im saying ps4's online system is less "free/open" than ps3's was, where 360 and x1 is basically the same. 360 had a much bigger online following than ps3 did, even though ps3 was free to play online and you had to pay to play on 360.
based on the history and current condition of ps4 being less free/open than the ps3, i fail to see how he's coming to his conclusion.
I was speaking in terms of a platform attracting Publishers and Developers, not in terms of whether or not consumers will have to pay for the online or not... so I think you're completely missing the point.
What I was saying, is simply that the PS4 seems to have the advantage in attracting Publishers/Developers of online games, like MMOs and Free 2 Play games, since the current perception is that Sony's the easier company to work with right now. Several companies have made statements that are basically saying that Microsoft's policies are difficult for them to work with to manage their games the way they want, and currently Sony has attracted more developers of online games to the PS4, than Microsoft has done.
Microsoft's saved themselves a bit, in the decision to let developers self-publish, and generally loosening up on their policies, which is why some developers like Digital Extremes turned to say that they're now interested in porting to the Xbox One, but in other cases, like Square-Enix, and Roberts Space Industries, it seems Microsoft hasn't done enough.
This is why I believe the PS4 holds a 3rd party advantage over the Xbox One in the area of "Online games, like MMOs and Free 2 Play games".
They also have a more first party development advantage, since SOE exists, and MS doesn't really have first party development for online games. That adds SOE games like Planetside 2 into the mix, and further increases the gap between the PS4 and Xbox One in the online game area.
Edit: And to be clear, I'm talking about games with MMO or F2P pricing models right now, I'm not talking about stuff like COD.