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It's wild that they get away with charging for it
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In 2002? What other major online network was popular at the time? I remember failed attempts in the PC space (TEN comes to mind), PS2 was free to play online, as was Battle.net. Sega and Nintendo didn't have any major presence here, either.
It's entirely fair and accurate to say Microsoft popularized online gaming subscription services. It just wasn't a big thing before XBox Live came along.