I have a bad feeling that this is going to get very pricey. For example: Fee of ?$30/month? Is that going to be user-based or machine-based? What happens for owners with more users / more machines? Maybe a 'family plan' for a special price of just 2X's the individual plan?
Then, if this works for stern, inevitably the other manufacturers will all follow suit. Soon we'll be paying monthly fees to all 5 modern manufacturers...or missing out on what? Content? Stairway to Heaven mode? Mando season 3 quests? HW2-17? Hoping it's just nothing more than a headset chat feature where you can tell your buddy to 'shoot the spinner' and talk trash, so it's an easy pass.
Let's see...hopefully my fears are all wrong and this will be awesome.