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You also have to pay at Sony…
It's not free on PS4. It was still free on the PS3 back then.
You get a closed ecosystem with chat, party chat and friends list on which all titles can be played online. On top of that, 4 games every month.
On the Playstation the whole thing is called PS plus and is also chargeable.
First: on the PS4 you have to pay money for party chat and online multiplayer when you buy games. Free to play games such as War Thunder, World of Tanks, Fortnite, Warzone, Genshin Impact…
And at Microsoft you get Chat Party hat, multiplayer, 4 games - 2 of which, Xbox and Xbox 360 games, you can keep forever, even if your gold membership expires.
In addition, the infrastructure of Xbox Live is stable, even for people with bad internet.
