Stuff like that basically is what I'm talking about. If I'm going to be paying to use their online network, I want it to be a lot better.
I agree wholeheartedly, and I wouldn't expect anything less.
I have no problem paying for PS+ either, but it certainly seems like price stacking to me. The game prices should come down to compensate for it

This should be the case, but IIRC publishers fix game costs at $60 to prevent a price war, and to make sure people decide which games to buy based on quality instead of price. Which is ridiculous, but that's what I've heard. And yeah, I'm not terribly happy about having to subscribe to PS+, but Sony's made it as painless as they probably could, so I'm not terribly upset about it either.