lol Crash...
as fo Null, I think it would be great f there were cross platform playing, but it won't ever happen sadly. The most I can imagine is once console having a game that can play with PC. Every company wants ownership of sales, so for pretty much all online games they would prefer it be exclusive.
And Gekko, I agree with you... but like I said before, making people pay won't be completly justified until some more killer apps get out. Financially, I think it's a smart move for everybody to charge...but personaly, I don't like it. Just like I think it's smart for Nintendo to make us pay $50 to get a game, even though I don't like it

. In the end, it will pay off to charge imo.