Yes the same as Xbox live. But you also have to pay for all the other things that the Xbox can do besides Xbox live, like skype and the ability to upload videos among other things(plus it's only a 5 min video on Xbox and 15 min video on Playstation). On Playstation yes I have to pay for Playstation plus but if I want to upload a video or live stream or get on skype or Facebook or anything else that the Xbox one can do, I wont have to pay the extra money to do that stuff along with paying for Playstation plus. Xbox one you do. Another thing to note is that if I didn't play multiplayer on games but wanted to watch Netflix or Hulu or even crunchyroll(anime) I wouldn't even need to pay for Playstation plus. As far as playing with your friends I'm all for it. If you have the extra 100 bucks then there's no reason for you to go sony if all your friends play Xbox.