PlayStation 3. That can change as easy as the breeze. It's silly, Sony could have pay to play online service for the PS3, just charge half what Microsoft charges and in theory it'd be 100% profit since PSN already does what XBL does (so Sony claims) and that money could go towards Sony Corporation who could really use it right now. As seen with Phantasy Star Universe and Final Fantasy XI, people on PS2 & PS3 will pay to play on a Sony console.

Yes, but what about Alien Front Online for the Dreamcast with its real-time voice chat? When was that? 2001? Did these jokers sue SEGA?

Then again, I think it would be best if no only going after Sony and Microsoft, but they should also go after the Internet itself.

I'm sure Sony settled since they didn't want to have another Sixaxis/Dual Shock problem. It's not a "no balls" strategy, but more of we're running out of money strategy.

When Sony says "working on," they actually mean they "don't give a shit." If you'll re-buy your PS1 games, then you'll re-buy (sooner or later) your PSP games is what Sony really has in mind. Look at Nintendo's Virtual Console and some of the latest "New Motion Control" games for Wii. Look at XBOX Live Arcade and XBOX Originals. Look at VHS to DVD to Blu-ray Disc. The Walkman, Discman, and now iPod (and others).

The cost of making a physical UMD, a game case, printing the sleeve art and the instruction manual for games that nobody knows if they'll sell out or take up physical space at a game store or warehouse costs a lot more than putting a game on a server. Most PSP games are less than a Gigabyte anyway, so it's not an earth shattering demand.