PS+ is required for multiplayer on the PS4. That has been a fact since the PS4 was first announced, and so you had to have known that when you bought [or were more likely given] the system. Knowing that, you should have known that if you bought a multiplayer game you would not be able to play with others online without PS+ As for extortion. Hardly, for $50 a year you get at least 24 free games that are forever tied to your PSN. So all that said: if you don't want to pay for PS+, get a PC and hope Destiny gets launched there sometime soon.